Episode 1

The October Nine Brocade Fair in Yizhou Prefecture was very lively and the people cheered.When she was young, Ji Yingying was influenced by her father Ji Guinan and was very interested in Shu brocade, especially the Shu red silk dyed by Ji Guinan himself. Ji Guinan was also awarded the title of King of Brocade.But after delivering the tribute Shu red silk to the transportation officer and placing it at the inn overnight, Liu Jinguan questioned Ji Guinan for passing it off as a shoddy product.Ji Guinan believed that there was another reason for the matter, so he turned around to see the governor to prove himself. Unexpectedly, his throat was blocked by the governor's sword, and he was wrongly accused of deceiving the emperor and ordered to be punished on the spot.Young Ji Yingying saw this scene from the window of the house and screamed in fright. Young Yang Jinglan quickly covered her mouth.

All the property of the Ji family was confiscated by the transport superintendent. Some soldiers dug out the Shu brocade clothes that were rewarded in the palace. Ji Yingying shouted that they were hers, but her mother, Ji Xu, stopped her.Zhao Xiuyuan, a young man from the Zhao family, asked his father to help the Ji family, but his father blocked him.Yang Jinglan watched helplessly as Ji Yingying and her family were taken away by the transport inspector.

Five months later, the Ji family was released due to amnesty, and Zhao Xiuyuan found a house for them to stay.But as soon as they returned home, the shopkeepers came to Ji's house to collect debts and asked them to give them the formula for Shu red silk.Ji Yingying accused them of being aggressive. Shopkeeper Liu wanted to take them away to pay off the debt. Ji Xu threatened them with death and rebuked them for bullying orphans and widowed mothers.Shopkeeper Liu was worried that things would get serious, so he gave up for the time being and asked them to repay the debt with high interest, otherwise the government would be notified.

Eight years later, the grown-up Ji Yingying (played by Tan Songyun) was washing silk by the river with her friends from Yingxi Dyeing Factory, when they suddenly heard that the Hua family was coming.Ji Yingying took the initiative to hold back Hua Xiangrong, the Hua family's adopted son-in-law, to buy time for her companions to escape.Hua Xiangrong warned others not to occupy Huansi on Hua's property, otherwise they would be disrupted.

Sang Shilang, the son of Sang Changshi, came to Huanhuaxi on horseback and deliberately teased his wife.Ji Yingying couldn't see it, so she asked her companions to take care of Sang Shilang, but accidentally stimulated the horse, and Sang Shilang was thrown off the horse.Suddenly, Yang Jinglan (played by Zheng Yecheng) kicked Sang Shilang from the side and directly kicked him into the water.

Sang Shilang accused Yang Jinglan of not being loyal enough, but Yang Jinglan said he would teach him a lesson for stealing his own horse.Ji Yingying fell into the water and was picked up by Yang Jinglan, but he deliberately teased Ji Yingying, thinking that they had bullied his horse.The two exchanged words, and Ji Yingying quickly slipped away with her companions.

There was not enough food at home, so Ji Yaoting read poems to the family dog ​​Guokui, hoping that he would make do with it first.Ji Yingying came back and roared, Guokui didn't dare to be picky about food.Hua Rong, the shopkeeper of the flower family, came to collect silk, and Ji Yaoting came out to greet her, but Hua Rong claimed that the quality of the silk was not good and deliberately lowered the price to bully others.Ji Yingying casually agreed and asked Huarong to enter the house to sign the order, and deliberately asked Guokui to come out to scare Huarong.Hua Rong was worried about losing her life, so she had no choice but to agree to buy the Ji family silk at a 30% discount.

When Ji Xu heard that Ji Yingying was fighting with others, she accused her of being competitive and ruining her reputation.Ji Yingying thinks that the Hua family has other plans, but Ji Xu doesn't let her worry about it and reminds her of her marriage to Zhao Xiuyuan.Ji Yingying didn't want to think about this. Ji Yaoting also said that she wanted to revive the Ji family, otherwise she would not get married. Ji Xu only hoped that the two of them would be safe and smooth.

Shishiro Sang took the initiative to apologize and said that he did not help Yang Jinglan take care of his master.Yang Jinglan planned to meet Ji Yingying, remembering their acquaintance when they were young.Sang Shiroro deliberately put on a bandage and caused trouble in Ji's house to cause trouble for Ji Yingying.Ji Xushi and Ji Yaoting happened to be away, so Ji Yingying was ready to deal with it and saw through Sang Shiro's fake injury in public.

Zhuge Hong deliberately created an opportunity for Yang Jinglan to come forward to help Ji Yingying out of the siege.Yang Jinglan used the governor to scare Sang Shishilang and persuade him not to cause trouble.After everyone dispersed, Yang Jinglan made an excuse to approach Ji Yingying and wanted to come in to ask for a drink of water. Ji Yingying didn't want to give him a good look.

After Ji Xu came back, she pointed at Ji Yingying and caused trouble again, which led to the Hua family always bullying them.Yang Jinglan was ordered by the emperor to come back to investigate the Shu red silk case, and happened to find a piece of Shu red silk dye on the tree.Ji Yingying went to Huanhua Creek to wash her silk again, but was embarrassed by Hua Xiangrong.