Chapter Summaries

After returning to the day Jiang Yue botched an operation, Xia Bing saved the pregnant patient but refused to let her husband Qi Chen and Jiang Yue blame her again. Director Hu ordered Xia Bing to apologize publicly and told Jiang Yue to hit her if she would not, leaving Xia Bing facing a new confrontation.

• Jiang Yue begged Xia Bing to take over the operation, and Xia Bing discovered that Jiang Yue had been drinking before she slapped her and went to help save the patient.
• Xia Bing and Qi Chen treated the pregnant woman, who was transferred to the ICU, but Qi Chen blamed Xia Bing and threatened to keep her out of their home.
• Xia Bing reported the incident, then confronted Xiao Chen after a secretly recorded video of her slapping Jiang Yue spread through the hospital.
• Director Hu summoned Xia Bing and Jiang Yue, dismissed Xia Bing's account, and ordered her to apologize publicly or let Jiang Yue hit her back.

Qi Ye bound Chen Yongwang, Wang Peng, and the others while Jiang Shuyue and Huahua exposed Chen Yongwang’s depraved reputation. Zhou Yunshen and Jiang Wujie rejected the elders’ attempts to excuse the offenders, and Jiang Wujie promised the Jiang Family would answer for insulting the Marquisate of Southern Pacification.

• Qi Ye tied up the men, and Huahua told Jiang Shuyue that Chen Yongwang had a history of pursuing both men and women.
• Auntie Zhuang demanded that Zhou Yunshen release the captives, but he reminded her that she had wanted to bring him before the Imperial Court and refused to heed her orders.
• The old madam urged Zhou Yunshen to forgive Auntie Zhuang, but Jiang Shuyue challenged her for favoring her natal family and ignoring the insults against Luming.
• Jiang Wujie rebuked the old madam and condemned Chen Wang and Wang Dafa’s conduct, questioning how they had earned their Tongsheng qualifications.
• Wang Peng pleaded with Jiang Wujie, who promised Zhou Yunshen that the Jiang Family would provide a satisfactory answer for the insult to the Marquisate of Southern Pacification.

Jiang Wujie and Zhou Yunshen arranged for Li Xinru and two unruly children to face punishment, with the children sent to Master Lan for strict instruction. Wang Peng and Chen Daming agreed to pay ten thousand taels, and Zhou Yunshen took the children into custody until the money arrived.

• Jiang Wujie proposed that Li Xinru and another woman kneel and be punished, while their children were sent to Master Lan for discipline.
• Huahua explained Master Lan's fearsome reputation, and Jiang Shuyue suggested paying him for taking the children.
• Zhou Yunshen and Jiang Wujie demanded five thousand taels per child, and Wang Peng agreed to pay ten thousand taels.
• Zhou Yunshen ordered the guards to take the children into custody until the families delivered the silver notes.

Jiang Shuyue and her family forced the Wang and Chen relatives out of the Jiang residence, then stayed for dinner while Jiang An tried to persuade her to bring Auntie Zhuang back. Jiang An was left sweating after Jiang Wujie and Zhou Yunshen warned him that helping Wang Peng could compromise his role as chief examiner.

• Jiang Wujie ordered the Wang and Chen relatives to leave the Jiang residence, and Jiang Mother had their luggage packed despite the Old Madam's protests.
• Jiang Shuyue decided to stay for dinner after hearing that Jiang Mother had bought Eight-Treasure Duck, while the Old Madam sent for Jiang An.
• Jiang An returned and reproached Jiang Shuyue for leaving Auntie Zhuang outside, but she pretended not to hear him and kept eating.
• Jiang An tried to guilt Jiang Shuyue into taking Auntie Zhuang back, and she countered that the woman was young, strong, and protected by Jiang An's position.
• Jiang Wujie warned Jiang An that helping Wang Peng, an examination candidate, could invite accusations of favoritism, and Zhou Yunshen urged him to avoid the family.

Jiang Shuyue learned that Jiang An had tried to make her infertile, but Huahua revealed the poison had mostly been filtered out and would not affect her. After Jiang Mother punished a servant and Zhou Yunshen warned Jiang An, Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Yunshen left the Jiang household.

• Jiang An offered Jiang Shuyue the last piece of duck, and she worried it might be poisoned before eating it.
• Huahua revealed Jiang An had placed several fertility-preventing substances in Jiang Shuyue’s dowry, but Huahua had filtered out most of the toxins.
• Jiang Shuyue wondered whether she could still have children with Zhou Yunshen, and Huahua reassured her that the poison would not affect her body.
• Jiang Mother smashed her tea cup, blamed Jiang An’s servant, and ordered him to receive a beating.
• Zhou Yunshen criticized Jiang An’s household and left with Jiang Shuyue, warning Jiang An to stop bringing foolish people into his home.

Jiang Wujie prepared to propose to Ji Hanshuang while warning her about the Jiang Family's dangers, and Jiang Shuyue's siblings brutally subdued two troublesome youths. Jiang Shuyue gained over a thousand Green Tea Points and began weighing what wish to make.

• Jiang Mother warned Jiang An to behave himself and planned to help Jiang Wujie establish his own household and marry Ji Hanshuang.
• Jiang Wujie wrote Ji Hanshuang a letter explaining his family's affairs and his feelings, then hid it inside a book to send through a bookshop.
• Jiang Shuyue gave Zhou Shiye medicinal water, and he, Zhou Luming, and Zhou Sesong tortured Chen Wang and Xiao Wang before healing them and making them submit.
• Zhou Luming ordered Chen Wang and Xiao Wang to behave at Master Lan's home, while Zhou Sesong reminded them to call the siblings their masters.
• Jiang Shuyue's trip to the Jiang Family pushed her Green Tea Points past a thousand, and Huahua warned her not to make an overly ambitious wish.

Jiang Shuyue’s casual wish turned Huahua into a toddler who resembled her and Zhou Yunshen, costing her 1,000 green tea points. She struggled to explain his sudden appearance, and Zhou Yunshen entered just as Huahua urged her to think of an excuse.

• Jiang Shuyue rejected Huahua’s suggestions for a wish and joked that she wished he were human.
• Huahua took human form, appearing as a small child with features resembling Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Yunshen.
• Huahua confirmed that the system still worked but had consumed 1,000 green tea points, leaving 30.
• Jiang Shuyue worried about caring for Huahua and explaining his sudden appearance, while Huahua warned her not to hide him under the bed or leave him with the pets.
• Zhou Yunshen entered the bedroom, saw Huahua, and left Huahua urgently waiting for Jiang Shuyue to invent an explanation.

Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Yunshen agreed to adopt Huahua, whom Zhou named Zhou Lu Ye and arranged to have cared for by Qi Ye. After Huahua left for the night, Zhou Yunshen spoke with Jiang Shuyue about having a child of their own.

• Jiang Shuyue offered an absurd explanation for Huahua’s appearance, and Zhou Yunshen accepted it and agreed to raise him.
• Zhou Yunshen named Huahua Zhou Lu Ye, gave him Jinse as a courtesy name, and asked him to call him Daddy.
• Zhou Yunshen assigned Qi Ye to care for Lu Ye overnight and planned to arrange clothes and household registration for him.
• Qi Ye carried the sleeping Lu Ye away while Jiang Shuyue felt sad at their separation.
• Zhou Yunshen asked Jiang Shuyue when they would have a child of their own, and she agreed they would.

Huahua adjusted to life as a human baby while Zhou Sesong and the others doted on him and tried to feed him sweets he could not eat. Jiang Shuyue and Huahua hatched a plan to flavor his milk through the wet nurses, and Huahua ended the chapter imagining a future family of his own.

• Huahua panicked when he realized Zhou Yunshen had fed him milk, but Jiang Shuyue reminded him that he was a baby now.
• Zhou Sesong celebrated Huahua's smile, while Zhou Luming offered him cotton candy and Little Peach stopped him from eating it because he had no teeth.
• Yu Qing pinched Huahua's cheeks, making him cry because he wanted the cotton candy, and Jiang Shuyue sympathized with his disappointment.
• Jiang Shuyue proposed hiring wet nurses who ate different foods so their milk might take on those flavors, and Huahua suggested adding scented bathwater too.
• Zhou Shiye asked what kind of wet nurses Huahua preferred, and Huahua chose plump and slim women before fantasizing about having children of his own.

Jiang Shuyue and her family dressed Huahua in an outfit Zhou Luming had made and prepared to visit Chen Wang and his companion at Teacher Lan’s. On the way, Huahua rode Big Flower in a tiny saddle, while Jiang Shuyue wondered when the tiger would grow big enough to carry her too.

• Zhou Shiye told Jiang Shuyue that Chen Wang and his companion were running laps as punishment, and Jiang Shuyue decided the family should visit them.
• Zhou Luming gave Huahua a golden-orange tiger outfit, and he reluctantly put it on despite the cat fur left inside.
• Zhou Shiye brought Big Flower over, and Huahua guessed that the tiger wanted someone to ride it.
• Jiang Shuyue tried to sit on Big Flower but found the tiger too small to carry her, so Zhou Shiye fitted it with a tiny saddle for Huahua.
• Huahua rode Big Flower down the road, while Jiang Shuyue hoped the tiger would grow large enough to carry her around town.

Jiang Shuyue and Huahua recounted Teacher Lan’s family history, including his thwarted romance with a man who turned out to be his maternal half brother. Their gossip was interrupted when Teacher Lan appeared at the academy and caught them discussing his past.

• Huahua told Jiang Shuyue that Teacher Lan had once planned to elope with a puppy-faced man he loved.
• Huahua explained that the man was Teacher Lan’s older maternal half brother, and their mother had been reunited with her first husband while both families lived peacefully together.
• After the man insisted their closeness had been proper brotherly affection, Teacher Lan gave up on romance and entered government service to support his loved ones.
• Teacher Lan heard Jiang Shuyue’s gossip, opened the academy gate, and found her and Zhou Shiye there.
• Zhou Shiye offered Teacher Lan gifts on behalf of his mother, while Teacher Lan stared at Jiang Shuyue and she privately thought he seemed dim-witted.

Jiang Shuyue visited Master Lan at the Academy with Zhou Shiye, and Huahua revealed Master Lan’s painful past and his future loyalty to Zhou Yunshen. The visit ended with Master Lan welcoming them and delighting in their valuable gifts as Jiang Shuyue learned about his relationship with Hong Xingluan.

• Master Lan bristled at Jiang Shuyue’s arrival, while Huahua explained that he resented Zhou Shiye for an old prank and had once piled on his coursework.
• Jiang Shuyue and Huahua’s thoughts exposed Master Lan’s past heartbreak, prompting onlookers to pity him and Master Lan to hurry the visitors inside.
• Huahua revealed that Master Lan would later risk his life defending Zhou Yunshen, and Jiang Shuyue admired his courage.
• Zhou Shiye presented Master Lan with a valuable inkstone and brush, which delighted him.
• Huahua explained that Master Lan and his partner Hong Xingluan had founded the Academy together, and Jiang Shuyue celebrated their pairing.

Jiang Shuyue visited Master Lan’s academy, where Master Lan proposed introducing his divorced cousin to her grandfather, Liu Chengze. She then found Chen Wang and Wang Dafa, who fled from her and the intimidating group behind her.

• Master Lan offered to arrange a meeting between his younger cousin and Liu Chengze, but Jiang Shuyue and Huahua discussed and rejected the idea of drugging her grandfather.
• Master Lan led Jiang Shuyue and the others through his academy, where Huahua explained how students helped with the school’s work and expenses.
• Jiang Shuyue spotted Chen Wang and Wang Dafa resting in the back courtyard and called out to them.
• Chen Wang and Wang Dafa saw Jiang Shuyue’s group, ran to their dormitory, and locked the door in fear.

Jiang Shuyue and the Zhou family visited Chen Wang and Wang Dafa at the Academy, where Master Lan had already disciplined the cousins and left them hungry. The two fought over a discarded chicken bone, but Big Flower took it and farted at them before following the others away.

• Chen Wang and Wang Dafa cursed their mothers and the Zhou family after they thought their tormentors had left.
• Jiang Shuyue, Zhou Luming, the younger brothers, and Master Lan appeared at the window, frightening the cousins into silence.
• Huahua revealed that Master Lan had made the boys run laps, recite lessons, and sweep leaves without food.
• Jiang Shuyue and Master Lan teased the hungry cousins with food before leaving to patronize Miss Lan's business.
• Chen Wang and Wang Dafa fought over Jiang Shuyue's chicken bone, but Big Flower snatched it and farted at them.

Jiang Shuyue fled Master Lan’s attempt to recruit her and then climbed a tree with Zhou Sesong and Huahua to spy on Third Prince Jin. They watched Jin San profess his love to a delicate beauty, while Jiang Shuyue recoiled at his romantic declarations.

• Master Lan praised Zhou Luye and offered to take him as a pupil, but Jiang Shuyue refused and hurried out of the Academy with Huahua.
• Jiang Shuyue asked Huahua to check whether Master Lan had followed them, and Huahua instead revealed that Third Prince Jin was nearby with only one servant.
• Jiang Shuyue struggled to climb a tree, so Zhou Sesong boosted her up while Huahua urged her to stay quiet.
• Jiang Shuyue and Huahua spotted Third Prince Jin pressing a delicate beauty against a courtyard wall and declaring his undying love.
• Jiang Shuyue mocked Jin San’s sweet talk, while Huahua defended the sincerity of love.

Jiang Shuyue and the others watched Jin San declare his love to the person he wanted to take back to the Mongol Kingdom. The chapter revealed that Jin San’s lover was a man, and ended as the slender man in a gauzy skirt wrapped his arms around Jin San’s neck.

• Jiang Shuyue and Huahua joked about the padded armor Jin San wore to protect himself from another attack.
• Jin San pinned his lover’s hands overhead and promised to make him chief consort and have children with him.
• Jiang Shuyue realized Jin San’s lover was a man while Zhou Shiye and the other boys recognized the Happy Red Chamber.
• Jiang Shuyue concluded that Zhou Shiye had already learned about such matters, and Huahua warned that Jin San’s lover was about to cause trouble.
• Jin San’s slender lover wrapped his arms around his neck.

Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong secretly watched Jin San court Little Golden Phoenix, whose cross-dressing and seductive performance stunned Jiang Shuyue. Huahua revealed that Little Golden Phoenix was an agent for the Second Prince who planned to betray Jin San if he agreed to elope.

• Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong eavesdropped as Little Golden Phoenix told Jin San he wanted to leave with him but feared being rejected and mistreated.
• Little Golden Phoenix said he could not bear children and feared Jin San's imperial father would never accept him.
• Jiang Shuyue realized Little Golden Phoenix was a man and admired his convincing disguise and manner.
• Huahua revealed that Little Golden Phoenix was an agent planted by the Second Prince and planned to sell Jin San out if he agreed to elope.

Jin San fell for Little Golden Phoenix, unaware that the alluring person seducing him was a man and a spy, and planned to fake his death and flee with him. Zhou Shiye worried that the scheme could provoke a costly conflict, while Jiang Shuyue and Huahua focused on how Jin San might escape.

• Huahua revealed that the Fourth Prince had steered the Second Prince into sending Little Golden Phoenix to seduce Jin San, though neither Jin San nor the Second Prince knew the spy was a man.
• Jin San promised Little Golden Phoenix that he would abandon his country, bring his money, fake his death, and meet him at Zhao Family Village in seven days.
• Jiang Shuyue admired Jin San's escape plan and realized that he might use his supposed death to make Great Zhou pay compensation.
• Zhou Shiye feared the scheme could lead to a major payment, lost territory, or war, and lamented that Huahua had encouraged Jiang Shuyue's curiosity about Jin San's escape.

Jiang Shuyue and Huahua secretly watched Jin San and Little Golden Phoenix pledge to elope, but Jiang Shuyue vomited and accidentally fell from the tree. She landed on Zhou Sesong and insulted the vomit in his hair, leaving him stunned.

• Jin San promised Little Golden Phoenix that they would elope in seven days and left after giving her his money pouch.
• Jiang Shuyue could no longer hold back her nausea and vomited while she and the children hid in a tree.
• A branch caught Jiang Shuyue's clothes, and she fell from the tree with Huahua.
• Jiang Shuyue opened her eyes to find herself facing Zhou Sesong and told him to wash the vomit from his hair.

Jiang Shuyue and Huahua helped Zhou Sesong subdue Little Golden Phoenix, whom Zhou Sesong decided to take home. Jiang Shuyue accepted Zhou Sesong’s explanation that Little Golden Phoenix had unusual interests.

• Jiang Shuyue and Huahua pinned Little Golden Phoenix to the ground after he reacted in fright.
• Zhou Sesong bound and gagged Little Golden Phoenix, then threatened him with a blade while claiming they meant no harm.
• Zhou Sesong summoned two attendants to carry Little Golden Phoenix away as their guest.
• Jiang Shuyue worried that taking a lover home in a sack was inappropriate, but Zhou Sesong claimed Little Golden Phoenix had requested it.
• Jiang Shuyue agreed that someone willing to bite Jin San would not take the conventional path.