Recaps

Jian Ruonan exposed the gaps in Jian Huayuan’s story about Luo Shuirong, while her family learned that he believed he had made her pregnant despite never crossing proper bounds with her. The chapter ended with Jian Zhang and Min doubting Jian Huayuan, who was left holding Teng’s turtle as the family mocked his gullibility.

• Jian Huayuan defended Luo Shuirong against Jian Ruonan’s thoughts, and Jian Zhang threatened to disown him if he left with her.
• Luo Shuirong tried to leave, then fainted into Jian Huayuan’s arms just as Jian Ruonan predicted she would.
• Min settled Luo Shuirong in a guest room, and Jian Zhang asked Jian Huayuan how they had met.
• Jian Huayuan explained that he had met Luo Shuirong in Sea City and believed their relationship had remained proper, though she later woke beside him in disheveled clothes.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that Jian Huayuan had never kissed Luo Shuirong and had only touched her hand, prompting the family to doubt his claim that he had made her pregnant.
• Teng handed Jian Huayuan a turtle and said he did not believe him, while Jian Ruonan teased him for being a gullible cuckold.

Jian Huayuan told his family about the night he believed he had slept with Luo Shuirong, but Jian Ruonan revealed that he had only experienced a wet dream and that the unborn child belonged to the First Imperial Prince. The family learned the prince had manipulated Jian Huayuan into helping him, and Jian Huayuan collapsed after hearing the grim fate awaiting him.

• Jian Huayuan explained that he had drunk heavily three months earlier and believed stains on his sheets proved he had slept with Luo Shuirong.
• Jian Ruonan said Jian Huayuan had only had a wet dream, and Jian Huayuan admitted he had never touched Luo Shuirong afterward.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that the First Imperial Prince had fathered Luo Shuirong's child and pushed her toward Jian Huayuan while using him to build ships for maritime trade.
• Jian Ruonan said the First Imperial Prince would later frame Jian Huayuan in a Spring Examination cheating scandal, leaving him imprisoned and exiled while Luo Shuirong reunited with the prince.
• Jian Huayuan collapsed as Jian Ruonan recounted his future misfortune.

Jian Huayuan learned that Luo Shuirong’s unborn child belonged to the First Imperial Prince and that he had been used as a scapegoat. After Jian Ruonan exposed Luo Shuirong’s contagious nail fungus, Jian Huayuan resolved not to swallow the insult, and Ruonan prepared to visit the Fourth Prince.

• The Imperial Physician confirmed that Luo Shuirong was more than five months pregnant, while Jian Huayuan had fainted from shock and agitation.
• Jian Zhang and Min told Jian Huayuan that Luo Shuirong’s pregnancy could not be his, and Jian Zhang planned to have Jian Huayuan leave the estate with her while he visited the Yin family.
• Jian Huayuan visited Jian Ruonan, who discovered through her gossip that Luo Shuirong had contagious nail fungus, prompting him to rush off to wash his hands.
• Min told Jian Ruonan and Jian Huayuan that their father had confirmed the child belonged to the First Imperial Prince and wanted Jian Huayuan to leave the estate to avoid alerting him.
• Jian Ruonan asked whether Jian Huayuan would accept the insult, then instructed Big System to bring out her Farmland Irrigation Method so she could visit the Fourth Prince.

Jian Ruonan visited the Fourth Prince's Residence to ask Dantai Mo for help avoiding her eldest brother's tragic fate, but she detoured to the Bamboo Garden to dote on Plum Blossom and Tangyuan. Dantai Mo found her there pursuing Tangyuan, while the panda tried to escape her affections.

• Jian Ruonan reflected that the story's plot had changed and decided to help her eldest brother avoid a tragic ending.
• Dantai Mo learned Jian Ruonan had arrived and ordered servants to prepare for her, though the Black Tortoise System guessed she wanted points or the pandas.
• Jian Ruonan stopped at the Bamboo Garden, where Tangyuan climbed a tree and knocked Plum Blossom into her arms.
• Jian Ruonan cuddled and kissed Plum Blossom while Tangyuan stayed in the tree.
• Dantai Mo went to the Bamboo Garden and saw Jian Ruonan preparing to climb after Tangyuan, prompting concern about her mental state.

Jian Ruonan visited Dantai Mo and presented him with Farmland Irrigation Technology, then proposed an overseas trading venture with his support. Before leaving, she told him that Pu Jingyi had mistaken Shu Zijing for his nephew and actually had a niece named Luo Shuirong.

• Jian Ruonan reluctantly left the panda enclosure after Dantai Mo invited her to visit again, and an Embroidered Uniform Guard brought Tangyuan down from a tree so she could pet it.
• Jian Ruonan presented Dantai Mo with Farmland Irrigation Technology, which explained how canals and embankments could store water for irrigation and help prevent floods and droughts.
• Jian Ruonan refused a gold reward and proposed starting an overseas silk and pottery business with Dantai Mo's support, with her eldest brother handling ships and crews.
• Dantai Mo agreed to discuss dividing the business's shares after Jian Ruonan hinted that the First Prince was using his wealth to recruit troops.
• Jian Ruonan told Dantai Mo that Pu Jingyi had mistaken Shu Zijing for his nephew and actually had a niece named Luo Shuirong.

Jian Ruonan used treasures and misleading clues to draw Dantai Mo and Pu Jingyi toward conflicts involving the First Imperial Prince, then returned to the Jinyang Marquis's Residence hoping to stay out of the fallout. Wang Defa arrived unexpectedly, noticed the household's troubles, and offered to help, but Jian Ruonan kept quiet.

• Jian Ruonan asked Dantai Mo not to reveal that she had supplied information about Pu Jingyi, then claimed her master had given her the treasures and a map to Farmland Irrigation Technology.
• After Jian Ruonan left, Dantai Mo investigated Jian Huayuan and Luo Shuirong, then arranged for Pu Jingyi to uncover that Shu Zijing was not his biological nephew.
• Dantai Mo suspected Luo Shuirong's unborn child belonged to the First Imperial Prince and believed Jian Ruonan was trying to use him against his eldest brother.
• Jian Ruonan returned home, worrying that Dantai Mo might see through her plan and hoping the Jinyang Marquis's Residence could stay uninvolved.
• Wang Defa stopped Jian Ruonan's carriage and accompanied her home, where he noticed the household's worry and asked what was wrong.
• Jian Ruonan denied that anything was troubling her, and Wang Defa offered to help before turning to Teng and offering to explain his lessons.

Luo Shuirong received a secret letter and went out under the pretense of buying medicine, while Jian Ruonan set off to watch what happened. Pu Jingyi learned that the pregnant young woman at the Jinyang Marquis's Residence was his lost niece and rode out to bring her back.

• Luo Shuirong read a letter marked with the First Imperial Prince's sign, burned it, and arranged to leave the Jinyang Marquis's Residence.
• Jian Ruonan heard Luo Shuirong was going out, put on her battle robes, and left while Teng went to visit Wang Defa.
• Pu Jingyi ordered Shu Zijing dragged away after learning Shu Zijing was not his sister's son.
• Pu Jingyi learned his missing niece was pregnant and staying at the Jinyang Marquis's Residence with Jian Huayuan's child.
• Pu Jingyi set out to fetch the young woman as Eastern Depot officials cleared the marketplace.

Jian Ruonan, Jian Huayuan, Teng, and Wang Defa hid beside the courtyard where Luo Shuirong had gone, only to discover that Wang Defa had lured her there under false pretenses. When Luo Shuirong cried for help and Pu Jingyi arrived with his men, their gossip expedition turned dangerous.

• Luo Shuirong traveled through an apothecary to a courtyard in Sparrow Alley while Jian Ruonan and Jian Huayuan followed her.
• Teng and Wang Defa joined them, and Jian Ruonan learned that Wang Defa had impersonated Tantai Ji to lure Luo Shuirong to the courtyard.
• Wang Defa revealed that he had arranged the meeting at a residence he believed was connected to the First Imperial Prince, while Teng helped Jian Huayuan watch through holes in the wall.
• Jian Ruonan told Wang Defa that Luo Shuirong was Pu Jingyi's niece and warned that the Eastern Depot director had arrived with his men.
• Luo Shuirong and Cui'er cried for help after falling among feces-smeared objects, as Pu Jingyi entered the area with eighteen subordinates.

Jian Ruonan watched Luo Shuirong get drenched in a bucket trap, then the Eastern Depot agents who came to rescue her suffered the same fate. She left with her companions and brought the Eldest Princess to Princess Qile’s painted boat to persuade its male performers to leave the pleasure trade.

• Jian Ruonan, Wang Defa, Teng, and Jian Huayuan watched Luo Shuirong and Cui’er get drenched by a trap of excrement buckets.
• Pu Jingyi led Eastern Depot agents into the courtyard to rescue Luo Shuirong, but the agents crashed into the main room and were drenched by the trap.
• Jian Ruonan and her companions fled and arranged alibis to avoid being caught by the Eastern Depot.
• Jian Ruonan met the Eldest Princess and took her in disguise to Princess Qile’s painted boat.
• Jian Ruonan told the Eldest Princess they would try to rescue men working aboard the boat and help them lead respectable lives.

Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess visited a pleasure boat to find men they could rescue, then intervened when its staff accused Yan Yichun of stealing. Yan Yichun revealed that he had signed a contract after seeking ginseng and money for his sick mother, and the two women decided he deserved to be saved.

• Jian Ruonan persuaded the Eldest Princess to visit the pleasure boat and rescue men they judged worthy of saving.
• Steward Huang welcomed them and presented several young men, but neither woman found the flutist compelling enough to rescue.
• Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess went upstairs after hearing a disturbance and found Yan Yichun bound and accused of stealing.
• Jian Ruonan ordered the staff to untie Yan Yichun and cover him, then questioned him about how he came to the boat.
• The staff said Yan Yichun had signed a contract in exchange for ginseng and silver for his sick mother, while Yan Yichun explained that he had been deceived and wanted to repay the debt.
• Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess praised Yan Yichun's filial devotion and resolve, and decided to save him.

Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess rescued Yan Yichun from a false theft accusation and offered to restore his eligibility for the Spring Examination. Meanwhile, Dantai Mo planned to expand his forces and discuss maritime trade with the Fifth Miss, then learned that she and the Eldest Princess were aboard a pleasure boat.

• Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess cleared Yan Yichun of theft, but Steward Huang struck him before they stopped the attack.
• A male entertainer claimed Yan Yichun had not written his poem, but Jian Ruonan and the Eldest Princess still favored Yan Yichun.
• Jian Ruonan told Yan Yichun that the Eldest Princess could seek justice for him, and he agreed to explain how he had been framed after hearing she could restore his examination eligibility.
• Dantai Mo planned to expand his guard battalions and split maritime trade shares nine to one in favor of the Fifth Miss.
• Dantai Mo learned that the Fifth Miss and the Eldest Princess were aboard the pleasure boat, and Black Tortoise prepared to confront them.

Jian Ruonan helped Yan Yichun find comfort in the Eldest Princess’s company, then realized a rival system might be nearby and instructed Big System to conceal their suspicions. Dantai Mo and Black Tortoise System avoided exposing themselves, but Black Tortoise System agreed to link with Big System so it could receive energy later.

• Yan Yichun confided his hardships to the Eldest Princess, and Jian Ruonan clarified that they had persuaded him to reform rather than take him away.
• Jian Ruonan realized Big System’s signal might mean its rival was nearby and suspected Jian Chuxue or the Third Prince.
• Jian Ruonan searched the shore, while Dantai Mo hid in a thatched hut and narrowly avoided being discovered.
• Jian Ruonan coached Big System to claim it lacked energy and to gather clues about the rival system’s location.
• Dantai Mo stopped Black Tortoise System from requesting energy, but Black Tortoise System resumed contact with Big System and agreed to establish an energy link.

Jian Ruonan returned home and used the family banquet to check whether anyone in the Marquis’s Estate was connected to the scumbag system. She found no sign of it, then exposed the family’s attempts to avoid sitting near the Old Madam and left the second and third branches with little room to make excuses.

• Jian Ruonan and the Black Tortoise System reported their newly established link to their hosts, and Jian Ruonan decided to check her family for system users.
• Dantai Mo learned that Jian Ruonan would visit his residence again to see Panda and quietly left after the Black Tortoise System mocked his hopes.
• Min asked Jian Ruonan about Luo Shuirong’s disappearance, and Jian Ruonan explained Teng and Wang Defa’s prank and Luo Shuirong’s connection to Pu Jingyi.
• Teng begged Jian Ruonan for forgiveness with a calculated display of cuteness, but she pinched his cheeks and then beat him anyway.
• At the family banquet, Jian Ruonan found no system user, while Teng explained that the family avoided the Old Madam because of her athlete’s foot.
• Jian Ruonan checked Jian Chuyun’s pulse and tongue, declared her recovered, and challenged the other relatives to say who else was ill.

Jian Ruonan silenced the Younger and Third Branches at the family banquet by flipping a table, while Teng enthusiastically praised her. Later, Jian Chuxue secretly returned from the Farm Estate and claimed she and Jian Ruonan shared a hometown, proposing they work together.

• Jian Huayuan pretended his injuries were severe, and the branches questioned the Elder Branch about the pregnant woman he had brought home.
• When Jian Lang tried to expose Jian Huayuan's scandal, Jian Ruonan flipped the table before him and threatened to fetch her Imperial Sword.
• Teng praised Jian Ruonan and suggested she become the founding ancestor of a separate family genealogy, prompting the Younger and Third Branches to back down.
• Min asked Jian Xilu whether she liked Top Graduate Hou, and Jian Ruonan and Teng offered to approach him about a match before Min sent them away.
• Jian Ruonan went into the courtyard to search for a meowing kitten and encountered Jian Chuxue, who had returned secretly and claimed they shared a hometown.

Jian Ruonan learned that Jian Chuxue was a transmigrator with grand ambitions, but her sister left to pursue a career with the Third Prince while Jian Ruonan chose to stay out of her way. On New Year’s Eve, Jian Ruonan headed to the palace banquet as officials Bian Yingyi and An Honghui discussed the dangers of remonstrating with the emperor.

• Jian Chuxue urged Jian Ruonan to join her in building a golden age, but Jian Ruonan insisted she only wanted money, leisure, and no interference with her slacker lifestyle.
• Jian Chuxue left the Marquis’s Estate to pursue her ambitions, and Big System told Jian Ruonan that she had become an adviser to the Third Prince and given him Fire Crossbow blueprints.
• Big System revealed that the Third Prince was plotting to seize the throne, and Jian Ruonan learned that his biological father belonged to the Japanese imperial family.
• Min coached Jian Ruonan on palace banquet etiquette, but Jian Ruonan focused on the rule that guests could take only two bites of each dish.
• At the palace gates, Bian Yingyi planned to remonstrate over disaster relief and military funds, while An Honghui warned him to speak as little as possible.

The Empress Dowager summoned Jian Ruonan to Cian Palace, despite Emperor Deyuan and the Eldest Princess’s attempts to delay their meeting. After palace attendants made Jian wait outside, her gossip exposed Auntie Yishuang’s secret dealings, and Auntie Yishuang suddenly fainted.

• The Empress Dowager insisted on meeting Jian Ruonan, while Emperor Deyuan and the Eldest Princess tried to put off the introduction.
• Cao Degui escorted Jian Ruonan to Cian Palace, where she speculated about palace gossip and worried that the Empress Dowager might arrange her marriage.
• Auntie Yishuang made Jian wait outside for an incense stick’s worth of time on the Empress Dowager’s orders, despite Cao Degui’s anxious objections.
• Jian Ruonan’s inner voice revealed that Auntie Yishuang had secretly consorted with eunuchs and used Cao Degui to learn about the emperor’s movements.
• Auntie Yishuang formed a murderous intent toward Jian Ruonan, then abruptly fainted before she could act.

Jian Ruonan entered the Empress Dowager’s palace, where her irreverent inner thoughts repeatedly threatened the Empress Dowager and forced her to treat Jian Ruonan with unusual kindness. The other consorts then heard Jian Ruonan reveal that Consort Xian had only slept beside the Emperor, leaving Consort Xian embarrassed.

• Auntie Yishuang stopped trying to silence Jian Ruonan after Cao Degui warned her, then escorted Jian Ruonan into the Cian Palace.
• The Empress Dowager received Jian Ruonan and gave her consecrated Buddhist prayer beads after hearing her inner thoughts about palace servants and the Empress Dowager’s personal habits.
• The Empress Dowager nearly ordered Jian Ruonan dragged away, but the threat to her throat made her command the palace maids to bring Jian Ruonan a chair and serve her tea and pastries.
• Consort Xian hinted that the Emperor had spent the night with her, and Jian Ruonan’s inner voice revealed that they had only slept.

Jian Ruonan’s unfiltered thoughts exposed Consort Xian’s false claims about the Emperor and turned the other consorts’ audience at Cian Palace into a humiliating spectacle for her. The Empress Dowager let the gossip continue, while Jian Ruonan ended the gathering contentedly eating pastries.

• Jian Ruonan’s thoughts revealed that Consort Xian had barely spoken with the Emperor, who had pretended to sleep during his visit, and the consorts struggled to hide their laughter.
• Consort Xian tried to redirect attention toward Consort Yan, but Jian Ruonan praised Yan’s beauty and revealed that the Emperor treated her with passionate favor.
• Consort Xian called out the other consorts, and Jian Ruonan’s thoughts dismissed Consort Xian as plain and favored only because of her family connections.
• After Consort Xian fell silent, the women chatted while Jian Ruonan ate several plates of pastries, and the Empress Dowager silently urged everyone not to scold her.

At Cian Palace, Jian Ruonan’s inner thoughts exposed the Duke of Cheng’en’s affair, the Third Prince’s hemorrhoids, and Consort Xian’s padded bust, humiliating the harem’s powerful consort. Consort Xian still plotted to drug Jian Ruonan, but the arrival of the imperial children coincided with Big System detecting the scumbag system.

• Auntie Yishuang served Jian Ruonan pastries, and Jian Ruonan asked Big System to watch for the scumbag system.
• Jian Ruonan’s thoughts revealed that the Duke of Cheng’en broke his leg after Hua Shanyue caught him cheating and that he was still trying to interfere in the Director of the Imperial College’s marriage.
• Jian Ruonan exposed the Third Prince’s peppercorns for hemorrhoids and Consort Xian’s padded bust, leaving Consort Xian humiliated.
• Consort Xian signaled Consort Wu to drug Jian Ruonan, and Consort Wu left for the tea room.
• A palace maid announced that the princes, princesses, and commandery princesses had arrived, and Big System told Jian Ruonan it had connected with the scumbag system.

Jian Ruonan tried to identify the host of the Black Tortoise System during the New Year greetings, while Dantai Mo warned the system to sever its link before she exposed him. The princes and princesses greeted the Empress Dowager, and Jian Ruonan discovered that the Third Prince had garlic clenched between his butt cheeks.

• Jian Ruonan had Big System call the Black Tortoise System, which woke inside the Fourth Prince and received a burst of energy through their link.
• Dantai Mo realized Big System might be trying to expose him to Jian Ruonan and ordered the Black Tortoise System to sever the link.
• The princes and princesses entered Cian Palace to offer New Year greetings, and Jian Ruonan watched for the host of the scumbag system.
• The consorts scrutinized the Third Prince's shoes and gait as he knelt to greet the Empress Dowager.
• The Third Prince winked at Jian Ruonan, who discovered that he had garlic clenched between his butt cheeks.

Jian Ruonan’s inner thoughts exposed scandalous secrets among the imperial women as the Empress Dowager and consorts gathered for New Year greetings. After Consort Wu failed to drug Jian Ruonan’s tea, Jian Ruonan’s final revelation accused Consort Xian of cuckolding the old emperor.

• The Empress Dowager seated Jian Ruonan beside her while the consorts and titled ladies crowded around to hear her thoughts.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that Madam Qin’s husband was the Empress Dowager’s lover, shocking the Empress Dowager and the gathered women.
• Consort Wu tried to put medicinal powder in Jian Ruonan’s tea, but a mysterious force seized her throat and forced her to stop.
• Consort Liang called Consort Wu “Consort Soup” after Jian Ruonan revealed that she regularly made soup for the old emperor.
• Consort Xian watched Jian Ruonan drink her tea, then heard Jian Ruonan reveal that the Empress Dowager had cuckolded the Retired Emperor and Consort Xian had cuckolded the old emperor.

Jian Ruonan’s inner voice exposed Consort Xian’s secret, and Consort Xian collapsed after trying to kill her. The Empress Dowager learned that Consort Xian had been assaulted by the crown prince of Wa Kingdom and arranged for her death, leaving the Third Prince in her care.

• The consorts and titled ladies heard Jian Ruonan’s inner voice reveal that Consort Xian had cuckolded Emperor Deyuan, while Consort Yan secretly sent a palace maid for help.
• Consort Xian glared at Jian Ruonan with murderous intent, then collapsed and struck her head on a tea table.
• The Empress Dowager ordered the palace gates closed over suspected poisoning, and Consort Yi was stopped from leaving Cian Palace.
• Consort Xian told the Empress Dowager that the Third Prince was Emperor Deyuan’s son, but that the crown prince of Wa Kingdom had assaulted her when she was a secondary consort.
• The Empress Dowager ordered Consort Xian to die and promised to look after Huai as palace maids lunged at Consort Xian.

After leaving Cian Palace, Jian Ruonan joined Commandery Princess Jiarou and Jiashan in confronting Princess Funing over the toys she had taken. Jian Ruonan used the gossip system to win them all back, leaving her wondering whether she could use it to win at gambling houses.

• The Empress Dowager warned the women leaving Cian Palace not to spread gossip about Consort Xian, who had fallen into a coma after a stroke.
• Commandery Princess Jiarou introduced Jian Ruonan to Princess Funing and Jiashan, then enlisted Jian Ruonan to help recover Jiashan's toys.
• Princess Funing challenged Jian Ruonan to games, but Jian Ruonan admitted she knew none of the games Funing suggested.
• Commandery Princess Jiarou proposed High-Low, and Jian Ruonan repeatedly guessed the dice results correctly, winning back the sisters' toys and Funing's treasures.
• Princess Funing left with red eyes, while Jian Ruonan realized the gossip system could help her win at gambling.

Princess Funing’s attempt to rally reinforcements failed when Jian Ruonan won over the Ninth Prince and swept the princesses’ High-Low game. Later, Jian Ruonan uncovered Pu Jingyi’s scheme to drug her and place her with the Third Prince, then turned the trap against the conspirators as the Third Prince entered the side hall.

• Princess Funing summoned Fu Wan, Fu An, and the Ninth Prince, but Jian Ruonan won the Ninth Prince over with chocolate and defeated the princesses at High-Low.
• A palace maid lured Auntie Yishuang away, and a eunuch summoned Jian Ruonan to the Imperial Study before leading her toward a side hall.
• Big System revealed that Pu Jingyi had sent the eunuch to drug Jian Ruonan and arrange for her to be found with the Third Prince.
• Jian Ruonan learned the eunuch had been paid two hundred taels, bargained for the money, and let him carry her into the side hall.
• Jian Ruonan used a gas mask to avoid the knockout incense, replaced it, and put the unconscious eunuch in the bed while she hid outside.
• A palace maid found the room prepared and left, then the Third Prince arrived and approached the figure under the quilt, believing he had caught Jian Ruonan.

Jian Ruonan used Tathagata Palm Mastery to create a spectacle of Buddha’s light and draw Emperor Deyuan to the side hall where Consort Wu’s scheme was unfolding. The Third Prince woke beside a young eunuch as the emperor and court officials arrived.

• Consort Wu brought titled ladies to the side hall, intending to expose the Third Prince with the Fifth Miss and pressure the family into accepting a marriage.
• Jian Ruonan activated Tathagata Palm Mastery and produced a series of dazzling Buddha images above the side hall.
• Emperor Deyuan saw the spectacle, declared it an auspicious sign, and headed toward the side hall with his ministers.
• A palace maid told Consort Wu that a man and a woman were in the inner room, and the titled ladies followed her inside.
• The Third Prince woke to find the titled ladies surrounding his bed, while the young eunuch hid beneath the quilt.
• Emperor Deyuan arrived outside the side hall with the court officials.