In Blossom Episode 4 Recap, Plot

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Shangguan Lan returned to the capital early the next morning, leaving Yang Caiwei a large sum of money and a maid hired overnight. The kindness made Yang Caiwei feel guilty—how would she explain the truth to Shangguan Lan one day? Shangguan Lan moved out of the inn to the county office and told Pan Yue he would be sleeping on the streets. Pan Yue agreed but secretly wanted to force him away.

Though not officially in office until tomorrow, Pan Yue went to the county office that day. The constables, who were gambling, were startled by his arrival. One of them had beaten Yang Caiwei before. He told Pan Yue there was a protectorate in Heyang, where facts didn’t matter—whatever benefited the four great families was the truth. Pan Yue ignored his words and had him taken away as a warning.

Yang Caiwei had been watching a play when Pan Yue ordered her to punish someone. Carrying the wooden board, she used all her strength to carry out the beating. Pan Yue was making an example and told Yang Caiwei to find him the next day. Ling Er helped Yang Caiwei tidy her room, which was right next to Pan Yue’s. Thinking Pan Yue had taken the bait, Ling Er found Yang Caiwei a patched outfit to catch his attention.

When Pan Yue asked what happened to her on their wedding day, Yang Caiwei made up a few lines. Pan Yue assigned her to assist the registrar and forbade her from leaving his side without permission. Being around him, Yang Caiwei felt more like she was under surveillance. Yang Caiwei accompanied Pan Yue on an inspection. Suddenly, a woman stopped the carriage in the street and publicly cursed Pan Yue as a corrupt official.

A well-dressed man came to apologize, but the woman continued to rant. Yang Caiwei and Pan Yue noticed wounds under her sleeve and realized she was crying for help. Yang Caiwei urged Pan Yue to punish the offender. Instead, Pan Yue told Sun Wancai to take full responsibility for his wife’s behavior. When the woman cursed again, Yang Caiwei recited the law and had Sun Wancai take the punishment on her behalf.

Someone reminded Pan Yue that this man belonged to one of the four great families, but Pan Yue still had him arrested, winning praise from the citizens. Shortly after arriving in Heyang, Pan Yue received many gifts and hosted several friends. Yang Caiwei hurried to the archives to investigate Pan Yue’s crimes, searching for Shangguan Zhi’s case file, only to be told Pan Yue had taken it the day he arrived.

She sneaked into Pan Yue’s room, thinking she was well hidden, but he had already noticed her. In Jishantang, Gu Yong, the head of the hall, along with Cai Sheng of the Life and Death Lane and Qing Di of the Hundred Flowers Palace, discussed serious matters—except for representatives from Yinyu Tower. With Sun Wancai arrested, they decided it was time to teach someone a lesson. Yang Caiwei, needing to get a key, went out alone.

After realizing she was being followed, she hid and had someone distract the follower so she could escape. She asked Bai Xiaosheng to get her a strong wine and received news about Old Jiangtou. Back at the county office, she found members of the four families delivering gifts to curry favor. Overhearing, she learned Pan Yue was negotiating a price to release Sun Wancai. Yang Caiwei hosted a banquet to get everyone in the county office closer to Pan Yue.

Ling Er took the chance to get A Ze drunk. Once everyone passed out, Yang Caiwei snuck off to Pan Yue’s room, retrieved a key from him, and opened his chest. Inside were a portrait of her with Old Jiangtou and the case file, which noted unexplained water stains near the corpse. After Yang Caiwei left, Pan Yue, who had been pretending to be drunk, woke up. The water stains were indeed strange.

The next day, Pan Yue asked Yang Caiwei out, bringing up her sending him back to his room the night before. She didn’t know where he was taking her. He said he had found the bandit who injured her a month ago and wanted her to identify him. Her original story was that she met bandits after leaving by carriage, but with the evidence piling up, it no longer held water.

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