Where the Mask Ends episode 6 recap: A stolen letter and a birthday plan

In short

Han Liao learns A Chou's secret from a dead servant. To protect herself she takes charge of the old Madame's birthday banquet so the whole capital knows her face.

What happens in episode 6

A servant steals Lu Zhuo's bait letter and runs to Han Liao, heir of the Marquis of Xiting. Lu Zhuo surrounds the house, but the servant has already been killed by Han Liao's hunting dogs. Before he died, he had also found A Chou's letter and told Han Liao the truth.

Jun Dai goes to her grandmother Lady Shou'an for help, but she is away. Her cousin Huo Jue, who loves her, offers to help her take the title back.

A Chou decides her best protection is fame. She volunteers to organize the old Madame's birthday banquet, borrows two of Lu Zhuo's men and catches butterflies for a surprise.

She also teases Lu Zhuo until he tears a paper bed curtain he painted on. Feeling guilty, he offers to find the best craftsmen to make what she wants, which was her plan all along.

Why it matters

Han Liao now holds the secret that can destroy her, and the Lu family's enemy becomes hers.

Based on the official episode synopsis, summarized in our own words: Baidu Baike: official synopsis, episode synopses, cast and 追剧日历