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Plots Beneath Silk Curtains Full Episode
001
A revered North Abyss cultivator wakes trapped in the body of Quella, the prime minister's daughter whose sister Lydia stole her identity. He discovers Quella was drugged and locked in a dungeon inside a formless confinement array. A man appears, offers to borrow the body briefly to counter the drug and then seizes something for himself. Before any escape, the Third Prince—now Lydia's husband—recovers early and orders, 'Find her, torture her to death.' The cultivator-in-Quella is left exposed and hunted.
002
Sam prepares ginseng chicken soup for her mother when a search party hunting Mystic Ginseng discovers the mountain’s supply stored at a nearby household. A woman reveals plans to take the ginseng to “save the Third Prince” and secure marriage, sparking orders to seize Lydia (the host’s younger sister) and anyone labeled a witch. Lydia’s old pain flares as guards close in; Sam is told to pack up and leave the mountain. While trying to carry the mother away with a rope and sedan chair, attackers corner them and promise “the fate of being crushed to pieces,” leaving Mother in immediate danger.
003
Searchers report to a lord that the missing woman was nearby and left traces. At a rural home, a small boy catches his mother as she nearly falls, insisting he'll always protect her. A man appears, recognizes the woman and accuses her of sleeping with him yet bearing a son by someone else; he demands to see the child. The household shows Sam tending his sick mother—grilling fish and gathering fruit—and reveals a blood jade bracelet he has. After someone notes Sam is three and a half and a fifteen-month gestation, the man asks, "Is Sam really my child?
004
After wiping Sam’s sweat and swearing to protect him, a young woman sets off with companions. On the road they haggle over travel costs, rent a fine carriage, and plan food and lodging. Back home her mother inspects the facial scar and praises her: she found the Mystic Ginseng and saved the Third Prince, who promised to marry her when healed. As the family celebrates the promised grand wedding, someone suddenly bursts in, yelling, “Shameless witch! Give back my ginseng!” The accusation threatens her reward and forces an immediate confrontation.
005
A village crowd accuses a woman of stealing ginseng just as a boy named Sam appears riding a giant snow eagle. Neighbors panic and order guards to shoot the bird to 'save the child,' forcing the woman to plead she only tried to protect him. A witness recognizes her eyes, triggering a revelation: after Quella saved the Third Prince, Wendy pretended to help but actually brought Quella home to imprison, cut off her food, and torture her. Then a voice speaks through the woman: "Since I've taken over your body, this grudge, I will settle it," leaving the crowd shocked and the threat unresolved.
006
A woman storms into a household accusing Madam's daughter Lydia of stealing a Mystic Ginseng and demands she be handed over. Madam defends Lydia, cites the daughter's dangerous retrieval from Shadowless Mountain, and challenges the accuser's proof. The accuser orders guards to seize the girl and send her to the Justice Bureau, planning interrogation by force. The Third Prince arrives and checks Lydia's injury as onlookers whisper that she’s acting. Suddenly a different woman blurts, "I stole your ginseng. I admit my fault," prompting cries of "Who is that woman? Lydia?" The confession leaves Lydia’s fate and the guards’ decision unresolved.
007
Medical crisis: the Prince collapses after apparent poisoning and people frantically call for a doctor. A visitor reveals the stolen Mystic Ginseng is deadly; a captured thief confesses and offers their life in exchange for an antidote. The visitor produces the legendary Dew Pill, promises to purge the toxin, accepts the Prince's token as collateral, and says the remedy will be free "for you and Lydia" because of a personal tie. The episode closes as the Dew Pill is presented and the visitor cryptically calls them "my dear fiancé and sister," leaving the Prince's survival and that claim unresolved.
008
Quella appears unannounced and declares she is Lydia's sister, but Lydia rejects her as a wretch. Others recount past rescues to prove Quella's identity — one speaker says he carried her through a blizzard and later took three poisoned arrows for her. Your Highness accepts her claim. Quella then tells him, "With today's life-saving grace, you owe me three lives now." The family offers a tentative welcome and the mother shows joy, but the episode closes with relatives asking where the child's father is, leaving that question unresolved.
009
At a public gathering people learn the child's father "ascended," meaning he is dead, and gossip paints the mother as pitiable. Quella, who vanished five years ago and has returned with a child, declares she has found a new father for the child: her pledged fiancé, His Highness. The woman now presented as Princess Consort objects, reminding everyone the engagement was reassigned after Quella's disappearance. Quella insists the bridal position should revert to her now that she's back and even offers that the child call His Highness "Father," leaving the rival stunned and the decision resting with His Highness.
010
Quella returns and demands to enter through the main gate, insisting she's the one and only legitimate daughter and that she saved His Highness. Household members erupt: one calls her unworthy, another accuses this returning woman of planning to remarry and take his son, and a family member even threatens to kill Quinton. Despite objections, Mary is ordered to set an auspicious time as staff prepare to open the main gate to welcome Quella. The gate opens to admit Quella, but relatives have already vowed to take back what she lost and to deal with her once the gates close.