Recaps

Xiao Yu gave Qi Yunheng the kiss he demanded, but Qi Yunheng turned it into a bloody kiss and fled after Xiao Yu bit him back. At his private residence, Qi Yunheng confessed to Uncle Fu that Xiao Yu had kissed him and asked how he should kiss properly.

• Qi Yunheng demanded that Xiao Yu kiss him and confronted him with storybooks depicting Xiao Yu’s romantic entanglements.
• Xiao Yu kissed Qi Yunheng on the cheek, but Qi Yunheng grabbed him and kissed him fiercely on the lips.
• Xiao Yu bit Qi Yunheng back, drawing blood, and Qi Yunheng released him and disappeared into the night.
• Xiao Yu wiped his injured lips and planned to test the medicinal catalyst with his blood.
• Qi Yunheng returned to the private residence, told Uncle Fu that Xiao Yu had kissed him, and asked how he should kiss properly.

At morning court, Xiao Yu’s defense against accusations of improper conduct exposed Advising Grandee Ma Shang’s affairs and crimes, leading to his arrest and execution order. Emperor Jinyuan dismissed court and ordered Xiao Yu to reflect at home for several days.

• Advising Grandee Ma Shang and Censor Lu accused Xiao Yu of disgraceful conduct, and Emperor Jinyuan asked him to answer the charges.
• Xiao Yu questioned Ma Shang about seducing married women, then revealed through his thoughts Ma Shang’s affair with Censor Lu’s wife and his involvement in her death.
• Censor Lu struck Ma Shang, and Yin Huizhou attacked him after learning Ma Shang had also been involved with his mistress.
• Censor Lu and Yin Huizhou called for Ma Shang’s dismissal and punishment, and Emperor Jinyuan ordered guards to imprison him and execute him on a date to be set.
• Emperor Jinyuan told Xiao Yu to stay home and reflect instead of attending court for the next few days.

Qi Yunheng tried to learn about kissing on the road, then visited Xiao Yu in the Eastern Palace and grew angry when Xiao Yu offered to help him find a queen. Qi Yunheng left after smashing a table, while Xiao Yu told the Crown Prince to send a sturdier replacement.

• Qi Yunheng made Gongsun Yun and Yan Mu kiss, and Zi Ying demonstrated by kissing Gongsun Yun before Qi Yunheng released the scholars and left.
• Gongsun Yun declared that he had fallen in love with Zi Ying and chased after her, while Yan Mu warned him that his family might object.
• Xiao Yu hid Qi Yunheng's storybook when Qi Yunheng entered his bedchamber and asked whether Qi Yunheng had come to the Jin Kingdom to see him.
• Qi Yunheng said he still needed a queen, but Xiao Yu offered to find unmarried women for him to meet.
• Qi Yunheng smashed a table and left, and Xiao Yu told the Crown Prince to find a replacement sturdy enough to withstand a beating.

Xiao Yu cared for the injured Crown Prince while Little Xiyue arrived after sneaking away and exposed her relatives’ thoughts about their relationship. Xiao Yu and the Crown Prince realized they could both hear her thoughts, and the Crown Prince took Little Xiyue away, leaving Xiao Yu wondering whether the Crown Prince liked him.

• Xiao Yu told the Crown Prince to rest, but Little Xiyue arrived alone after sneaking away from Nanny Fang.
• Xiao Yu scolded Little Xiyue for putting herself in danger, then carried her while she privately imagined herself as his future daughter.
• Little Xiyue discovered Xiao Yu’s romance storybooks and wondered why they did not feature the Crown Prince.
• After Little Xiyue speculated about Xiao Yu and the Crown Prince’s relationship, both men realized they could hear her thoughts and became embarrassed.
• The Crown Prince took Little Xiyue back to the Empress, and Xiao Yu wondered whether the Crown Prince liked him.

Little Xiyue was returned safely to the Empress after secretly leaving to find Xiao Yu, while the Crown Prince discovered that his attendant Wei Yi had gone missing. At the Eastern Palace, Wu Langxing disguised himself as Wei Yi and pursued Xiao Yu until Qi Yunheng arrived and saw them together.

• The Crown Prince brought Little Xiyue to the Empress, who scolded her for wandering off before forgiving her and asking Nanny Fang not to blame herself.
• The Crown Prince learned that Wei Yi had not reached the Empress and left for the Ministry of Rites, asking his mother to send Wei Yi to meet him if he appeared.
• Wu Langxing, disguised as Wei Yi, arrived at Xiao Yu's quarters and made advances, so Xiao Yu knocked him unconscious.
• Wu Langxing woke, admitted he had taken Wei Yi's face to enter the palace, and refused to change back so he could stay with Xiao Yu.
• Qi Yunheng entered, saw Xiao Yu holding the naked Wu Langxing, and threatened to kill him.

Qi Yunheng found Xiao Yu with Wu Langxing, killed Wu Langxing, and then helped Xiao Yu confront the shapeshifting monster. After Wu Langxing escaped, Qi Yunheng kissed Xiao Yu, while the Crown Prince witnessed them and left heartbroken.

• Qi Yunheng attacked Xiao Yu after finding him with Wu Langxing, severed Wu Langxing's head, and chased Xiao Yu.
• Wu Langxing reattached his head, transformed his arm into a blade, and lunged at Qi Yunheng, but Xiao Yu broke off the attack and shielded Qi Yunheng.
• Qi Yunheng embraced Xiao Yu as Wu Langxing demanded a kiss in exchange for releasing Wei Yi; Xiao Yu refused to negotiate and demanded that Wu Langxing return Wei Yi.
• Wu Langxing fled when he heard guards returning, and Qi Yunheng reminded Xiao Yu that he had seen his unmasked face before and demanded a kiss.
• Qi Yunheng kissed Xiao Yu, who did not push him away, while the Crown Prince watched from outside, dismissed the guards, and left in sorrow.

At the Autumn Hunt, Xiao Yu rebuffed the Sixth Prince and hunted with Shen Zhijie before Su Xun sought his help against a Tulao. Xiao Yu pinned the beast’s horns with spirit-powered arrows and let Xiao Ba swallow it.

• The Sixth Prince taunted Xiao Yu, but Xiao Yu mocked him and rode off to hunt with Shen Zhijie.
• Cui Rong advised the Sixth Prince to court Xiao Yu and focus on eliminating the Crown Prince, and the Sixth Prince agreed.
• Xiao Yu shot a wild goat and asked Shen Zhijie about Shen Yuzhu and Xie Guifan.
• Su Xun jumped onto Xiao Yu’s horse to escape a Tulao, while Shen Zhijie’s frightened horse ran off.
• Xiao Yu’s ordinary arrow failed to pierce the Tulao, so he summoned Xiao Ba and pinned the beast’s four horns with spirit-powered arrows.
• Xiao Ba swallowed the hornless Tulao, leaving Xiao Yu pleased that he had saved the cost of another meal.

Xiao Yu learned that the Crown Prince had been acting strangely and went to find him, while the Crown Prince confronted Qi Yunheng about his relationship with Xiao Yu. When assassins attacked, Qi Yunheng protected the Crown Prince, but Xiao Yu arrived and shielded the Crown Prince from Qi Yunheng, who asked whether Xiao Yu regretted their relationship.

• Su Xun admitted that he had angered Tulao by tugging on one of its horns, and Xiao Yu warned him not to provoke dangerous creatures.
• Su Xun told Xiao Yu that the Crown Prince had seemed agitated, and Xiao Yu went to look for him.
• The Crown Prince asked Qi Yunheng about his relationship with Xiao Yu, and Qi Yunheng said that Xiao Yu was his.
• Men in black surrounded the Crown Prince, and Wei Yi left to get reinforcements after the Crown Prince ordered him to go.
• Qi Yunheng stepped in front of the Crown Prince and fought the assassins, while Xiao Yu rushed toward the sounds of the battle.
• Xiao Yu arrived, saw Qi Yunheng and the Crown Prince covered in blood, and shielded the Crown Prince; Qi Yunheng asked Xiao Yu if he regretted it.

Xiao Yu learned that Qi Yunheng had saved the Crown Prince, then tracked him down to apologize for misunderstanding him. They reconciled by the lakeside, where Qi Yunheng asked to kiss Xiao Yu and pushed for more.

• The Crown Prince told Xiao Yu that Qi Yunheng had saved him and affirmed that Xiao Yu would always be his Little Imperial Uncle.
• Xiao Yu left Shen Zhijie to protect the Crown Prince and followed Qi Yunheng using a Tracking Talisman.
• At the lakeside, Qi Yunheng mistook Xiao Yu for an illusion and tried to cut himself, but Xiao Yu stopped him.
• Xiao Yu apologized and promised not to doubt Qi Yunheng again, and Qi Yunheng gradually accepted his reassurance.
• Qi Yunheng called Xiao Yu Qi'an and asked to kiss him for two hours, prompting Xiao Yu to warn him not to push his luck.

Xiao Yu and Qi Yunheng shared a passionate kiss, and Xiao Yu admitted his feelings by inviting Qi Yunheng to return with him as his consort. They arrived at the Hunting Grounds Palace hand in hand, where Emperor Jinyuan and a group of ministers overheard Xiao Yu’s introduction.

• Xiao Yu and Qi Yunheng kissed until night fell, and Qi Yunheng confessed that he had grown fond of Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu reassured Qi Yunheng when he had to leave, then turned back and invited him to come with him as his beloved consort.
• The Crown Prince worried that Xiao Yu might have encountered more assassins, while Su Xun said nobody could hurt him.
• Xiao Yu entered the palace holding Qi Yunheng’s hand and introduced him to the others as his consort.
• Emperor Jinyuan arrived with Censor Lu and several ministers, overheard Xiao Yu’s introduction, and left Xiao Yu speechless.

Xiao Yu faced the court with Qi Yunheng at his side and defended their relationship before the ministers and nobles. When Xiao Yu revealed the danger awaiting Marquis Yongchang’s family, the marquis collapsed in terror.

• Emperor Jinyuan arrived at the gathering, and Xiao Yu stood protectively in front of Qi Yunheng while acknowledging him as the person he would cherish.
• Xiao Yu threatened the ministers for staring at Qi Yunheng, and Marquis Yongchang, Gongsun Yi, challenged his arrogance.
• Shen Zhijie identified Gongsun Yi, and Xiao Yu’s thoughts revealed that a mountain ghost would soon deceive the marquis’s son and target Gongsun Yi.
• Xiao Yu revealed that the mountain ghost would falsely accuse Gongsun Yi, prompting Lady Gongsun to beat her husband to death by mistake.
• Gongsun Yi turned pale and collapsed after hearing what would happen to him.

The Marquis Yongchang accepted Xiao Yu’s offer to stay at Prince Yu’s Residence after being rejected by Emperor Jinyuan and the ministers. Immortal Venerable Yuheng contacted Xiao Yu after six years, learned that Xiao Yu had chosen a male Dao companion, and pretended to be his younger brother before asking to meet him.

• The Marquis Yongchang wept and asked Emperor Jinyuan to take him in, but the emperor and ministers refused.
• Xiao Yu offered the Marquis Yongchang a place at Prince Yu’s Residence, and the Marquis Yongchang called Xiao Yu his brother and second parent.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng contacted Xiao Yu in the form of a mosquito and asked him to return to Spirit Mountain, but Xiao Yu said he could not leave yet.
• Xiao Yu told Immortal Venerable Yuheng that he wanted a male Dao companion, causing Yuheng to fall and revert to human form.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng told Emperor Jinyuan and the others that the mosquito had been his younger brother, then asked Xiao Yu whether the masked man was his future Dao companion.

Xiao Yu chose to pursue a romance with Qi Yunheng despite knowing that their mortal and immortal lifespans would differ, and Immortal Venerable Yuheng gave them his blessing. In the mortal realm, the Crown Prince met Princess Ning'an, who hurried ahead to reunite with Qi'an.

• Immortal Venerable Yuheng warned Xiao Yu that Qi Yunheng’s mortal lifespan could leave him heartbroken, but Xiao Yu resolved to love him and asked for his master’s blessing.
• Immortal Venerable Yuheng blessed Xiao Yu and Qi Yunheng, then agreed to investigate reports of ferocious beasts entering the Mortal Realm.
• The Crown Prince waited outside the capital to meet the person Qi'an had sent him to collect.
• Princess Ning'an arrived late after encountering assassins, and the Crown Prince recognized her as Xiao Yu’s elder sister.
• Princess Ning'an rode ahead to see Qi'an, while the Crown Prince rebuked Wei Yi for calling her rude.

Xiao Yu discussed his relationship with Qi Yunheng and Emperor Jinyuan warned him not to treat him as a male favorite. Consort Cui visited the Imperial Study, and Xiao Yu revealed that his elder sister Princess Ning'an had arrived in the capital, prompting Emperor Jinyuan to say he would go meet her.

• Emperor Jinyuan questioned Xiao Yu about Immortal Venerable Wuli and his relationship with Qi Yunheng, then insisted he follow proper marriage procedures.
• Consort Cui overheard Xiao Yu's thoughts about her past-life defiance and decided to stay in the palace rather than visit her family.
• Consort Cui greeted Emperor Jinyuan and claimed she had come because she missed him, while Xiao Yu's thoughts made the emperor wary of her ambition.
• Xiao Yu told Emperor Jinyuan that Princess Ning'an had arrived and that the Crown Prince had gone to meet her.
• Emperor Jinyuan said he would accompany Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu asked whether he had met Princess Ning'an before.

Xiao Zhiyu arrived in the Eastern Palace and learned that Qi Yunheng was the man Xiao Yu loved. After Emperor Jinyuan welcomed her, Xiao Yu and Qi Yunheng shared a farewell beneath the stars, where Xiao Yu refused to leave Jin Kingdom with him.

• Qi Yunheng broke into the Eastern Palace and was confronted by Xiao Zhiyu, who mistook him for Qi'an's little pet and questioned whether Qi'an liked men.
• Xiao Yu introduced Qi Yunheng as the man he loved and introduced Xiao Zhiyu as his elder sister.
• Emperor Jinyuan recognized Xiao Zhiyu as Princess Ning'an and invited her to a welcoming banquet, leaving Xiao Yu and Qi Yunheng alone.
• Xiao Yu took Qi Yunheng to the bell tower, where Qi Yunheng said he had to return to Southern Zhao and asked Xiao Yu to come with him.
• Xiao Yu apologized and explained that his family and duties prevented him from leaving Jin Kingdom, then promised to write and think of Qi Yunheng often.
• Qi Yunheng answered that he would not miss Xiao Yu.

Qi Yunheng returned to Southern Zhao and discovered someone had tried to poison him through the pastries Little Eleven ate. In Jin Kingdom, Lady Gongsun heard Xiao Yu’s thoughts about her husband and their son’s mountain-spirit sweetheart, then decided she needed help persuading her son.

• Qi Yunheng began writing a letter to Qi'an, but Little Eleven ate his pastries and collapsed from poison.
• Qi Yunheng called for an imperial physician and realized someone had tried to poison him while he was away.
• Lady Gongsun visited Xiao Yu to take Marquis Yongchang home and heard his thoughts about her husband and their son’s mountain-spirit sweetheart.
• Marquis Yongchang returned with a fish, and Lady Gongsun urged him to come home and promised to treat him better.
• Lady Gongsun worried that her son would not listen to her about the mountain spirit and wondered if he could hear Xiao Yu’s thoughts too.

Lady Gongsun invited Xiao Yu to the marquis’s residence, where he met Gongsun Yun and learned that the heir was devoted to Zi Ying, a mountain ghost. Xiao Yu revealed Gongsun Yun’s disastrous future, just as Zi Ying arrived to greet him.

• Lady Gongsun invited Xiao Yu to a banquet at the marquis’s residence, and he agreed to go.
• Gongsun Yun welcomed Marquis Yongchang home, then learned Xiao Yu was visiting and challenged him to a fight.
• Xiao Yu offered Gongsun Yun five thousand taels to call him uncle, and Gongsun Yun accepted the money.
• Xiao Yu’s thoughts revealed that Zi Ying would draw Gongsun Yun into a doomed quest for the Four Seasons Flower, where a sea demon would eat him.
• Zi Ying arrived at the residence and called Gongsun Yun her darling.

Xiao Yu exposed Zi Ying as a mountain ghost and revealed the tragic fate and hidden feelings of Gongsun Yun’s childhood companion, Yan Mu. The chapter ended with Gongsun Yun asking Yan Mu if he truly liked him.

• Zi Ying arrived and showed interest in Xiao Yu after learning he was full of spiritual energy.
• Xiao Yu struck Zi Ying, revealing her monstrous mountain ghost form, and Gongsun Yun fled in terror.
• Yan Mu arrived and comforted Gongsun Yun while Xiao Yu revealed Yan Mu’s devotion and tragic future through his thoughts.
• Yan Mu tried to leave in embarrassment, but Gongsun Yun stopped him and asked whether he really liked him.

Yan Mu confessed his feelings to Gongsun Yun, who reassured him, while Xiao Yu thought of A-Heng. In Southern Zhao, Qi Yunheng reunited with Little Eleven and received a letter from Xiao Yu that prompted him to write back.

• Yan Mu asked whether Gongsun Yun would hate him if he liked him, and Gongsun Yun said there was nothing wrong with liking someone.
• Yan Mu praised Gongsun Yun and confessed that he adored him, leaving Gongsun Yun flustered.
• Xiao Yu watched the pair and thought about missing A-Heng in Southern Zhao.
• Qi Yunheng initially refused to visit the recovering Little Eleven, but Little Eleven came to him and asked him to stay.
• Uncle Fu brought Qi Yunheng a letter from the Jin Kingdom, and its affectionate message from Xiao Yu made Qi Yunheng hurry to write back.
• Little Eleven asked Qi Yunheng to tell Sister-in-Law that he missed him too, but Qi Yunheng denied that he did.

At Xiao Yu's housewarming banquet, Second Uncle Xiao left the seventh prince in his care while trying to draw Xiao Yu into supporting her claim to the throne. After Xiao Yu warned her about her maternal grandfather and promised she had his protection, the seventh prince broke down in tears.

• After the banquet, the Crown Prince asked to keep visiting Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu welcomed him to Prince Yu's Residence.
• Second Uncle Xiao introduced the seventh prince as Yun'er and tried to make her call Xiao Yu Cousin-Uncle, but Xiao Yu told her to address him as Young Imperial Uncle.
• Second Uncle Xiao insisted the seventh prince stay overnight, and Xiao Yu suspected he wanted him to support her claim to the throne.
• When Xiao Yu asked whether she wanted the throne, the seventh prince admitted she felt forced to fight to protect her mother and maternal family from execution.
• Xiao Yu warned the seventh prince not to trust Second Uncle too much, and she learned how cruelly he had treated her mother in the past and intended to use her for power.
• The seventh prince began crying, and Xiao Yu comforted her by promising she had him.

After Xiao Yu comforted the Seventh Prince, who had been forced to live disguised as a boy, he received a brief letter from A-Heng and sent Qinggeng to Southern Zhao with Voice Transmission Talismans because he wanted to hear A-Heng's voice. The next morning, Su Xun arrived to invite Xiao Yu to lunch and was shocked to find the Seventh Prince staying at his residence.

• The Seventh Prince thanked Xiao Yu after he exposed her identity, and Xiao Zhiyu took her to rest for the night.
• Xiao Yu received a two-word letter from A-Heng in Southern Zhao and asked Qinggeng to deliver Voice Transmission Talismans so he could hear A-Heng's voice.
• The next morning, Su Xun tossed buns to Xiao Yu over the wall and invited him to lunch with their Maternal Grandfather.
• The Seventh Prince appeared, startling Su Xun into falling from the wall, and Xiao Yu explained that Little Seven had stayed with him overnight.
• Su Xun quietly asked whether Xiao Yu had fallen out with the Crown Prince, and Xiao Yu assured him that they were doing fine.

Xiao Yu sent Qi Yunheng a Voice Transmission Talisman through Qinggeng, who accidentally carried the Eleventh Prince back to the Jin Kingdom. Qi Yunheng used the talisman to tell Xiao Yu he longed for him, leaving Xiao Yu flustered in front of his family.

• Xiao Yu took the Seventh Prince back to the palace and planned to speak with Emperor Jinyuan, who worried that Qi'an had grown distant from him.
• Qinggeng arrived at the Southern Zhao palace, where Little Eleven mistook him for a friendly bird and led him to Qi Yunheng.
• Qi Yunheng sent the ministers away, then accepted a Voice Transmission Talisman from Qinggeng after learning Xiao Yu had not come himself.
• Qinggeng flew off carrying Little Eleven, and Qi Yunheng ordered Uncle Fu to help snatch the prince back while wishing he had gone along too.
• Qi Yunheng spoke into the talisman, telling Xiao Yu that he longed for him, and Xiao Yu blushed as his family looked toward him.

Xiao Yu returned to the Su Residence after exchanging intimate voice messages with Yun Heng, then rejected Second Uncle Xiao’s attempt to arrange a marriage between Xiao Wenjun and Su Jingxue. He left Second Uncle Xiao unable to defend Wenjun, while Su Jingxue heard Xiao Yu’s fierce support from the adjoining room.

• Xiao Yu fled the gathering after Yun Heng’s intimate voice messages played aloud, then replied that he was at the Su Residence and would return that night.
• Second Uncle Xiao proposed that Xiao Wenjun marry Su Jingxue and asked Xiao Yu to persuade the old Grand Tutor.
• Xiao Yu learned that Xiao Wenjun had a mistress and a child, and stopped Second Uncle Xiao from pressing the proposal.
• Xiao Yu called Xiao Wenjun unworthy of Su Jingxue and defended her against Second Uncle Xiao’s claim that she was too old to find a husband.

Su Jingxue agreed to avoid going out alone after Xiao Yu warned her about Xiao Wenjun, while Xiao Zhiyu and Su Xun tried to learn more about the mysterious man from Southern Zhao. Xiao Yu returned to his residence and discovered a child who looked like Qi Yunheng, prompting him to wonder whether Qi Yunheng already had a child.

• Su Jingxue worried that Xiao Yu had offended Second Uncle, but Xiao Yu reassured her and asked whether she cared for Xiao Wenjun.
• Xiao Yu recalled Xiao Wenjun's past mistresses and warned Su Jingxue not to go out alone; she agreed to stay home.
• Su Xun teased Xiao Yu about calling Su Jingxue affectionately, and Xiao Zhiyu asked who the man calling himself “This King” had been; Xiao Yu evaded them and left.
• Xiao Zhiyu explained that Southern Zhao's fourth prince had won the internal conflict and was nearing the throne, while Su Xun suspected the sovereign might seek a marriage alliance with Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu returned to Prince Yu's Residence, where Qinggeng showed him a young boy; Xiao Yu noticed the child resembled Qi Yunheng and asked whether Qi Yunheng had a child that old.

Xiao Yu met Yun Cheng, Qi Yunheng’s youngest brother, who had secretly traveled to see him and revealed that Qi Yunheng slept with Xiao Yu’s robe. In Southern Zhao, Qi Yunheng presented the robe on a dummy as his Queen, declared his love for a man from Jin, and left the ministers wondering who that man was.

• Yun Cheng ran to Xiao Yu, called him his royal sister-in-law, and explained that Qi Yunheng was his royal brother.
• Yun Cheng admitted he had secretly ridden on Qinggeng to find Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu warned him not to take such a risk again.
• Yun Cheng whispered that Qi Yunheng had taken Xiao Yu’s robe to Southern Zhao and hugged it every night.
• At morning court, Qi Yunheng displayed Xiao Yu’s robe on a dummy as the Queen, shocking the ministers.
• Qi Yunheng told the ministers the Queen was from Jin and said only the man he loved could be his Queen.
• The chancellor suggested a marriage alliance, but Qi Yunheng said the man might refuse, leaving the ministers to wonder who he was.