The guy who holds a grudge against Qianfan frames Pan’er for treason and has her arrested. San-niang goes look for Qianfan for help. Yinzhang runs to Shen Ruzuo – her new admirer from the music place — to see if there’s anything he can do. But our girl Pan’er isContinue Reading
After making some changes to their plan, Pan’er’s teahouse has another grand opening. This time, she makes a huge effort to attract scholars and book-lovers. It’s quite a success. Desserts with pretty names, great tea, sophisticated music, what more can a scholar ask for? Pan’er also meets up with HaohaoContinue Reading
The music division guy follows Yinzhang to the gates when they are done with work and offers to take her home. It’s raining, you see. But Yinzhang refuses and quickly gets on her carriage. That’s not the end of it, though. He rides alongside her carriage and assures her thatContinue Reading
Chen Lian feels guilty about not mentioning Pan’er’s dealing with Ouyang to Qianfan. He is also uneasy about keeping Pan’er’s teahouse business plan from Qianfan. Pan’er means no disrespect, but she wants to keep her teahouse secrets because she’s afraid Qianfan might talk them out of it. She has aContinue Reading
Pan’er and the girls sit down to have their first peaceful meal after the traumatizing Ouyang incident. At this time, they all realize something: the food here kind of sucks. Yinzhang comes up with an idea then: the three of them should open a restaurant in the city. With theirContinue Reading
EPISODE 1 RECAP (and a bit of 2) Hongdou (Liu Yifei) is a manager of a five-star hotel in Beijing. She is super busy and career-focused. No homemade meals. No time for boys. When a guy hints at asking her out, she says she has to walk her dog thatContinue Reading
Pan’er and her two lady friends are having a chat when a woman suddenly bursts in, asking to see San-niang. While she looks like she is about to shove a cake in someone’s face, she actually just wants to tell San-niang how much she admires the Tofu trick San-niang didContinue Reading
Ouyang starts berating his servant De. This guy has taken liberty with a lot of things and keeps bringing Ouyang more trouble than he bargains for. Like they say, a nosy servant can be the death of you faster than an evil one. I think… Meanwhile, the leader of theContinue Reading
Lady Gao gets straight to the point, she heard rumours that Ouyang was talking to a woman, so she wants to know who that was. Ouyang’s response: Uhh… which one? He isn’t very sharp. While Lady Gao’s nanny shakes her head in disapproval, Gao herself is pretty relaxed about it.Continue Reading
RECAP According to the evidence and how the case is being presented, reason belongs to Pan’er. But unsurprisingly, the judge is like: yeah, I can’t argue with your logic, but it’s part of my job to take a stand against smart women, for emperor and country. Cool? He sentences herContinue Reading