David storms into the Cheng courtyard to demand why Claire broke their engagement. Claire publicly exposes that he keeps a courtesan outside, prompting David to make furious threats before leaving. Believing her warnings, Claire's parents haul in a cart full of gold. Claire instructs her mother to buy up David's family grain through fake merchants, while her father reinforces their country estate. Claire then marches into town and buys out entire shops of grain, medicine, fabric, and meat.
David angrily confronts Claire about breaking off the wedding. Claire states out loud that he keeps a courtesan on the side. Shamed and furious, David shouts threats at her before storming away from the Cheng estate.
00:35: Gold and Country Manor Plans
Claire's parents bring home a wagon packed with gold. Claire directs her mother to hire actors posing as traveling merchants to buy out the Zou family's grain. She tells her father to hire blacksmiths to fortify their manor and dig cellars.
01:05: Clearing Out the Rice Shop
Claire enters the grain shop with her entourage. She offers double the going rate to buy all three thousand sacks of grain on the spot. She demands the owner deliver everything to the Cheng country manor within one hour.
01:19: Sweeping the Market for Supplies
Claire moves through the city market, visiting fabric vendors, medicine shops, blacksmiths, and butcher stalls. She purchases padded cotton clothes, every herb in stock, metal blades, iron pots, lard, and cured meats by entire roomfuls instead of standard units.
Key Lines from Episode 2
“等我考上状元做了高官，我就治你一个辱骂朝廷官员的大罪！”
“我出双倍价，只有一个要求，半个时辰内运到城外程家别院。”
“掌柜的，把你的称给我扔了，我不论斤买，我论屋买！”
How Episode 2 Ends
Claire finishes emptying market stalls of every warm garment, herb, tool, and preserved ration she can find. Her family rushes to move the mountains of survival supplies into their fortified country estate. Will Claire get all these provisions safely hidden underground before David catches wind of her moves or the deadly freeze arrives?