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Yanxing's Ascending Path of Revenge Full Episode
001
At a court ceremony the Emperor elevates Consort Ning to Noble Consort. The former General Shen, Yanxing, bursts in to accuse Your Highness of slaughtering her family and demands justice. Courtiers brand her disruptive; one suggests sending her to the official brothel Silver Lotus instead of execution. The Emperor demotes Yanxing to an official courtesan and forbids her leaving without permission. At the Silver Lotus, while other girls despair, Yanxing vows this is the beginning of her revenge and reveals that Consort Ning killed all 38 members of her family. Confined and shamed, her accusation and vow remain unanswered.
002
General Shen returns from victory and is promoted by the Emperor, angering another consort. The Duke Mansion is then declared infected and Consort Ning orders executions on suspicion of contagion. Soldiers break in; General Shen rushes to stop them but is blocked. She learns thirty-eight people were killed and finds her family among the victims. The episode builds to her frantic cries of "Dad! Mom!" as she stares at the aftermath. It ends with General Shen reeling from the massacre while Consort Ning's ruthless decree remains in force, unresolved.
003
At a palace hearing Consort Ning insists she acted for the emperor's health and that the infected killed themselves, while Yanxing Shen demands justice for 38 slain family members. The emperor, told Consort Ning is ill, shuts down the case and orders Yanxing discharged and expelled. Sent away and mocked as a pawn who cannot be a consort, Yanxing is humiliated. With courts refusing redress, she vows to learn court arts—dancing, treachery, attraction—and rise to the top to stand on her family's murderer. The episode closes with Yanxing exiled but determined to carry out her vow.
004
A year after Yanxing, a former general, was sent to Silver Lotus, she endures harsh training to become a dancer and shed her warrior manner. Nanny Pan and other mentors force herb baths, softening drills, posture and seductive practice; mistakes draw punishment while other residents recall framed pasts—her father was killed for refusing to praise Noble Consort Ning. The emperor dismisses her as vulgar, yet Yanxing's practice finally earns praise. The Imperial Office of Music selects her troupe for a banquet, giving a sudden chance to leave. The episode ends with Yanxing facing the banquet as a make-or-break test.
005
Courtesans wake to a sudden rule: all official girls must serve returning soldiers starting tomorrow, threatening Yanxing’s chance to leave. Nanny Pan urges escape but secretly drugs Yanxing and reveals a different plan: the other girls will stage a mutiny and report the riot in Yanxing’s name. They provoke the soldiers and sacrifice themselves so Yanxing can live to pursue justice. A palace envoy, claiming to be Pan’s friend, brings Yanxing forward as a rewarded guest, but the emperor is ill. Yanxing insists she must see him tonight—"Do you have an idea?"
006
After a night riot in Silver Lotus is reported to the palace, low-ranking courtesans angrily accuse a newcomer of courting the emperor and even set a fire to attract attention. Yanxing Shen appears and performs a sword dance for the ailing emperor; his condition visibly improves. Despite sneers—'an official courtesan,' 'how dare you seduce the emperor'—the emperor rewards her the Sword of Prosperity. The empress, staying by his side, orders Liu to promote Yanxing as a palace lady. The promotion shifts Yanxing's standing and leaves palace factions unsettled.
007
Palace Lady Shen is left shaken after a disturbance in court and is excused from the emperor's favor that evening. Your Highness lashes out, saying 'bitch, how dare you,' which escalates the scene while Palace Lady Shen immediately apologizes: 'It was all my fault. The emperor is not to blame.' The emperor urges her to lie down; attendants, including Noble Consort Ning, bring chicken soup and remove her from the audience. As she lies down she murmurs, 'I remember you were holding me like this,' leaving her condition and that memory unresolved.
008
The episode opens with the emperor distracted and refusing to see Noble Consort Ning, who waits outside in the cold while attendants fret over a cold soup. A woman approaches Ning and offers alliance instead of mockery. She tells Ning, "If you help me deal with that bitch Yanxing, you'll have my support." Ning accepts. They acknowledge that Palace Lady Shen is currently favored but insist she remains only a palace lady. By episode's end an uneasy pact is formed to target Yanxing, leaving her fate uncertain and the next move immediate.
009
After a sword dance appears to clear the emperor's persistent dampness, the performer is congratulated and told the emperor will come for lunch. An attendant explains imperial physicians failed but the performer’s sword energy worked quickly—justifying the performer's request for a sword from the emperor. Later, Noble Lady Xin demands that another madam's maid kneel. The madam refuses, objects to kneeling without consorts, and accuses Xin; the exchange turns physical and the maid is hurt. With the emperor due for lunch, the newly won favor and the public quarrel collide, leaving the palace in charged suspense.
010
At a palace gathering Yanxing loudly recounts childhood military feats — leading troops, beheading an enemy, rising to general — provoking a noble lady who orders her to kneel and serve drinks and warns she could die for insolence. Yanxing snaps back, insults her, and Nanny Jiang ejects her. Court ladies murmur; one tells others to borrow something from a guard. The noble lady brands Yanxing reckless and declares she will get rid of her by winning Noble Consort Ning's support. The episode closes with Yanxing expelled and a plotted, looming bid to remove her.