Ye Tangtang

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Ye Tangtang (夜棠棠)
Alias(es)	Tang Tang; Ninth Princess; Princess Chaoyang 10 14
Gender	Female
Age	Twelve; her malnourished body initially appears about ten 3
Affiliation	Northern Li imperial family; Royal Academy 14 29
Occupation/Role	Imperial princess, academy student, portrait seller, and barbecue-stall operator; formerly a cultivator 17 29 37 46
Family	Daughter of Emperor Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing 1
Residence	Palace of Gathered Elegance; previously the Cold Palace 3 6
Status	Alive; the Empress Dowager rejects the demon accusation against her, and her father intervenes on her behalf 50
First Appearance	Chapter 1 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Nascent Soul stage — previous cultivation world	17	Entered the cultivation world at ten and broke through after two years, which she describes as spent slacking off.
1% spiritual power retained — after transmigration	2	A restriction rather than an advancement: 99% of her spiritual power is sealed. The remaining power allows her to summon lightning, but her weak new body limits its usefulness 45.

Background / History

Before becoming Northern Li’s Ninth Princess, Tangtang had already lived in a cultivation world and worked with a system. After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, she was struck by heavenly lightning and transmigrated into a novel as a doomed twelve-year-old princess 1 17.

The original princess had lived in the Cold Palace since birth with Shen Qingqing. They received only one inadequate meal a day, leaving the girl severely malnourished. She was quiet and withdrawn, resisted bathing, and remained so obscure that palace servants did not know a Ninth Princess existed 3 7 10.

The transmigrated Tangtang is markedly more affectionate and outspoken than her predecessor. Her knowledge of the novel, surviving spiritual power, and system rewards give her ways to challenge the circumstances that originally condemned the princess 1 2 4.

Appearance

• Build: Small, frail, and underdeveloped for her age; initially resembles a ten-year-old despite being twelve 3 7.
• Face: Delicate and fair, with moist almond-shaped eyes, a dainty nose, cherry-like lips, and two dimples when she smiles 7.
• Family resemblance: Looks closely enough like Shen Qingqing that their resemblance is evident when they sit together 11.
• Transformation: Bathing and new clothes reveal her beauty beneath her formerly dirty, neglected appearance. She recognizes her face as matching her previous-life appearance 7.
• School clothing: Initially wears a white-and-pink padded jacket and skirt, a fluffy scarf, and a white cloth bag; later favors a bunny-shaped bag 28 35.
• Dinosaur costume: Her hooded green pajamas have horns and a tail. Their unfamiliar silhouette leads palace residents to mistake her for a monster 42 43.

Personality

Tangtang’s soft voice and innocent expression conceal a sharp-tongued, irreverent inner monologue. She readily uses flattery, tears, and exaggerated helplessness to influence others, sometimes pinching herself to make her crying convincing. These performances are often undermined because their targets can hear her actual thoughts 19 22 48.

She wants a comfortable life centered on food, sleep, gossip, and money. Ice cream is a particularly effective incentive, while schoolwork prompts increasingly reckless avoidance schemes. Despite her bold behavior, she experiences severe social anxiety around crowds and would rather get lost than ask for directions 5 10 13 26 30.

Her devotion to Shen Qingqing consistently overrides her laziness and fear. When she dismisses the possibility of her own death, the system persuades her to act by reminding her that her mother would remain in danger. She also shows genuine tenderness toward bullied siblings and sympathy for lovers facing execution 9 25 47.

Abilities & Skills

Residual Spiritual Power

Tangtang retains a fraction of her previous cultivation power despite the seal placed on it 2.

• Summons a storm and purple lightning that strikes dangerously close to Ye Yubei, frightening him into retreat 2.
• Remains confident that her surviving power can help her resist abusive servants 4.
• Cannot reproduce Jun Yuyuan’s lightness skills; the system attributes this to her physically weak body, regardless of her soul’s strength 45.

Foreknowledge and Photographic Memory

Tangtang has read numerous scripts thoroughly and possesses a photographic memory. She recognizes characters and remembers their expected roles, betrayals, and deaths 29.

• Predicts Northern Li’s fall in three years and considers escaping with her mother 11.
• Identifies dangerous futures for her siblings, including battlefield death, a brief reign as crown prince, wrongful execution, and a disastrous marriage 13 14 29 30.
• Recognizes Grand Secretary Lu as a future traitor allied with aristocratic families and Prince of Yan Ye Yulin 47.
• Does not know every character equally well: the novel gives her little information about the Empress Dowager, leaving her frightened of what the woman might do 49.

Audible Inner Thoughts

Selected people can hear Tangtang’s thoughts without her speaking. She generally does not realize this, so her private commentary repeatedly exposes secrets and defeats her own lies 1 19 22.

• Known listeners include Ye Yubei, Shen Qingqing, Jun Yuyuan, several imperial siblings, Lu Wuyou, Song Jinshi, Yun Qi, and the Empress Dowager 1 6 13 14 29 49.
• Her warnings lead listeners to reconsider military service, succession ambitions, romantic attachments, and loyalty to the Third Princess 29 30 33 38.
• No deliberate control over who hears her thoughts is demonstrated in the supplied chapters 1 29 49.

System Missions and Lottery Rewards

Her system provides missions, gossip, points, and randomized prize draws. Tangtang treats it as both a source of conveniences and an unreliable bargaining partner 2 7 9.

Mechanic	Documented details
Previous-world points	Had accumulated about 30,000 points. The system tells her they cannot transfer between worlds, but later privately admits withholding tens of thousands of points 2 6.
Time with Jun Yuyuan	Offers 100 points for spending fifteen minutes with him each day 5.
Physical contact	Contact with Jun can earn points. A hand-holding attempt fails because it lasts less than the required three seconds 16 19.
Relationship progress	Affinity is recorded at 0.1%; the system says its mission requires 100%. Her later embrace raises conquest progress to 1% and earns 1,000 points 19 27.
Gossip rewards	Receives 100 points after completing the Lady Liu gossip task 9.
Paid searches	Borrows 1,000 points to locate Shen Qingqing, only to discover her mother is ten steps away. Repayment is due within three days 10.
Random draws	Can produce snacks, clothes, gadgets, medicine, and cooking supplies. Desired prizes are not guaranteed 27 35 45.

• The gossip interface reveals Lady Liu’s affair, which Ye Yubei subsequently confirms 8 9.
• Tangtang repeatedly seeks a Return Soul Pill, but her hundred-draw attempt fails to produce one 27.
• Spending all her points leaves her unable to draw a rescue item when accused of being a demon; the system also refuses her request for further credit 49.

Academic Knowledge

Tangtang can recognize many written characters despite differences between modern and ancient writing 22.

• Uses knowledge from earlier schooling to explain “Goose Goose Goose” in enough detail to astonish Grand Tutor Yun 31.
• Earns a Gold Medal despite sleeping through the lesson; her mastery comes from having previously spent three days memorizing the poem’s meaning as punishment 31.
• Receives a silver medal after photographing academy rooms so they can be labeled 38.

Performance and Self-Defense

Tangtang combines physical retaliation with convincing displays of innocence 7 46.

• Drenches Consort Shu and Lady Liu, then drives them away with a hoe and a kick 7.
• Kicks three servants into a lake after they threaten to throw her in 10.
• Headbutts Consort Li after her barbecue is destroyed, then retreats to seek her father’s protection 46.
• Uses her princess title to stop eunuchs bullying Jun Yuyuan 19.
• Her acting has a major weakness: Ye Yubei can hear the motives behind her feigned illness and tearful appeals 22 48.

Photography and Commerce

Tangtang quickly turns unfamiliar modern goods into income 37 50.

• Sells camera portraits to relatives and classmates, including charging Ye Linze a gold ingot for a photograph with a second included free 37.
• Advertises portraits publicly by beating a borrowed drum 39.
• Considers selling Jun Yuyuan’s photograph because of his popularity among palace maids 37.
• Establishes her barbecue stall at the Crossroads, choosing a spacious location with heavy foot traffic 46.
• Converts her demon hearing into a sales opportunity by demonstrating gadgets to the Empress Dowager 50.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Lollipops and snacks — Lottery prizes and treasured food; she gives lollipops to Jun Yuyuan and Ye Linmo as gestures of friendship 2 6 10.
• Stale flatbread — Secretly keeps a rock-hard piece as an improvised self-defense weapon 3.
• Bunny-shaped bag — A lottery prize she adopts as her school bag 30 35.
• “Ice Skates” / “Fire Wheels” — Four-wheeled shoes used for high-speed skating. After she crashes into Ye Yubei, he forbids her from wearing them again but agrees not to discard them; she later lends them to her brothers 31 32 33 50.
• Sony camera — A lottery prize used for family photographs, portrait sales, and academy work 35 37 38.
• Gold and silver medals — Academy rewards that she values primarily for their monetary worth 31 38.
• Green dinosaur pajamas — Warm hooded clothing whose horns and tail trigger monster rumors and the demon accusation 42 43 48.
• Robot vacuum / mopping robot — Demonstrates automated floor cleaning to her household and the Empress Dowager 45 50.
• Modern supplies — Draws a flashlight, sanitary pads, amoxicillin capsules, floral water, a lighter, glowing fairy wands, and liquid foundation 30 35 45.
• Seasoning pack and barbecue grill — Supplies for her cooking business; Ye Yubei promises to restore the stall after Consort Li’s attendants destroy it 45 46 47.

Relationships

• Shen Qingqing — Mother and chief emotional attachment. Tangtang seeks her affection, defends her against palace abuse, and shares her earnings so Shen can buy whatever she wants 7 9 41.
• Ye Yubei — Father. Initially orders her death, then becomes increasingly indulgent and protective. Tangtang continues privately calling him “scumbag dad,” but also praises his mercy and relies on his authority 1 25 46 48.
• The system — Longstanding companion and frequent target of her insults. Entices her with snacks and points, conceals information about her old points, and charges her for an unnecessary search 2 6 10.
• Jun Yuyuan — Feared future conqueror whom she befriends for points and survival. He can hear her motives, yet escorts her home, stops her entering freezing water, prevents Jin Yun from killing her, and secretly brings help during the demon accusation 6 19 27 35 50.
• Ye Linmo — Sixth Brother. Cherishes her lollipop and helps her escape pursuers; she comforts him afterward and arranges treatment for his injuries 10 46 47.
• Ye Mushuang — Seventh Sister. Welcomes and helps Tangtang at school. Tangtang’s thoughts expose He Wei’s future betrayal and present deception 29 31 38.
• Ye Linxuan — Fifth Brother. Her prediction of his battlefield death prompts him to reject military glory and the succession struggle 13 29.
• Ye Linze — Eighth Brother and enthusiastic photography customer. Reconsiders seeking the crown after hearing that his future tenure would be extremely brief 14 29 37.
• Ye Linxun — Second Brother. Initially considers using her favor politically, but her prediction of his execution changes his priorities; later abandons pursuit of the throne 29 30 33.
• Ye Muxue — Third Sister and rival. Accuses Tangtang of pushing her into water, resents her growing favor, and attempts to strike her over jealousy of her belongings 1 36.
• Lu Wuyou — Former follower of Ye Muxue. Drawn to Tangtang after hearing his predicted fate, protects her from Muxue, and declares that he wants to become her prince consort. Tangtang has no real interest in him 29 36.
• Song Jinshi — Former follower of Ye Muxue. Seeks further information from Tangtang’s thoughts and distances himself from Muxue after hearing his predicted fate 29 30.
• Yun Qi / Grand Tutor Yun — Strict teacher who is impressed by her poetry knowledge and camera. Rewards her academic explanation and practical help to the academy 29 31 37 38.
• Empress Lu — Political enemy who exploits rumors about Tangtang’s possessions and dinosaur pajamas to accuse her of being a demon 39 48 49.
• Empress Dowager Lu — Initially frightened by Tangtang’s costume, then won over by her explanations and gadget demonstrations. Rejects the Imperial Preceptor’s accusation and purchases several items 49 50.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Escaping Execution and the Cold Palace

Tangtang enters the story under a death sentence for allegedly pushing Ye Muxue into water. Ye Yubei hears her insist internally that Muxue jumped in herself, along with predictions of his own downfall, and suspends the punishment for an investigation. Her thoughts subsequently help Shen discover servants’ theft, while her lightning frightens the emperor 1 2 4.

Mother and daughter leave the Cold Palace for the Palace of Gathered Elegance. On the journey, Tangtang intervenes when Eunuch Wang threatens Jun Yuyuan and gives the future conqueror a lollipop 5 6.

Recognition as Princess Chaoyang

Tangtang fights back against palace women who insult Shen and seize her gifts. Her gossip system exposes Lady Liu’s affair, and her commentary makes Ye Yubei increasingly attentive to both her family and palace scandals 7 8 9.

Ye Yubei publicly recognizes her as his Ninth Princess and grants the title Princess Chaoyang—an honor neither the favored Third nor Seventh Princess possesses. Her elevation provokes resentment from Ye Muxue and the Empress 13 14.

School Avoidance and Encounters with Jun

Ye Yubei orders Tangtang to attend the Royal Academy. Failed attempts to escape through flattery and feigned illness lead her to plan a freezing bath so she can catch a cold 15 22 23 26.

During the nighttime excursion, she witnesses Jun kill two eunuchs. Her panicked embrace earns system points rather than the death she expects, and Jun later prevents her from bathing in the frozen lake and takes her home 26 27 28.

Changing Fates at the Royal Academy

Tangtang’s thoughts turn introductions into warnings about future deaths and betrayals. Her brothers reconsider dangerous ambitions, Lu Wuyou and Song Jinshi abandon their attachment to the Third Princess, and Mushuang begins questioning He Wei 29 30 38.

She unexpectedly wins a Gold Medal for explaining a familiar poem. Outside class, sharing snacks and lending her skates helps bring previously divided princes together 31 33.

Photography and Barbecue Businesses

After drawing a camera, Tangtang begins selling photographs and brings home enough money to astonish Shen. Her ambition expands to becoming Northern Li’s richest little lady 35 37 38 41.

Her barbecue venture is interrupted when Consort Li’s attendants destroy the grill. Tangtang retaliates and seeks Ye Yubei’s help; he punishes the attackers, demotes Consort Li, and promises to repair the stall. The incident also draws his attention to Linmo’s mistreatment 46 47.

Marriage Proposal and Demon Accusation

Grand Secretary Lu proposes marrying Tangtang to Lu Wuyou in two years. Tangtang’s tearful resistance helps secure Ye Yubei’s refusal and his promise to support her even if she never marries 48.

Empress Lu then weaponizes the dinosaur-pajama rumors. Tangtang is seized and brought before the Empress Dowager while Shen is confined. With no points available for a rescue item, she explains her costume and demonstrates her gadgets, winning the Dowager’s support and earning gold from sales. Jun secretly alerts Ye Yubei, who arrives and directs his anger toward the Empress 48 49 50.

Notable Quotes

“I'm the Ninth Princess, Ye Tangtang.” 10

“Mommy, we have money now. You can eat anything you want and buy anything you want.” 41

“Portraits! Get your cheap portraits here!” 39