Recaps

Emperor Deyuan followed Jian Ruonan to the Side Hall, where Consort Wu’s scheme to frame the Fifth Miss was exposed when the person beneath the quilt turned out to be a young eunuch. He punished the Third Prince and demoted Consort Wu, while the Fifth Miss’s whereabouts remained unclear.

• Emperor Deyuan dismissed his ministers, then brought them along as he followed Jian Ruonan toward the Side Hall to seek the auspicious omen.
• Consort Wu accused the veiled person in the Third Prince’s bed of trying to climb into his favor, while the Third Prince offered to take responsibility for her.
• Consort Wu identified the person beneath the quilt as the Fifth Miss, but Min insisted that the person could not be her daughter.
• Consort Wu and the palace maids pulled off the quilt and veil, revealing a young eunuch; the startled Third Prince dropped three cloves of garlic from his trousers and fled.
• Jian Ruonan announced that the Fifth Miss was present and revealed Emperor Deyuan behind the beaded curtain.
• Emperor Deyuan confined the Third Prince for a month and ordered him to copy the Classic of Filial Piety one hundred times, then demoted Consort Wu to a palace attendant.

Emperor Deyuan granted Jian Ruonan’s request to transfer Hou Yuchen to the Ministry of Revenue, then arranged Hou’s marriage to Jian Xilu after learning she was Jian Ruonan’s chosen match. He also approved Bian Yingyi’s request for disaster relief, only for Jian Ruonan’s inner voice to expose Bian’s secret romance with the Vice Minister of Works.

• Emperor Deyuan asked Jian Ruonan about her move to the Ministry of Revenue, and she requested that Compiler Hou transfer with her; he agreed.
• Emperor Deyuan considered matching Hou Yuchen with a princess, but Jian Ruonan’s inner voice revealed he was meant to marry Jian Xilu and that her previous match, Gao Yang, kept three mistresses.
• Emperor Deyuan ordered a marriage edict for Jian Xilu and Hou Yuchen, delighting Jian Ruonan and both families.
• Bian Yingyi petitioned Emperor Deyuan to open his private treasury and sell low-priced grain for disaster relief, and the emperor granted his request.
• Jian Ruonan’s inner voice revealed that Bian Yingyi planned a secret rendezvous with the Vice Minister of Works while dressed as a woman, and Bian realized Censor An had been the minister who urinated in the Golden Hall.

Hou Yuchen learned that the emperor had arranged his marriage to Jian Xilu, while Jian Huayuan faced a proposed match with the Minister of War’s granddaughter. Jian Ruonan revealed that the granddaughter had previously run away with an actor, leaving the family to decide whether Huayuan and the love-addled young woman were a fitting pair.

• Hou Wenyao told Hou Yuchen that the emperor had betrothed him to Jian Xilu, then gave him the courtesy name Lixie.
• Hou Yuchen advised his father to prepare a comfortable bed for Jian Ruonan at the Ministry of Revenue, predicting she would flip a table without one.
• Min celebrated Jian Xilu’s imperial marriage decree while the Duke of Pingguo’s Residence faced disgrace over Gao Yang’s three illegitimate sons.
• Jian Zhang told Jian Huayuan that the Yin Family had ended their engagement and that the Minister of War wanted to arrange a marriage between Huayuan and his granddaughter.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that the Minister of War’s granddaughter had run away with an actor before being caught, and Jian Huayuan realized the proposed match was not the good news his family had expected.

The Jian family discussed Jian Huayuan’s marriage prospects while worrying that Pu Jingyi might discover Teng’s role in dousing him with dung. Dantai Mo took the Black Tortoise System back to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence, where the Big System angrily confronted it with Jian Ruonan’s bluff about being bound to a prince.

• Jian Xilu and Jian Ruonan approved Jian Huayuan’s proposed match, and Jian Zhang hoped Jian Ruonan would uphold the family name.
• Jian Ruonan worried that Pu Jingyi might uncover who had doused him with dung, while Teng revealed that he had done it to avenge Jian Huayuan.
• Dantai Mo used energy from the Big System to regain some ability to walk, then brought the Black Tortoise System to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence to contact it.
• The Big System refused to answer the Black Tortoise System while Jian Ruonan slept, then followed her instructions to bluff that it knew the system was bound to a prince.
• On their next visit, the Big System accused the Black Tortoise System of lying about having no host, and the Black Tortoise System short-circuited.

Dantai Mo tried to win over the flower bears so they would help him gain Jian Ruonan’s favor, while Tangyuan plotted an escape. On Jian Ruonan’s first day at the Ministry of Revenue, she stopped to investigate a gambling scam and arrived late, only to find several colleagues had also been delayed by the same gossip.

• The Black Tortoise System panicked when Big System’s bluff exposed that it was bound to a prince, then cut off their connection and told Dantai Mo it could not collect lamp oil.
• Dantai Mo visited Plum Blossom and Tangyuan in the Bamboo Garden, groomed them, and urged them to befriend Jian Ruonan; afterward, Tangyuan tried to climb over the wall and escape.
• Jian Ruonan arrived at the Ministry of Revenue and stopped to watch a crowd investigating Zhang San, whose wife was being taken to pay his gambling debt.
• Jian Ruonan used the Enhanced Gossip Button to confirm Zhang San had been swindled, then sent Chen Pozi to pay for his wife’s freedom.
• Jian Ruonan reached the Ministry of Revenue late for roll call and discovered several colleagues had also stopped to watch the gossip.

Jian Ruonan settled into her new post at the Ministry of Revenue, where her colleagues treated her lavishly after realizing she could uncover their secrets. When Top Graduate Hou explained the treasury’s financial problems, Jian Ruonan proposed banning gambling to raise revenue.

• Jian Ruonan arrived at the Ministry of Revenue and received an unusually warm welcome from her colleagues and Top Graduate Hou.
• The bureau director showed Jian Ruonan a private office and offered her a gilded incense burner after her thoughts exposed his corrupt dealings.
• Jian Ruonan slept through the morning, then considered bonding with her colleagues by listening to their gossip.
• Top Graduate Hou advised Jian Ruonan to devise ways to increase the treasury’s revenue and explained that issuing more government certificates would not solve its financial problems.
• Jian Ruonan rejected the idea of becoming Minister of Revenue and proposed banning gambling to fill the treasury.

Jian Ruonan arranged for Zhang San to repay her and publicly warn others about gambling, then rescued Tangyuan from a failed escape attempt and injured her hand. Dantai Mo returned to find Tangyuan clinging to Jian Ruonan, while she still had business to discuss with him.

• Jian Ruonan learned that gambling was protected by powerful interests and abandoned her plan to crack down on gambling dens.
• Jian Ruonan made Zhang San write an IOU and arranged for Editor Lu to publicize his story and have him warn people in the square.
• Jian Ruonan found Tangyuan trapped between the railings while trying to escape, took a Great Strength Pill, and freed the panda, injuring her hand in the process.
• Tangyuan cuddled Jian Ruonan and stopped her from petting Plum Blossom, while Dantai Mo hurried back after hearing that she had been hurt.
• Jian Ruonan told Dantai Mo she had come both to see the pandas and to discuss business, but Tangyuan clung to her and tried to keep Dantai Mo away.

Jian Ruonan investigated a gambling den after its thugs drove down her storybook sales, hoping to test whether people who threatened her would suffer heavenly punishment. Her gossip exposed a dice-cheating operator and his wife's affair, but the gamblers and guards vanished before she could see what happened next.

• Jian Ruonan promised Tangyuan she would visit again, then Dantai Mo confronted the Black Tortoise System about its suspicious silence.
• After Zhang San was beaten and storybook sales fell, Jian Ruonan decided to ban gambling and discussed her plan with Top Graduate Hou.
• Jian Ruonan borrowed guards from Dantai Mo and the Eldest Princess, then disguised herself and Top Graduate Hou to enter a gambling den and gather gossip.
• At the dice table, Jian Ruonan's gossip system revealed the operator Triangle Eyes was cheating, and the gamblers began to suspect him.
• Triangle Eyes swore he was honest, but Jian Ruonan uncovered that his wife was having an affair with his friend Wang Wu.
• Jian Ruonan looked up and found Triangle Eyes, the bettors, and the guards had all disappeared.

Jian Ruonan and Brother-in-law Hou followed Triangle Eyes and the gamblers to catch Wang Wu with Triangle Eyes’ wife. Triangle Eyes burst into the bedroom after overhearing their affair, while the others tried to get a view through the window.

• Jian Ruonan found a chest of gambling money but told the Embroidered Uniform Guard to confiscate it for the Ministry of Revenue before leaving with Brother-in-law Hou.
• Jian Ruonan checked her groundhog count and muted the gossip subjects as she and Brother-in-law Hou arrived at Triangle Eyes’ house with the crowd.
• Triangle Eyes learned from his youngest son that Wang Wu was inside with his wife, but the gamblers restrained him so they could listen first.
• Wang Wu and Triangle Eyes’ wife discussed their affair, and Triangle Eyes broke free and burst into the bedroom to attack them.
• Brother-in-law Hou paid a young man two taels of silver to open the window so the crowd could see inside.

Jian Ruonan and Top Graduate Hou watched a gambling den brawl end in arrests, then returned to the Ministry of Revenue with one hundred thousand taels in confiscated silver. There, Jian Ruonan learned Lord Wu Zhi’s shameless secrets and struck him across the face, leaving the Ministry stunned.

• Triangle Eyes caught Wang Wu with his wife, but Wang Wu invoked their brotherhood and Master Wu to stop the beating.
• Wang Wu admitted that he and Triangle Eyes had cheated at gambling, prompting the spectators to attack them and demand their money back.
• Officers from the Five City Garrison Command arrested Wang Wu, Triangle Eyes, and other brawlers, then told Jian Ruonan and Top Graduate Hou to leave.
• Jian Ruonan and Top Graduate Hou returned to the Ministry of Revenue with one hundred thousand taels of illicit silver, and Jian Ruonan claimed it came from a new tax.
• Lord Wu Zhi arrived to demand funds for the Sixth Prince’s residence and insulted Jian Ruonan’s colleagues.
• Jian Ruonan’s thoughts exposed Lord Wu’s extreme bootlicking, and she struck him across the left cheek with a wooden board.

Jian Ruonan beat Official Wu for insulting her colleagues and family, then discovered that his murderous thoughts triggered heavenly punishment. Meanwhile, Master Wu found that one hundred thousand taels had vanished from the gambling den and demanded answers from Wang Wu and Triangle Eyes.

• Jian Ruonan ordered the Ministry of Revenue doors shut and struck Official Wu for insulting her colleagues and family.
• Jian Ruonan confronted Official Wu with details of his embezzlement, and he kowtowed while secretly plotting to kill her.
• Official Wu suffered heavenly punishment when his malice surged and passed out, leading Jian Ruonan to suspect the punishment grew harsher with stronger malice.
• Jian Ruonan wondered whether heavenly punishment worked on everyone, and Big System advised her to be cautious.
• Master Wu discovered that one hundred thousand taels had disappeared from the gambling den and questioned Wang Wu and Triangle Eyes about what happened.

Master Wu tried to discover who had exposed his casino’s cheats, while Dantai Mo and the Black Tortoise System returned to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence to contact Big System. The Black Tortoise System finally revealed its mission, hoping to keep Big System talking and provide Dantai Mo with energy.

• Master Wu learned from Triangle Eyes and Wang Wu that a mysterious woman had exposed Wang Wu’s affair, then ordered extra guards and sought help from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion.
• Gamblers returned to Master Wu’s reopened teahouse to trade gossip instead of placing bets, prompting him to request the Heavenly Secret Pavilion’s help.
• Dantai Mo planned another attempt to contact Big System, and the Black Tortoise System proposed confessing its connection to him to Nan Nan.
• Dantai Mo and the Black Tortoise System went to the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence, where Big System demanded to know the Black Tortoise System’s mission before forgiving it.
• The Black Tortoise System told Big System that its mission was to help its host recover physically.

Black Tortoise proved his identity to Big System and revealed that he had bound himself to the Fourth Prince. After learning how Nan Nan had tricked Big System, he ordered it to keep his host’s identity and recovery mission secret while helping the Fourth Prince win her over.

• Black Tortoise sent Big System his ID Code, which confirmed he was the high-ranking system, and Big System apologized and transferred energy.
• Black Tortoise ordered Big System not to tell its host about his mission, then asked it to bring the Fifth Miss to the Fourth Prince’s home.
• Black Tortoise realized Big System had never known the identity of his host, and Big System confessed how Nan Nan had manipulated it into asking for a Link and sending energy.
• Black Tortoise made Big System swear not to reveal that he had bound himself to the Fourth Prince or that his mission was to help him recover.
• Black Tortoise told Big System to tell the Fifth Miss that touching the Fourth Prince could increase his affection and earn her rewards, including iron.
• Black Tortoise asked what kind of man Nan Nan liked so he could help the Fourth Prince woo her.

Dantai Mo unexpectedly regained the ability to stand, while Jian Ruonan expanded her publishing business and spent time with her family. When Big System asked what kind of man she liked, Jian Ruonan said she used to like ATM slaves, leaving the Fourth Prince facing another turn as a slave.

• Dantai Mo felt energy surge through his legs and stood up to enter his carriage without help.
• Jian Ruonan outlined plans to expand Ruonan Printing House, and Brother-in-law Hou reported that Wu Zhi had died and his stolen wealth had been seized.
• Jian Xilu met Top Graduate Hou, who told her his new courtesy name was Lixie.
• Jian Zhang tried to lecture Teng about principles, but Teng exposed his father's past flattery through his inner thoughts.
• Jian Huayuan said he expected to get leave to return for Jian Xilu's wedding.
• Big System asked Jian Ruonan what kind of man she liked, and she said she used to like ATM slaves, prompting the narration to say the Fourth Prince would have to become a slave again.

Jian Ruonan and Big System discussed a plan to raise the Fourth Prince’s affection by touching him, while the system concealed its real reason for pushing her. At the Golden Age Jewelry House, Gao Shan repeatedly took the jewelry Jian Ruonan chose, and Jian Ruonan wondered whether she would earn a commission for helping the shop sell so much.

• Jian Ruonan and Big System discussed Big System’s claim that touching the Fourth Prince could raise his affection and earn points.
• Min took Jian Ruonan and Jian Xilu to the Golden Age Jewelry House to look at jewelry and add to Xilu’s dowry.
• Gao Shan arrived and claimed the hairpins Jian Xilu selected, provoking Min to ask what she meant by it.
• Jian Xilu urged Min to leave, but Jian Ruonan stayed and chose more jewelry, which Gao Shan took one piece after another.
• Jian Ruonan wondered whether she would earn a commission for helping the jewelry house sell so much.

Jian Ruonan tricked Gao Shan into buying years’ worth of outdated jewelry at wildly inflated prices, leaving Gao Shan humiliated and facing a huge bill. As Gao Shan threatened to call on her husband for help, Jian Ruonan discovered scandalous gossip about Gao Shan and the Heir Apparent of Marquis Wuyang.

• Jian Ruonan and Gao Shan competed to buy jewelry while Teng arranged with the shopkeeper to split the extra proceeds.
• Jian Ruonan repeatedly raised her bids, prompting Gao Shan to outbid her and purchase the Golden Tower’s outdated designs at exorbitant prices.
• Jian Ruonan and Teng drew attention to the unfashionable jewelry, and Gao Shan realized she had been baited into buying it.
• Gao Shan refused to pay the two thousand taels, but the shopkeeper insisted she owed the amount she had bid.
• Gao Shan’s companions praised her relationship with the Heir Apparent, while Jian Ruonan overheard gossip that Gao Shan had an unusually close relationship with Marquis Wuyang.

After Gao Shan invited the Jinyang Marquis's household to a flower-viewing banquet, Jian Ruonan realized it conflicted with court and began plotting how to attend for the gossip. Her thoughts about a possible Third Prince rebellion alarmed her family, who tried to balance the danger with their eagerness to go.

• Gao Shan failed to bring the Heir Apparent to the Golden Tower, then invited Min and the Jinyang Marquis's household to her plum-blossom banquet the next day.
• Jian Ruonan spent her commission on gifts for Min, Jian Xilu, and Teng, then chose a discreet outfit for the banquet.
• Teng reminded Jian Ruonan that she had court the next day, and Jian Ruonan reacted with dismay at missing the anticipated gossip.
• Jian Ruonan's thoughts about the Third Prince rebelling frightened Teng, Jian Xilu, Min, and Jian Huayuan, who worried about the household's safety.
• Jian Ruonan proposed claiming she had to meet a prospective husband to obtain leave from court, while Teng offered to bring Brother Fa as cover.

Jian Ruonan and her family headed to Marquis Wuyang’s Residence for a flower banquet, eager for gossip while her mother hoped she would meet eligible men. Emperor Deyuan ordered several princes to attend as well, and the chapter ended with Gao Yang approaching Jian Ruonan’s party.

• Jian Ruonan’s family agreed to attend the flower banquet, while Jian Zhang stayed behind to attend court.
• Emperor Deyuan learned that Jian Ruonan had raided a gambling den and ordered more guards to protect her in secret.
• After hearing Jian Ruonan planned to meet prospective marriage partners, Emperor Deyuan ordered several princes, including the four-year-old Ninth Prince, to attend the banquet.
• Dantai Mo learned that Jian Ruonan would be meeting marriage prospects and decided to attend despite continuing to conceal that his legs had nearly recovered.
• Jian Ruonan’s family arrived at Marquis Wuyang’s Residence, where Gao Yang approached Jian Xilu and asked whether she had come to see him.

Jian Ruonan and the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence party attended Marquis Wuyang’s flower banquet, where they spotted suspicious intimacy between Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan. As the crowded gathering began, Li Ming approached Jian Ruonan.

• Gao Yang mistook the Jinyang Marquis’s Residence’s arrival for Jian Xilu’s attempt to win him back, and Jian Ruonan tripped him before the party stepped over him to enter.
• Jian Ruonan spotted Marquis Wuyang speaking with Gao Shan and suspected their lingering gazes revealed an affair; Teng and Min watched them as well.
• Marquis Wuyang and Marquise Wuyang welcomed the party while keeping an eye on them, and Jian Ruonan noticed many court officials had come to the banquet instead of attending court.
• Jian Ruonan’s party was seated in an ignored corner of the packed Flower Hall, where Li Ming approached her.

Jian Ruonan learned that Marquis Wuyang's family hid a tangled secret while the Fourth Prince arranged for her to touch his paralyzed legs. When she touched him in a secluded corner, his leg moved, revealing that his legs had healed.

• Li Ming insulted Jian Ruonan, who discovered through her thoughts that his father was not who he believed and that Marquis Wuyang's family relationships were complicated.
• Wang Defa arrived, and Jian Ruonan's thoughts revealed how Marquis Wuyang had killed Marchioness Wuyang's childhood sweetheart before marrying her.
• The Fourth Prince left the crowded hall after hearing Jian Ruonan agree to touch his paralyzed legs, and Jian Ruonan followed him to a secluded spot.
• Jian Ruonan offered the Fourth Prince a leg remedy, touched his leg through his trousers, and saw it straighten and lightly kick her.

Jian Ruonan discovered that Dantai Mo’s legs could move and earned points by treating them, while the Ninth Prince got revenge on Li Ming for insulting her. The chapter ended with Li Ming crawling across the floor with the Ninth Prince riding on his back.

• Jian Ruonan squeezed Dantai Mo’s calf, realized his leg was healthy, and earned twenty points when his foot kicked upward.
• Jian Ruonan took Dantai Mo to a guest room and earned two hundred points while treating his legs.
• Teng and Wang Defa told the Ninth Prince that Li Ming had bullied Jian Ruonan, prompting the prince to seek revenge.
• The Ninth Prince rode Li Ming across the floor as Li Ming crawled toward Jian Ruonan.

At Marquis Wuyang’s banquet, Jian Ruonan exposed the family secrets of Marquis Wuyang’s sons and won the guests’ attention by diagnosing their ailments, including a Pekingese’s strange eating habits. As Marquis Wuyang raised a toast, Jian Ruonan realized something was wrong with his wine.

• Jian Ruonan’s inner thoughts revealed that Marquis Wuyang’s second and third sons were not his biological children, and Min suggested Li Ming was his only biological son.
• Li Ming argued with Jian Ruonan about his relatives, while she privately recognized that several people he called family were not related to him as he believed.
• Jian Ruonan diagnosed Madam Wang’s headaches as pollen allergies and advised her to avoid flowers and wear a mask.
• Wei asked Jian Ruonan to examine Lion Ball, and Jian Ruonan discovered that the dog had been eating cat feces and warned Wei against kissing him on the mouth.
• As Marquis Wuyang raised his wine cup to toast, Jian Ruonan sensed that something was wrong with the wine.

At Marquis Wuyang’s banquet, the Jinyang Marquis’s family discovered that his wine had been spiked and that Gao Shan had meant the drugged cup for Jian Ruonan. Jian Ruonan uncovered Marquise Wuyang’s revenge plot and learned that she planned to expose Gao Shan’s affair, leaving the family eagerly waiting for the scandal to unfold.

• Marquis Wuyang toasted his guests with the drugged wine, while Jian Ruonan’s family secretly avoided drinking their own cups.
• The family watched Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan, then learned the food was safe and continued the feast cautiously.
• Jian Ruonan realized Gao Shan had intended the spiked wine for her, and the family grew furious on her behalf.
• The family speculated about who had switched the cups, but Jian Ruonan discovered that Marquise Wuyang had arranged the switch.
• Jian Ruonan learned Marquise Wuyang knew of Gao Shan’s affair and had planned to expose it before the gathered guests.

At the Jinyang Marquis's Residence banquet, Jian Ruonan's gossip revealed that Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan had been involved in shocking nighttime activities. When Jian Ruonan heard that the scandal was about to unfold nearby, she rushed toward the Outer Study with Dantai Mo, followed by many curious guests.

• Marquis Wuyang's wife sent him to rest after Jian Ruonan's thoughts revealed that he had played poker with Gao Shan all night.
• The Heir of Marquis Wuyang escorted Gao Shan to sit down, while Jian Ruonan's thoughts exposed their scandalous activities with a crayfish.
• Marquis Wuyang's wife urged Gao Shan and the heir to leave the banquet, and Jian Ruonan prepared to follow the unfolding gossip.
• Dantai Mo asked Jian Ruonan to examine him again, giving her an excuse to push his wheelchair toward the Outer Study.
• Min, Teng, Jian Xilu, Wang Defa, and other guests invented excuses to follow Jian Ruonan, while Marquis Wuyang's wife felt relieved that the crowd would obscure her role.

Gao Shan secretly returned to Marquis Wuyang’s study, while Jian Ruonan pushed Dantai Mo toward the study to spy on them. When the wheelchair could not pass through the narrow path, Dantai Mo stood up and carried it to the window, leaving Jian Ruonan stunned.

• Marquis Wuyang realized Gao Shan had tampered with something after she entered the outer study and signaled to him with her handkerchief.
• Gao Shan dismissed the maid Xiaoyu, then returned to the outer study while Xiaoyu secretly listened outside.
• Jian Ruonan claimed she had lost a hairpin and pushed Dantai Mo toward the outer study, where they heard suggestive conversation between Gao Shan and Marquis Wuyang.
• Dantai Mo offered to help Jian Ruonan look into the study and carried his wheelchair through the narrow grove to the window.
• Jian Ruonan stared in shock when Dantai Mo sat back down in his wheelchair, amazed that he had stood up for the gossip.