Chapter Summaries

Ning Sang-sang arrived at the Duke of Ning's Residence to reunite with her birth family, guided by the Gossip System. She met her second brother, Ning Chengxiao, and his beloved Bai Xinrou, while her private thoughts about Bai's act began reaching him.

• Ning Sang-sang told the gatekeeper that she was the missing third young lady of the Duke of Ning's Residence, and he hurried inside to announce her return.
• Ning Sang-sang recalled her transmigration, life in Ten Thousand Flowers Valley, and agreement to help the Gossip System collect gossip and gua energy.
• Ning Chengxiao arrived with Bai Xinrou, and the Gossip System identified him as Ning Sang-sang's biological second brother.
• Ning Sang-sang thought that Ning Chengxiao was being taken for a sucker, and he turned toward her after apparently hearing her voice.
• Bai Xinrou acted as though her low status made her unworthy of Ning Chengxiao, and Ning Sang-sang privately called her performance an act.

Ning Sang-sang reunited with Ning Xiaotian and Ning Chengxiao, proving her identity with the jade pendant. Ning Xiaotian and Ning Chengxiao realized they could hear her thoughts, while Bai Xinrou appeared unaware of them.

• Ning Sang-sang claimed Ning Chengxiao as her second brother, but he did not recognize her.
• Ning Xiaotian asked Ning Sang-sang for proof, and she showed him the jade pendant engraved with her name.
• Ning Xiaotian recognized the pendant and welcomed Ning Sang-sang as his daughter.
• Ning Sang-sang suggested a blood test, and Ning Xiaotian and Ning Chengxiao realized they could hear her thoughts.
• Ning Xiaotian warned Ning Chengxiao to keep quiet about hearing Sang-sang’s thoughts and observed that Bai Xinrou seemed unaware.

Ning Chengxiao insisted on marrying Bai Xinrou despite learning through Ning Sang-sang’s inner thoughts that Bai Xinrou wanted his wealth and status. Ning Xiaotian welcomed his long-lost daughter home, and Madam Jiang arrived to reunite with her.

• Ning Chengxiao dismissed Ning Sang-sang’s warnings about Bai Xinrou and declared that he would marry her because she was carrying his child.
• Ning Xiaotian brought Ning Sang-sang into the Duke of Ning’s Residence and ordered food while sending for Madam Jiang.
• Ning Xiaotian apologized for failing to protect Ning Sang-sang and promised to make up for the thirteen years they had been apart.
• Bai Xinrou hid her jealousy of Ning Sang-sang, who responded to her friendly smile with disgust.
• Madam Jiang hurried into the hall, recognized Ning Sang-sang as her daughter, and looked at her as she ate pastries.

Ning Sang-sang reunited with Madam Jiang and the Ning family, whose members could hear her thoughts exposing Bai Xinrou’s deception. Ning Chengxiao learned Bai Xinrou’s unborn child was not his, but Bai Xinrou continued pretending to give him up, leaving him devastated and still unlikely to believe the truth.

• Madam Jiang joyfully welcomed Ning Sang-sang home and embraced her after thirteen years apart.
• Ning Chengxiao asked Madam Jiang to accept Bai Xinrou, claiming Bai was carrying his child.
• Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Bai Xinrou was pregnant by Lin Shijie and had staged a night with Ning Chengxiao to deceive him.
• Ning Xiaotian and Madam Jiang realized they could hear Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts and concealed their reaction while questioning Bai Xinrou.
• Ning Sang-sang mocked Ning Chengxiao for being cuckolded, and Madam Jiang scolded him for his gullibility.
• Bai Xinrou pretended she would raise the child alone, while Ning Sang-sang thought Ning Chengxiao would remain too bewitched to believe the truth.

Ning Chengxiao exposed Bai Xinrou’s deception and ended their relationship, while Ning Sang-sang reunited with Ning Hui and her family discovered they could hear her thoughts. The family headed to dinner, and Ning Hui realized Bai Xinrou had cuckolded his second brother.

• Ning Chengxiao confronted Bai Xinrou about the man he remembered seeing on the night she claimed they had slept together, and her panic confirmed his suspicions.
• Ning Chengxiao told Bai Xinrou to leave and never return, and Ning Sang-sang ordered the guards to remove her.
• Ning Hui rushed in, embraced Ning Sang-sang, and learned through her thoughts that someone had his eyes on him.
• Ning Hui realized that he and the rest of the family could hear Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts, while Ning Xiaotian hurried the kitchen to bring out the meal.
• Ning Hui warned Ning Chengxiao about Bai Xinrou, but Ning Chengxiao said they had already broken up.
• Ning Hui interpreted Ning Chengxiao’s remark about a green light as proof that Bai Xinrou had cuckolded him.

Ning Sang-sang enjoyed her first family meal and settled into the room Madam Jiang had prepared for her, then spent the afternoon listening to Capital gossip. Ning Hui invited her to the Qiqiao Festival, and they set out together while he struggled to ask who had a romantic interest in him.

• Ning Xiaotian, Madam Jiang, Ning Chengxiao, and Ning Hui doted on Ning Sang-sang over dinner, and Ning Hui promised to protect her.
• Madam Jiang showed Ning Sang-sang her prepared room, where Ning Sang-sang rested and listened to gossip through her system.
• Ning Sang-sang and Little Melon joked about how they had met, while Ning Sang-sang spent the afternoon collecting Capital gossip.
• Ning Hui invited Ning Sang-sang to the Qiqiao Festival, and she decided they should go out to eat and enjoy the festivities.
• Ning Hui tried but failed to ask Ning Sang-sang which man had his eye on him, then changed the subject and left with her.

Ning Sang-sang went out with Ning Hui and Ning Chengxiao, enjoying her brothers’ company as they headed into the busy city. At the crowded Fragrant Drunkard Tower, she remembered that it belonged to her fifth senior brother, but the packed restaurant left them without a place to eat.

• Ning Xiaotian and Madam Jiang sent Ning Chengxiao and Ning Hui out with Ning Sang-sang, urging Chengxiao to protect and spoil her.
• Ning Sang-sang and Ning Hui traded dramatic jokes about jealousy and welcoming her home, while Ning Chengxiao hurried them along.
• Ning Chengxiao brought his siblings to the Fragrant Drunkard Tower for dinner, and Ning Hui teased him about paying for an expensive meal.
• Ning Sang-sang remembered that her fifth senior brother owned the Fragrant Drunkard Tower and had given her a jade token to dine there.
• Finding the restaurant packed on the Qiqiao Festival, Ning Hui gave up on eating there and turned to leave.

Ning Sang-sang used a jade pendant to make Manager Zhang help her and bring her brothers to the Fragrant Drunkard Tower’s top floor. After Chen Zihao insulted Ning Hui and approached Ning Sang-sang, she exposed a secret about his father that he was mysteriously unable to deny, and the group went inside.

• Ning Sang-sang claimed Manager Zhang was the son of her neighbor Old Wang so she and Ning Chengxiao and Ning Hui could enter the top floor without a reservation.
• Ning Sang-sang showed Manager Zhang a jade pendant, and he agreed to act as her Uncle Zhang and obey her.
• Chen Zihao mocked Ning Hui, then insulted Ning Sang-sang, prompting Ning Hui to punch him and break his jade fan.
• Ning Sang-sang revealed that Duke Chen kept a mistress whose children were older than Chen Zihao, and Chen Zihao found himself unable to deny it.
• Ning Sang-sang led Ning Chengxiao and Ning Hui inside, leaving Chen Zihao behind.

Ning Sang-sang, Ning Hui, and Ning Chengxiao dined at the Fragrant Drunkard Tower, where Chen Zihao approached after hearing Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts. Ning Hui warned Chen Zihao to investigate what he had heard and keep it from his sister, but Chen Zihao stayed to listen in exchange for paying for the meal.

• Ning Sang-sang denied knowing what the Fragrant Drunkard Tower’s owner looked like and ordered signature dishes for the group.
• Ning Chengxiao offered to bring Ning Sang-sang back whenever she wanted, making Ning Hui complain about his favoritism.
• Ning Hui led Chen Zihao away and warned him not to repeat anything he heard in front of Ning Sang-sang.
• Chen Zihao questioned whether Ning Sang-sang’s claim about his father was true, and Ning Hui told him to investigate instead of accusing her of lying.
• Chen Zihao offered to pay for the meal so he could return and listen to Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts, and Ning Hui reluctantly accepted.

Ning Hui brought Chen Zihao to dine with Ning Chengxiao and Ning Sang-sang, where Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Chen Zihao’s father had a secret mistress and older twins. Chen Zihao stormed off after learning where his father was meeting them, while the Ning siblings finished their meal for free because of Ning Sang-sang’s jade pendant.

• Ning Hui brought Chen Zihao to apologize over a meal, and Ning Hui and Ning Sang-sang teased him by calling him Chen Third.
• Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Chen Zihao’s father kept a mistress and had twins older than Chen Zihao, leaving Chen Zihao furious and stunned.
• Ning Sang-sang told Chen Zihao where his father was meeting his mistress, and Chen Zihao immediately stormed out.
• Ning Hui admired the Fragrant Drunkard Tower’s golden tableware, while Ning Sang-sang hid her childhood fascination with gold and urged everyone to eat.
• Manager Zhang refused Ning Chengxiao’s payment because Ning Sang-sang had helped his father and carried a jade pendant, so the siblings left with their meal free.
• Ning Hui said they had benefited from Ning Sang-sang’s status, and Ning Sang-sang suggested they stroll through the streets.

Ning Chengxiao saw Bai Xinrou with Lin Shijie at the river and realized she had deceived him. Chen Zihao caught his father, Chen Guoan, keeping a mistress and vowed to tell his mother, while news of the affair spread through the capital.

• Ning Sang-sang pointed out Bai Xinrou and Lin Shijie embracing by the river, and Ning Chengxiao grew furious at Bai Xinrou’s betrayal.
• Ning Chengxiao, Ning Sang-sang, and Ning Hui left the crowded riverbank and went home.
• Chen Zihao stormed into his father’s residence and found Chen Guoan with his mistress, Lady Li, and their twins.
• Chen Zihao denounced Chen Guoan, ordered his guards to smash everything in the house, and refused to keep the affair secret from his mother.
• Chen Zihao’s discovery became a public commotion, and the next day news of Chen Guoan’s mistress and older children spread throughout the capital.

Ning Sang-sang reunited with her family and met Little Lin, who insisted she was an impostor. As Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed Little Lin’s attempts to kill her and harm Madam Jiang, the family turned against Little Lin, leaving her confused by their grim expressions.

• Ning Hui brought Ning Sang-sang to the main hall to meet their cousin-aunt, Little Lin.
• Little Lin claimed Ning Sang-sang was not Ning Hui’s real sister, while Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Little Lin had ordered her buried alive as a newborn.
• Ning Sang-sang thought about Little Lin’s repeated schemes against Madam Jiang, and Madam Jiang and Ning Xiaotian heard her thoughts and grew grim.
• Madam Jiang coldly affirmed that Ning Sang-sang was her biological daughter, while Ning Hui glared furiously at Little Lin.
• Little Lin asked why everyone was looking at her with grim expressions.

Ning Xiaotian confronted Little Lin over arranging Ning Sang-sang’s disappearance, and Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts exposed Little Lin’s attempts to evade blame. After learning Chen Ping had survived and revealed the crimes, Ning Xiaotian sent Little Lin to the Dali Temple, while Ning Sang-sang and Ning Hui went along, where she hinted that the deputy chief was pitiful.

• Ning Xiaotian accused Little Lin of arranging Ning Sang-sang’s disappearance, and Madam Jiang condemned her after Little Lin repeated the excuses Ning Sang-sang anticipated.
• Little Lin pretended to faint, but Ning Sang-sang pinched her and threatened to treat her with dog shit, making her wake and demand proof.
• Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Little Lin’s guard Chen Ping had survived her attack and could testify, and Ning Xiaotian confronted Little Lin with his name.
• Ning Xiaotian recounted Little Lin’s crimes, and Madam Jiang slapped her and demanded that she and Chen Ping be taken to the Dali Temple.
• Ning Xiaotian ordered Little Lin’s arrest and went to the Dali Temple with Ning Sang-sang and Ning Hui, where Ning Sang-sang thought the deputy chief was pitiful.

Ning Sang-sang visited the Dali Temple with Ning Xiaotian and Ning Hui, where Pei Xingjian heard her thoughts revealing that his trusted confidant Chai Bao planned to kill him. Pei Xingjian secretly ordered an investigation into Chai Bao and realized Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts might be the voice he had heard.

• Ning Hui tried but failed to tell Ning Sang-sang that Pei Xingjian was in danger, while Ning Xiaotian warned him to stay quiet.
• Ning Hui introduced Pei Xingjian at the Dali Temple, and Pei Xingjian began hearing Ning Sang-sang’s unspoken thoughts.
• Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts revealed that Chai Bao was Deng Haishan’s illegitimate son and planned to torture Pei Xingjian to death on the tenth anniversary of his father’s death.
• Pei Xingjian slammed the table and secretly told Qingfeng to investigate Chai Bao’s background.
• Pei Xingjian greeted Ning Sang-sang and suspected that the voice he had heard belonged to her thoughts.

At the Dali Temple, Duke Su and Second Master Su came to secure Little Lin’s release, while Ning Sang-sang’s unspoken thoughts exposed Duke Su’s failures as a father. The chapter ended as Second Master Su comforted Little Lin and prepared to free her.

• Ning Xiaotian asked Pei Xingjian to punish Little Lin, and Pei promised not to show her leniency.
• Duke Su and Second Master Su arrived at the Dali Temple to deal with Little Lin’s arrest.
• Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts condemned Duke Su for favoring his adopted daughter, Su Miaoling, over his biological daughter, and Duke Su and Second Master Su realized they could hear her.
• Second Master Su found himself unable to ask Duke Su whether he had heard Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts.
• When guards brought Little Lin in, Second Master Su hurried to comfort her and ordered the guards to release her.

Ning Sang-sang’s thoughts exposed Second Master Su’s infertility and Little Lin’s betrayal, leading Chen Ping to confess and the case to end in exile for both conspirators. Before leaving Dali Temple, Ning Sang-sang warned Pei Xingjian that he faced a bloody calamity.

• Second Master Su confronted Lin Wei after hearing that he could not father children and that his four children were not his.
• Chen Ping was brought before Pei Xingjian and confessed that Lin Wei had arranged for other men to father her children.
• Second Master Su struck Lin Wei and learned that Concubine Xie’s children were not his either, then left with Duke Su.
• The court concluded Lin Wei and Chen Ping’s case and exiled them to grow watermelons in the desert.
• Ning Sang-sang warned Pei Xingjian to beware of a coming bloody calamity, and Ning Xiaotian led the group home.

Second Master Su learned that he was infertile and that none of the four children raised under his name were his, while Duke Su comforted him and kept the diagnosis secret. Three days later, Ning Sang-sang attended Princess Yongle’s flower-viewing banquet with her newly reunited family, who vowed to protect and cherish her.

• Physician Wang examined Second Master Su and told him he could not father children, leaving him devastated that his four children were not his own.
• Duke Su ordered Physician Wang to keep the diagnosis secret, then comforted Second Master Su and promised that his own children would be Second Master Su’s children too.
• Princess Yongle invited capital officials and their families to a flower-viewing banquet at the Chancellor’s Residence, and Ning Xiaotian brought Ning Sang-sang, Ning Hui, and Ning Chengxiao.
• Ning Hui promised to stay by Ning Sang-sang’s side, and Ning Xiaotian, Ning Chengxiao, and Madam Jiang assured her they would protect and support her.
• Ning Sang-sang thought about how Duke Su’s family mistreated their biological daughter, prompting her family to condemn their behavior and reaffirm their love for her.

Ning Sang-sang attended Princess Yongle’s Flower-Viewing Banquet and met Chancellor Pei and Pei Xingjian, while her inner thoughts made both families consider a possible match between them. Chancellor Pei realized that everyone around Ning Sang-sang could hear her thoughts.

• Ning Xiaotian arrived at the Chancellor’s Residence with Ning Sang-sang, Ning Chengxiao, and Ning Hui for Princess Yongle’s Flower-Viewing Banquet.
• Chancellor Pei and Pei Xingjian greeted the Ning family, and Chancellor Pei complimented Ning Sang-sang’s beauty.
• Ning Sang-sang wondered whether Chancellor Pei was considering her as a wife for Pei Xingjian, and Pei Xingjian listened because he wanted to learn more about her seemingly prophetic thoughts.
• Ning Xiaotian, Madam Jiang, Ning Chengxiao, and Ning Hui each assessed Pei Xingjian as a potential match for Ning Sang-sang, though they disagreed about him.
• Chancellor Pei concluded that the people around Ning Sang-sang could hear her inner voice.

At the flower-viewing banquet, Ning Sang-sang’s unfiltered thoughts exposed Minister Li’s private fetish and sparked gossip among the guests. As Madam Jiang tried to keep her daughter quiet, Ning Sang-sang wondered whether Pei Xingjian liked men and had his eye on Ning Hui, leaving Pei Xingjian speechless.

• Ning Sang-sang thought aloud about Minister Li’s secret habit, embarrassing him in front of the gathered officials.
• Madam Jiang led Ning Sang-sang away and urged her not to disrupt Princess Yongle’s flower-viewing banquet.
• Ning Hui encouraged Ning Sang-sang to keep gossiping in her thoughts, unaware that everyone could hear them.
• Madam Jiang began introducing Ning Sang-sang to the guests, while Pei Xingjian followed with Ning Chengxiao and Ning Hui.
• Ning Sang-sang wondered whether Pei Xingjian liked Ning Hui, and Pei Xingjian silently rejected the idea that he liked men.

Madam Jiang took Ning Sang-sang away before she could offend Pei Xingjian further, while Ning Hui and Ning Chengxiao reacted to the misunderstanding about Pei. Madam Jiang then brought Ning Sang-sang to pay her respects to Princess Yongle, where Duchess Su watched her arrival with unease.

• Madam Jiang interrupted Ning Sang-sang and took her away, asking Ning Chengxiao and Ning Hui to keep Pei Xingjian company.
• Ning Hui wondered whether Pei Xingjian liked men, and Pei Xingjian bluntly told him he was not interested in him before leaving.
• Ning Chengxiao told Ning Hui that making things up in his head was an illness, while Madam Jiang privately caught herself imagining the same rumor.
• Madam Jiang led Ning Sang-sang to meet Princess Yongle, who had been praising Su Miaoling as a potential daughter-in-law.
• Duchess Su recognized Madam Jiang as her former rival in love and felt unsettled as she watched her approach.