Chapter list
75 chapters- C75 Finally Set in Motion
- C74 A Stick First, Then a Sweet Date
- C73 Winter Solstice Dumplings
- C72 Madam Chen’s Authority
- C71 The Escape
- C70 Tung Oil Poisoning
- C69 Ears Behind the Wall
- C68 First Meeting with Wang Cuiqiao
- C67 I Told You Not to Ask
- C66 The Thoughts of the Seventh House
- C65 A Letter from Afar
- C64 The Ink Testing Gathering
- C63 Casual Talk and Further Development Plans
- C62 Life’s Wisdom
- C61 Wang Cuiqiao
- C60 News from the Sun Family
- C59 The Middle Way
- C58 Submit or Not
- C57 The Cheng Family’s Thoughts
- C56 Who Laughs Last?
- C55 Li Jincai’s Intentions
- C54 Human Hearts
- C53 The Patterned Stone
- C52 Li Tianyou
- C51 I’ll Take It
- C50 Sudden Bad News
- C49 A Crazy Decision
- C48 The Will
- C47 The Requisition of Pine Wood
- C46 Sifting Sand in Great Waves
- C45 The Divine Assessment
- C44 The Ink Competition
- C43 The Butterfly Effect
- C42 Everyone’s Thoughts
- C41 When It Rains, It Pours
- C40 Zhen Niang Examines the Ink, Pine Plague Breaks Out
- C39 Farewell
- C38 Each Playing Their Hand
- C37 Pine Disease
- C36 Cutting Robes to Sever Ties
- C35 Ancient Trees Become Spirits, Old People Become Crafty
- C34 Preparing for the Worst
- C33 What Was Meant to Come Still Came
- C32 A Narrow Path for Enemies
- C31 You Can’t Write Two ‘Li’ Characters with One Stroke
- C30 Eunuch Yan
- C29 The Shen Family’s Calculations
- C28 The Name of Medicinal Ink
- C27 A Marriage Agreement After Twenty Years
- C26 Ghost Catching
- C25 The Outcome of the Suzhou Matter
- C24 A Promise and Madam Zheng
- C23 Bean Pastries, Cudgels, and a Woman
- C22 The Ink is Made and Support is Given
- C21 Joining Forces and Idle Talk
- C20 Meeting Without Recognition
- C19 The Coal Stove
- C18 The Problem with the Duan Inkstone
- C17 The Five-Stone Powder Ink
- C16 The Marriage Proposal
- C15 Dragon Guest of Luzhou
- C14 The Sixth Branch of the Li Family
- C13 Finding One’s Place in Life
- C12 News of Father
- C11 The Bidding War
- C10 The Ink’s Luster Reveals Manager Zheng’s Shortsightedness
- C9 The Troublemaker Brings Trouble
- C8 Confronting Malice, Zhenniang Stands Her Ground
- C7 An Opportunity Arrives, Zhenniang’s First Discussion of Ink
- C6 Li Jingfu Leaves Home, Zhenniang Plans for Livelihood
- C5 Recounting the Past, Li Jingfu’s Regret
- C4 The Farce Ends, Madam Wu Takes Pride
- C3 War of Words and Weapons
- C2 For Her Daughter’s Sake, Madam Zhao Yields
- C1 A Family of Peculiar Characters