New Life Begins Episode 3 Recap, Plot

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Day after day passed like this. Li Wei was still scolded daily by the Nanny and had her monthly allowance deducted. What changed was that Yin Zheng suddenly became much more indifferent toward her. In a flash, half a month had gone by, and today was the day of Yin Zheng’s “big trial. ” The steward had a solemn expression and told Li Wei to prepare well, as today was an important day for Yin Zheng.

Li Wei couldn’t help but feel a bit sentimental—turns out the last time she delivered medicine was their final meeting. The scholarly exam began. Yin Zheng presented his views on governing the country in front of the Grand Tutor and His Majesty. The Emperor’s face revealed no emotion; he only gave a heavy “hmm. ” When Yin Zheng returned to the manor, night had fallen, with thunder and lightning roaring.

He saw Li Wei kneeling before the “ancestral hall,” murmuring to herself. As he slowly approached her, he truly gave her quite a scare. Upon hearing that Yin Zheng had ranked first in the scholarly exam, Li Wei quickly congratulated him. Strangely, however, there wasn’t the slightest trace of joy on Yin Zheng’s face. People around him always tried to please him and avoided saying unpleasant truths, but Yin Zheng wanted to hear some honest words from Li Wei.

Cautiously, Li Wei told him that she did think he was the weakest among all the Princes. Once she finished, she was so frightened she collapsed to the ground. But Yin Zheng only let out a long sigh and walked away, leaving her with just a “Do as you see fit.

” Before Li Wei could recover from the fright of the previous night, the Lady of the River suddenly gave an order—she was to consummate her marriage with Yin Zheng that very night. Li Wei felt completely lost and helpless, and couldn’t hold back her tears. Two maids came forward to comfort her and reminded her that if she couldn’t “gain favor through bearing a child” soon, she might end up being sent home.

Hearing this, Li Wei immediately perked up and began to plot something mischievous. As the moon quietly rose over the mountains, Yin Zheng entered the bridal chamber surrounded by his brothers. Seeing Li Wei’s lips swollen like two sausages and a plate of spicy lamb ribs gnawed to a mess on the table, Yin Zheng instantly understood. He couldn’t help but chuckle and gave a light cough to compose himself.

Using sudden stomach pain as an excuse, Yin Zheng left the room. However, he accidentally dropped a “spring palace” picture from his sleeve, filling the room with awkward tension. Recently, the Lady of the River had fallen ill. The wives of the Princes went to the palace to visit her. At Yin Song’s request, Zhao Fangru reluctantly brought Hao Jia along.

Hao Jia claimed that the Lady of the River was angered into sickness by the unruly and unrestrained Third Prince. Hearing this, Li Wei couldn’t help but hope the Third Prince would stir up more trouble so that she could go serve the Lady in the palace and avoid consummating her marriage. But things didn’t go as she wished.

Regardless of what the Third Prince did, the Lady of the River simply did not want Li Wei to be the one to care for her. Back at the manor, Li Wei encountered Song Wu, who was causing a commotion in her room. According to Yu Zhan, Song Wu was the adopted daughter of Yin Zheng’s birth mother and his wife when they were alive.

Li Wei seemed to think of something and asked Song Wu to stay in her room, hoping to avoid Yin Zheng coming to consummate the marriage. And so, Li Wei and Song Wu ended up sharing a bed. In the middle of the night, Li Wei, starving, talked in her sleep and couldn’t stay still. Song Wu was woken up by her and, frustrated, turned to shake her awake.

Unexpectedly, Li Wei didn’t wake up and even bit Song Wu’s arm as if it were a pig’s trotter. After such a night, Song Wu no longer wanted to stay in the room. To make her stay, Li Wei had no choice but to promise to be her maid. That morning at court, the Third Prince was still absent. The Emperor grew frustrated, hoping his sons would convince their third brother to return.

But whether they were close to him or not, none of them wanted to take on the task. Yin Zheng proposed that if the Third Prince could return to the palace of his own accord, there would be no need for an imperial decree. And just like that, he volunteered to take responsibility. After serving Song Wu for a while, Li Wei grew exhausted and hungry, so she faked fainting.

At the moment she collapsed, a pair of large hands caught her waist and held her up. When she glimpsed that it was Yin Zheng, she decided to continue pretending to be unconscious, letting him carry her into the carriage. Upon learning the purpose of the trip, Li Wei became very interested. Rumor had it the Third Prince named his beloved ladies after the solar terms and was said to be extremely handsome.

Li Wei was quite eager to meet this mysterious prince. But upon seeing Yin An in person, Li Wei found the rumors to be quite unreliable. Still, the trip was not in vain—led by Third Princess Dong Haitang, she met the legendary solar-term girls.

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