Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing warned Ning Rongrong that Xue Qinghe might be interested in Yin Hao, and Ning Rongrong decided to ask her father to arrange Xue Qinghe’s marriage. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue prepared to meet Yin Hao, but Ning Rongrong kept him at Shrek Academy until noon, leaving their planned visit delayed.

• Zhu Zhuqing urged Ning Rongrong to keep Yin Hao away from Xue Qinghe and suggested asking Sovereign Ning and Xue Ye to arrange Xue Qinghe’s marriage at a formal gathering.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to write to her father and left to do so.
• Qian Renxue changed into a golden gown in her secret room and wondered whether Yin Hao was qualified to see her face.
• Three days later, Ning Rongrong kept Yin Hao in his dormitory until noon by acting clingy, delaying his trip to the Crown Prince Residence.
• Yin Hao reassured Ning Rongrong that she was his favorite and promised to spend time with her another day.

Ning Rongrong accompanied Yin Hao to the Crown Prince Residence and kept herself between him and Qian Renxue. The three then went to Xue Ke’s birthday gathering at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where Ning Rongrong said her father had already arrived to discuss an important matter with the Emperor.

• Ning Rongrong insisted on accompanying Yin Hao to see Qian Renxue, and Yin Hao agreed after warning her not to say anything reckless.
• At the Crown Prince Residence, Ning Rongrong interrupted Qian Renxue’s attempt to welcome Yin Hao and repeatedly kept the two from getting close while they chatted.
• As evening fell, Qian Renxue invited Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong to attend Xue Ke’s birthday gathering at the palace.
• Ning Rongrong told Qian Renxue that her father had accepted an invitation and had an important matter to discuss with His Majesty.
• Qian Renxue, Yin Hao, and Ning Rongrong arrived at the main hall, where Qian Renxue asked a eunuch to announce her arrival.

Qian Renxue brought Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong to meet Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi in the palace, where they were introduced as Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and future son-in-law. Princess Xue Ke arrived for her birthday banquet and persuaded Qian Renxue to promise to spend a whole day playing with her.

• Qian Renxue entered the hall with Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong and greeted Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong as his daughter and her fiancé, and Xue Ye welcomed them warmly.
• Princess Xue Ke arrived and affectionately greeted Xue Ye, who urged her to consider the young nobles attending her birthday banquet as marriage prospects.
• Xue Ke teased Qian Renxue about remaining unmarried, then asked her to make up for a playful scolding by spending a day with her.
• Qian Renxue recalled their past closeness and promised Xue Ke she would play with her for a whole day.

Guests gathered at the palace for Xue Ke's birthday, where Xue Ye planned to let her choose a fiancé. Yin Hao met Xue Ke as Ning Rongrong's boyfriend, and the invited nobles entered the hall with their sons and gifts.

• Xue Ke greeted Ning Rongrong and met her boyfriend, Yin Hao, who introduced himself as Rongrong's boyfriend.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng arrived, and Qian Renxue exchanged polite remarks with Xue Xing while Xue Beng stood ignored.
• Xue Ye ordered the birthday gathering to begin, and a eunuch announced that all guests could enter the hall regardless of rank.
• Noblemen gathered outside with their sons, hoping to gain advantages by having Xue Ke choose one of them as her fiancé.
• Brother Sun and Brother Li ended their conversation and went toward the hall with their sons and gifts.

Princess Xue Ke welcomed Tang Yuehua warmly at her birthday banquet, while Xue Ye hoped to use Tang Yuehua’s ties to the Clear Sky Sect to gain its support. The Spirit Hall Saint Child arrived with two Titled Douluo, stirring alarm and defiant boasts among the Heaven Dou nobles.

• Nobles presented Xue Ke with extravagant birthday gifts, but she showed little interest in them.
• Tang Yuehua arrived with a Red Sandalwood Guqin, and Xue Ke greeted her with excitement and took her hand.
• Two young nobles disparaged Tang Yuehua, so their fathers struck them and warned them not to disrespect her.
• Tang Yuehua greeted Xue Ye, who welcomed her and reflected on his hopes of gaining the Clear Sky Sect’s support through her.
• The Spirit Hall Saint Child arrived with Yue Guan and Ghost, prompting alarm among the nobles and defiant claims that Heaven Dou could repel them.

Yin Hao arranged for his clone to enter Xue Ke’s birthday celebration as the Spirit Hall Saint Child and ask permission to give her a hairpin. The chapter ended with Xue Ye hearing the request, before he answered.

• Qian Renxue recognized that Yin Hao had arranged the Saint Child’s visit and agreed to present it as an opportunity for Heaven Dou to show its resolve.
• Qian Renxue told Xue Ye that Heaven Dou should welcome the guest, and Ge Long and the ministers pledged to defend the emperor and the empire.
• Xue Ye ordered the Spirit Hall Saint Child and two elders to be admitted, and Clone Yin Hao entered with Chrysanthemum and Ghost.
• Clone Yin Hao told Xue Ye that his visit was his own choice, not an order from the Pope.
• Clone Yin Hao presented a Gilded Phoenix Hairpin and asked permission to place it in Princess Xue Ke’s hair for her birthday.

At Xue Ke’s birthday banquet, Clone Yin Hao pressured her to accept his gift and let him put it on, while Xue Ye avoided openly opposing him to prevent a clash with Spirit Hall. Tang Yuehua stepped between them and challenged Yin Hao as he approached Xue Ke.

• Clone Yin Hao’s demand to personally put a gift on Xue Ke enraged Marshal Ge Long, and Yue Guan’s Soul Power drove Ge Long back.
• Xue Ye ordered Ge Long and the generals to stand down, then accepted Yin Hao’s gift to avoid offending Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ke reluctantly thanked Yin Hao after Xue Ye avoided her gaze, while Qian Renxue watched Yin Hao with concern.
• Clone Yin Hao took out the Gilded Phoenix Hairpin and asked to put it on Xue Ke, then approached when she hesitated.
• Tang Yuehua stepped in front of Xue Ke and told Yin Hao that bullying a young girl was inappropriate.

Clone Yin Hao gave Xue Ke a hairpin and stirred up the birthday banquet before provoking Ning Rongrong by asking her to drink with him. After he left her group, he turned his attention to Fourth Prince Xue Beng.

• Clone Yin Hao offered Xue Ke a hairpin, and she accepted it after Tang Yuehua gave her permission.
• Xue Ye opened the banquet to music and dancing, and young nobles crowded around Xue Ke to toast her.
• Clone Yin Hao challenged Tang Yuehua's ideas about etiquette, then approached Yin Hao and the others.
• Clone Yin Hao invited Ning Rongrong to drink, but she refused and pointed to Yin Hao as her boyfriend.
• Clone Yin Hao mocked Ning Rongrong's boyfriend, and Yin Hao calmed her before Clone Yin Hao turned to address Xue Beng.

Clone Yin Hao feigned friendship with Xue Beng by pretending they had met at a brothel, then secretly drugged his wine. The chapter ended with Xue Beng drinking it, while Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong continued their private flirtation.

• Clone Yin Hao claimed he had seen Xue Beng at the Ten Thousand Flowers Brothel, and Xue Beng eagerly agreed to a private gathering after the ceremony.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing stopped paying attention as Clone Yin Hao and Xue Beng bonded over talk of women and pleasure.
• Ning Rongrong told Yin Hao she suspected Clone Yin Hao's behavior was an act, then hinted at wanting to repeat a playful experience she had shared with Xiao Wu.
• After noticing the others were no longer watching, Clone Yin Hao used Kamui to drop a tiny pill into Xue Beng's wine.
• Clone Yin Hao and Xue Beng toasted their new friendship and drank their cups.

Clone Yin Hao left the banquet with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Xue Beng returned to his residence feeling an unexplained burning restlessness. There, he attacked Dai Mubai without warning and overpowered her, leaving her panicked as the maids watched.

• Clone Yin Hao pretended to be reluctant to leave, then departed the banquet with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo after saying goodbye to Xue Beng and Xue Ye.
• Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong returned to the academy after greeting Ning Fengzhi, while Xue Beng headed back to his residence by carriage.
• Xue Beng felt increasingly restless and hurried his driver as thoughts of someone at his residence intensified the sensation.
• Dai Mubai waited for Xue Beng in a crimson gown, and Xue Beng rushed at her as soon as he arrived.
• Xue Beng pinned Dai Mubai to the ground with unusual strength, while she panicked and the maid watched without intervening.

Dai Mubai discovered that Xue Beng had died after their night together and decided to flee before the royal family could blame him. As he left the Fourth Prince's residence, Xue Beng's father arrived and asked whether the prince had returned.

• Dai Mubai woke and found Xue Beng dead, then concealed the death from the armored soldier outside.
• Dai Mubai feared the royal family would kill him to protect its reputation and carried Xue Beng's body into the room.
• Dai Mubai changed into a pale yellow dress and left Xue Beng's inner courtyard after recalling how kindly Xue Beng had treated him.
• Dai Mubai told the Armored Soldiers that Xue Beng was asleep and ordered them to keep visitors out.
• Dai Mubai heard Xue Beng's father arrive and ask whether the Fourth Prince had returned.

Prince Xue Xing found Xue Beng dead in his room and realized the woman he had seen leaving the courtyard was likely involved. He ordered guards to pursue Miss Bai and summon physicians and a coroner.

• Dai Mubai fled after Prince Xue Xing entered the courtyard.
• Prince Xue Xing broke into Xue Beng's room after receiving no answer and found him without a heartbeat or pulse.
• The Armored Soldiers told Prince Xue Xing that Miss Bai and her maid Xiao Lu were the only ones normally inside the private courtyard.
• Prince Xue Xing recognized the woman he had seen leaving as Miss Bai and ordered a guard to bring her back.
• Prince Xue Xing ordered another guard to find physicians and bring a coroner.

Prince Xue Xing learned that Xue Beng had died from overindulgence in women and feared the scandal would disgrace the royal family, while Dai Mubai hid from the soldiers searching the city. At Shrek Academy, Yin Hao woke beside the bound Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong and went to settle accounts with Qian Renxue.

• Prince Xue Xing ordered an armored soldier to summon a coroner, then vowed to avenge Xue Beng as he looked at his body.
• An armored commander split his soldiers into three groups to search the streets and city gates for someone, forcing residents to flee indoors.
• Dai Mubai saw the soldiers' search, abandoned his plan to leave through the gates, and disguised his face with red cloth before walking away.
• Yin Hao woke beside Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, left them locked in the dormitory, and headed out to collect payment from Qian Renxue.
• The Medical Officers and coroners told Prince Xue Xing that Xue Beng had died from overindulgence in women, leaving him furious at the threat of royal disgrace.

Prince Xue Xing learned that Xue Beng likely died from long-term abuse of bedroom drugs and ordered the witnesses killed to conceal the disgrace. Yin Hao visited Qian Renxue and waited for news of the death, leaving her summoned to the emperor before she could discuss his reward.

• The lead Medical Officer told Prince Xue Xing that a single bedroom drug could not have killed Xue Beng unless he had taken such drugs for a long time and indulged in women.
• Prince Xue Xing decided to conceal Xue Beng's cause of death and had the Medical Officers and coroners dragged away and killed.
• Prince Xue Xing ordered Qi Sheng to seal the streets and city gates, then took Xue Beng's body to the palace to see the emperor.
• Yin Hao visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince Residence and said he had come to discuss his reward and wait for news of Xue Beng.
• A servant summoned Qian Renxue to the emperor, and she left Yin Hao waiting until she returned.

Xue Ye summoned Qian Renxue after Xue Beng was found dead, and Qian Renxue convincingly acted shocked and grief-stricken while learning how he died. Xue Ye then hinted that Xue Beng’s death was connected to why he had called her to the palace.

• Xue Ye stared at Xue Beng’s corpse while Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi remained in the hall.
• Qian Renxue arrived and pretended to be horrified and heartbroken when Xue Ye asked her to look at Xue Beng.
• Ning Fengzhi comforted Qian Renxue as she wept, while Xue Ye watched her without reacting.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know whether someone had harmed Xue Beng, and Xue Xing explained the Medical Officers’ and coroners’ findings.
• Qian Renxue was genuinely shocked to learn that the medicine in Yin Hao’s plan had caused Xue Beng’s death in that way.
• Xue Ye told Qian Renxue that she should understand why he had summoned her now that she knew how Xue Beng died.

After Xue Beng died, Xue Ye assigned Qian Renxue to handle the funeral and declared that the prince had died of a sudden severe illness, leaving Prince Xue Xing to understand that the emperor would not investigate. Back at her residence, Qian Renxue met Yin Hao, who reminded her that she owed him for fulfilling his promise.

• Xue Ye told Qian Renxue to handle Xue Beng's funeral and ordered Prince Xue Xing to leave the matter alone.
• Xue Ye told Prince Xue Xing that Xue Beng had died of a sudden severe illness and that no one else was involved.
• Ning Fengzhi left after Xue Ye agreed to discuss his proposal once Xue Beng's funeral was over.
• Qian Renxue returned to her residence and tried to kick Yin Hao when he appeared behind her to remove a leaf from her hair.
• Yin Hao reminded Qian Renxue that he had kept his promise, and she mocked his use of a drug before he asked her to fulfill hers.

Yin Hao reminded Qian Renxue of her promise to show him her true face, and she led him to a hidden room beneath her bedchamber. There, she prepared to change clothes while warning him not to look, leaving Yin Hao teasing her about her concealed feminine side.

• Yin Hao clarified that he wanted Qian Renxue to fulfill her promise to show him her true face, and she agreed to take him somewhere.
• Qian Renxue ordered a maid to guard her bedchamber, then revealed a hidden passage behind a wardrobe and led Yin Hao downstairs.
• Yin Hao discovered a pink, feminine room and noticed lace-trimmed panties, prompting Qian Renxue to order him to turn away.
• Qian Renxue threatened Yin Hao against looking or using spiritual power, and he reminded her that he and his protectors could overpower her and her allies.
• Yin Hao promised to behave, while Qian Renxue put away her belongings.

Yin Hao saw Qian Renxue dressed as a woman and offered to take her out of her room so she could experience the streets. He used Kamui to bring them to another corner of Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue angrily questioned how they would get back without jeopardizing her infiltration.

• Qian Renxue changed into women's clothes behind a curtain and a Soul Power Barrier while Yin Hao waited.
• Yin Hao praised Qian Renxue's beauty and said he felt sorry that she could only admire it alone in her room.
• Yin Hao offered to take Qian Renxue to the streets without anyone discovering them, and she asked how they would return.
• Yin Hao activated Kamui and took Qian Renxue to a corner of Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue recognized that they were still inside the city and demanded to know how they would get back without endangering her more than ten years of infiltration.

Yin Hao took Qian Renxue on a stroll through Heaven Dou City, where she enjoyed street food and a rare day of relaxation. As she prepared to return, Yin Hao went to buy her a bracelet, but Hu Liena appeared and tried to claim it for herself.

• Yin Hao persuaded Qian Renxue to explore the city with him, and she told him to call her Xiao Xue.
• Yin Hao bought Qian Renxue Tanghulu, which she tasted and found enjoyable despite claiming it was merely acceptable.
• Yin Hao and Qian Renxue wandered through the city until dusk, when she said she needed to return.
• Yin Hao left Qian Renxue waiting and went to a jewelry shop to buy her a bracelet.
• Hu Liena appeared at the shop and offered to pay more for the bracelet Yin Hao had chosen.

Yin Hao gave Hu Liena a bracelet, and she told him that BiBi Dong had come to Heaven Dou City to see him. When Qian Renxue appeared and learned that BiBi Dong was there, she decided to go see her mother with Yin Hao and Hu Liena.

• Yin Hao gave Hu Liena the bracelet and teased her about being his girlfriend, while Hu Liena admitted that she cared about him.
• Hu Liena told Yin Hao that BiBi Dong had come to Heaven Dou City because she was worried about him.
• Yin Hao said he needed to take his friend home before meeting BiBi Dong, and Qian Renxue appeared at the shop.
• Qian Renxue coldly questioned Hu Liena about BiBi Dong and decided to go with them to the Spirit Hall Holy Temple.
• Yin Hao and Hu Liena followed Qian Renxue out, leaving the shopkeeper behind as another customer asked about a necklace.