At the grand event of the Seventh Banquet, Luo Shenyuan shined with a poem, which impressed everyone.Although Lu Jiaxue conducted a detailed search of Luo Mansion, he was unable to find any clues about Luo Shenyuan.When he learned that there were still gift boxes sent to Cheng's family that had not been inspected, he realized that Luo Shen was far from trivial.Luo Shenyuan expected that Lu Jiaxue would not dare to offend the high-ranking Cheng family, so he cleverly disguised his senior brother as a servant and hid him in the Cheng family's sedan. This dangerous move showed his ruthlessness and resourcefulness.

Lu Jiaxue met Luo Yining by chance and originally had a crush on her. However, Luo Yining's sharp tongue, uncompromising attitude, and even her occasional troubles made it difficult for him to figure out whether she was his old acquaintance.

As night fell, Luo Chengzhang came to the room of his concubine's son and asked him why he suddenly fainted while reading poems during the day.Luo Chengyuan cowered, but then became furious with his eldest sister Luo Yining, complaining that she forced him to stay up late and study hard before the exam, causing him to be depressed on the day of the exam.

Luo Yining finally got the chance to reunite with Zheng Rong, an old servant who had served his mother for many years.Zheng Rong went south shortly after the death of Luo Yining's mother, and it was only with the help of Qingqu that he could be invited back.When Mrs. Luo first met Zheng Rong, she looked unhappy and blamed him for coming uninvited.Luo Yining quickly explained that he missed his late mother too much, so he invited Zheng Rong to stay at home for a few days.

In private, Zheng Rong revealed to Luo Yining the strangeness of his mother's death.It turned out that the concubine was deeply scheming and once confused Luo Chengzhang. Although Luo Yining's mother intended to divorce, she chose to endure it for the sake of her children.Many years later, Luo Chengzhang suddenly visited, nominally to present tea, but in fact he coveted the Luo family's dowry.After learning the truth, Luo's mother was desperate and threw the tea leaves under the crabapple tree. Unexpectedly, it caused a fire and the crabapple tree died.

Shocked, Luo Yining searched for her mother's belongings and found the remaining tea cakes.She did not dare to face the cruel reality, so she took the tea leaves to the distance of Luo Shen, and the two witnessed the death of a white mouse after eating food stained with tea leaves.

That night, Luo Yining was emotional and wanted to confront his father with tea in hand, but when facing his father, he found it difficult to speak.At the critical moment, Luo Shenyuan's appearance alleviated the embarrassment.He reminded Luo Yining that the mere fact that the tea was poisonous was not enough to convict him, and the conclusion could only be made after a doctor verified the ingredients of the tea.

Later, Luo Yining began to plan to include Luo Shenyuan in the Luo family tree, and she approached Lin Hairu to discuss it.Lin Hairu had not given birth since she married into the Luo family, so Luo Yining proposed to adopt Luo Shenyuan into his name.In this way, if Luo Shenyuan passes the imperial examination in the future, Lin Hairu will also be honored.What's more, Luo Shenyuan has a pure character and knows how to repay kindness, so he will never forget this kindness.