Chapter Summaries

Ye Tangtang earned money by taking a photo with Jun Yuyuan, secretly mocked him as impotent, then hurried to reunite with her mother after hearing the Empress had summoned her. Jun Yuyuan later studied their picture for hours, puzzling over how short Ye Tangtang was and why they looked like siblings.

• Ye Tangtang posed for a photo beside Jun Yuyuan, touched his hand to earn points, and privately wondered whether he was impotent because he never had a woman.
• Jun Yuyuan grew angry at Ye Tangtang's thoughts, took the photo, and left while Ye Tangtang celebrated the money she had earned.
• Qiushuang told Ye Tangtang that Empress Lu had taken Shen Qingqing to Phoenix Hall, so Ye Tangtang rushed there to save her mother.
• Shen Qingqing assured Ye Tangtang that she was safe, and they returned home together as Ye Tangtang showed off her earnings.
• Jun Yuyuan sat with the photo for nearly two hours, commented that Ye Tangtang was short, and showed it to Jin Yun.

Jun Yuyuan secretly examined a painting of himself with Ye Tangtang, while Ye Tangtang worried about Empress Lu and used her points to draw a robot vacuum and dinosaur pajamas. Her new outfit terrified the palace maids and Shen Qingqing, who fainted when she saw the little dinosaur was Tang Tang.

• Jun Yuyuan punished Jin Yun for saying he and Ye Tangtang looked like siblings, then dismissed Ling Feng after he called them a couple.
• Ye Tangtang asked Shen Qingqing whether Empress Lu had harmed her and thought about how to bring down the Empress.
• Ye Tangtang spent 50 points on a draw and received a robot vacuum and dinosaur pajamas.
• Ye Tangtang put on the dinosaur pajamas and ran outside to show Shen Qingqing.
• Chunyu and Xiahe mistook Ye Tangtang for a monster, and Shen Qingqing fainted when she saw her.

Ye Tangtang’s dinosaur pajamas frightened Shen Qingqing, Ye Yubei, and the palace staff, who mistook her for a monster. After Shen Qingqing recognized her daughter once the hood came off, the imperial physicians fled at the sight of Tang Tang in her pajamas.

• Shen Qingqing fainted after seeing Ye Tangtang dressed in dinosaur pajamas, then fainted again when she opened her eyes and saw the costume’s horns.
• Ye Yubei rushed to the Palace of Gathered Elegance, drew his sword at Ye Tangtang, and lowered it after recognizing her familiar complaints.
• Ye Yubei sent for the imperial physicians while Shen Qingqing woke and feared a monster had eaten Tang Tang.
• Ye Tangtang removed her hood, and Shen Qingqing recognized her and embraced her.
• The imperial physicians panicked and fled when Ye Tangtang opened the door, while Ye Yubei refused to try on her pajamas.

Ye Tangtang wore dinosaur pajamas that frightened the palace attendants, then welcomed Jun Yuyuan into her room and took his gold to redo a painting. She also used a handshake with him to earn points before sending him away so she could sleep.

• Ye Tangtang teased Ye Yubei about having no new gossip or cuckold's hat, then claimed an old man in her dreams had given her the pajamas.
• Ye Tangtang left Shen Qingqing and Ye Yubei's room, frightening Eunuch Wang into fainting again when he saw her dinosaur outfit.
• Jun Yuyuan climbed through Ye Tangtang's window to check on the commotion, then asked her to repaint his picture.
• Ye Tangtang demanded half the original price for the redo, accepted two gold ingots, and promised to paint it the next day.
• Ye Tangtang shook Jun Yuyuan's hand to earn five hundred points, then told him to leave and went to bed.

Ye Tangtang used her draws to obtain medicine, seasonings, and a robot vacuum, then decided to earn money by selling barbecue. As palace rumors called her a monster, she headed to the imperial kitchens to choose ingredients, where she spotted a lamb for roasting.

• Ye Tangtang spent fifty draws and received assorted items, including amoxicillin capsules and a deluxe seasoning pack.
• Ye Yubei checked on Shen Qingqing, then returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation with Eunuch Wang; rumors about a monster resembling Ye Tangtang spread through the palace the next morning.
• Empress Lu heard the monster rumors and saw them as an opportunity.
• Ye Tangtang showed Chunyu and Shen Qingqing a robot vacuum that cleaned the corridor and Shen Qingqing's room.
• Ye Tangtang told Shen Qingqing she wanted barbecue and planned to sell it alongside her paintings to make money.
• Ye Tangtang went to the imperial kitchens for ingredients and eyed a little lamb as perfect for whole roast lamb.

Ye Tangtang’s barbecue was ruined by Consort Li’s attendants, so she knocked Consort Li down and fled to her father for protection. Ye Yubei confronted the eunuchs who chased her, while Tangtang kept up her tearful act and privately mocked him.

• Ye Tangtang set up a grill at the palace crossroads, but Consort Li ordered her attendants to teach the Ninth Princess a lesson and they kicked over the grill.
• Ye Tangtang headbutted Consort Li, then ran from the eunuchs pursuing her; Ye Linmo held one back long enough for her to escape.
• Ye Tangtang reached the Imperial Study and told Ye Yubei that Consort Li and her attendants had bullied her.
• Ye Yubei took Tangtang outside and demanded to know whether the eunuchs had bullied his daughter.
• Ye Tangtang accused the eunuchs and pretended to cry in Ye Yubei’s arms as he promised to see justice done.

Ye Yubei punished Consort Li for destroying Ye Tangtang’s barbecue stall and arranged for it to be repaired. In the imperial study, Ye Tangtang’s thoughts revealed that Grand Secretary Lu would betray Northern Li and help Ye Yulin, leaving Ye Yubei wary of Lu and newly aware that his daughter had praised him.

• Ye Yubei ordered Consort Li’s eunuchs beaten to death after they offended Ye Tangtang, then questioned Consort Li about her treatment of the princess.
• Ye Tangtang claimed Consort Li had hurt her, and Ye Yubei examined her before she led him to her destroyed barbecue stall and her injured sixth brother, Ye Linmo.
• Ye Yubei sent Ye Linmo back to his palace for treatment and demoted Consort Li to concubine, ordering her to copy Buddhist scriptures.
• Ye Yubei promised to have Ye Tangtang’s stall repaired, and she happily offered him the first lamb skewer she grilled.
• At the imperial study, Ye Tangtang greeted Grand Secretary Lu, then thought that Lu would betray Northern Li and help Ye Yulin seize the throne; Ye Yubei recognized Lu as one of Ye Yulin’s men.

Grand Secretary Lu asked Ye Yubei to betroth Ye Tangtang to Lu Wuyou, but Ye Yubei refused and reassured his daughter that he would not marry her off. Empress Lu then plotted to use rumors that Ye Tangtang was a demon, and the next morning guards seized Tang Tang after mistaking her dinosaur pajamas for a monster.

• Grand Secretary Lu asked Ye Yubei to arrange a marriage between Ye Tangtang and Lu Wuyou, but Ye Yubei rejected the proposal and comforted Tang Tang.
• Ye Tangtang pretended to cry so Ye Yubei would protect her from marriage, then privately celebrated that her plan had worked.
• After Grand Secretary Lu left, Empress Lu ordered Hongguo to use the demon rumors to bring Ye Tangtang before the Empress Dowager.
• The next morning, guards saw Ye Tangtang in her dinosaur pajamas, called her a monster, and carried her away.

Shen Qingqing was unable to stop the Empress’s maids from taking Ye Tangtang to the Empress Dowager, where Ye Tangtang tried to prove her dinosaur pajamas were not demonic. The Empress Dowager began to doubt the accusation, but Empress Lu presented strange objects from Ye Tangtang’s room as evidence.

• Shen Qingqing slapped Hongguo and demanded that the maids release Ye Tangtang, but they carried the princess away and confined Shen Qingqing to the Palace of Gathered Elegance.
• The maids brought Ye Tangtang to the Palace of Benevolent Peace, where Empress Lu and a Taoist accused her of being a demon.
• Ye Tangtang removed her hood and explained that her horns and tail were part of her pajamas, and the Empress Dowager decided she looked like a person.
• The Empress Dowager felt Ye Tangtang’s pajamas and began to believe the child, but Empress Lu pointed to strange objects taken from Ye Tangtang’s room.

Ye Tangtang charmed the Empress Dowager with strange gadgets and made a fortune selling her photographs and liquid foundation. When Ye Yubei arrived with Shen Qingqing and Jun Yuyuan, Tangtang pretended she had been bullied, and Ye Yubei turned his fury on Empress Lu.

• Ye Tangtang introduced her gadgets to the Empress Dowager, who eagerly posed for photographs and paid her in Gold Sycees.
• Ye Tangtang sold the Empress Dowager Liquid Foundation for ten Gold Sycees while Empress Lu grew angry and the Imperial Preceptor tried to warn the Empress Dowager against her.
• Ye Yubei rushed to the Palace of Benevolent Peace, where he found Ye Tangtang safe and rubbing her earnings against her face.
• Shen Qingqing embraced Ye Tangtang, and Jun Yuyuan revealed through his thoughts that he had sent word to Ye Yubei.
• Ye Tangtang told Ye Yubei that the others had bullied her, and he fixed his chilling gaze on Empress Lu.

Ye Yubei punished the Imperial Preceptor and Empress Lu for accusing Ye Tangtang of being a monster, while Ye Tangtang secretly celebrated and tried to convince him to let her leave the palace. When the Empress Dowager collapsed, Ye Tangtang offered her Amoxicillin capsules as treatment, leaving Ye Yubei wary of her plan to take Shen Qingqing out of the palace.

• Hongguo blamed the Imperial Preceptor for calling Ye Tangtang a monster, and Ye Yubei ordered the Imperial Preceptor beheaded in three days.
• Ye Yubei confiscated Empress Lu's seal and investiture document and confined her to Phoenix Hall for slandering and endangering Ye Tangtang.
• Empress Lu and the palace attendants suggested Ye Tangtang was harming the Empress Dowager, while Ye Yubei threatened anyone who called the Ninth Princess a demon.
• Shen Qingqing asked to leave the palace with Ye Tangtang to pray at the Temple of Karma, but Ye Yubei refused and ordered Empress Lu to copy Buddhist scriptures instead.
• The Empress Dowager collapsed, and Ye Tangtang offered her Amoxicillin capsules, promising to leave the palace if the medicine did not help.

Ye Tangtang gave the Empress Dowager a capsule and assured Ye Yubei it would help her recover, while the imperial physicians marveled at the unfamiliar medicine. Later, Tangtang’s gossip about Consort Li’s secret lover amused the others and ended with Jun Yuyuan pinching her cheek before she grabbed his hand to earn points.

• Ye Yubei dismissed Empress Lu and let Ye Tangtang give the Empress Dowager medicine, which Tangtang said she should take for three days.
• Physician Li and the other imperial physicians examined the capsule, learned Tangtang had made it, and were ordered by Ye Yubei to leave her alone.
• Ye Tangtang revealed that Consort Li had sneaked out of the palace dressed as a eunuch to meet a wonton seller, and Ye Yubei, Shen Qingqing, and Jun Yuyuan overheard her gossip.
• Ye Tangtang joked about sneaking out to meet handsome men, while Ye Yubei resolved not to let her leave the palace.
• Jun Yuyuan pinched Ye Tangtang’s cheek, then she grabbed his hand and gained points for touching him.

Ye Yubei caught Consort Li sneaking back into the palace and sent her to the Cold Palace, then visited Ye Tangtang and received a bundle of gifts alongside her scolding. After Ye Tangtang drew an explosive pack, she decided to blow up the Empress’s palace that night.

• Ye Yubei intercepted Consort Li at the palace gates, recognized her eunuch disguise, and ordered her sent to the Cold Palace.
• Ye Tangtang celebrated Consort Li’s punishment and privately called Ye Yubei a cuckolded tyrant.
• Ye Yubei returned Ye Tangtang’s dead flashlight, and she explained that its battery had run out.
• Ye Tangtang gave Ye Yubei tissues, spicy strips, and eye drops, while he rewarded Shen Qingqing with treasures and gold.
• Ye Tangtang opened two blind boxes, found an explosive pack, and resolved to blow up the Empress’s palace that night.

Ye Tangtang sneaked into Phoenix Hall with an Explosive Pack and blasted part of it, humiliating Empress Lu and Ye Muxue. When Empress Lu ordered her capture, Jun Yuyuan lifted Ye Tangtang into the air to help her escape, and she clung to him in fright.

• Ye Tangtang followed the Map to Phoenix Hall with an Explosive Pack and encountered Jun Yuyuan as she prepared to light it.
• Ye Tangtang lit the Explosive Pack and fled with Jun Yuyuan, while the blast threw Phoenix Hall into chaos and left Empress Lu and Ye Muxue dirty and injured.
• Ye Tangtang watched from a wall, laughed at Empress Lu's humiliation, and photographed her with the Camera.
• Empress Lu ordered her servants to investigate the explosion and seize Ye Tangtang after hearing her laugh.
• Jun Yuyuan lifted Ye Tangtang into the air to escape, and she wrapped her arms and legs around him in panic.

Ye Tangtang’s role in the destruction of Empress Lu’s palace remained a secret, while she became known as a lucky star and restarted her skewer business with Ye Linmo. She continued scheming to profit and protect herself, and the chapter ended with Ye Linze and Ye Mushuang stopping by her stall.

• Ye Tangtang left Jun Yuyuan after their nighttime encounter, and he watched her return to the Palace of Gathered Elegance with a faint blush on his ears.
• Shen Qingqing realized Ye Tangtang had destroyed Phoenix Hall, but kept quiet and worried about the power of Empress Lu and the Lu Family.
• After two days without finding the culprit, Empress Lu fell ill, while the recovered Empress Dowager’s palace hailed Ye Tangtang as a lucky star.
• Ye Tangtang reopened her lamb-skewer stall and had Ye Linmo sell food for her, deciding to invite him to hot pot as a reward for his work.
• Ye Linze and Ye Mushuang visited the stall, and Ye Linze insisted on paying one Gold Sycee per skewer despite Ye Tangtang offering him a deal.

Ye Tangtang sold her grilled lamb skewers to her brothers, Jun Yuyuan, and Ye Yubei, then proposed turning them into a franchise. The chapter ended with Ye Yubei learning that Consort Shu was dangerous after Ye Tangtang warned that she would harm Ye Linmo.

• Ye Tangtang charged Ye Linze a Gold Sycee for lamb skewers and tricked Ye Mushuang into letting her hug her.
• Jun Yuyuan paid two Gold Sycees for a skewer, and Ye Tangtang celebrated privately at having swindled him.
• Ye Yubei arrived, tried Ye Tangtang's skewers, and named her business Tang Tang Skewers.
• Ye Tangtang introduced Ye Linmo to Ye Yubei, who admitted he had neglected his son and decided to place him with Consort Shu.
• Ye Tangtang warned that Consort Shu was vicious and used spices to conceal her crimes, making Ye Yubei reconsider the scented spices he had received from her.

Ye Tangtang brought lamb skewers to the Empress Dowager and received an imperial jade bracelet, then learned about a Plum Blossom Banquet and hurried to ask Ye Yubei for permission to attend. Meanwhile, Empress Lu planned to regain power by winning Lu Wuyou over and seeking help from the Lu Family.

• Ye Yubei left Ye Tangtang with Ye Linmo and secretly ordered Eunuch Wang to have the Imperial Medical Bureau examine the incense he had used.
• Empress Lu told the Third Princess to win Lu Wuyou to their side, then wrote a letter to the Lu Family as she plotted her return to power.
• Ye Tangtang brought lamb skewers to the Empress Dowager, who gave her an imperial heirloom jade bracelet in thanks.
• The Empress Dowager said she would decline the Princess Consort of Yue's Plum Blossom Banquet, but Ye Tangtang asked to attend after imagining the handsome young men there.
• Ye Tangtang hurried off to seek Ye Yubei's permission, while he finished his lamb skewers and considered asking her for more.

Ye Tangtang secured permission to attend the Plum Blossom Banquet by promising Ye Yubei thirty lamb skewers each day. At the banquet, her thoughts about the handsome young men and beautiful young ladies were overheard by the Empress Dowager, the Princess Consort of Yue, and the guests.

• Ye Tangtang brought Ye Yubei lamb skewers and asked to attend the Plum Blossom Banquet, and he agreed in exchange for thirty skewers every day.
• Ye Yubei gave Ye Tangtang a palace exit token and heard her learn from the system that gossip awaited at the banquet.
• Shen Qingqing bundled Ye Tangtang in warm clothes, and the Empress Dowager arrived and invited them to go to the banquet together.
• Ye Tangtang went to the Prince of Yue's Residence with the Empress Dowager and admired the guests while eating pastries.
• The Princess Consort of Yue and the noble guests heard Ye Tangtang's thoughts about their appearance, including her lustful comments about the young ladies.

Ye Tangtang met Young Marquis Xie and learned through her thoughts that Lu Qinghuan would eventually cause his death, prompting him to reject the planned match. As Ye Tangtang and Xie Jingqian performed together at the banquet, Jun Yuyuan watched jealously and crushed several cups.

• Ye Tangtang admired the handsome guests and caught Xie Jingqian’s attention with her excited thoughts about him.
• Ye Tangtang recognized Xie Jingqian as her “moonlight darling” and thought about his future death and her plan to make him her chief consort.
• Jun Yuyuan watched Ye Tangtang flirt with Xie Jingqian and crushed a porcelain cup in anger.
• Lu Qinghuan approached Xie Jingqian about their families’ matchmaking plans, but he sent her away after hearing Ye Tangtang’s thoughts about her future betrayal.
• The Princess Consort of Yue encouraged Ye Tangtang and Xie Jingqian to get acquainted, and they performed music together while Jun Yuyuan crushed more cups.

Ye Tangtang dazzled the banquet with her zither performance, then accepted Lu Wuyou’s challenge to a poetry contest with marriage as the prize. Meanwhile, Ye Yubei received a wildly inaccurate report praising her as a paragon of virtue and talent.

• Ye Tangtang performed Qingping Melody, earning praise from the guests and surprising Jun Yuyuan and the Empress Dowager.
• Lu Qinghuan encouraged Lu Wuyou to pursue Ye Tangtang, and he approached her after her performance.
• Lu Wuyou challenged Ye Tangtang to a poetry contest and proposed marrying her if he won; she agreed because she was confident in her literary knowledge.
• A disguised man grew agitated at Lu Wuyou’s proposal, while Ling Feng restrained him and warned him not to reveal himself.
• Ye Yubei received a delayed letter praising Ye Tangtang and suspected his hidden guards had mistaken her for someone else.