On the day of the Incense Banquet, Wu Shuo Mo approaches Hua Qian to ask for help in obtaining Mu Yao. Xi Wu overhears the conversation, and Hua Qian makes it clear to him that she wants no part in the men’s schemes to obtain Mu Yao, which confuses him. He is later injured while trying to protect Hua Qian from her cousin. Shuo Mu makes a scene at the end of the banquet, which Hua Qian uses to her advantage to divorce Ye Lan. (Source: frankly at MyDramaList)