Chapter Summaries

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.

Jian Ruonan and the gossip spectators watched Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan in the study, while Dantai Mo helped Jian Ruonan and Teng reach the window. Marquise Wuyang arrived and caught the pair together on the bed.

• Jian Ruonan climbed onto Dantai Mo's wheelchair armrest to watch through the study window, and Dantai Mo lifted Teng up to watch too.
• Wang Defa led the gossip spectators into the grove, where they saw Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan tangled together in the study.
• The spectators rushed to the study's front door after hearing Marquise Wuyang had arrived to catch the pair.
• Marquise Wuyang ordered the study door kicked open, and she found Marquis Wuyang and Gao Shan together on the bed.

A crowd uncovered Marquis Wuyang in bed with Gao Shan while searching for a supposed fire fox, then learned that Li Ming was Marquis Wuyang’s biological son. The Heir of Marquis Wuyang fainted from rage, and an Imperial Physician ordered the family to stop fighting and save him.

• Marquis Wuyang tried to hide Gao Shan and drive the guests from his Outer Study, but the Heir of Marquis Wuyang arrived amid rumors of a fire fox.
• Teng pulled away the quilt, exposing Gao Shan, and the guests discovered she was in Marquis Wuyang’s bed.
• Li Ming found Gao Shan, and the crowd realized he was Marquis Wuyang’s biological son after noticing their resemblance.
• The Heir of Marquis Wuyang fainted, the Marquise slapped Marquis Wuyang, and an Imperial Physician told them to stop fighting and save him.

The Heir of Marquis Wuyang woke after an Imperial Physician removed a crayfish lodged in his backside, exposing the strange cause of his collapse. Just as he tried to dismiss the scandal, Wang Defa urged Prince Rui to investigate a possible plot against him.

• Gao Shan claimed someone had drugged her wine while the Imperial Physician tried to treat the unconscious Heir of Marquis Wuyang.
• Jian Ruonan was sent outside, where her thoughts revealed that a crayfish had knocked the Heir of Marquis Wuyang unconscious.
• The Imperial Physician found the crayfish and removed it, but it pinched his finger before the Heir of Marquis Wuyang regained consciousness.
• The Heir of Marquis Wuyang asked his mother to let the scandal go, and Madam Purple Heart had no grounds to press the matter.
• Wang Defa asked Prince Rui to investigate an alleged attempt on the Heir of Marquis Wuyang's life, keeping the scandal from being dismissed.

Dantai Mo stopped Marquis Wuyang from dismissing the scandal and ordered an investigation after the heir claimed a crayfish had crawled into his intestines. Gao Shan then accused the Marquise of drugging the wine, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard began investigating as the crowd waited for the results.

• The heir agreed to conceal Marquis Wuyang's misconduct, angering the Marquise when she wanted the scandal exposed.
• Li Ming tried to drive away the onlookers and nearly kicked Dantai Mo, but an Imperial Guard knocked him down.
• Dantai Mo ordered a thorough investigation after suspecting the heir had been poisoned, and the heir blamed his collapse on a crayfish in his intestines.
• The Marquise knelt and demanded an investigation, prompting Gao Shan to accuse her of drugging the wine.
• Dantai Mo sent two members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard to establish whether the Marquise had drugged the wine.

Dantai Mo uncovered Gao Shan’s plot to drug Jian Ruonan and ordered her punished, while Jian Ruonan demanded sixty-six strokes. The gathering then returned to the crayfish incident, and the Heir of Marquis Wuyang admitted he had put the crayfish in his intestines to try making dried crayfish; Jian Ruonan discovered he was a repeat offender, with more revelations still to come.

• The Embroidered Uniform Guard confirmed Gao Shan had drugged the wine to target Jian Ruonan, and Dantai Mo ordered her punished.
• Jian Ruonan asked for sixty-six strokes, and Imperial Guards dragged Gao Shan away.
• Dantai Mo questioned the Heir of Marquis Wuyang about how the crayfish had ended up in his intestines.
• The Heir of Marquis Wuyang explained that he had read a medical book and tried to dry the crayfish inside his intestines.
• Jian Ruonan searched the Melon Patch and discovered the Heir of Marquis Wuyang had repeatedly done even more outrageous things.