Chapter Summaries

Jiang Shuyue learned that Ji Ruhua, a dangerous concubine sent by Consort Shu to ruin her reputation, had come to the manor. She turned Ji Ruhua’s scheme into a public demonstration, leaving the concubine to perform before the household servants.

• After Jiang Liuli fainted from kneeling, Jiang An returned home, but Jiang Mother refused to see him, so he slept in his study.
• Jiang Shuyue joked with Zhou Yunshen about the palace banquet, then coaxed him into promising to protect her there.
• Jiang Shuyue complained about being fifty Green Tea Points short of a Marrow-Cleansing Pill when Ji Ruhua arrived and mocked her for waking late.
• The system revealed that Ji Ruhua was a brothel woman serving Consort Shu, who had sent her to cause trouble and damage Jiang Shuyue’s reputation.
• After learning Ji Ruhua abused and trained young women, Jiang Shuyue told her to demonstrate her skills before the household servants.

Jiang Shuyue punished Ji Ruhua, the woman Consort Shu had sent to sow discord in the Marquis's household, and Consort Shu was reprimanded by the emperor for learning about the incident. After gaining too few Green Tea Points, Jiang Shuyue planned to target the imperial palace and prepared a gift of leather whips for Consort Shu.

• Ji Ruhua taunted Jiang Shuyue, who had servants beat her and then sent her to the House of Ten Thousand Flowers.
• Jiang Shuyue knocked Ji Ruhua unconscious with a teacup, and her servants took Ji Ruhua away.
• Consort Shu learned Ji Ruhua had been sent to a whorehouse and complained to the emperor, who questioned how she knew and docked three months of her allowance.
• Jiang Shuyue celebrated Consort Shu's punishment and decided to seek more Green Tea Points by targeting the imperial palace.
• Jiang Shuyue ordered Little Peach to find a hundred leather whips and planned to give them to Consort Shu.

At Consort Shu's birthday banquet, Jiang Shuyue basked in the noblewomen's flattery while the system revealed that Chen Furong planned to humiliate her with a sabotaged chair. Zhou Luming praised Zhou Yunshen's gifts to her mother, prompting Chen Furong to confront Jiang Shuyue.

• Noblewomen crowded around Jiang Shuyue and praised her beauty and costly outfit, hoping to win her favor.
• Chu Xin apologized to Zhou Luming for believing Zhao Lushuang's lies, and the two renewed their friendship.
• The system told Jiang Shuyue that Chen Furong had tampered with her chair and was plotting to mock her, while Chen's soy milk had also been secretly doctored by her half-siblings.
• Zhou Luming told Jiang Shuyue that Zhou Yunshen had carefully chosen her jewelry and cosmetics, and Jiang Shuyue said the gifts made her embarrassed.
• Chen Furong insulted Jiang Shuyue as a shameless country bumpkin who clung to the position of Marchioness of Zhennan.

Jiang Shuyue outwitted Chen Furong and drew attention to Jiang Liuli’s suspicious behavior. The chapter ended when Jiang Liuli’s thoughts triggered a loud barrage of farts in front of the crowd.

• Chu Xin'er and Jiang Shuyue mocked Chen Furong, who became furious and charged at Jiang Shuyue.
• Jiang Shuyue pretended Chen Furong had injured her, and Zhou Luming, Chu Xin'er, and the crowd blamed Chen Furong.
• Jiang Shuyue challenged Jiang Liuli to name her supposed wrongdoings, but Jiang Liuli defended her and tried to avoid trouble.
• Jiang Shuyue earned over three hundred Green Tea Points and received a Marrow-Cleansing Pill from the system.
• Jiang Liuli told the crowd not to pressure Jiang Shuyue, then let out a barrage of farts as everyone listened.

Jiang Shuyue and the court learned about Consort Shu’s extravagant appearance, bizarre food preferences, and brutal future schemes against the empress. After discovering Consort Shu had eaten durian and masked her breath with aromatics, the emperor ordered the palace’s aromatics supply sharply reduced.

• Jiang Liuli tried to blame Chen Furong for her farting, while the onlookers decided to keep their children away from Jiang Liuli.
• Consort Shu arrived, and Jiang Shuyue’s thoughts and the system’s revelations exposed her ambition and her future plot to destroy the empress.
• Jiang Shuyue learned that Consort Shu favored bearded men and pungent foods, including stinky fermented bean curd and durian, and concealed their odor with fragrance.
• The emperor learned that Consort Shu had kissed him after eating durian, and Prince Huai and Zhou Yunshen mocked his predicament.
• The emperor rejected Murong Tianci’s offer to block his senses and ordered the palace’s aromatics supply reduced by three quarters.

At Consort Shu’s birthday feast, Jiang Shuyue uncovered schemes against Meng Tian and the plagiarized origins of Jiang Liuli’s performance. She publicly challenged Jiang Liuli, leaving the fake sweetheart embarrassed and accused of reaching for the Fourth Prince.

• Consort Shu seated Jiang Shuyue at the end of the table, where the system revealed that Meng Tian’s stepmother had drugged her clothes to cause a deadly rash, and Jiang Shuyue identified lard as the remedy.
• The system revealed that Jiang Liuli had bought her birthday poem from Fu Mingcheng and her music from a star courtesan, while Fu Mingcheng realized his work had been stolen.
• Jiang Liuli recited the poem and played the music for Consort Shu, but Jiang Shuyue’s thoughts about the music’s romantic inspiration made Chu Xin'er spit out her drink.
• Jiang Shuyue suggested that Jiang Liuli’s music revealed her feelings for a sweetheart and asked which young master had won her favor.
• Jiang Liuli dismissed Jiang Shuyue’s understanding of music, and Jiang Shuyue retorted that Jiang Liuli was not a biological daughter of the Jiang Family and had no noble blood.

Jiang Shuyue turned Jiang Liuli’s attempt to showcase her talent into a trap for Consort Shu, then maneuvered Consort Shu into becoming her sworn elder sister. The chapter ended with Jiang Shuyue using that new kinship to undermine the Fourth Prince’s prospects of marrying Jiang Liuli and to sour Consort Shu against her.

• Jiang Liuli grew furious when Jiang Shuyue hinted that she was not truly of the Jiang Family, while Jiang Shuyue and the system mocked her in their thoughts.
• Jiang Liuli asked Consort Shu to let Jiang Shuyue perform, and Jiang Shuyue announced she would smash a boulder on her chest.
• Consort Shu desperately tried to stop Jiang Shuyue, then praised her unperformed act as superior to Jiang Liuli’s song.
• Jiang Shuyue asked Consort Shu to become her sworn sister, and Consort Shu agreed under pressure.
• Jiang Shuyue called Jiang Liuli over to greet Consort Shu as her elder sister, explaining that this would place Jiang Liuli and Consort Shu in the same generation and hinder the Fourth Prince from seeking Jiang Liuli’s hand.

Jiang Shuyue forced Consort Shu and Jiang Liuli to become sworn sisters, then used the ceremony to taunt Consort Shu with suggestive gifts. When the Fourth Prince arrived hoping to arrange a marriage, Jiang Shuyue exposed embarrassing gossip about him and redirected his attention toward Chen Furong, whom she praised as a beauty who could topple kingdoms and cities.

• Jiang Shuyue and Jiang Liuli swore sisterhood with Consort Shu, who was furious but hid her anger.
• Jiang Shuyue gave Consort Shu a chest of hand-carved riding crops, leaving her humiliated.
• The Fourth Prince arrived, and the system revealed embarrassing stories about his dreams and habits.
• After learning Jiang Liuli was now his elder sister, the Fourth Prince abandoned his plan to seek her hand and considered Chu Xin'er instead, but Chu Xin'er left by pretending to be ill.
• Jiang Shuyue drew attention to Chen Furong and praised her beauty, while the Fourth Prince doubted the description.

At Consort Shu’s birthday gathering, Jiang Shuyue’s teasing helped deter the young ladies from considering the Fourth Prince and forced Consort Shu to accept a sisterly bond. Jiang Shuyue then visited the empress’s palace, where her thoughts about the emperor kissing both consorts made the empress choke on her tea.

• Jiang Shuyue teased the Fourth Prince about his prospects and prompted Jiang Liuli to ask whom he favored.
• The Fourth Prince swung at Jiang Shuyue, but Zhou Luming pulled her safely behind him.
• Jiang Shuyue pushed Consort Shu to call her little sister, and Consort Shu reluctantly agreed in front of the gathered ladies.
• After the empress invited Jiang Shuyue to the Phoenix Ceremonial Hall, Jiang Shuyue left the gathering with Zhou Luming.
• The empress served Jiang Shuyue her favorite dishes, and her thoughts about the emperor kissing Consort Shu and the empress made the empress choke on her tea.

The empress learned that the Crown Prince and her other sons faced deadly plots, then Jiang Shuyue drank wine and became wildly intoxicated. The chapter ended with Jiang Shuyue ranting on the roof of Fengyi Palace as the empress and guards tried to bring her down.

• The system told the empress that the emperor had sent her to the cold palace to protect her, and revealed that the Fourth Prince had later joined forces with others to pressure her.
• Jiang Shuyue revealed that a transmigrator woman would manipulate the princes, leading to the Crown Prince’s fiancée’s death and conflict between the Crown Prince, the Fourth Prince, and General Zhao.
• The empress learned that the Second Prince would help plot against the Crown Prince and reconsidered arranging a marriage for him.
• Jiang Shuyue drank half a flask of wine and mistook the empress for a Golden Phoenix, accusing Golden Crow of plucking her feathers.
• Jiang Shuyue climbed onto the roof of Fengyi Palace, cursed Golden Crow, and threw roof tiles while Xiao Wei and the guards tried to retrieve her.

Jiang Shuyue got drunk in the palace, mistook Zhou Yunshen for a golden egg, and drunkenly flirted with him before he carried her home. The Empress then warned the Crown Prince to keep his distance from his second brother, while Consort Shu reprimanded the Fourth Prince for ruining her matchmaking plans.

• The Crown Prince found Jiang Shuyue on the palace roof, where she mistook his golden robes for Golden Crow and jumped into Zhou Yunshen's arms.
• Jiang Shuyue flirted with Zhou Yunshen and repeated the System's prompts about loving her husband and wanting a brood, while Zhou Yunshen carried her away.
• Zhou Luming followed them and recorded Jiang Shuyue's insults against Golden Crow, adding embellishments.
• The Empress told the Crown Prince to maintain only basic courtesies with his second brother and asked him to visit Origin Return Temple on her behalf.
• Consort Shu made the Fourth Prince admit he had ruined her matchmaking plan and ordered him to leave.

Jiang Shuyue woke in shame after learning what she had done while drunk, then heard gossip about Jiang Liuli and the Fourth Prince. Zhou Yunshen kept the Ten Thousand Flowers House under close watch for a suspected Transmigrator, while Jiang Shuyue praised Zhou Sesong for killing two assassins and promised her a chicken drumstick.

• Jiang Shuyue learned from the system that she had drunkenly insulted Golden Crow, pestered Zhou Yunshen to lay eggs, and howled with him on a roof.
• The system told Jiang Shuyue that Jiang Liuli had been slapped by her father and that the Fourth Prince had accidentally dumped noodles on the emperor, leading to Consort Shu's confinement.
• Zhou Yunshen ordered the Shadow Guards to keep watching the Ten Thousand Flowers House and to seize any suspicious girl of fifteen or sixteen.
• Jiang Shuyue crawled out from under the bed when she grew hungry and praised Zhou Sesong's pretty outfit.
• The system revealed that Zhou Sesong had killed two intruding assassins, and Jiang Shuyue decided to reward her with a big chicken drumstick.

Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong visited the Liu Family, where Shen Yunying and Liu Cheng'en welcomed them with boisterous affection. The visit left Jiang Shuyue learning more about her relatives’ pasts, while Liu Cheng'en tried to hide that the family could hear her thoughts.

• Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong arrived at the Liu Family with a carriage full of gifts and were greeted by a grand reception.
• Shen Yunying knocked Liu Ning away with a brick for his over-the-top welcome, then ushered Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong inside.
• The system revealed that Shen Yunying had rescued and married Liu Ning, and shared stories about her rivalry with Zhou Yunshen and his first marriage.
• Liu Cheng'en embraced Jiang Shuyue and promised to protect her, then tried to disguise his slip by pretending he had forgotten Jiang An's name.
• The system told Jiang Shuyue that Liu Cheng'en had once eaten flowers meant for a horse while courting her grandmother.

Jiang Shuyue reunited with her second brother and gave him a Marrow-Cleansing Pill disguised as a candy bean. After learning that Hai Bodong’s former friend was plotting to exploit him and lusting after his wife, she inspired Hai Bodong to prepare sacks for a secret beating.

• Liu Cheng'en promised to protect Jiang Shuyue from Zhou Yunshen and planned to use his former students to make trouble for Jiang An.
• Jiang Shuyue visited Jiang Chen at the training grounds, where he playfully roughed up Zhou Sesong and boasted that he would protect her.
• Jiang Shuyue gave Jiang Chen a Marrow-Cleansing Pill disguised as a candy bean and told him to take it while bathing.
• Jiang Shuyue learned through the System that Hai Bodong’s former friend intended to drag him into debt and coveted his wife.
• Hai Bodong resolved to return home and prepare sturdy sacks before confronting his treacherous friend.

Jiang Shuyue, Jiang Chen, and Zhou Sesong visited the second branch to collect a first-meeting gift and confront its dishonest household. As Nanny Chen went to fetch a supposedly valuable jade hairpin, Jiang Shuyue learned that the gift was likely counterfeit and that her second aunt’s household had been stealing and selling family heirlooms.

• Jiang Chen took Jiang Shuyue and Zhou Sesong to visit the second branch, whose mistress had celebrated Jiang Shuyue’s disappearance and caused a deadly forest fire.
• Nanny Chen looked down on the visitors until Jiang Chen and Zhou Sesong asserted their status and criticized her lack of manners.
• Zhou Sesong demanded that Second Aunt formally greet Jiang Shuyue, and Second Aunt invited them inside while concealing her hostility.
• Jiang Shuyue declined the tea after the system revealed that Second Aunt had spat into the pot, then asked her for a first-meeting gift.
• Second Aunt ordered Nanny Chen to bring a green jade hairpin, and the system revealed that the hairpins were fake and that the household had been replacing and selling family heirlooms.

Jiang Shuyue and her family fleeced Second Aunt of her authentic antiques and hidden treasures after she tried to pass off a broken jade hairpin as a gift. They left with their haul, while Second Aunt planned to summon her husband to retaliate.

• Jiang Shuyue shook the jade hairpin box until its contents became powder, then used the ruined gift to pressure Second Aunt into inviting them inside.
• Jiang Shuyue followed the system's appraisal tips and began taking Second Aunt's authentic antiques, jewelry, savings, and incriminating letters while Jiang Chen and Zhou Sesong blocked the servants.
• Jiang Shuyue filled vases and jars with treasures, and Jiang Chen and Zhou Sesong warned Second Aunt that her husband's salary could not account for her wealth.
• The system revealed that Second Aunt had replaced the family's heirlooms with forgeries and sold one of Jiang Shuyue's maternal grandfather's paintings for three thousand taels.
• Second Aunt discovered that the authentic pieces were gone and accidentally drank tea she had spat into, then ordered Nanny Chen to call her husband.
• Jiang Shuyue praised Jiang Chen and Zhou Sesong in the carriage and suggested saving the jewelry for Zhou Sesong's future daughter-in-law.

Liu Cheng'en and Shen Yunying confronted Liu Chengze and Li Wenshu over Li Wenshu’s fraud, usurious lending, and role in an innocent woman’s death. Liu Chengze signed a divorce letter, and Li Wenshu was taken to the magistrate’s office as Liu Cheng'en comforted his brother.

• Liu Cheng'en accused Li Wenshu of stealing and counterfeiting family treasures, while Shen Yunying revealed the fake goods and evidence of her crimes.
• Liu Cheng'en refused to protect Li Wenshu and ordered her expelled from the Liu Family, offering Liu Chengze a divorce letter and a thousand taels for her natal family.
• Shen Yunying exposed Li Wenshu’s predatory loan contracts and ties to the Prosperous Fortune Casino, and Li Wenshu admitted her actions and blamed Liu Chengze.
• Liu Chengze signed the divorce letter after Liu Cheng'en urged him to consider his children and grandchildren.
• Shen Yunying had Li Wenshu bound and taken to the magistrate’s office, and Liu Cheng'en reassured his distraught brother.

Jiang Shuyue learned about Zhou Sesong’s past and accepted her as her child without hesitation, then watched Jiang Chen emerge from his bath transformed by marrow cleansing. At dinner, she discovered that her eldest cousin Liu Zhengshen secretly kept notebooks recording his younger brothers’ embarrassing moments.

• Jiang Chengze mistakenly called himself a widower before Liu Cheng'en corrected him, and Shen Yunying prepared for the family dinner.
• Jiang Shuyue learned from the system that Zhou Sesong was adopted after her hunter father saved Zhou Yunshen, and she reassured Sesong that she was her child.
• Jiang Chen emerged from his bath with a dramatically improved appearance and increased height, leaving Jiang Shuyue unsure how to explain the change.
• Liu Zhengshen’s twin younger brothers teased Jiang Chen and tried to trick Jiang Shuyue into helping them copy books, so Liu Zhengshen sent them away.
• The system revealed that Liu Zhengshen secretly cherished his brothers and kept notebooks documenting their childhood mishaps.

Jiang Shuyue reunited with her maternal family, received several gifts, and learned secrets about her relatives through the System. After discovering that Liu Chengze had divorced his disgraced wife, she decided to find him a dependable new partner and waited for the System to reveal possible candidates.

• Liu Zhengming and Liu Zhenghao tried to charm Jiang Shuyue, while the System exposed their love of pranks and dressing up as girls.
• Shen Yunying introduced Jiang Shuyue to Liu Feng and Luo Ziwei, and the System revealed that Luo Ziwei was one month pregnant.
• Luo Ziwei gave Jiang Shuyue a Warmth Spirit Pearl, and the System revealed how Luo Ziwei had once secretly drugged Liu Feng to keep him from leaving her.
• Liu Cheng'en gave Jiang Shuyue Heartguard Armor and an Evil-Repelling Pearl, which she considered passing on to Zhou Yunshen.
• Jiang Shuyue learned that Liu Chengze had divorced his imprisoned wife and decided to find him a dependable new partner, though she could not actually tell fortunes.

Jiang Shuyue enjoyed a warm dinner and fireworks with the Liu Family, then left with Zhou Sesong after promising to visit her maternal grandfather. On the carriage ride home, Zhou Sesong reassured her about the Jiang Family and her identity, while Jiang Shuyue fell asleep before hearing the rest.

• The system reminded Liu Chengze of his distant younger cousin, Jiang Shuitian, and Liu Chengze resolved to apologize to her.
• Jiang Shuyue learned that Liu Ning had hidden fifty taels in his pillow, prompting Shen Yunying to glare at him.
• The twins surprised Jiang Shuyue with fireworks, and she watched from behind the doorframe because the explosions frightened her.
• Liu Cheng'en welcomed Jiang Shuyue to visit and asked her to call him Grandpa; she agreed before Zhou Sesong hurried her into the carriage.
• Jiang Shuyue misunderstood Grandpa's advice as permission to get handsy with someone, while Zhou Sesong realized what the advice had actually meant.
• Zhou Sesong told the sleeping Jiang Shuyue about her father's unhappy first marriage and promised that the family would protect her, then nearly touched her cheek before pulling away.