Chapter Summaries

Ye Tangtang woke in the body of the Ninth Princess, a neglected child sentenced to die after allegedly pushing the Third Princess into a pond. Her curses reached Ye Yubei, who began questioning the accusation, but she still wished for a gentler father.

• Ye Tangtang learned that she had transmigrated into a doomed Ninth Princess accused of attacking Ye Muxue.
• Ye Yubei heard Ye Tangtang's thoughts, including her prediction that he would die in three years, and realized he might be the only one who could hear her.
• Shen Qingqing pleaded for Ye Tangtang, who clung to her mother and silently praised her beauty.
• Ye Yubei ordered Eunuch Wang to investigate and learned that the accused girl was his youngest daughter, whom he had never recognized.
• Ye Muxue accused Ye Tangtang of pushing her, while Ye Tangtang insisted in her thoughts that Ye Muxue had thrown herself toward the water.
• Ye Tangtang wondered whether she could die and be reborn with a gentle father, leaving Ye Yubei troubled by her dislike of him.

Ye Yubei learned that Shen Qingqing had spent twelve years in the Cold Palace and restored her title, while Ye Tangtang’s remaining spiritual power summoned a lightning strike that frightened him. After the system explained that her old points were gone, it rewarded her with points for draws, and she won snacks.

• Shen Qingqing told Ye Yubei that he had banished her to the Cold Palace twelve years earlier, and he restored her title to Talented Lady.
• Ye Tangtang’s thoughts called down dark clouds and purple lightning, and Ye Yubei ordered Shen Qingqing to return to her former residence with her daughter.
• A bolt of purple lightning struck near Ye Yubei, who fled into the grand hall in fear.
• Ye Tangtang learned that one percent of her spiritual power remained and that her points from the previous world had reset to zero.
• The system gave Ye Tangtang one hundred points for ten draws, and she won three lollipops and a packet of spicy strips.

Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang prepared to leave the Cold Palace after His Majesty allowed them to return to their former palace. As they packed, Ye Tangtang eagerly anticipated better food and more cuddles with her mother.

• Eunuch Wang told Shen Qingqing that His Majesty had granted her permission to return to her former palace once it was cleaned.
• Ye Tangtang showed Shen Qingqing a lollipop, then secretly kept a rock-hard piece of flatbread as a weapon.
• Shen Qingqing told Ye Tangtang they would soon have delicious food and offered to bathe and comb her hair after they moved.
• Ye Tangtang persuaded Shen Qingqing to bathe with her, and Shen Qingqing began packing their belongings for the move.

Shen Qingqing refused to take Zhu Tao and Green Radish with her after Ye Tangtang revealed they had stolen food and valuables. She went to search beneath a tree, leaving Tangtang to trick the servants, and returned just as they threatened her daughter.

• Zhu Tao and Green Radish begged Shen Qingqing to take them out of the Cold Palace, but Tang Tang revealed they had kept the good food for themselves.
• Shen Qingqing refused to take the servants and questioned them about her missing jewelry and her daughter's jade pendant, but they blamed the consorts.
• Ye Tangtang told Shen Qingqing that the stolen valuables were buried beneath the tree in the southeastern corner, and Shen Qingqing left to dig there.
• Zhu Tao and Green Radish asked Ye Tangtang to persuade Shen Qingqing, so she tricked them into lying on the ground to count ants.
• Zhu Tao and Green Radish realized Ye Tangtang had fooled them and moved to punish her, but Shen Qingqing rushed back and shielded her daughter.

Shen Qingqing left the Cold Palace with Ye Tangtang after exposing Zhu Tao and Green Radish for stealing her belongings. On the way, Tangtang met the cold and intimidating Jun Yuyuan, the villainous male lead, and the chapter ended with him studying her strange thoughts.

• Shen Qingqing scolded Zhu Tao and Green Radish for threatening Ye Tangtang, then confronted them with the jewelry she had found.
• Eunuch Wang arrived with the Northern Emperor's order to escort Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang out of the Cold Palace, and Shen Qingqing refused Zhu Tao and Green Radish's pleas to come along.
• Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang rode away in a sedan chair, but Eunuch Wang stopped when Jun Yuyuan blocked their path.
• Ye Tangtang told Eunuch Wang not to punish Jun Yuyuan and approached him after learning the system would reward her for spending time with him.
• Jun Yuyuan stared at Ye Tangtang and wondered what she meant by calling him the male lead and thinking about lollipops.

Ye Tangtang gave Jun Yuyuan a lollipop to make them friends, then arrived with Shen Qingqing at the Palace of Gathered Elegance and settled into their new home. As Shen Qingqing prepared to bathe her, she heard Tang Tang's embarrassing thoughts about her appearance.

• Ye Tangtang nervously told Jun Yuyuan they hit it off, gave him a lollipop, and declared that they were friends from then on.
• Jun Yuyuan accepted the candy and watched Ye Tangtang leave for the Palace of Gathered Elegance with Shen Qingqing.
• Ye Tangtang delighted in the palace's size and comfort while Shen Qingqing received palace maids and a senior attendant from Eunuch Wang.
• Ye Tangtang told Shen Qingqing she was hungry, then agreed to bathe as the maids went to find pastries.
• Shen Qingqing took Ye Tangtang to the bathing room and heard her daughter's thoughts admiring her figure.

After Shen Qingqing bathed and dressed Ye Tangtang, Consort Shu and Lady Liu came to the Palace of Gathered Elegance and tried to take Shen Qingqing’s gifts. Ye Tangtang drenched and drove them off, then worried that her mother had seen her unruly side.

• Shen Qingqing washed Ye Tangtang, dressed her in new clothes, and praised her beauty.
• Consort Shu and Lady Liu visited the Palace of Gathered Elegance, where Lady Liu took many of Shen Qingqing’s gifts.
• Lady Liu insulted Ye Tangtang, so Ye Tangtang dumped a bucket of water over her and Consort Shu.
• Consort Shu ordered her attendants to seize Ye Tangtang, but they refused to approach her.
• Ye Tangtang threatened Consort Shu with a hoe, knocked her down, and kicked Lady Liu over.
• Ye Tangtang laughed at the two women, then hid her hoe and worried that Shen Qingqing would no longer see her as a cute, gentle girl.

Ye Tangtang protected Shen Qingqing from Consort Shu and Lady Liu, then enjoyed a meal with her mother and Ye Yubei. While Ye Tangtang watched scandalous gossip about Lady Liu, Ye Yubei learned that she was having an affair and reacted with anger.

• Ye Tangtang pretended to be frightened after knocking down Consort Shu and Lady Liu, who fled and threatened to report Shen Qingqing to the emperor.
• Shen Qingqing comforted Ye Tangtang and took her to eat a lavish meal.
• Ye Yubei arrived, questioned Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang, and listened to Ye Tangtang's noisy thoughts during dinner.
• Ye Tangtang used a gossip feature to watch Lady Liu having an affair with another man.
• Ye Yubei realized the gossip concerned Lady Liu and grew furious that a woman in his harem had betrayed him.

Ye Yubei caught Lady Liu having an affair and ordered her and her lover executed, while Ye Tangtang considered earning points by approaching Jun Yuyuan. After sneaking out, she encountered Ye Linmo, the abused Sixth Prince who would later become one of Jun Yuyuan’s generals.

• Ye Yubei left Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang’s meal and went to the Palace of Auspicious Jade to see Lady Liu.
• Ye Yubei caught Lady Liu with her lover and ordered them both beaten to death.
• Consort Shu learned of Lady Liu’s affair and vowed to retaliate against Ye Tangtang and Shen Qingqing.
• Ye Tangtang’s system offered her points for talking to Jun Yuyuan, but she agreed only after worrying about her mother’s safety.
• Ye Tangtang sneaked out with osmanthus cakes and found eunuchs mocking Ye Linmo, whom the system identified as a future general and villain.

Ye Tangtang tried to meet the male lead but got lost, then spent 1,000 points to find Shen Qingqing and returned to her. When Ye Yubei arrived, her ominous remark about seeing him less left him fearing the predictions about his death were true.

• Ye Tangtang kicked three young eunuchs into the lake after they mocked her claim that she was the Ninth Princess, then befriended Ye Linmo by giving him a lollipop.
• Ye Tangtang wandered around trying to find the male lead's palace, gave up until the next day, and eventually returned to the Palace of Gathered Elegance.
• After learning Shen Qingqing was missing, Ye Tangtang borrowed 1,000 points to activate the system's search function and found her mother nearby.
• Ye Tangtang reunited with Shen Qingqing and went to eat, but Ye Yubei arrived at the palace.
• Ye Yubei recalled Ye Tangtang's prediction that he would be beheaded and feared that her prophecies about his death would come true.

Ye Yubei tried to grow closer to Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang, but Tangtang’s thoughts made him question his plans and his taste in women. Consort Shu arrived to accuse Tangtang of beating her, leaving Ye Yubei to hear the child’s scathing judgment of her.

• Ye Yubei offered Shen Qingqing an apology and ordered that the Palace of Gathered Elegance receive the finest food and double its supplies after Ye Tangtang ate the meal.
• Ye Yubei announced that he would stay the night, but Ye Tangtang clung to Shen Qingqing and protested that she wanted to sleep beside her mother.
• Ye Yubei said Tangtang was too old to keep sleeping with Shen Qingqing, while Tangtang feared he would arrange an alliance marriage and thought Northern Li would fall in three years.
• Shen Qingqing resolved to save jewelry and valuables so she could escape with Tangtang if Northern Li fell.
• Consort Shu entered the Palace of Gathered Elegance and accused Ye Tangtang of beating her, while Ye Yubei heard Tangtang insult Consort Shu’s appearance and his taste.

Ye Yubei investigated Consort Shu’s accusations and learned she had bullied Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang over the emperor’s gifts. He punished Consort Shu and promoted Shen Qingqing, then left the palace hall determined to wait for Shen Qingqing to seek him out.

• Consort Shu accused Ye Tangtang and Shen Qingqing of hurting and bullying her, but Ye Yubei dismissed her complaint and asked Shen Qingqing what had happened.
• Shen Qingqing explained that Consort Shu and Lady Shen had taken her gifts and that Consort Shu insulted Ye Tangtang; Ye Tangtang appealed to Ye Yubei and showed him her frostbitten hands.
• Ye Yubei ordered Eunuch Wang to fetch frostbite ointment and demoted Consort Shu to Lady Shu while promoting Shen Qingqing to Lady Chen.
• Shen Qingqing asked Ye Yubei to leave, and after he departed, he decided to wait for her to come beg him.

Ye Tangtang became the officially recognized Ninth Princess, while her thoughts about marrying numerous Princess Consorts and her prediction of Ye Linxuan’s death unsettled those who heard them. At the palace banquet, Ye Linxuan grew frightened about his coming military campaign after hearing her prediction.

• Shen Qingqing learned that Ye Yubei had named her Beauty Chen, while Consort Shu discussed her return and the emperor’s interest in her.
• Shen Qingqing told Ye Tangtang that Ye Yubei had issued a decree recognizing her as the Ninth Princess, and Tangtang celebrated her new status.
• Ye Tangtang imagined marrying eight or ten Princess Consorts, and the system warned that the kingdom would fall within three years.
• At the banquet announcing Ye Tangtang’s identity, she thought Ye Linxuan would die horribly after losing to the male lead in battle.
• Ye Linxuan heard Ye Tangtang’s thoughts and, shaken by the prediction, told Consort Xian that he no longer wanted to go to the battlefield.

Ye Tangtang became the Ninth Princess, Princess Chaoyang, while her thoughts revealed that she expected Ye Linze and Jun Yuyuan to meet grim fates. Jun Yuyuan grew curious about her secrets after she hid from him and thought about his future return to the palace.

• Ye Tangtang recognized Ye Linze as her eighth brother and thought he would be killed soon after becoming crown prince, prompting him to decide he would rather stay alive than seek the position.
• Ye Yubei named Ye Tangtang his Ninth Princess, Princess Chaoyang, and held her while the Third Princess grew jealous.
• The Empress and Consort Liang objected to Ye Tangtang receiving a title, but Ye Yubei defended his decision and warned that he would not excuse another act of bullying.
• Ye Tangtang imagined choosing thirty princess consorts and insisted to her system that she only wanted to give every man a home.
• Jun Yuyuan watched Ye Tangtang with a Lollipop, and she hid in Ye Yubei's arms while thinking that Jun Yuyuan might be the male lead who would return to the palace.
• Jun Yuyuan wondered whether he was the male lead she had mentioned and resolved to uncover her secrets.

At the banquet, Ye Tangtang’s wild thoughts and behavior amused her family, while Ye Yubei decided she would attend the Royal Academy. She left the banquet dreading school and drawing the Empress’s quiet scrutiny.

• Ye Tangtang swayed to the banquet’s music, and Shen Qingqing, Jun Yuyuan, Ye Linze, and Ye Linxuan reacted to her antics.
• Ye Yubei asked Ye Tangtang to stay after the banquet, and she worried he intended to punish her before imagining asking him for seven princess consorts.
• Ye Yubei asked if Ye Tangtang wanted to go to school, then ordered her to report to the Royal Academy the next day.
• The Third Princess objected to Ye Tangtang attending the Royal Academy, but Empress Lu stopped her and reassured her that she would remain the most exalted legitimate princess.
• Empress Lu complimented Ye Tangtang’s beauty, and Ye Tangtang answered politely while privately boasting about her looks.

At the banquet, Ye Tangtang tried to enjoy the dancers and earn system points, while Empress Lu quietly judged her as easy to manipulate. After Jun Yuyuan helped her up and later pinched her cheek, Tangtang realized neither contact earned the points she needed for a limited-time chocolate cake.

• Empress Lu suggested that Ye Tangtang attend school with Xue'er, and Tangtang agreed aloud while privately distrusting her.
• Ye Tangtang tried to befriend a departing dancer, then bumped into Jun Yuyuan and fell.
• Jun Yuyuan helped Ye Tangtang up, earning her 500 points for touching him and prompting her to spend points on a ten-pull.
• Ye Tangtang learned that she still owed the system 700 points and had only a month to obtain the limited-time chocolate cake.
• Ye Tangtang thanked Jun Yuyuan, who pinched her cheek, but the system told her that his touch earned her no points.

Ye Yubei kept Ye Tangtang and Jun Yuyuan behind after the banquet, then summoned imperial physicians to examine Tangtang. She insisted she was well, but Ye Yubei suspected she had a serious illness.

• Ye Tangtang shook Jun Yuyuan's hand to earn system points, then spent her remaining points on thirty draws and received snacks and sanitary pads instead of cake.
• Jun Yuyuan realized Tangtang had used him for points and quietly remembered that she wanted ice cream and cake.
• After the banquet, Ye Yubei ordered Ye Tangtang and Jun Yuyuan to stay while the others left.
• Ye Yubei brought in more than twenty imperial physicians to examine Tangtang, who hid in Shen Qingqing's arms and said she was not sick.
• Ye Yubei suspected Ye Tangtang had epilepsy.

Ye Tangtang’s health was confirmed, and she persuaded Ye Yubei to let her take Jun Yuyuan away from the palace hall. After Ye Yubei stormed off over Consort Shu’s affair, Jun Yuyuan was left facing eunuchs who mocked him as a prince of a fallen kingdom.

• Ye Yubei summoned more than twenty Imperial Physicians, and they all confirmed Ye Tangtang was healthy and did not have epilepsy.
• Ye Tangtang asked Ye Yubei to let her invite Jun Yuyuan to a meal, and he agreed.
• Ye Tangtang took Jun Yuyuan’s hand and offered to treat him, but then left with Shen Qingqing without sharing a meal.
• Ye Tangtang’s gossip revealed that Consort Shu had slept with an actor, and Ye Yubei stormed out in anger.
• Ling Feng told Jun Yuyuan that the letter he had sent was delivered, then eunuchs insulted Jun Yuyuan as a prisoner from a fallen kingdom.

Ye Tangtang stopped Jun Yuyuan from being bullied by palace eunuchs, then escorted him with Shen Qingqing back to their palace after they got lost. Meanwhile, Ye Yubei arrived at the Palace of Auspicious Jade and found Beauty Shu with Xiaobai.

• Several young eunuchs surrounded Jun Yuyuan and tried to force him to kneel.
• Ye Tangtang interrupted them, claimed they were bullying Jun Yuyuan, and sent them away.
• Ye Tangtang pretended she had come back to save Jun Yuyuan, while privately admitting she and Shen Qingqing had gotten lost.
• Ye Tangtang tried to hold Jun Yuyuan's hand to earn system points, but he pulled away and Shen Qingqing stopped her from trying again.
• Jun Yuyuan escorted Ye Tangtang and Shen Qingqing to the Palace of Gathered Elegance, where Ye Tangtang flopped onto her bed.
• Ye Yubei arrived at the Palace of Auspicious Jade and found Beauty Shu with Xiaobai, who offered to ease her worries.

Ye Yubei caught Lady Shu and Xiao Bai in an affair, but Lady Shu was killed before she could reveal what happened thirteen years ago. He later visited Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang, while Tangtang gave her mother sanitary pads after learning she had her monthly courses.

• Ye Yubei caught Lady Shu and Xiao Bai together and ordered them beaten to death, but Lady Shu began to offer information about thirteen years earlier before the Empress interrupted her.
• The Empress warned Lady Shu not to implicate her family, and Lady Shu wrote a letter as instructed before she and Xiao Bai were executed and their bodies thrown into the Mass Grave.
• Ye Yubei quietly entered the Palace of Gathered Elegance and watched Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang sleeping together.
• After waking, Ye Tangtang heard Shen Qingqing explain her monthly courses and gave her a pack of sanitary pads, explaining how to use it.