Xiao Qiao and Wei Shao visit Mrs. Xu in The Prisoner of Beauty Chinese Drama Episode 7. They greet her. Chun Ning shows the shoes Xiao Qiao made Mrs. Xu. Zhong Ao gives the jewelry to Xiao Qiao when she tells her that it’s Mrs. Xu prepared it.
Wei Shao mentions he took his wife to see his grandmother. He asks Mrs. Xu to give some tasks to Xiao Qiao. She lets him go to work because she wants to have a talk with Xiao Qiao. Wei Shao leaves his grandmother’s house. Mrs. Xu mentions Xiao Qiao gave the city to Wei Shao and she helped him fix the channel. Xiao Qiao admits it. She thinks Qiao family and Wei family are same family since she married Wei Shao. She promised to try her best to help her husband fix the channel.
Mrs. Xu wonders how long the channel will run since it has stopped running for 14 years. Xiao Qiao claims that it will run for a long time as long as she and her husband work together. Mrs. Xu mentions Xiao Qiao’s grandfather was good at reading fortunes. Xiao Qiao thinks her grandfather went against his conscience when he followed the fate. She reveals her grandfather felt guilty before he passed away. She thinks it’s the result he snooped heaven’s thoughts.
Mrs. Xu stops Xiao Qiao. She thinks she doesn’t have to mention the past since she joined their family. She smiles and she thinks she doesn’t have to greet her everyday. She asks her to transcribe scriptures for her if she wants to do something. Xiao Qiao agrees to it.
We go to Boya. Da Qiao reads Xiao Qiao’s letter at home. Xiao Qiao wrote a letter to Da Qiao because she wants to know if she’s fine. She mentions Da Qiao and Bi Zhi cannot rely on anyone because they’re outside. She asks her to let her know it if she needs her help. She promises to plan it for her. She mentions she gave her a task before they split up. She wants to know the process. She promises to try her best to help Da Qiao if she needs her help. She thinks she should try her best. Because it’s related to the fate of Yan State. She asks Da Qiao not to miss her because Wei Shao is nice to her.
Bi Zhi wants to know what Xiao Qiao said in the letter. Da Qiao reveals her sister wished them to live happy in Boya. Bi Zhi asks his wife to go to sleep. But she grabs his hand when she thinks it’s cold outside. He thinks he can make a fire. He leaves.
Da Qiao sleeps in her room. Bi Zhi carries the stuff outside. She’s awakened by the thunder. She walks out of her house and she runs to him when she wonders what he’s doing outside. He joins her and he thinks she shouldn’t come out because it’s raining. He takes her to the house. He wonders why she didn’t sleep. She tries to explain it to him. But he goes to carry some stuff. She volunteers to help him. He rejects it. He puts the blanket on her. He mentions it’s raining a lot. She reveals she worried that he would be cold. She kisses him. She mentions the neighbors thought they’re couple. He kisses her back.
The next day, Bi Zhi carries a big tree to Grandfather Wang’s store. He asks Grandfather Wang to make a Konghou for him. Grandfather Wang promises to work tomorrow. Xiao Qiao visits Mrs. Zhu. Mrs. Zhu hints at the maid. The maid asks Xiao Qiao why she’s late. Xiao Qiao explains it to her mother-in-law that she and her husband went to greet the grandmother-in-law.
The maid asks Xiao Qiao if she refuses to respect her mother-in-law after she respected her grandmother-in-law. Xiao Qiao thinks it was her mistake. The maid tells Xiao Qiao that Mrs. Zhu won’t give her a hard time. She reveals Mrs. Zhu doesn’t have breakfast because she has waited for Xiao Qiao. She asks Xiao Qiao to cook a bowl of soup for Mrs. Zhu.
Xiao Qiao is silent. It makes the maid think Xiao Qiao doesn’t want to do it. Xiao Qiao thinks it’s her duty to cook for Mrs. Zhu. But Mrs. Xu asked her to transcribe the scripture. Mrs. Zhu laughs. She thinks the girl used her mother-in-law to attack her. Xiao Qiao denies it. She thinks she should be clean when she transcribes the scripture. So she refuses to go to the kitchen. She offers to serve Mrs. Zhu after she completes her task. She leaves. Mrs. Zhu complains it to the maid that Xiao Qiao was bold. She asks her to go to invite Wei Shao. She plans to let her son make a choice between his wife and his mother. Xiao Qiao walks out of Mrs. Zhu’s house. She runs into Zheng Shu. They greet each other.
We go to Boya. The captain takes a group of soldiers walking on the street. Grandfather Wang sees the captain. He tries to flee. The captain stops Grandfather Wang. He thinks he should do his military service. He asks him to leave with them. Grandfather Wang begs the captain. He thinks he cannot fight because he’s 60 years old. The captain scolds the old man for not listening to the order. He tries to whip him.
Bi Zhi stops the captain when he grabs his wrist. He pushes him away. The captain asks the soldiers to take up Bi Zhi. But Bi Zhi beats the captain. The captain tells Bi Zhi that he will come back. He runs away with his soldiers. The people gets on knees to Bi Zhi. They call him benefactor.
Bi Zhi lets those guys stand up. He tells them to call him Bi Zhi. Grandfather Wang joins Bi Zhi. He mentions the general Xue Tai likes to fight. He complains it to Bi Zhi that Xue Tai arrested all men and he didn’t forgive the children. Bi Zhi claims that he will defeat those soldiers if they come. The scholar asks Bi Zhi to lead the people to find a survival way. But Bi Zhi only wants to live with his wife. The scholar reminds Bi Zhi that Xue Tai will come to take revenge because Bi Zhi defeated the captain. He thinks his wife won’t live happy. Bi Zhi mentions he only knows to raise horses. The scholar thinks Bi Zhi needs a title. He gives the title “The Grand Marshal” to Bi Zhi. He volunteers to be the counselor. The miners wants to join Bi Zhi as well.
Bi Zhi returns home. Da Qiao offers to flee. She heard it from Xiao Qiao that Xue Tai is a fierce general. She mentions the guy has a title “Evil Tiger”. She thinks they cannot stay in Boya because they offended the guy. But Bi Zhi thinks they cannot flee nowhere. He thinks he can only protect his wife when he takes Boya. Da Qiao claims that Bi Zhi protected her well when she hands over the bow to him. She reveals she lives happy. But he wants to give more to her. He wishes to give her a home. But she doesn’t care for other stuff as long as she can stay with him. He walks to her and he grabs her hands. He tells her that he cares for it. He reveals he wants to be the master of Boya for another reason. He mentions Xue Tai recruits for dealing with Panyi. He thinks Wei Nation will suffer because of it. He tells Da Qiao that he keeps the promise if he stops Xue Tai. They walk out of the house. The people are waiting for them. The bow to them when they call Bi Zhi general. Da Qiao is surprised. Bi Zhi smiles. He holds his wife’s hand.
Wei Shao visits Mrs. Zhu. She shows him the new shoes. She mentions his brother liked the shoes she made him. She lets him to try on the shoes. Wei Shao wears the shoes. The shoes are too tight. Mrs. Zhu reminds her son that Qiao family and Wei family have revenge. She claims that she disliked Xiao Qiao after she joined the family. But Zheng Shu persuaded her to be nice to the girl. Mrs. Zhu reveals Zheng Shu helped her a lot when Wei Shao was busy. She thinks Zheng Shu can accompany her if the girl marries Wei Shao. She tells Wei Shao that Chu Yu won’t hurt him. He understands what she means. But he needs to think about it.
Wei Shao returns home. He sees Xiao Qiao touching his box. He walks to her and he learns that she plans to transcribe the scripture for his grandmother. He asks her not to touch his box. He takes the box. She claims that she won’t touch it. She explains it to him that she did it by mistake.
She notes that he walks hard because of the shoes. She learns that it’s the new shoes his mother made him. She persuades him to try on the shoes she made when she places the shoes on the table. He tries on the shoes. He finds out that it’s pretty good. She takes the shoes his mother made. She claims that she wants to study it. He agrees to it. She hands over the tea to him. He drinks it and he thinks she’s nice to him. She claims that it’s her duty to serve her husband.
He questions her why she rejected it when his mother asked her to cook a bowl of soup for her. He mentions she made an excuse to flee. Xiao Qiao admits that it was an excuse. But it wasn’t her intention not to cook the soup. She mentions Jiang Ao asked her to cook soup suddenly. She confesses that she hasn’t entered kitchen because she was lazy when she was at home. She didn’t know what to do and there was nobody helping her. She thinks nobody would drink the soup she cooked. Wei Shao thinks Xiao Qiao should let his mother know it. She tells him that she knows his mother hates her very much. She mentions his mother disallowed her to get into the city and his mother drove her away. She thinks his mother will think she’s making an excuse even if she tells the truth. She thinks the madam will hate her more.
Wei Shao learns that his wife still remember it. Xiao Qiao takes a look at him. She claims that she won’t forget it because she had suffered for three days. He reveals his mother gave him a task. He asks her to complete the task for him. He reveals his mother asked him to take Zheng Shu as his concubine. She mistakes that he wishes her to reject it. He denies it. He asks her to arrange it.
Xiao Qiao meets with Chun Niang in the room. Chun Niang is surprised that Wei Shao wants to marry Zheng Shu. Xiao Zao mentions the guy refused to take any girl as his concubine for Xiao Qiao. She wonders why he doesn’t do it now. Xiao Qiao thinks she got the wrong idea. She thinks the guy wouldn’t care for her because they’re not ordinary couple. She realizes that he rejected the uncles because he worried that they will do something. She thinks he just used her. She gets angry. Chun Niang wonders if they should fix the shoes. Xiao Qiao claims that they should do it. She thinks she shouldn’t blame Wei Shao. She blames herself for not thinking of the layer. Xiao Zao asks Xiao Qiao if they’re going to let Wei Shao marry Zheng Shu. Xiao Qiao mentions Wei Shao wants to marry Zheng Shu because his mother likes the girl. She thinks she shouldn’t be bullied even if her mother-in-law doesn’t like her. She decides to look for a person who can bully Mrs. Zhu.
Xiao Qiao visits Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu mentions they promised not to greet everyday. Xiao Qiao tells Mrs. Xu that she has filial piety in her heart. She reveals she came because of a case. She takes out the calligraphic styles. She asks Mrs. Xu to choose it. Mrs. Xu chooses regular script. Xiao Qiao asks Mrs. Xu to choose another calligraphic style. She wants to use it on the paper that Wei Shao marries Zheng Shu. She doesn’t dare to make the decision because she worries that she will humiliate her husband. Mrs. Xu realizes that Xiao Qiao came to complain. Xiao Qiao mentions Wei Shao refused to take any girl as his concubine. She thinks they should make a good excuse.
Mrs. Xu meets with Mrs. Zhu. Mrs. Zhu is very happy. She tells her mother-in-law that Zheng Shu wants to do her filial duty. She thinks it will be good if Zheng Shu marries Wei Shao. She explains it to Mrs. Xu that she wants to arrange a good girl for her son. But Mrs. Xu thinks Mrs. Zhu does it for herself. She mentions she went against it before. Zhong Ao shows Mrs. Zhu the dowry. She thinks Zheng family can find a good husband for Zheng Shu. Mrs. Zhu complains that Wei Shao delayed Zheng Shu. She blames Xiao Qiao. But Mrs. Xu asks Mrs. Zhu to accept it. Zhong Ao gives the dowry list to Mrs. Zhu.
Wei Shao returns home. Xiao Qiao welcomes her husband. He’s surprised that she asked his grandmother to help her. She claims that she should let Mrs. Xu know it. She thinks she couldn’t control Mrs. Xu’s decision. He admits that she couldn’t control it. He notes that she’s not happy. He asks her if she feels wronged. She denies it and she thinks it’s her thoughts.
He decides to return to his office. But she stops him. She thinks she shouldn’t take his place since he came back. She goes to pack up the papers. He asks her if she touched his stuff in the room. She reveals she stayed in the study for transcribing the scripture. She tells him that she can go to her room to transcribe it if he worries about it. She leaves his study.
Wei Shao mistakes that Xiao Qiao came back. He tells her that he doesn’t suspect her. He allows her to enter his study. Zheng Shu claims that she won’t let Wei Shao down since he trusts her so much. Wei Shao turns around. He’s surprised that Zheng Shu came. She explains it to him that Mrs. Zhu asked her to deliver the soup to him. He asks her not to walk around because it’s very cold. She mistakes that he cares for her. He explains it to her that he worries about her reputation because they stay in the room alone.
She mentions his mother plans to marry her to him. She thinks she achieved her goal if Xiao Qiao didn’t ruin the plan. He claims it wasn’t related to Xiao Qiao. She yells at him and she thinks he was bewitched by Xiao Qiao. He asks her to take away the food because he’s not hungry. He disallows her to come to the study. He closes the door after she left.
Xue Tai takes his troops to Boya. He encounters Bi Zhi and his men. The soldier introduces Bi Zhi to Xue Tai. Xue Tai looks down on Bi Zhi because Bi Zhi only has 100 men. He rides his horse to rush to Bi Zhi. They have a fight. The soldier is surprised that Bi Zhi is Xue Tai’s rival. Bi Zhi’s men praise Bi Zhi. Bi Zhi hits Xue Tai. Xue Tai falls off his horse. Xue Tai’s soldiers try to attack Bi Zhi’s men. Bi Zhi whistles. The soldiers fall off the horses. Bi Zhi’s men catch the chance to attack the soldiers.
Da Qiao writes a letter to his father. She thinks her husband isn’t Xue Tai’s rival. Because Bian State supports the general. Qiao Yue receives the letter. He has a meeting because of it. He mentions his daughter abandoned her parents for a slave. He blames Da Qiao for asking for help. Zhang Pu persuades Qiao Yue that they will offend Bian State if they send troops at this time. He worries that Wei Shao will misunderstand it as well. Qiao Ping reminds Qiao Yue that Da Qiao is his daughter. He thinks he shouldn’t ignore the bloodline. Zhang Pu claims that Qiao Yue needs to make the decision on his own because Qiao Yue is the lord of Yan State. Qiao Ci scolds Zhang Pu for provoking his uncle. Qiao Yue reminds Qiao Ci that his grandfather betrayed his ally for the people. He thinks they shouldn’t have mercy if they want to do something big. He tells him that he’s too young. He mentions Wei Shao got troops in Panyi. He worries about what the guy thinks if they send troops to Boya. He claims that he won’t help his daughter.
Xiao Qiao goes to Wei Shao’s study for returning the book. She takes a look at the box. She leaves the study. She returns to her room. Xiao Zao reports to her lady that Wei Shao invited her to go to his study. Xiao Qiao goes to the study. Wei Shao is waiting for her. He takes the box.
Xiao Qiao joins Wei Shao. She wonders why he came back so early. He claims that he wouldn’t find out what she did it he didn’t come back early. She’s confused when she asks him what he means. He shows her the box. He thinks she touched it. He asks her if she scratched the box. She’s angry to deny. She claims she doesn’t know who did it. But he yells at her when he thinks nobody could enter the room. He asks her if she thought there’s a battle report in the box. She explains it to him that she came for returning the scripture. She claims that she informed him for making him not suspect her. She asks him why she let him know it if she wanted to snoop the battle report. He thinks she did it for avoiding her suspicions. She talks back that she didn’t know there’s a battle report in the box.
She admits that she was interested in the battle report. But she didn’t open the box. She tries to explain it. But he chokes her. He pushes her against the wall. He thinks Qiao family is full of bad people. He tells her that the revenge cannot be removed even if they got married. He threatens to send her to Kang City if she touches his stuff.
Wei Shao leaves the study. Xiao Zao and Chun Niang get on knees to him. They join Xiao Qiao. They ask her what happened because they saw Wei Shao leaving with rage. Xiao Qiao reveals it was just a little misunderstanding. She mentions Wei Shao thought she touched his box. She asks the two to go to look into who entered the study.
Xiao Zao and Chun Niang go to ask the maids about it. But the maids say that they didn’t see anything. Xiao Zao reports it to Xiao Qiao. She thinks the maids saw it when they were embarrassed. Chun Niang thinks the maids watch out for them. She offers to report it to Mrs. Xu. But Xiao Qiao thinks Mrs. Xu belongs to Wei family. She knows she will get slaughtered if Mrs. Xu dislikes her one day. She mentions everyone thinks her personality is like water. So they built a dam for blocking her. But they don’t know they will cause high waves. Chun Niang offers to return to Yan State. She goes to pack their stuff. Xiao Zao stops Chun Niang. She thinks they couldn’t find any way since they came to Fishing City. Chun Niang tells Xiao Zao that the back of the house is like a battlefield. Xiao Qiao realizes that she should catch the king since she’s in the battlefield. She thinks she shouldn’t fight Mrs. Zhu and Zheng Shu. Because the person who holds the blade is Wei Shao. She knows she will be bullied by Wei Shao if she doesn’t resolve the case. Although she’s weak, she refuses to wait for her fate.
Wei Shao and Gongsun Yang have a meeting in the palace. Gongsun Yang reports to Wei Shao that Zhen Zhi and Yang Feng worked together to fix Yongning Channel. Xiao Qiao shows up. She claims that she came to prove that she’s innocent. She tries to take the box. But Wei Shao takes the box before her. He tells her that she cannot touch the box. She questions him if she cannot prove her innocence. She scolds him when she thinks he always misunderstands her.
Xiao Qiao tells Wei Shao that she thought he will be true to her after they get married. But he watched out for her. She thinks he treats her as eternal enemy because she comes from Qiao family. She points out that she married him not for stealing information. So she has to prove herself. She grabs the box from him. She opens the box and she returns it to him. She thinks he can punish her if she stole the information in the box. She tells him that the mastermind will get what she wants if he cannot make the decision. She asks him if he doesn’t worry that she will kill him when they sleep together. She claims that she does it for preventing the things from happening. She could open the box but she didn’t do that. She knows the stuff in the box is favored by him. She tells him that she wouldn’t scratch his heart because she could open it.
Xiao Qiao tells Wei Shao that she reflected on herself after he left. She thinks she ignored his words no matter she opened the box or not. She wants to accept the punishment because she made a mistake. She swears not to do it again. But she tells him to visit her if he forgets how to open the box one day. She leaves his palace.
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Wei Liang applauds. He thinks what Xiao Qiao did makes him trust her. He learns the reason why she could provoke the people in Capital Xin and Panyi. Gongsun Yang thinks it’s a family matter. He tells the people that he was right that Xiao Qiao has water morality. Wei Qu disagrees. He thinks Xiao Qiao isn’t like water because she’s so sharp. Gongsun Yang thinks Wei Qu doesn’t understand it. Wei Duo learns the reason why Wei Shao called Xiao Qiao fierce woman.
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Wei Shao is furious to ask the people to leave. The people leave. Wei Shao opens the box. He takes out the handkerchief. He remembers his grandfather asked him to be like his brother. He puts the handkerchief back. He takes out the spike. He remembers his grandfather and his father were killed by enemies. He remembers his brother asked him not to trust anyone. Because their grandfather had the bad ending because he trusted Qiao family. Wei Bao told Wei Shao that he’s man. He asked him to resolve anything on his own. Wei Shao tears up. He closes the box. He sees his grandfather, his father and his brother saying goodbye to him. He wonders who did it.