Chapter Summaries

Ye Tangtang visited Shen Qingqing and then headed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, amused by rumors that Ye Yubei had been cuckolded. She brought him spicy strips to improve his mood, though he realized she had come partly to laugh at him.

• Ye Tangtang told Shen Qingqing her treats had appeared after a dream and gave her a spicy strip, which left Shen Qingqing gasping for water.
• Ye Tangtang decided to visit Ye Yubei and share her snacks, while Shen Qingqing sent Chunyu along with her.
• Ye Tangtang overheard palace maids gossiping that consorts had cuckolded Ye Yubei and laughed at the thought that he could not perform.
• Eunuch Wang warned Ye Tangtang that Ye Yubei was in a bad mood, but let her enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation after she promised her treats would cheer him up.
• Ye Yubei welcomed Ye Tangtang, then realized from her thoughts that she had come to laugh at him as well as offer him food.
• Ye Tangtang presented Ye Yubei with half a packet of spicy strips.

Ye Tangtang tried to trick Ye Yubei with spicy snacks so she could avoid the Royal Academy, but he saw through her schemes and insisted she attend. When she faked an illness, he threatened to call the imperial physicians, and she quickly gave up the act.

• Ye Tangtang claimed an old grandpa had given her immortal food, then praised Ye Yubei as the “ultimate player” while privately mocking him.
• Ye Yubei ate Ye Tangtang’s spicy strips despite the burning heat and kept insisting they were only average.
• Ye Tangtang asked Ye Yubei if she could skip school, but he told her she would enroll at the Royal Academy the next day.
• Ye Tangtang pretended to feel dizzy and have a stomachache, so Ye Yubei ordered Eunuch Wang to summon the imperial physicians.
• Ye Yubei threatened to have the physicians treat Ye Tangtang with needles, and she quickly claimed she had recovered and agreed to attend the academy.

Ye Tangtang tricked Ye Yubei into eating a packet of spicy strips, then told Shen Qingqing he had enjoyed them and hoped to earn his affection and a reward. The chapter ended with Shen Qingqing realizing her daughter was just as fickle as Ye Yubei.

• Ye Tangtang planned to fake being sick to avoid attending the Royal Academy, while Ye Yubei resolved to send her there the next day.
• Ye Tangtang insisted that Ye Yubei eat the spicy strips she had brought, and he forced himself to finish the packet.
• Ye Yubei drank water and ate tribute fruit to soothe the burning, then made Eunuch Wang taste the spicy strips too.
• Ye Tangtang returned to Shen Qingqing and claimed Ye Yubei had eaten two packets because he loved them.
• Ye Tangtang denied wanting handsome men or many prince consorts, but her thoughts revealed that she wanted three hundred of them, leaving Shen Qingqing convinced she took after Ye Yubei.

Ye Tangtang was made to sleep in a separate room, then learned that Ye Yubei had arranged for her to attend the Royal Academy. When gossip revealed Consort Li meeting her childhood sweetheart, the family went to the rear garden, where Ye Tangtang’s teasing thoughts about Ye Yubei being cuckolded left him and Shen Qingqing stunned.

• Shen Qingqing moved Ye Tangtang into the Side Room despite her daughter’s pleas to sleep beside her.
• Ye Tangtang discovered she had no points left, and Ye Yubei arrived for dinner and said she would attend the Royal Academy the next day.
• Ye Tangtang’s gossip about Consort Li meeting her childhood sweetheart prompted Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing to head for the rear garden.
• Ye Tangtang followed her parents and found Consort Li sharing sweet words with Master Xue on a tree branch.
• Ye Tangtang wondered whether Ye Yubei could perform, and Shen Qingqing recalled that he had conceived Tang Tang with her once.

Ye Yubei caught Consort Li and the Third Son of the Xue Family together, but spared them after hearing Ye Tangtang’s thoughts about their love. Tangtang praised him for the pardon, and he hoped she would stop calling him a scumbag dad.

• Ye Yubei discovered Consort Li and the Third Son of the Xue Family meeting secretly in the palace and accused them of adultery.
• Consort Li and Master Xue each begged Ye Yubei to punish them alone and spare the other and their families.
• Ye Tangtang thought about the pair’s childhood love and feared that Ye Yubei would kill them, while Shen Qingqing frowned at Tangtang’s imagined future of 365 prince consorts.
• Ye Yubei ordered Consort Li to be sent to Bodhi Temple and allowed Master Xue to leave the palace, sparing both their lives.
• Ye Tangtang praised Ye Yubei and called him her idol, leaving him hopeful that she would stop calling him a scumbag dad.

After Ye Yubei spared two court officials, Shen Qingqing made Ye Tangtang sleep in her own room, but Tangtang sneaked out to avoid school and encountered Jun Yuyuan killing two eunuchs. Jun Yuyuan spared her, and the chapter ended with Tangtang hugging him as she feared he might kill her.

• Ye Yubei received Shen Qingqing’s praise for sparing two men, but Shen later shut him out again.
• Shen Qingqing sent Ye Tangtang to sleep alone and ordered Chunyu and Xiahe to watch over her.
• After her mother left, Ye Tangtang sneaked out, intending to catch a cold in Tingxin Lake so she could skip school.
• Ye Tangtang saw Jun Yuyuan kill two eunuchs and realized he was the male lead.
• Jun Yuyuan recognized Ye Tangtang, withdrew his sword, and questioned why she was at the lake.
• As Ye Tangtang worried Jun Yuyuan would silence her, she hugged his waist, leaving him frozen.

After earning 1,000 points for hugging Jun Yuyuan, Ye Tangtang spent her draws on treats and ice cream, then escaped his suspicions about what she had seen. She tried to bathe in the frozen Heart-Listening Lake to avoid school, but Jun Yuyuan stopped her and took her back to the Palace of Gathered Elegance.

• The system announced Ye Tangtang had earned 1,000 points, and she used them on a hundred draws that yielded snacks, skates, a grill, and ice cream but no Return Soul Pill.
• Jun Yuyuan mistook Ye Tangtang's ice cream for snow, tasted it, and let her go after she claimed she had been temporarily blind.
• Ye Tangtang celebrated her escape, then headed for Heart-Listening Lake and considered bathing in the frozen water to avoid school.
• Jun Yuyuan followed Ye Tangtang and stopped her as she began removing her clothes to bathe in the cold.
• Jun Yuyuan covered Ye Tangtang with her cloak and led her toward the Palace of Gathered Elegance.

Ye Tangtang returned to the Palace of Gathered Elegance after her midnight bath, then prepared for her first day at the Royal Academy. As Lu Wuyou and Song Jinshi confronted her over the Third Princess, she recognized them as the Third Princess’s devoted followers.

• Jun Yuyuan brought Ye Tangtang back to the Palace of Gathered Elegance and warned her not to bathe outside in the middle of the night.
• Shen Qingqing took off Ye Tangtang’s clothes while she slept, and Ye Tangtang woke thinking a flower-plucking fiend had attacked her.
• Shen Qingqing decided against calling an Imperial Physician and dressed Ye Tangtang for her first day at school.
• Shen Qingqing packed Ye Tangtang’s cloth bag with pastries, and Ye Tangtang headed to the Royal Academy.
• Lu Wuyou and Song Jinshi blocked Ye Tangtang and accused her of bullying the Third Princess.

Ye Tangtang arrived at the Royal Academy, where Song Jinshi and Lu Wuyou heard her thoughts revealing their grim fates and tried to stay close for more spoilers. As she met her siblings, her thoughts exposed the dangers awaiting Ye Mushuang, Ye Linxuan, Ye Linze, and Ye Linxun, leaving Ye Linxun shocked that he would die at eighteen.

• Ye Tangtang’s thoughts revealed that Song Jinshi would contract rabies and Lu Wuyou would become paralyzed, so the two welcomed her warmly in hopes of hearing more.
• Yun Qi introduced himself as Ye Tangtang’s teacher, and her thoughts revealed that Consort De was cheating on him.
• Ye Mushuang hugged Ye Tangtang, whose thoughts warned that He Wei would betray her for Fifth Young Lady Lu and that Ye Mushuang would die of grief.
• Ye Tangtang’s thoughts revealed that Ye Linxuan would die on the battlefield and Ye Linze would die three days after becoming crown prince; both decided to avoid those paths.
• Ye Linxun heard Ye Tangtang call him handsome, then learned from her thoughts that he would die when he turned eighteen.

Ye Tangtang joined class, drew new items after Jun Yuyuan let her shake his hand, and promptly fell asleep during Grand Tutor Yun’s poetry lesson. Ye Yubei noticed how quiet the palace felt without his daughter bothering him.

• Ye Linxun heard Ye Tangtang’s thoughts that her second brother had been executed after being framed, and felt his neck in alarm.
• The Third Princess tried to call Lu Wuyou and Song Jinshi away from Ye Tangtang, but both chose to stay near her.
• Grand Tutor Yun warned the students that skipping class or failing to memorize poems would earn them strokes with the disciplinary ruler.
• Jun Yuyuan came to class, and Ye Tangtang persuaded him to shake her hand so she could earn points and make fifty draws.
• Ye Tangtang fell asleep during Grand Tutor Yun’s lesson, hit her head on the desk, and Song Jinshi was sent outside for laughing.
• Ye Yubei quietly reviewed memorials and realized he was unaccustomed to the palace being peaceful without Ye Tangtang.

Ye Tangtang slept through a poetry lesson but impressed Grand Tutor Yun with her explanation of “Goose Goose Goose” and won a Gold Medal. After class, she tried her new ice skates on a slope, and Ye Yubei saw her speeding downhill as if she were flying.

• Ye Tangtang woke in class and answered Grand Tutor Yun’s question about “Goose Goose Goose” after Ye Mushuang whispered the topic to her.
• Grand Tutor Yun awarded Ye Tangtang a Gold Medal, which she happily bit and treasured for its value.
• Ye Tangtang shared her food with the princes and others who followed her as she left the Royal Academy.
• Ye Tangtang put on her newly won Ice Skates and sped down a slope, where Ye Yubei saw her and wondered if she could fly.

Ye Tangtang crashed into Ye Yubei while testing her wheeled skates, and he worried over her rather than punishing her. After discovering her Royal Academy Gold Medal, Ye Yubei promised to let her leave the palace if she persuaded her mother to let him stay the night.

• Ye Tangtang rolled down a slope on her skates and collided with Ye Yubei, who checked that she was unharmed.
• Ye Yubei ordered Eunuch Wang to fetch replacement shoes and carried Ye Tangtang to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, while Ye Linxun and the other princes watched in surprise.
• Ye Yubei nearly threw away Ye Tangtang's skates, but let her keep them after she pleaded with him to be careful.
• Ye Tangtang tried to convince Ye Yubei to let her skip the academy, but he noticed her Gold Medal and praised her achievement.
• Ye Tangtang asked to go outside the palace, and Ye Yubei agreed on the condition that she persuade her mother to let him stay at the Palace of Gathered Elegance.

Ye Tangtang played with her brothers and returned to Shen Qingqing, while her gossip about another affair made Ye Yubei flee to the imperial garden. Shen Qingqing followed to watch and unexpectedly encountered him there.

• Ye Tangtang refused Ye Yubei's offer to take her outside the palace, then slipped away with her Fire Wheels.
• Ye Linxun and the other princes tried the Ice Skates in the rear garden, and playing together made them reconsider fighting over the throne.
• Ye Tangtang showed Shen Qingqing her Gold Medal, and Ye Yubei arrived to visit them.
• Ye Tangtang's thoughts revealed another affair in the rear garden, so Ye Yubei made an excuse and left.
• Shen Qingqing hurried to the rear garden to watch, where she ran into Ye Yubei as they both heard crows calling.

Ye Yubei returned with Shen Qingqing to keep Ye Tangtang company, and Tangtang entertained the family with her unusual flashlight before going to sleep. An assassin entered her room, but someone named Jin Yun stopped him just before he could strike.

• Ye Yubei brought Shen Qingqing back to Ye Tangtang and ordered the three adulterers killed.
• Ye Tangtang imagined that her parents had gone to make her a little sister, while Shen Qingqing and Ye Yubei reacted awkwardly.
• Ye Yubei left after Shen Qingqing said Tangtang was sleepy, taking Tangtang's bright flashlight to light his way.
• Ye Tangtang went to bed, thinking about warm pajamas she could make with her strange gadgets.
• A black-clad assassin slipped into Ye Tangtang's room, but a stone struck his wrist and knocked his sword away as someone called out, "Jin Yun, what are you doing?"

Jun Yuyuan stopped Jin Yun from killing Ye Tangtang, who slept through the danger and later received 500 points for dreaming about him. Ye Tangtang used her new camera to photograph Shen Qingqing and the palace maids, then left for class with her bunny bag and gave Shen Qingqing her sanitary pads.

• Jun Yuyuan dismissed Jin Yun after warning him not to endanger the plan by targeting Ye Tangtang.
• Ye Tangtang woke to find she had gained 500 points and used them for fifty draws, winning a camera instead of the pajamas she wanted.
• Ye Tangtang photographed Shen Qingqing and the palace maids, astonishing them with the lifelike pictures.
• Shen Qingqing prepared Ye Tangtang's school bag, but Ye Tangtang replaced it with her fluffy bunny bag and gave her mother several packs of sanitary pads.
• Ye Tangtang pressed her face against Shen Qingqing's chest, and Shen Qingqing pulled her away by the collar.

Ye Tangtang went to school, where Lu Wuyou defended her from Ye Muxue and declared he wanted to become Ye Tangtang’s prince consort instead. On the way, Ye Tangtang caught up with Jun Yuyuan and showed him her unusual creations, attracting Ye Linze’s curiosity as well.

• Ye Muxue tried to attack Ye Tangtang over her pretty bunny bag, but Lu Wuyou stepped in to protect her.
• Lu Wuyou rejected Ye Muxue and said he wanted to become Ye Tangtang’s prince consort, while Ye Muxue angrily severed ties with him.
• Ye Tangtang thanked Lu Wuyou, then followed Jun Yuyuan, who slowed down so she could catch up.
• Ye Tangtang showed Jun Yuyuan her bunny bag, Ice Skates, and camera, and Ye Linze came over to ask about the camera.

Ye Tangtang used her camera to take photographs at the academy and began charging people for them, quickly earning gold and silver ingots. Grand Tutor Yun arrived to start class, and Ye Tangtang proved the camera’s power by showing him his own photograph.

• Ye Tangtang took photographs of Ye Linze, Ye Mushuang, Lu Wuyou, and others as they crowded around her, while Ye Muxue left for Fengyi Hall.
• Ye Tangtang secretly photographed Jun Yuyuan and thought she could make a fortune selling his picture.
• Ye Tangtang charged Ye Linze a gold ingot for more photographs, then collected payment from Lu Wuyou and the other students.
• Grand Tutor Yun arrived and sent the students back to their seats before questioning Ye Tangtang about her camera.
• Ye Tangtang took Grand Tutor Yun’s photograph and showed it to him, leaving him stunned.

Ye Tangtang earned silver by taking pictures around the academy and for her siblings, while her thoughts alerted Ye Mushuang that Young General He Wei was deceiving her. Ye Mushuang rejected his request for imperial physicians, and He Wei left the palace empty-handed.

• Ye Tangtang photographed the academy for Grand Tutor Yun and received another silver medal as a reward.
• Ye Tangtang took paid portraits of Ye Linxun, Song Jinshi, and Ye Mushuang, who gave her all her savings.
• He Wei arrived and claimed he had come to see Ye Mushuang, while Ye Tangtang’s thoughts revealed that he wanted an imperial physician for his sick childhood sweetheart.
• Ye Mushuang tested He Wei by offering to accompany him to his grandmother, then refused to help when he tried to stop her from going.
• He Wei appealed to Ye Tangtang for help, but she ignored him to keep taking pictures, and he left the palace without an imperial physician.

Ye Tangtang sold portraits in the palace and made a fortune while her conquest progress barely changed. Ye Muxue and Empress Lu plotted against her, and Ye Yubei discovered the princess earning her own money.

• Ye Tangtang used her camera to sell portraits to palace maids and eunuchs for one hundred copper coins each.
• Ye Muxue complained to Empress Lu that Ye Tangtang had won over Lu Wuyou, Song Jinshi, and several princes, and described her strange devices.
• Empress Lu urged Ye Muxue to keep pursuing Lu Wuyou and ordered palace maids who bought portraits from Ye Tangtang punished with twenty strokes and sent to the Bondservant Office.
• Ye Yubei arrived as Ye Tangtang struggled to finish the long line of portrait customers before lunch.
• Eunuch Wang found Ye Tangtang selling portraits, and Ye Yubei heard her call him a stingy father who gave her no allowance.

Ye Tangtang lost her customers when Ye Yubei arrived, but he gave her valuable treasures and posed for a photograph. Later, Jun Yuyuan paid her in gold for a joint portrait, and she eagerly agreed.

• Ye Yubei scared away Ye Tangtang’s customers, then ordered treasures delivered to the Ninth Princess.
• Ye Tangtang thanked Ye Yubei and took a photograph of him with her camera.
• Ye Yubei asked for a picture with Ye Tangtang’s mother, but gave up when Ye Tangtang doubted her mother would agree.
• Ye Tangtang ran into Jun Yuyuan, who asked her to take his picture.
• Ye Tangtang charged Jun Yuyuan a gold ingot for his portrait and another for a joint picture, and he paid both amounts.