The Rise of Ning Episode 3 Recap
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Luo Shenyuan often dreamt of clearing his teacher’s name. He secretly rented a tavern where he and his fellow students would gather to exchange information. One day, he woke up late and stumbled upon quite an interesting scene. Luo Yining had devised a plan to lure out Luo Yilian, making her believe that Luo Yining had personally gone to discuss canceling the engagement with the eldest son of the Jiang family.
Luo Yilian then called their father to the tavern, hoping to embarrass Luo Yining. However, when their father hurried to the tavern after receiving a note, what he witnessed was Jiang’s eldest son discussing marriage with Luo Yilian, declaring that he would marry no one else but her. Furious, Luo Yining's father stormed into the private room. Luo Yilian, seeing her father arrive, panicked, realizing there was no way to explain herself now.
Jiang’s heir directly pleaded for the marriage to be approved, while Luo Yilian tearfully refused. Unable to bear seeing Luo Yilian so distressed, Luo Yining’s father decided to annul the engagement on the spot. Returning home, Luo Yining felt deeply disappointed. Her father, in the end, was still biased. The moment he saw Luo Yilian in tears, he immediately canceled the engagement. Luo Yining realized she would have to be extra cautious in the future.
Reflecting on everything, she discovered that one of the servants had gone to the Jiang family and exaggerated stories from her childhood, leading to the Jiang family’s proposal to take her as a concubine. Not only did this servant gossip to the Jiang family, but they also exacerbated Grandmother’s illness. Upon investigating the relationships surrounding this servant, Madam Lü, Luo Yining instructed Qingqu to search Madam Lü’s room for evidence.
Sure enough, they found a bag of silver containing over ten taels. How could a simple servant possess such a large sum of money? With solid evidence in hand, Luo Yining called for the matron of the house, her stepmother, and her father to confront them. In the face of the evidence, even her father, as biased as he was, could do nothing.
He punished the stepmother with a month of confinement and transferred control of the household finances to the legitimate wife, Lin Hairu. Lin Hairu was overjoyed when she returned to her room. Although she had been the main wife for over ten years, she had never been in charge of the household and had always suffered under the oppression and humiliation from the stepmother. The servants even blurred the lines of respect between the mistress and the maids.
Luo Yining reminded Lin Hairu that since the household authority had changed, new rules had to be established. With Luo Yining’s advice, Lin Hairu immediately set new rules for the concubines, such as mandatory morning and evening greetings and assisting the main wife with daily tasks like massages and back-rubbing. She personally handed the rulebook to the stepmother, whose face twisted with anger upon reading it. Lin Hairu couldn’t have been more pleased.
With her newfound authority, Lin Hairu was delighted and naturally grew more fond of Luo Yining. When Luo Yining asked if she could personally deliver the monthly allowance to Luo Shenyuan, Lin Hairu readily agreed. Luo Yining brought the monthly allowance to Luo Shenyuan, warmly addressing him as “Third Brother,” as if they were true siblings.
Luo Yining knew that it was Luo Shenyuan who had secretly instructed the servants to inform Qingqu, which led to them uncovering Madam Lü’s betrayal. This proved that Luo Shenyuan wasn’t their enemy. While she came under the pretense of delivering the allowance, she was really there to express her gratitude. Luo Shenyuan was finally treated as an equal, and he was overjoyed. His servant asked why he hadn’t mentioned borrowing the paintings.
Luo Shenyuan simply smiled and shook his head. There was no need to bring it up—they could just “look” at them quietly when the time was right.
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