Chapter Summaries

After Shen Qingqing was promoted to consort, Ye Tangtang attended her investiture ceremony and spent the day thinking about handsome young men, earning money, and cuddling her mother. The chapter ended with Jun Yuyuan spotting Ye Tangtang bundled in a cat-eared hood and barely recognizing her.

• Shen Qingqing woke Ye Tangtang for breakfast and told her that young men might attend the Empress's flower-viewing banquet.
• Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang attended Shen Qingqing's consort investiture ceremony, where Ye Tangtang joked about the Lu Family and the Explosive Pack.
• Ye Tangtang found Ye Linmo selling lamb skewers for her, gave him one copper coin as wages, and collected his earnings.
• Shen Qingqing kissed Ye Tangtang, then pulled her out of her embrace and tied her cat-eared hood securely.
• Jun Yuyuan spotted the bundled-up Ye Tangtang and almost failed to recognize her.

Ye Tangtang treated Jun Yuyuan to lamb skewers and insisted on checking his injury, while Jun Yuyuan struggled with her unexpected kindness and thoughts. She persuaded him to let her apply medicine, leaving Ling Feng astonished by how differently Jun Yuyuan treated her.

• Ye Tangtang invited Jun Yuyuan to eat lamb skewers and treated him for free because he had saved her life.
• Ye Tangtang asked about Jun Yuyuan’s injury and offered to apply her golden wound salve, but he initially refused.
• Ye Tangtang left Shen Qingqing and followed Jun Yuyuan, then recoiled when Ling Feng called them a perfect match.
• Ye Tangtang insisted on checking Jun Yuyuan’s wound and applying medicine, and Jun Yuyuan finally agreed.
• Ling Feng watched in shock as Jun Yuyuan allowed Ye Tangtang to treat him.

Ye Tangtang applied medicine to Jun Yuyuan’s arm while repeatedly sneaking looks and touches at his body. Afterward, she insisted she would return the next day, then found him reading a book upside down.

• Jun Yuyuan sent Ling Feng and Jin Yun out so Ye Tangtang could apply his medicine.
• Ye Tangtang admired Jun Yuyuan’s abs before noticing his bleeding arm and nearly fainting at the sight of blood.
• Ye Tangtang treated Jun Yuyuan’s wound with her eyes closed, accidentally touching his chest and Adam’s apple until he guided her hand to the injury.
• Jun Yuyuan said the medicine eased his pain, but Ye Tangtang insisted she would apply it again the next day.
• Ye Tangtang saw Jun Yuyuan reading a book upside down and asked him how to read so quickly.

Ye Tangtang tricked Jun Yuyuan into promising to grant her a future request, hoping to secure his protection, but he made her practice calligraphy before she could leave. As he guided her brush grip, their hands touched, and he scolded her for using his hand to warm hers.

• Ye Tangtang flattered Jun Yuyuan and staged a fake crying fit until he agreed to grant her a future request.
• Jun Yuyuan refused to take back his promise, and Ye Tangtang celebrated before he stopped her from leaving to practice calligraphy.
• Ye Tangtang complained about studying and thought about choosing handsome men at the Empress's banquet, while Jun Yuyuan silently resented her lack of interest in him.
• Ye Tangtang struggled to hold the brush and nearly threw it, so Jun Yuyuan took her hand to teach her.
• Jun Yuyuan noticed Ye Tangtang's cold hand resting on his and scolded her for warming it instead of practicing calligraphy.

Ye Tangtang warmed her hands against Jun Yuyuan, then practiced writing with him as Ling Feng and Jin Yun witnessed his unusual gentleness. When Jun Yuyuan admitted that he was fed only plain food, Ye Tangtang comforted him and worried about what his anger could mean for the Northern Li Kingdom.

• Jun Yuyuan warmed Ye Tangtang's cold hands, and Ling Feng walked in on them before leaving with a knowing look.
• Ling Feng fetched a hand warmer and told Jin Yun that Jun Yuyuan had been warming Ye Tangtang's hands.
• Jun Yuyuan patiently guided Ye Tangtang's hand as she practiced writing, astonishing Ling Feng and Jin Yun.
• Ye Tangtang asked Jun Yuyuan to eat with her before the banquet and listed the dishes she hoped to have.
• Jun Yuyuan said he usually ate greens, tofu, millet soup, plain buns, and pickled vegetables, so Ye Tangtang pinched his cheek and urged him not to be angry.

Ye Tangtang tried to make amends to Jun Yuyuan by replacing his poor meal with a lavish feast. Jun Yuyuan ended the meal by pretending his injured arm hurt so Ye Tangtang would feed him, while she unwittingly mocked his health.

• Ye Tangtang promised Jun Yuyuan she would treat him well, and he told her he needed no charity.
• Ye Tangtang rejected Jun Yuyuan's meager meal and arranged for roast duck, chicken, and other dishes to be brought in.
• Ye Tangtang invited Ling Feng and Jin Yun to eat, then served Jin Yun while Jun Yuyuan watched jealously.
• Jun Yuyuan claimed his injured arm hurt and let Ye Tangtang feed him fish and roast duck.
• Ye Tangtang urged Jun Yuyuan to eat more, saying his body needed nourishment so it might work someday.

Ye Tangtang teased Jun Yuyuan over his injury, ate with him, and fell asleep in his bed, startling him when she woke. She dragged him toward the Empress’s Flower-Viewing Banquet, where guests had already gathered.

• Ye Tangtang offered Jun Yuyuan food and suggested he cut his other arm to stop the pain, then handed him her dagger.
• Ye Tangtang finished the meal and fell asleep on Jun Yuyuan’s bed while he read.
• Jun Yuyuan leaned close to Ye Tangtang as she slept, but she woke and complained that his bed was hard.
• Jun Yuyuan called Ling Feng to remake the bed, and Ye Tangtang pulled Jun Yuyuan toward the banquet to look for handsome young men.
• The Flower-Viewing Banquet was already underway in the rear garden, with palace guests arriving for the Empress’s gathering.

At a banquet hosted by Empress Lu, Ye Tangtang defended Jun Yuyuan when Consort Shu insulted him as a slave, declaring him the crown prince of Qin Ye Kingdom. She left with Jun Yuyuan after promising to protect him from anyone who bullied him.

• Shen Qingqing learned that Ye Tangtang had spent the day with Jun Yuyuan and worried when Empress Lu asked about her at the banquet.
• Ye Tangtang arrived with Jun Yuyuan despite Shen Qingqing's warning, and the guests questioned why she had brought an enemy kingdom's slave.
• Consort Shu called Jun Yuyuan a slave, and Ye Tangtang announced that he was the crown prince of Qin Ye Kingdom and cited the Emperor's order to treat him accordingly.
• The guests realized Consort Shu had insulted the crown prince, while she glared angrily at Ye Tangtang.
• Ye Tangtang led Jun Yuyuan back to her seat and vowed to reward anyone who bullied him with an explosive pack.

At the Empress’s banquet, Ye Tangtang admired Xie Jingqian, irritating Jun Yuyuan, then outplayed Ye Muxue in a difficult zither performance. Ye Yubei arrived, praised Tang Tang, and realized his daughter had been the one playing.

• Ye Tangtang praised Xie Jingqian as her ideal man, while Jun Yuyuan cracked a cup and glared at him.
• After Lady Guo and Ye Muxue performed, guests asked Ye Tangtang to play against her sister.
• Ye Muxue challenged Ye Tangtang to perform the difficult piece Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix, and Tang Tang accepted.
• Ye Tangtang played the piece beautifully and received thunderous applause, leaving Ye Muxue frustrated.
• Ye Yubei arrived, praised Ye Tangtang’s performance, and expressed surprise that she could play so well.

Ye Tangtang impressed the banquet with her powerful music and a poem about plum blossoms, frustrating Ye Muxue and Empress Lu. Empress Lu then challenged her to paint, and Ye Tangtang agreed as paper was brought to the table.

• Ye Yubei praised Ye Tangtang's music above Ye Muxue's after first praising Ye Muxue's performance.
• Empress Lu pressed Shen Qingqing to have Ye Tangtang compose a poem, and Ye Yubei encouraged his daughter to try.
• Ye Tangtang wrote a poem about plum blossoms that astonished Ye Yubei and earned applause from the banquet guests.
• Ye Muxue glared at Ye Tangtang while Empress Lu concealed her anger and praised the poem.
• Empress Lu challenged Ye Tangtang to paint a picture, and Ye Tangtang accepted as a palace maid prepared xuan paper.

Ye Tangtang impressed the banquet with her exceptional painting and filled a notebook with handsome young men she wanted as Princess Consorts, while Ye Yubei defended her against Empress Lu. Empress Lu then challenged her to sing, and Ye Tangtang remembered the MP3 player she had recently obtained.

• Ye Tangtang painted a lifelike portrait of Ye Yubei, earning praise and frustrating Empress Lu.
• Ye Tangtang wrote down the names of dozens of handsome young men seeking to become her Princess Consorts, and Ye Yubei told Empress Lu he would allow it.
• Jun Yuyuan watched Ye Tangtang collect the names and reacted jealously when she added more young men.
• Empress Lu challenged Ye Tangtang to sing, and Ye Tangtang recalled that her MP3 player might let her lip-sync.

Ye Tangtang fooled the banquet guests with an MP3 player, first making them laugh and then impressing them with a song called “Jiangnan.” She later asked Jun Yuyuan to help review her potential suitors, and his objections left only the Young Marquis and Lu Wuyou on her list.

• Ye Tangtang lip-synced to a comic song, making Lu Wuyou spray wine and the banquet guests laugh.
• After Shen Qingqing told her not to fool around, Ye Tangtang switched songs and performed “Jiangnan,” captivating the guests.
• Ye Tangtang claimed she was only passing the song along, while Empress Lu suspected the singing had not truly been hers.
• Ye Tangtang asked Jun Yuyuan to review her list of young gentlemen, and he secretly objected to nearly every candidate.
• Ye Tangtang crossed out the rejected names until only the Young Marquis and Lu Wuyou remained.

Ye Tangtang insisted that she loved Xie Jingqian despite Jun Yuyuan's warnings, while Jun Yuyuan tried to make her reconsider. After the banquet ended, Ye Tangtang caught Xie Jingqian's sleeve but could not bring herself to say anything before he left.

• Ye Tangtang crossed Lu Wuyou off her list and declared that she only wanted Xie Jingqian, while Jun Yuyuan warned that the Young Marquis might be dangerous.
• Jun Yuyuan questioned why Ye Tangtang liked Xie Jingqian and warned that he might marry before she came of age, but she refused to give up on him.
• Jun Yuyuan peeled fruit for Ye Tangtang as she kept glancing at Xie Jingqian, and she sat up properly when he reminded her to act like a princess.
• The banquet ended, and the guests departed after witnessing Ye Tangtang's skills.
• Ye Tangtang caught Xie Jingqian's sleeve, then let go without making a request as he took his leave.

Ye Tangtang asked Ye Yubei to make Xie Jingqian her future Princess Consort, then continued trying to charm Jun Yuyuan while he prepared to return to his own country. Back at the palace, Shen Qingqing questioned how Tangtang had displayed so many talents, and Tangtang blamed her MP3.

• Ye Yubei refused to arrange Xie Jingqian as Ye Tangtang's Princess Consort now, but promised to consider it when she was fifteen if Xie Jingqian remained unmarried.
• Ye Tangtang privately worried that the male lead would destroy Northern Li in three years, then asked Jun Yuyuan about his favorite foods and reminded him of his promise to grant her a request.
• Jun Yuyuan tied Ye Tangtang's hood and warned her to protect her face from the cold, while Ling Feng praised her talents and suggested she would suit Jun Yuyuan.
• Ye Tangtang returned to the palace with Shen Qingqing, who questioned her about her zither playing, chess, calligraphy, painting, and singing.
• Ye Tangtang claimed her MP3 had sung the song, and Shen Qingqing examined the device in disbelief.

Ye Tangtang showed Shen Qingqing and Ye Yubei her music-playing MP3 player, then invited Ye Yubei to share hot pot with them. After Ye Yubei returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to investigate the incense, Shen Qingqing wondered if his kindness might make her fall for him again.

• Ye Tangtang demonstrated her MP3 player to Shen Qingqing, and Ye Yubei arrived after hearing it sing.
• Ye Yubei reassured Shen Qingqing that he would not punish Ye Tangtang, then realized he had misheard her poem as a verse about picking apricots.
• Ye Tangtang invited Ye Yubei to eat hot pot, and the family shared a cheerful meal before Shen Qingqing sent him away.
• Ye Yubei told Eunuch Wang to summon the Western Regions perfumer after learning that the incense ingredients had been identified.
• Shen Qingqing admitted to herself that she feared Ye Yubei's kindness would make her fall in love with him again.

Ye Yubei learned that palace incense had erased part of his memory, including his past with Shen Qingqing, and began hypnosis to recover it. He glimpsed their first meeting but could not reach or speak to Shen Qingqing in the memory.

• Ye Tangtang told Shen Qingqing she should be with Emperor Father if she liked him, while privately plotting to blow up the Empress’s side hall if the Empress troubled her again.
• Li Huan brought the Western Regions perfumer Lingyun to Ye Yubei, and Lingyun explained that a blend of incense ingredients could cause hallucinations and affect memory.
• Ye Yubei realized he had lost memories of Shen Qingqing and Ye Tangtang, and Lingyun identified the incense blend as Never Forget.
• Ye Yubei agreed to Lingyun’s month of trials and immediate hypnosis, and he promised Li Huan that his daughter would receive the title Commandery Princess Pingyang.
• Under hypnosis, Ye Yubei witnessed his younger self meet Shen Qingqing as a girl sitting on a wall, but she could not see or hear him.

Ye Yubei watched his younger self meet Shen Qingqing after she fell from a wall, while Ye Tangtang reluctantly got ready for class and Jun Yuyuan carried her to the Academy. The chapter ended with Tangtang insisting that Jun Yuyuan was her good friend after her brothers questioned him.

• Little Ye Yubei caught Shen Qingqing when she fell from a wall, then warned her not to climb again.
• Shen Qingqing got Ye Tangtang up, fed and dressed her, and sent her to the Academy.
• Ye Tangtang ran into Jun Yuyuan on the way to class, and he carried her while she slept on his back.
• Palace servants gossiped about Jun Yuyuan carrying the Ninth Princess and imagined he might become her Princess Consort.
• Ye Tangtang's brothers took her from Jun Yuyuan at the Academy and questioned him, but she called him her good friend.

Ye Tangtang painted portraits for her brothers and Grand Tutor Yun, then shared her snacks with Jun Yuyuan during class. Grand Tutor Yun caught her reading a storybook but returned it after she claimed it belonged to her Emperor Father, leaving her eager to keep reading later.

• Ye Tangtang told her brothers she and Jun Yuyuan had become sworn brothers, then painted lifelike portraits for her brothers and Grand Tutor Yun.
• Grand Tutor Yun praised Ye Tangtang's painting and gratefully accepted his portrait.
• Jun Yuyuan gave Ye Tangtang the lollipop she had once given him, and she shared her Potato Chips with him and her gathered brothers.
• Ye Tangtang dozed during Grand Tutor Yun's lesson, leaning against Jun Yuyuan while he cushioned her head.
• Grand Tutor Yun confiscated Ye Tangtang's storybook, but returned it when she claimed her Emperor Father would have her beaten if it was taken.
• Ye Tangtang promised not to read during class, secretly pleased that she had fooled Grand Tutor Yun.

Ye Tangtang and Ye Mushuang secretly left the palace to buy storybooks, then Ye Tangtang shared food with refugees after seeing them hungry and cold. Hearing that refugees had fled a plague in Qi Prefecture, Ye Tangtang realized Grand Secretary Lu had concealed the crisis from her emperor father and spent all her money buying buns for them.

• Ye Tangtang and Ye Mushuang slipped out of the palace and went to Yihong Bookshop to buy dozens of storybooks.
• Ye Tangtang and Ye Mushuang stopped at a bun stall, where Ye Tangtang gave her buns to a little boy and distributed more food to the beggars nearby.
• Ye Tangtang overheard people say the refugees had fled a plague in Qi Prefecture and were heading for the Upper Capital.
• Ye Tangtang recalled that Grand Secretary Lu had taken bribes from the Qi Prefecture Magistrate and hidden the situation from her emperor father.
• Ye Tangtang bought more buns with every Gold Sycee in her purse and gave them to the refugees before preparing to return to the palace with Ye Mushuang.

Ye Tangtang discovered refugees fleeing a plague in Qi Prefecture and urged Ye Yubei to help them, revealing that Lu had concealed the crisis. Ye Yubei ordered disaster relief and arranged another hypnosis session, while Ye Tangtang returned to her quarters hiding her storybooks from her mother.

• Ye Tangtang gave all her gold sycees to feed refugees outside the Capital City and decided to tell Ye Yubei about them.
• Ye Tangtang ran into Ye Yubei while carrying romance storybooks and tried to keep him from seeing them.
• Ye Tangtang told Ye Yubei that refugees from plague-stricken Qi Prefecture had arrived and that Lu had concealed their plight.
• Ye Yubei ordered the granaries opened for disaster relief and asked Eunuch Wang to arrange another hypnosis session with the perfumer.
• Ye Tangtang brought Ye Yubei a lamb bun, then returned to her quarters and tried to hide her storybooks from her mother.