Chapter Summaries

Jian Ruonan went to Prince Rui’s residence to enlist Dantai Mo’s help before attending the Heir Apparent’s Consort’s banquet, bringing Tangyuan and Plum Blossom along. At the banquet, she bluntly insulted the Heir Apparent’s Consort’s appearance while the other woman tried to boast about her looks.

• Jian Ruonan headed to the Prince of a Fief’s residence after Green Cicada was beaten, and Shi Fan asked her to bring guards for protection.
• Shi Fan was stopped at the entrance to Prince Rui’s residence, while Jian Ruonan went straight to the Bamboo Garden to visit Tangyuan and Plum Blossom.
• Jian Ruonan fed the pandas fresh milk, and Dantai Mo agreed to accompany her to the banquet with Embroidered Uniform Guards.
• Tangyuan insisted on joining Jian Ruonan, so she decided to bring both flower bears to the banquet.
• The Heir Apparent’s Consort greeted Jian Ruonan and tried to boast about her figure and complexion, but Jian Ruonan compared her skin to the dry skin on her grandmother’s feet.

Jian Ruonan attended a gathering at the Heir Apparent's residence and clashed with the Heir Apparent's Consort and her allies. She left the consort unable to retaliate after mocking her appearance, while the officials' wives gathered around Jian Ruonan for protection.

• Jian Ruonan brought Tangyuan, her Flower Bear, to the Flower Hall, where the Heir Apparent's Consort arranged for it to meet the Heir's wolf cub; Jian Ruonan told Tangyuan to fight back if the cub harassed it.
• The capital officials' wives arrived because Jian Ruonan's presence made them feel safe, and the guests rearranged themselves into opposing groups in the Flower Hall.
• A lady nicknamed "Migraine" repeated rumors about Jian Ruonan's upbringing and past, so Jian Ruonan drew her Imperial Sword and slashed away the hair covering the lady's face.
• Jian Ruonan threatened "Migraine" and swung her sword around the hall, while the Heir Apparent's Consort's martial maids shielded her and dressed her in a yellow riding jacket.
• After the Heir Apparent's Consort stopped Jian Ruonan from attacking, Jian Ruonan sheathed her sword and insulted the consort's waist, complexion, and riding jacket.

Jian Ruonan rested from her confrontation with the Heir Apparent's Consort and joined the wives' gossip, where she exposed Madam Wang's hidden ailments and a maid's vile behavior. Madam Wang abandoned her attempt to spread rumors about Jian Xilu and praised her instead.

• Jian Ruonan handed the Imperial Sword to Chen Pozi and settled in to eat pastries and chat with the official wives.
• Madam Wang and her maid insinuated that Jian Xilu had a hidden ailment, but the Marquise defended her and blamed the broken engagement on the Duke of Pingguo's son.
• Jian Ruonan revealed through her thoughts that Madam Wang limped and had fungal nails, prompting the wives to notice her built-up shoe and nail guards.
• Jian Ruonan exposed that Madam Wang's senior maid put dead skin from her feet into Madam Wang's Bird's Nest Porridge, and the Minister of Justice urged Madam Wang to thank Jian Ruonan.
• Madam Wang admitted Jian Xilu was in excellent health and praised her beauty, wisdom, and accomplishments.

Jian Ruonan’s inner voice exposed Madam Li’s bizarre collection of intimate hair and forced her to flee the Flower Hall. The Heir Apparent’s Consort then challenged Jian Ruonan with the famously filial Madam Zhang, whose true secret Jian Ruonan began to uncover.

• The Heir Apparent’s Consort removed her nail guards to show the gathered wives that she had not picked her feet.
• Madam Li challenged the Minister of War’s wife over her daughter’s engagement, and Jian Ruonan revealed that Madam Li collected curly hair to make ornaments.
• Jian Ruonan revealed that Madam Li collected other people’s hair too, prompting Madam Li to rush out and fall on the way.
• The Heir Apparent’s Consort prompted Madam Zhang to discuss filial piety with Jian Ruonan.
• Jian Ruonan praised her own filial devotion and began inspecting the secret behind Madam Zhang’s celebrated reputation.

Jian Ruonan exposed Madam Gao’s mistreatment of her elderly great-grandfather-in-law and secured a bottle of her floral water. At a talent contest against the Prince of a Fief’s Tenth Young Miss, she claimed expertise in medicine, Purple Star Astrology, and celestial divination, setting up her performance.

• Jian Ruonan revealed through her thoughts that Madam Gao harassed her paralyzed, speechless eighty-five-year-old great-grandfather-in-law, then asked Madam Gao for floral water and got her to agree to provide some.
• The Tenth Young Miss arrived with Jian Chuxue, and the Heir Apparent's Consort proposed a talent contest between the Tenth Young Miss and Jian Ruonan, with valuable jewelry as the prize.
• The Tenth Young Miss performed on the guqin, pipa, and bamboo flute, danced the Swan Dance, and presented calligraphy and a painting.
• When it was Jian Ruonan’s turn, she said she was skilled in medicine, Purple Star Astrology, and divination through celestial phenomena.

Jian Ruonan proved her medical skill by diagnosing the Heir Apparent's Consort, leaving their talent contest tied. When the consort arranged for her to treat a supposedly paralyzed imperial guard, Jian Ruonan accepted the challenge and demanded her Deep Sea Scalpel.

• The Heir Apparent's Consort challenged Jian Ruonan to demonstrate her medical skills by diagnosing a patient, and Madam Wang volunteered despite her nail fungus.
• Jian Ruonan identified boils on the Heir Apparent's Consort's arms and embarrassed her by exposing her jealousy over the heir apparent's new beauty.
• The ladies' votes for Jian Ruonan and Tenth Young Miss tied, so the Heir Apparent's Consort proposed another test involving a seriously ill patient.
• The heir apparent brought in Guard Chen, who appeared paralyzed, and promised not to blame Jian Ruonan if treatment failed and to give her the jewelry if he improved.
• Jian Ruonan agreed to treat Guard Chen and called for her Deep Sea Scalpel.

Jian Ruonan treated Imperial Guard Chen’s supposed paralysis with a Deep Sea Scalpel, revealing that he had only been faking hemiplegia after a real stroke. Her bizarre procedure restored movement to his hand and left the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest and the onlookers astonished.

• Jian Ruonan inspected Imperial Guard Chen and read the medical records, while the officials’ wives suspected the records had been prepared to intimidate her.
• Jian Ruonan discovered through the Melon Patch that Imperial Guard Chen had facial paralysis but was pretending to be hemiplegic.
• Jian Ruonan used the Deep Sea Scalpel between Imperial Guard Chen’s fingers, then blindfolded herself and claimed she needed to borrow twenty years from heaven to cure him.
• The Heir of the Prince of the Southwest and the attendants fled from Jian Ruonan’s blindfolded stabbing, but Imperial Guard Chen’s arm straightened and his fingers spread apart.
• Jian Ruonan declared that she had severed the shackles binding Imperial Guard Chen’s hand, and Dantai Mo’s positive reaction earned her 100 points.

Jian Ruonan challenged the Heir Apparent's Consort's claim that she had not cured Imperial Guard Chen by threatening to saw off his legs, then startled him into jumping up and exposing his fake paralysis. She left the gathering having proved her cure and won the dispute.

• Jian Ruonan announced she would use her Imperial Sword after the Heir Apparent's Consort and the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest argued that Imperial Guard Chen had not improved enough.
• Jian Ruonan pulled a steel saw from her pouch and said she would saw off Imperial Guard Chen's legs, cast a spell, and reattach them to treat the root cause.
• Jian Ruonan demonstrated the saw by cutting off a stool leg, then prepared to operate on Imperial Guard Chen while blindfolding herself and him.
• Jian Ruonan placed the saw against Imperial Guard Chen's leg, and he yelped and jumped off the bed, revealing that he was not paralyzed.
• Jian Ruonan declared that she had cured Imperial Guard Chen and treated the root cause.

Jian Ruonan cured Imperial Guard Chen, collected a five-hundred-tael consultation fee, and kept the Sapphire Peacock Kingfisher Hairpin despite the Heir Apparent’s Consort’s attempt to reclaim it. Her interaction with the Fourth Prince earned her more system points, while Jian Chuxue’s remarks made the Tenth Young Miss suspect that the Third Prince loved Jian Ruonan.

• Imperial Guard Chen stood up after Jian Ruonan’s treatment, and the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest paid her five hundred taels when Chen hesitated to pay.
• Jian Ruonan refused to exchange the Sapphire Peacock Kingfisher Hairpin for another item and put it in her pouch.
• Jian Ruonan noticed the Fourth Prince’s emotional fluctuations and gained 300 system points, while the Black Tortoise System mistakenly celebrated that he had fallen for her.
• The Heir Apparent’s Consort led the ladies to admire an Eighteen Scholars camellia after the contest ended.
• The Tenth Young Miss complained about Jian Ruonan to Jian Chuxue, who implied that the Third Prince loved Jian Ruonan.

Jian Ruonan confronted Jian Chuxue over her support for the Third Prince, whom Jian Ruonan warned was from the Wa Kingdom. The chapter ended with news that Tangyuan had fought Lang Batian, while Jian Ruonan calmly trusted the Heir Apparent's Consort to treat her bear fairly.

• Jian Chuxue accused Jian Ruonan of competing with her by selling Warm Jade, and Jian Ruonan told her to mind her own affairs.
• Jian Ruonan warned Jian Chuxue that the Third Prince was from Little Japan, but Jian Chuxue said he had rejected the Wa Kingdom and that she had no way back.
• A maid reported that Tangyuan and Lang Batian had fought, and the Heir Apparent's Consort pretended to worry while expecting Tangyuan to have been badly hurt.
• Jian Ruonan told the Heir Apparent's Consort not to blame Tangyuan if the bear had misbehaved, and the Consort promised she would not hold it against Tangyuan.

The Imperial Guard ordered Tangyuan to be put in Wolf Batian’s enclosure to provoke a fight, but Tangyuan knocked the wolf down and used him as a seat. When Jian Ruonan arrived, Tangyuan was still sitting on Wolf Batian.

• An Imperial Guard ordered the servants to remove the partition between Tangyuan and Wolf Batian, then had them throw in a wounded chicken to stir up the wolf’s instincts.
• Tangyuan chased after his apples, caught the chicken, and claimed it before Wolf Batian could.
• Wolf Batian lunged at Tangyuan, but Tangyuan dodged and knocked him down with a paw.
• Tangyuan sat on Wolf Batian’s head, pooped into his mouth, and swatted him until he stopped resisting.
• The servants tried to lure Tangyuan away with apples, but Jian Ruonan arrived and recognized the whimpering wolf beneath him as Wolf Batian.

Jian Ruonan’s Tangyuan overpowered the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest, humiliating him in front of the court ladies. After he threatened Jian Ruonan, an unseen force strangled him, and the same force seized his wife as she ordered an attack on Jian Ruonan’s residence.

• Jian Ruonan and the Heir Apparent's Consort found Tangyuan sitting on Wolf Batian, and the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest entered the enclosure to rescue his pet.
• Tangyuan knocked down the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest, tore off his crown and belt, and pinned him until Jian Ruonan called it away.
• The injured Heir of the Prince of the Southwest and the Heir Apparent's Consort blamed Jian Ruonan for her influence over events, and he vowed to kill her.
• An invisible force strangled the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest as he threatened Jian Ruonan, and he died after scratching the words “Great-Grandma” into the floor.
• The Heir Apparent's Consort ordered people sent to the Jinyang Marquis's Residence, then felt the same invisible hands close around her throat.

Jian Ruonan’s system upgrade revealed videos of the prince’s heir, his consort, and Tenth Young Miss dying after encountering the mysterious “Great-Grandma.” As the Prince of the Southwest’s residence descended into chaos, Shi Fan seized the chance to destroy its gambling dens, and Emperor Deyuan appointed Jian Ruonan a general.

• The heir apparent and his consort died after writing “Great-Grandma,” and Tenth Young Miss was killed after ordering an attack on Jian Ruonan.
• Jian Ruonan upgraded Big System, then exploited the Good Luck Shop’s bug to draw cards and accumulated over ten thousand points of debt.
• After Min asked about the deaths, Jian Ruonan’s upgraded Dog System showed her and her companions videos of the three deaths.
• Shi Fan ordered his men to wipe out the Prince of the Southwest’s gambling dens, prompting Emperor Deyuan to appoint Jian Ruonan Distant Pacification General of the Subordinate Third Rank.

Jian Ruonan brought the Fourth Prince and Hou Lixie to her Farm Estate, where she gave Wu Yehe equipment to modify into a weapon. Meanwhile, Jian Chuxue tested her own explosives on Mount Wanyang and planned to use her private army to conquer Xia.

• Jian Ruonan’s upgraded Dog System contacted the Black Tortoise System, and she asked it to bring the Fourth Prince to her Farm Estate so she could shock him for points.
• The Fourth Prince met Jian Ruonan and Hou Lixie on the road, then accompanied them to the Farm Estate.
• Jian Ruonan introduced the Fourth Prince to Abbot Li, Daoist Zhang, Daoist Xu, and Wu Yehe, then gave Wu Yehe a pressure cooker, a Gas Canister, welding equipment, and a schematic to build “Silly Sweetheart.”
• On Mount Wanyang, Jian Chuxue’s private troops tested a gunpowder bomb that blasted a crater in the ground.
• Jian Chuxue vowed to use her explosives and three thousand private troops to conquer Xia.

Jian Ruonan took in refugees at the Farm Estate while preparing to confront the bandits on Mount Wanyang. After Jian Chuxue fired on her party, Jian Ruonan’s Gas-Cylinder Rocket Launcher devastated the mountaintop, though Jian Chuxue survived and vowed revenge.

• Jian Ruonan ordered the estate to give refugee workers food, jobs, and a place to stay, while Dantai Mo offered grain and Imperial Guards to help.
• Wu Yehe completed the Gas-Cylinder Rocket Launcher, and Dantai Mo demonstrated Abbot Li’s grenade by blowing apart a cypress with an arrow.
• Jian Ruonan’s Enhanced Gossip Button revealed Jian Chuxue preparing to attack her party with a cannon, so Jian Ruonan ordered Wu Yehe to set up the launcher.
• Jian Chuxue’s cannon blasts fell short, and Jian Ruonan’s Gas-Cylinder Rocket Launcher struck the bandits’ gunpowder pile on Mount Wanyang.
• The explosion wiped out the mountain bandits and blasted away half the mountaintop, while buried Jian Chuxue survived and vowed revenge.

After Jian Ruonan’s explosive device accidentally sets off fireworks, she delivers sixteen calves as two cows each give birth to eight, while Wu Yehe has a baby boy. As Jian Ruonan hands the cattle ranch to Dantai Mo, the Ministry of War prepares to send her to command troops, where Captain Xue and his men doubt her ability.

• Jian Ruonan’s gas-canister explosion ignited the remaining fireworks and injured Jian Chuxue, while Wu Yehe went into labor.
• Jian Ruonan used Cow Midwifery to help two cows each deliver eight healthy calves, and Wu Yehe gave birth to a baby boy nicknamed Gas Canister.
• Jian Ruonan gave Dantai Mo the remaining Multiple-Birth Pills and put him in charge of the cattle ranch, while the Black Tortoise System tracked his rising points.
• Pei Junfei and the vice ministers discussed sending Jian Ruonan to the barracks to command troops and warned the soldiers not to go too far.
• Captain Xue and the barracks soldiers mocked the idea of an eleven-year-old girl commanding them, and Xue said she would have to prove her strength.

Jian Ruonan took Pei Shaoyi to the barracks and cured her lovesick poetry habit with Black Tortoise’s ridiculous verses. At the garrison, Commander Wang underestimated Jian Ruonan and prepared Xue Jing to challenge her.

• Pei Shaoyi delivered Madam Pei’s treasured saber and letter asking Jian Ruonan to help correct her lovesick granddaughter’s behavior.
• Jian Ruonan brought Pei Shaoyi to the barracks and used Black Tortoise’s crude rhymes to make her give up composing poetry.
• Commander Wang and the garrison officers waited all morning for Jian Ruonan, then mistook her afternoon arrival for a deliberate show of force.
• After hearing Jian Ruonan had brought only one companion and was composing poetry, Commander Wang ordered Xue Jing to spar with her.

Jian Ruonan faced skeptical soldiers at the barracks and entered an archery contest with Xue Jing. Her improved crossbow missed the target but its explosive bolt destroyed it, leaving the Martial Arts Ground stunned.

• Jian Ruonan visited the barracks with Pei Shaoyi and was challenged by the soldiers to demonstrate her abilities.
• Commander Wang arrived with officers, and Jian Ruonan recognized that the soldiers hoped to make her disgrace herself.
• Jian Ruonan chose archery and brought out an improved crossbow fitted with explosive bolts, drawing the soldiers’ mockery.
• Xue Jing shot the bull’s-eye from horseback with a powerful bow and pierced through the target.
• Jian Ruonan fired from her horse, missed the target, and detonated the bolt, blasting apart the target and a large patch of ground.

Jian Ruonan silenced the Drill Ground by obliterating a target with her crossbow, then showed off equipment that made mounted combat easier. She ended the rematch by using her AWM to destroy an iron target from a thousand meters away, leaving Xue Jing with no grounds to object.

• Jian Ruonan blew apart the first target with her crossbow, leaving Commander Wang unable to score the shot and Xue Jing unconvinced she had won the archery contest.
• Pei Shaoyi pointed out that Jian Ruonan’s shot had missed the target, and Jian Ruonan privately celebrated her supposed perfect score.
• Jian Ruonan rode Little White Horse and showed Commander Wang her Maiden Stirrups and Maiden Crossbow, then refused to share them after recalling his earlier insults about women.
• Jian Ruonan had the target moved to a thousand meters away, drew her AWM, and shattered it with a single shot.
• A subordinate called the shot another perfect score, while Xue Jing was left speechless.

Jian Ruonan used demonstrations of her advanced weapons and equipment to impress the Garrison and recruit soldiers for her planned Daughter Army. She ended her address by presenting herself as a heavenly god and unleashing lightning from a Tesla Coil, leaving the troops shaken.

• Jian Ruonan defeated Xue Jing in a shooting contest by hitting a target a thousand meters away with her AWM while Xue Jing's arrow reached only three hundred meters.
• Jian Ruonan challenged the soldier who had called her a hen and ordered Hou Lixie to gather the entire Garrison for an address.
• Jian Ruonan announced her plan to form a Daughter Army and showed the soldiers the Maiden Stirrups, Maiden Crossbow, and AWM.
• Selected infantrymen and cavalrymen tested the Maiden Stirrups and Maiden Crossbow, prompting soldiers to reconsider serving under Jian Ruonan.
• After a soldier questioned her combat ability, Jian Ruonan declared herself a heavenly god and wielded a Tesla Coil that sent bolts of lightning across the Drill Ground.