Chapter Summaries

At the Plum Blossom Banquet, Ye Tangtang stunned everyone by reciting famous poems as her own and filled her notebook with potential Princess Consorts. Jun Yuyuan stormed off after she rejected him, while Ye Yubei received a report praising her poetry and a mangled version of one of her verses.

• Ye Tangtang recited two poems attributed to Li Bai, crushing Lu Wuyou's confidence and impressing the guests.
• Young gentlemen introduced themselves to Ye Tangtang, who wrote down their names and crossed out Jiang Xia because of his connection to Consort Li.
• Jun Yuyuan introduced himself, but Ye Tangtang said he did not meet her requirements, and he left in anger.
• Ye Tangtang added Lu Wuyou to her list of Princess Consorts while he despaired over losing the poetry contest.
• Ye Yubei received a letter praising Ye Tangtang's poetry, then read a nonsensical verse that made him doubt the report.

At the matchmaking banquet, Ye Tangtang collected names of handsome young men while privately lusting after them and the young ladies. Old Madam Lu tried to arrange a match between Ye Tangtang and her third grandson, but Ye Tangtang refused by invoking her father's wishes, then worried that her father might die; meanwhile, Jun Yuyuan overheard her thoughts.

• Ye Tangtang comforted Lu Wuyou after he lost confidence and tucked away her list of potential princess consorts.
• The Princess Consort of Yue, the Empress Dowager, Xie Jingqian, and Jun Yuyuan reacted to Ye Tangtang's private thoughts about claiming the young gentlemen, while she also admired the young ladies.
• A maid invited Ye Tangtang to meet Old Madam Lu, and the System explained that the First-Rank Imperial Lady outranked her.
• Old Madam Lu proposed Ye Tangtang as a match for her third grandson, but Ye Tangtang politely refused and warned that her father would be angry.
• Ye Tangtang worried that her father might die and lamented that she would not know how to survive without him, while Jun Yuyuan heard her thoughts and a messenger pigeon reached the palace.

Ye Tangtang's thoughts revealed a scandal involving the Prince of Yue and Consort Shu, unsettling the Princess Consort of Yue despite her efforts to reassure herself. At the banquet's end, Ye Tangtang met Xie Jinli and learned that she was fated to be beheaded soon after marrying Ye Tangtang's second imperial brother.

• Ye Yubei learned that Ye Tangtang had recruited nearly thirty Princess Consorts at the Plum Blossom Banquet and resolved to discipline her when she returned.
• The Princess Consort of Yue heard Ye Tangtang's thoughts accusing the Prince of Yue and Consort Shu of an affair, then found the bed undisturbed but noticed an unfamiliar agarwood scent.
• The Princess Consort of Yue grew uneasy as the Prince of Yue escorted her back to their room and treated her tenderly.
• As the banquet ended, Ye Tangtang caught Xie Jinli by the hand and asked her name, while Xie Jingqian watched nearby.
• Ye Tangtang thought that Xie Jinli would marry her second imperial brother and be beheaded within months, then vowed to collect her head.

After deciding to make Jun Yuyuan her Princess Consort, Ye Tangtang pursued him and tried to add him to her list of suitors, but he rejected her and left her behind. Jun Yuyuan returned to check on her, only to find her happily eating roast squab instead of being lost or upset.

• Ye Tangtang decided to win Jun Yuyuan over so she could protect the people around her and keep her comfortable life.
• Ye Tangtang caught up with Jun Yuyuan, proposed that they were a suitable match, and added his name to her notebook of potential Princess Consorts.
• Jun Yuyuan stopped Ye Tangtang from writing his name and told her he would not become her Princess Consort before leaving with Ling Feng.
• Ye Tangtang realized she was alone and refused to spend 1,000 points on the system's navigation function.
• Jun Yuyuan turned back to find Ye Tangtang, but discovered her enjoying three roast squabs at a street stall.

Jun Yuyuan escorted Ye Tangtang back toward the palace after buying her sugar figurines, while she secretly counted the points and savings she gained from him. Ye Yubei mobilized the imperial guard to search for her, and as he and Shen Qingqing approached, Ye Tangtang hid in the bushes.

• Jun Yuyuan found Ye Tangtang, took her back toward the palace, and bought her two sugar figurines after she refused to leave the vendor.
• Ye Tangtang gave Jun Yuyuan a rabbit sugar figurine because she was too full to eat it, and he escorted her to the palace entrance before vanishing.
• Ye Yubei prepared to search Capital City with the imperial guard, while Shen Qingqing urged him to avoid causing a stir.
• Empress Lu learned that Ye Yubei had mobilized the imperial guard for Ye Tangtang and asked Hongguo to invite Consort Shu to meet with her.
• Ye Tangtang entered the palace and hid in bushes after hearing approaching footsteps as Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing searched for her.

Ye Tangtang returned to the palace, reunited with Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing, and talked her way out of punishment before being spanked for pretending to cry. Jun Yuyuan remained fixated on the sugar figurine Ye Tangtang had given him, though he insisted he wanted it thrown away.

• Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing found Ye Tangtang, who returned with roast squab for her mother and a roast chicken drumstick for her father.
• Ye Yubei ended the search and ordered the imperial guards to resume patrolling the palace.
• Shen Qingqing invited Ye Yubei to the Palace of Gathered Elegance, but he claimed he had memorials to review and watched her leave with Ye Tangtang.
• Shen Qingqing scolded Ye Tangtang for running off, but Ye Tangtang pretended to cry until her mother embraced her; Ye Tangtang then revealed in her thoughts that she had been acting and received a spanking.
• Jun Yuyuan stared at the sugar figurine Ye Tangtang had given him, then told Ling Feng to throw it away while insisting he could not be won over by it.

Ye Tangtang’s poems made her famous in Shangjing, and she went to the Academy where her brothers praised her literary talent. The chapter ended with Ye Muxue stunned by the poems and Ye Linze challenging her to swallow the paper ball she had promised to eat.

• Jun Yuyuan took Ling Feng’s sugar rabbit figure, dismissed him, and carefully wrapped the figure away in a chest.
• Ye Tangtang headed to the Academy and decided not to speak to Jun Yuyuan after he avoided her.
• Ye Tangtang’s brothers praised her poems, while she worried that Lu Wuyou had been too discouraged to attend class.
• Ye Muxue arrived at the Academy and mocked Ye Tangtang’s ability to write poetry.
• Ye Linze showed Ye Muxue the poems and handed her a paper ball, reminding her of her promise to swallow it.

Ye Muxue ate the Paper Ball rather than back down, while Ye Tangtang worried about being sent into a political marriage and continued earning points by touching Jun Yuyuan. At the Royal Academy, Tangtang recited a famous snow poem and impressed Grand Tutor Yun, while Jun Yuyuan reminded himself that she was the Northern Emperor’s daughter and resolved to destroy the Northern Li Kingdom.

• Ye Muxue ate the Paper Ball and hid it beneath her tongue, while Ye Linxun offered to take her to the Imperial Medical Bureau.
• Ye Tangtang hid behind Jun Yuyuan after seeing Ye Muxue’s murderous glare, and Jun Yuyuan grew wary of Tangtang’s motives when she touched his hand for points.
• Grand Tutor Yun asked Ye Tangtang to compose a poem about snow, and she recited a poem by Liu Changqing that left him praising her talent.
• Ye Tangtang imagined becoming the Royal Academy’s grand tutor, then hurt her back from laughing too hard.
• Jun Yuyuan considered inviting Ye Tangtang to his birthday before remembering she was his enemy’s daughter and vowing to raze the Northern Li Kingdom.

Ye Tangtang earned another gold medal at school and then walked home with Jun Yuyuan, whose coldness left him feeling like an outsider to her family. Meanwhile, Ye Yubei investigated suspicious aromatics and his missing memories of Shen Qingqing, until Ye Tangtang arrived with lamb skewers and spotted the ones he had hidden.

• Ye Tangtang explained her poem to Grand Tutor Yun, earned another gold medal, and left the Third Princess determined to outstudy her.
• Ye Tangtang met Jun Yuyuan on the way home and took his hand briefly, while Ye Linze tried to intervene and Jun Yuyuan walked away feeling excluded.
• Ye Yubei learned the Imperial Medical Bureau could not explain the aromatics and ordered Eunuch Wang to consult perfumers and investigate them in the Western Regions.
• Ye Yubei questioned Eunuch Wang about events thirteen years earlier and wondered whether someone had erased his memories of Shen Qingqing.
• Ye Tangtang arrived at the Imperial Study with lamb skewers and caught Ye Yubei trying to hide the skewers he had already been eating.

Ye Tangtang interrupted Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing’s attempts to get closer, then left them alone together at Ye Yubei’s prompting. As Shen Qingqing recounted how she entered the palace, Ye Yubei began recalling fragments of their past and pulled her into his arms.

• Ye Tangtang accused Ye Yubei of taking lamb skewers from her stall, then brought the skewers to Shen Qingqing when she arrived.
• Shen Qingqing gave Ye Tangtang Tremella Soup, and the family ate the lamb skewers together while Eunuch Wang watched enviously.
• Ye Yubei sent Ye Tangtang to check on her stall, hoping to be alone with Shen Qingqing.
• Ye Yubei asked Shen Qingqing how they had met, and she began recounting her arrival in the palace thirteen years earlier.
• Ye Yubei experienced a headache and flashes of familiar memories, then pulled Shen Qingqing into his embrace.

Ye Yubei kissed Shen Qingqing after she insisted they shared a past he could not remember. At the palace barbecue stall, Ye Tangtang tricked Ye Muxue into publicly appearing to bully her, and Ye Yubei punished Ye Muxue by confining her to Phoenix Hall for a month.

• Shen Qingqing told Ye Yubei that her account of their shared past was true, and he silenced her with a kiss as Eunuch Wang left them alone.
• Ye Tangtang counted the stall’s earnings, praised Ye Linmo for helping, and promised to treat him to hot pot.
• Ye Muxue ordered her palace maids to smash Ye Tangtang’s stall, but Ye Tangtang sat down and pretended to cry until onlookers blamed Ye Muxue for bullying her.
• Ye Yubei arrived, stopped the maids, and helped Ye Tangtang to her feet.
• Ye Tangtang complained that Ye Muxue had tried to destroy the stall, and Ye Yubei ordered Ye Muxue confined to Phoenix Hall for a month.

Ye Tangtang drew a chocolate cake and decided to bring it to Jun Yuyuan for his birthday to win him over. At Profound Heaven Hall, Eunuch Liu humiliated Jun Yuyuan’s attendants by dumping the supplies he had delivered onto the ground, and Jun Yuyuan confronted him.

• Ye Muxue fainted after Ye Tangtang teased her, and Ye Yubei ordered palace maids to take her back for an examination.
• Ye Tangtang spent 2,000 points on a draw and received useful items, including a Hundred Poisons Pill, scented cream, an MP3 player, an oxygen canister, and her long-awaited chocolate cake.
• The system reminded Ye Tangtang that Jun Yuyuan’s birthday was the next day, so she decided to take him the cake and try to win him over.
• On Jun Yuyuan’s birthday, Ling Feng and Jin Yun complained that Profound Heaven Hall lacked warm clothing, bedding, and charcoal.
• Eunuch Liu dumped the charcoal, bedding, and robes onto the ground and insulted Jun Yuyuan’s attendants, prompting Jun Yuyuan to confront him.

Ye Tangtang drove Eunuch Liu from Profound Heaven Hall and brought Jun Yuyuan a birthday cake and homemade longevity noodles. Jun Yuyuan accepted the gifts, while Ling Feng and Jin Yun stared uneasily at the charred noodles.

• Ye Tangtang threatened Eunuch Liu for discarding Jun Yuyuan’s belongings and ordered him to provide quilts, clothes, and charcoal for Profound Heaven Hall.
• Eunuch Liu kowtowed, promised to replace the supplies, and left with his subordinates.
• Ye Tangtang told Jun Yuyuan she had come to celebrate his birthday and gave him a little box.
• Ye Tangtang showed Jun Yuyuan the chocolate cake she had brought and explained that she had written his name on its plaque.
• Ye Tangtang presented her homemade longevity noodles, and Jun Yuyuan praised them as Ling Feng and Jin Yun silently worried over the burnt-looking food.

Ye Tangtang celebrated Jun Yuyuan’s birthday with homemade food, cake, and a birthday song, giving him his happiest birthday so far. As they shared the cake, she thought about how only three years remained before the male lead marched on Northern Li.

• Ye Tangtang urged Jun Yuyuan to eat the burnt egg she had cooked, and he forced himself to swallow it while praising her cooking.
• Ye Tangtang brought out a cream cake, sang Jun Yuyuan a birthday song, and encouraged him to make a wish before cutting him the first slice.
• Jun Yuyuan discovered the cake was delicious, and Ye Tangtang shared slices with Ling Feng and Jin Yun, who also enjoyed it.
• Ling Feng asked Ye Tangtang to teach him her cake recipe, but she refused and said it was a secret.
• Jun Yuyuan wiped cream from Ye Tangtang’s face as she thought that the male lead would attack Northern Li in three years, and he promised he would remember the birthday she had given him.

Ye Tangtang hugged Jun Yuyuan for birthday points, then became upset when he scolded her for burning her hand while making him longevity noodles. Jun Yuyuan treated her burn himself, and she ended the chapter admiring his handsome face.

• Ye Tangtang hugged Jun Yuyuan for 1,000 points, then released him when the system explained that a longer hug earned no more.
• Ye Tangtang gave Jun Yuyuan the longevity noodles and showed him the burn on her hand, but became angry when he scolded her.
• Jun Yuyuan caught Ye Tangtang as she tried to leave and ordered Ling Feng to fetch ointment for her burn.
• Ye Tangtang refused treatment at first, but Jun Yuyuan applied the ointment himself and soothed her hand.
• Ye Tangtang thought Jun Yuyuan might have fallen for her looks, then swallowed as she noticed how handsome he was.

Ye Tangtang brought cake to Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing, then used a Palace Exit Token to take three of her brothers out of the palace. The group explored a busy street and tried its snacks.

• Ye Tangtang interrupted Ye Yubei and Shen Qingqing, shared cake with them, and left so they could spend time together.
• Ye Tangtang found the Palace Exit Token and decided to take her brothers out of the palace.
• Ye Tangtang left with Ye Linxun, Ye Linze, and Ye Linxuan, while Noble Consort Song learned of their outing and chose to let Ye Linxun play.
• Ye Tangtang and her brothers explored an ancient street, where Ye Linxun introduced her to Pear Syrup Candy and Sugar Crisp Pastry.

Ye Tangtang went out with her brothers, bought an assortment of pastries, and persuaded them to visit a brothel. They entered despite Ye Linze’s fears, and the chapter ended with Tangtang admiring the women while he begged to leave.

• Ye Linze and his brothers took Ye Tangtang to a sweet shop, where she chose one of every kind of pastry.
• Ye Tangtang told her brothers that Ye Yubei was occupied with her mother and would not notice they were out late.
• Ye Tangtang spotted a brothel and persuaded Ye Linze and her other brothers to go inside and see the beautiful women.
• The madam welcomed the group and eyed Ye Tangtang as a potential future courtesan.
• Ye Linze hid behind Ye Tangtang and pleaded to go home while she chatted with the women.

Ye Tangtang visited a brothel with her brothers, but spent her money entertaining herself with the beauties instead of finding women for them. She left broke and regretting the expense while her brothers laughed at her.

• Ye Tangtang paid the madam to bring out the brothel’s prettiest women, despite Ye Linze’s protests.
• Ye Tangtang enjoyed the beauties’ attention and gave Gold Sycees to those who fed her grapes, poured her wine, and pampered her.
• Jun Yuyuan grew angry watching from the roof, while Ling Feng restrained him and reminded him the beauties were women.
• Ye Tangtang spent nearly all her Gold Sycees before sending the women away, then regretted how expensive the visit had been.
• Ye Linze and Ye Linxuan laughed at Ye Tangtang as she left, while Ye Linxun tried to hide his amusement.

Ye Tangtang bought a cloth tiger from a poor grandmother and gave her a gold sycee and pastries after learning of her family's hardship. As she returned to the palace with her brothers, she worried about the suffering of ordinary people and the future threat Jun Yuyuan posed to her family.

• Ye Linze and her brothers urged Ye Tangtang to return to the palace before its gates closed.
• Ye Tangtang bought a cloth tiger from an old woman and gave her a gold sycee and pastries for the woman and her grandson.
• The old woman told Ye Tangtang that the boy's father was ill and his mother had died, and that the money could help pay for his treatment.
• Ye Tangtang declined the old woman's offer of all her cloth tigers and left with her brothers.
• Ye Tangtang wondered if she could ever help the poor, while the Little Useless System said Jun Yuyuan would bring a prosperous age.
• Ye Tangtang thought about Jun Yuyuan's future slaughter of the Northern Li palace and realized she did not want her imperial father to die.

Ye Tangtang returned to the palace with her brothers and persuaded Ye Yubei not to punish them for sneaking out. Ye Yubei let her keep the Palace Exit Token but warned her not to take the boys out again, while Ye Tangtang wondered why she still did not have a little sister.

• Ye Tangtang and her brothers made it through the palace gates just before they closed, and the boys complained that she had a Palace Exit Token while they did not.
• Ye Yubei confronted the siblings, and Ye Tangtang claimed she had gone out to buy pastries for him and her mother.
• Ye Yubei told the kneeling boys to get up without punishing them, and they returned to their quarters.
• Ye Yubei caught Ye Tangtang trying to leave and asked about the token; she lied that it was a gold sycee, but he let her keep it with a warning not to take her brothers out again.
• Ye Tangtang asked whether Ye Yubei was sleeping with her mother and worried that her little sister would never arrive.