Recaps

Jiang Yanchuan and the officials learned that the line to enter Yuntong Mountain would take six hours, so they paid Ying Sinan to find a way in sooner. Ying Sinan staged a plea for his supposedly dying elder, bribed the guard openly, and got the group admitted ahead of the queue.

• Ying Sinan told Jiang Yanchuan that the group would wait up to six hours to enter Yuntong Mountain.
• At the officials' urging, Ying Sinan accepted gold beads to arrange faster entry and went to the entrance.
• Ying Sinan clung to a guard's leg and claimed Eunuch Changshun was gravely ill and needed to visit the mountain.
• The guard and waiting townsfolk accepted Ying Sinan's plea, and Ying Sinan handed the guard several Gold Beans.
• Ying Sinan returned to Lu Yao and the group and announced that they could enter.

Jiang Yingcheng exposed Tuobi County’s elaborate scheme to profit from treasure hunters, then revealed that nearly all the treasures at the first site had been planted by locals. Ying Sinan tried to persuade her to hunt for treasure, and she agreed while deciding to teach him a lesson.

• Ying Sinan led the group past a paid queue-cutting arrangement and described Tuobi County’s attractions while Jiang Yingcheng studied the crowd.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized the people in the queue were paid stand-ins, and the officials understood how Tuobi County’s locals worked together to profit from visitors.
• Jiang Yingcheng revealed that only the first treasures found at the site were genuine and that locals had buried the later finds.
• Ying Sinan approached Jiang Yingcheng and invited her to hunt for treasure, and she accepted while secretly planning to teach him a lesson.

Jiang Yingcheng joined Ying Sinan on a treasure hunt and exposed each fake artifact he had buried. After Ying Sinan fled in distress, Jiang Yingcheng was pleased to have the chance to explore freely.

• Ying Sinan led Jiang Yingcheng to a mountain hollow and started a treasure-hunting game while court officials watched.
• Jiang Yingcheng identified Ying Sinan’s porcelain pot as a recent fake and revealed an apple core inside it.
• Jiang Yingcheng exposed a cheap market vase and shattered it, uncovering a slip that listed its asking price and minimum price.
• Jiang Yingcheng snapped a damp clay figurine and showed Ying Sinan that it had only recently been made.
• Jiang Yingcheng asked Ying Sinan if he was crying, and he covered his face and ran away.
• Jiang Yingcheng was glad Ying Sinan had left so she could explore freely.

Jiang Yingcheng planned to escape the group but followed System Bro’s advice and continued toward the next treasure site with Ying Sinan leading the way. When System Bro warned that two groups ahead were about to fight, Jiang Yingcheng heard a challenge and stopped, tempted to watch.

• Jiang Yingcheng devised a plan to distract Emperor Mingze and flee, but System Bro mocked her short legs and promised another way.
• Ying Sinan returned and led the group toward another treasure burial site while keeping his distance from Jiang Yingcheng.
• Jiang Yingcheng considered new ways to make the uncles help her, and the court officials eagerly offered to cooperate when she mentioned saving points.
• System Bro marked a detour around two groups about to fight, but Jiang Yingcheng stopped when she heard someone issue a challenge.

Jiang Yingcheng persuaded Jiang Yanchuan to take her to watch a dispute between treasure hunters. After learning that Zhu had called a dug-up artifact fake and destroyed it, she decided he was right because he owned the genuine item and recognized the forgery.

• Jiang Yingcheng abandoned her plan to hurry onward and convinced Jiang Yanchuan to carry her toward the commotion.
• Jiang Yingcheng and the ministers found Zhu gripping Wen by the collar while the two men argued over a broken artifact.
• A spectator told Jiang Yingcheng that Wen believed the artifact was genuine, while Zhu had called it fake and destroyed it.
• Jiang Yingcheng gave the spectator wrapped candies and sided with Zhu after hearing the story.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized Zhu knew the artifact was fake because he owned the genuine one and had learned about treasures through years of tomb robbing.

The officials realized the man arguing with grave robber Zhu Gang was County Adviser Wen Ruxin, who was defending the authenticity of Tuobi County’s treasures. When Jiang Yingcheng noticed that County Magistrate Tuobi was Ying Minxing, the officials spotted their swindling guide Ying Sinan trying to flee and called him out.

• Zhu Gang threatened to cripple the man who insisted the treasures were genuine, but his companions restrained him.
• The man continued insisting the treasures were genuine, provoking Zhu Gang to try to attack him again.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized the man was County Adviser Wen Ruxin, who was protecting Tuobi County’s reputation.
• Jiang Yingcheng saw that County Magistrate Tuobi was Ying Minxing, and the officials spotted Ying Sinan attempting to slip away.
• Chu Jiaxu shouted for Ying Sinan to stop, and Wen Ruxin recognized him as his nephew.

Jiang Yingcheng used tears and a complaint to persuade Jiang Yanchuan to go after Zhu Gang and his tomb robbers, who left the scene. Ying Sinan thought the trouble was over, but the ministers feared his promise to Chengcheng would bring more trouble.

• Ying Sinan pretended not to know about the argument while Wen Ruxin welcomed the group and Chu Jiaxu asked about their connection.
• Jiang Yingcheng blurted out that Ying Sinan had been crying, so he silenced her and made a pinky promise before trying to smooth things over with Zhu Gang.
• Jiang Yingcheng accused Zhu Gang of grabbing Wen Ruxin and then claimed he had yelled at her, bringing tears to her eyes as she urged Jiang Yanchuan to arrest the tomb robbers.
• Jiang Yanchuan soothed Chengcheng and promised to get even for her, while Zhu Gang and his companions hurried away and Lu Yao followed them.
• Wen Ruxin punished Ying Sinan, who returned to thank the group, while the ministers worried that Chengcheng's pinky promise meant more trouble was coming.

Jiang Yingcheng led Jiang Yanchuan and the officials through a mountain formation to the hidden entrance of Master Yan Chao’s treasure site, then guided them back before they could enter. After memorizing her instructions for the site’s traps and layout, the officials set out at the third watch.

• Jiang Yingcheng directed Ying Sinan through the mountains, pretending to seek flowers and scenery while leading him toward the hidden hollow.
• Jiang Yingcheng revealed in her thoughts that a formation concealed the hollow, and Jiang Yanchuan took her from Ying Sinan and asked whether anyone in Tuobi County knew of the place.
• Jiang Yingcheng pointed out the treasure-site entrance and told the officials in her thoughts to memorize it, while Jiang Yanchuan decided the group should leave until later.
• Jiang Yingcheng reviewed the treasure site’s layout, mechanisms, and traps on the way back, and the officials divided up and memorized her instructions.
• After the officials returned and transcribed their instructions, they set out after the third-watch clappers sounded.

Jiang Yanchuan led officials into Yuntong Mountain to reach the hidden chamber the Little Highness had identified, with Yue Henqing guiding them through its maze-like formation. A mechanism split the party in two with a falling stone wall, while Wen Ruxin and Ying Sinan decided to enter the chamber from the entrance.

• Jiang Yanchuan led the party through Yuntong Mountain and ordered them to detour around County Adviser Wen's men, who were secretly burying goods bought from Old Li.
• Yue Henqing guided Jiang Yanchuan and the officials through the mountain formation to the secret chamber's entrance.
• Jiao Hongmiao used his recorded knowledge to unlock the entrance mechanisms, and the party entered and disarmed hidden weapons without incident.
• A mechanism activated despite no one touching it, and Jiang Yanchuan ordered everyone to run as a stone wall crashed down and split the party in two.
• Wen Ruxin questioned whether the chamber held treasure, but Ying Sinan argued that its formations protected hidden treasure, so Wen Ruxin agreed to go inside.

Emperor Mingze and his companions were split by a stone wall while exploring the tomb, and the trapped groups continued onward separately. A rolling-ball trap and cries from another party suggested someone else was inside, while Wen Ruxin rushed toward the distant howling.

• Pan Jifeng found the stone wall had separated his group from Emperor Mingze and decided they should keep going with Yue Henqing.
• Jiao Hongmiao told Emperor Mingze that the wall had sealed off the other group, and Jiang Yanchuan ordered his party to proceed.
• Wen Ruxin scolded Ying Sinan for assuming the tomb held treasure despite having no traps, and Ying Sinan defended their decision to keep going.
• Emperor Mingze’s party fled an enormous rolling ball and suspected another party was inside the tomb after a trap was triggered unexpectedly.
• Ying Sinan’s party heard several people howling nearby, and Wen Ruxin hurried toward the noise, suspecting tomb robbers.

Jiang Yingcheng went to the county jail after Tan Songsong was caught sneaking out, where she found the officials imprisoned after being mistaken for tomb robbers. She refused to acknowledge them, leaving their release uncertain.

• Jiang Yingcheng cut Yuan Liangping's written pages into slips before a commotion outside her room interrupted her.
• A bailiff confronted Tan Songsong and ordered him to return, and Jiang Yingcheng came out to ask what was happening.
• Pan Jifeng and the other officials recalled being arrested after surviving the tomb's traps and running into Ying Sinan's group.
• A jailer led Jiang Yingcheng to the cell holding the officials, who panicked when they recognized her voice.
• Jiang Yingcheng told the jailer that she did not know the officials.

Jiang Yingcheng denied knowing the officials imprisoned for tomb-robbing, then accepted their candy and spent her Gold Beans to ransom them. Jiang Yanchuan arrived at the yamen and discovered she had deliberately left him off the ransom list.

• Jiang Yingcheng insisted she did not know the imprisoned officials, then asked when they would be executed for robbing a tomb.
• Chu Dong offered Jiang Yingcheng a milk candy, and the other officials followed; she took their candies and agreed to leave with the jailer.
• Jiang Yanchuan and his men emerged from the secret passage with valuable treasures, and a Shadow Guard urgently summoned him away.
• At the Tuobi Prefectural Yamen, Jiang Yingcheng counted Gold Beans to ransom the imprisoned officials while wishing Pan Jifeng and the others could stay locked up.
• The jailer told Jiang Yingcheng she had left one person off her ransom list, and Jiang Yanchuan watched as she realized she had omitted him.

Jiang Yingcheng reunited with Jiang Yanchuan and silently uncovered Ying Sinan’s role in the officials’ arrest and the loss of her Gold Beans. The officials turned against Ying Sinan, while Chengcheng’s discovery that he triggered tomb traps raised questions about why Jiang Yanchuan had suffered instead.

• Jiang Yingcheng called out to Jiang Yanchuan and the officials until Jiang Yanchuan turned around and picked her up.
• Jiang Yingcheng searched Ying Sinan’s secrets as he tried to slip away, and Lu Yao held him back with small talk.
• Jiang Yingcheng discovered that Ying Sinan had persuaded the County Adviser to lead the officials into the tomb and had swindled away her Gold Beans.
• The officials realized Ying Sinan had caused their arrest and began plotting against him.
• Jiang Yingcheng learned that Ying Sinan had triggered several traps in the tomb and wondered why Jiang Yanchuan had suffered instead.

Jiang Yingcheng revealed Ying Sinan’s childhood misdeeds in front of the officials, using praise from Yu Xingmian to draw out one embarrassing secret after another. Ying Sinan surrendered before she could expose more, then froze at a sharp crack behind him.

• The officials reacted to the deadly traps shown in the panel, then perked up when they heard Tuobi’s county magistrate was coming.
• Jiang Yingcheng told Ying Sinan that Yu Xingmian had praised his knowledge of mechanisms and wanted her to learn from him.
• Ying Sinan tried to leave after hearing Yu Xingmian knew him, but Jiang Yingcheng revealed he had secretly studied Qimen Dunjia Arts as a child.
• Jiang Yingcheng exposed Ying Sinan’s tricks for avoiding school and cheating on his homework, and he denied the accusations in panic.
• Jiang Yingcheng continued hinting that she had more secrets to reveal, so Ying Sinan surrendered before she could finish.
• A sharp crack sounded behind Ying Sinan, and he jolted before freezing in place.

Ying Minxing confronted his son Ying Sinan about his schemes, but Jiang Yingcheng revealed a long list of Ying Sinan’s childhood lies and misdeeds. The chapter ended with Ying Minxing furious and Ying Sinan begging Jiang Yingcheng to stop.

• Ying Minxing caught Ying Sinan trying to sneak away and punished him for threatening Xiang Yan, involving Duan Mo in a scheme, and intimidating someone in an alley.
• Ying Minxing introduced himself to Jiang Yanchuan as County Magistrate Tuobi and asked whether Cult Leader Yu had said anything else about Ying Sinan.
• Ying Sinan accused Jiang Yanchuan’s group of being behind the grave robbers, prompting Jiang Yingcheng to decide not to spare him.
• Jiang Yingcheng told Ying Minxing that Ying Sinan had skipped school to study Qimen Dunjia Arts and had pretended to attend the Academy.
• Jiang Yingcheng exposed Ying Sinan’s other lies, including trapping commoners in a mountain formation and using a ghostwriter for his assignments, while Ying Sinan begged her to stop.

Ying Minxing woke after fainting at Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts and hurried to find his family, misunderstanding the news that Ying Sinan had left. He found Ying Sinan with Chengcheng, whose tears over her missing Gold Beans led her to pitch a money-making plan.

• Ying Minxing fainted after hearing Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts about making money with him and Imperial Father.
• Wen Ruxin told Ying Minxing that Ying Sinan had left and planned to pass the family estate to his eldest son, prompting Ying Minxing to rush after him.
• Ying Minxing found Ying Sinan pinching Jiang Yingcheng’s cheek at the inn, but Wen Ruxin stopped him from barging in.
• Ying Sinan showed Jiang Yingcheng a bundle and demanded compensation, and she cried when she realized her saved Gold Beans were gone.
• Ying Sinan promised to give Jiang Yingcheng whatever she needed, and she stopped crying to propose a grand money-making plan to him and Grandpa Ying.

Jiang Yingcheng pitched a treasure-hunting business to Ying Sinan and Ying Minxing, proposing that she supply treasure maps while they used their skills and connections to expand the operation. After Ying Minxing returned her confiscated gold and agreed to the idea, an excited stranger offered to join them.

• Jiang Yingcheng showed Ying Sinan her proposal and suggested that they and Ying Minxing work together to find and market treasures.
• Ying Minxing arrived with Wen Ruxin, returned Jiang Yingcheng's gold beans, and accepted that she was the Princess of Great Rui.
• Jiang Yingcheng persuaded Ying Minxing that they could expand the treasure business across Great Rui and attract customers from neighboring countries.
• Ying Sinan questioned whether they were really planning to rob graves, but Ying Minxing dismissed his objections.
• An excited voice offered to join the proposal, leaving Jiang Yingcheng startled.

Jiang Yingcheng’s treasure-hunting plans drew Jiao Hongmiao and the Gu Residence’s men into a meeting with Ying Minxing and the county officials. The group accepted her mysterious map of buried treasures and moved to organize an expedition.

• Jiao Hongmiao arrived and joined Jiang Yingcheng’s plan to find buried treasure.
• Jiang Yingcheng invited Jiao Hongmiao to join the others, then gathered everyone at the inn.
• Ying Minxing asked the Gu Residence’s men to identify themselves and grew alarmed as they introduced themselves under aliases.
• Jiang Yingcheng presented another stack of papers and claimed it listed treasure sites like Yuntong Mountain.
• The Gu Residence’s men accepted Jiang Yingcheng’s explanation and urged everyone to begin organizing the search.

Ying Minxing watched Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts expose Bi Honglang’s private schemes and reveal how much he and Bi relied on their wives. As Jiang Yingcheng prepared to publicly share Ying Minxing’s embarrassing home life to help him, Ying Minxing tried to stop her.

• Ying Minxing questioned whether the officials truly believed Jiang Yingcheng’s claims, while Jiao Hongmiao urged him to be patient.
• Bi Honglang challenged Ying Minxing’s qualifications, and Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that Bi relied on his wife to gather information for his impeachment memorials.
• Ying Minxing asked Bi Honglang about his children after learning he had none, provoking the officials’ surprised approval of Ying’s bluntness.
• Bi Honglang criticized Ying Minxing for consulting his wife, and Jiang Yingcheng revealed that Bi’s wife secretly gathered intelligence from other officials’ households.
• Jiang Yingcheng decided to explain Ying Minxing’s troubles at home to help him connect with Bi, and Ying Minxing coughed desperately to silence her.

Jiang Yingcheng and the officials agreed to visit the Spring Reliance River, where Ying Sinan planned to enjoy the scenery and show off. After Jiang Yingcheng revealed that Ying Sinan had triggered the tomb’s traps that injured the officials, they beat him before the outing, and the chapter ended with him noticing an approaching boat.

• Jiao Hongmiao and the officials discussed what to do in Jiangnan, while Jiang Yingcheng eagerly named the local treats she wanted to eat.
• Ying Sinan proposed boating on the Spring Reliance River, and Jiang Yanchuan agreed after asking Jiang Yingcheng if she wanted to go.
• Jiang Yingcheng’s thoughts revealed that Ying Minxing had faked his fainting and that Ying Sinan had accidentally triggered the tomb mechanisms that trapped the officials.
• The officials gave Ying Sinan a beating, then he led them onto a boat on the Spring Reliance River with bruises covering his face.
• Ying Sinan turned when someone noticed that another boat was heading toward them.

Jiang Yingcheng invited Ding Ruihan onto the pleasure boat, where Ding Ruihan focused on Jiang Yanchuan and left Ying Sinan dejected. Suspecting Ding Ruihan had ulterior motives, Jiang Yingcheng prompted System Bro to search her background and began reading the results.

• Jiang Yingcheng invited the women on the neighboring boat aboard, and Ding Ruihan accepted.
• Jiang Yingcheng brought Ding Ruihan to Jiang Yanchuan, who introduced himself as Gu Chuan.
• Ding Ruihan paid little attention to Ying Sinan and charmed Jiang Yingcheng with pastries, leaving Ying Sinan drinking in despair.
• Jiang Yingcheng grew suspicious of Ding Ruihan's interest in Jiang Yanchuan and urged System Bro to investigate her.
• System Bro found Ding Ruihan's extensive life history, and Jiang Yingcheng began reading it.

Jiang Yingcheng discovered that Ding Ruihan was a Slender Horse, giving the officials a lead to investigate the trade, but she also realized Ding knew Emperor Mingze’s identity and might pose a threat. The chapter ended with Ding reaching into her sleeve as the officials suspected she was drawing a concealed weapon.

• Jiang Yingcheng learned that Ding Ruihan had been bought by the Ding Residence as a child and trained as a Slender Horse, prompting the officials to see a chance to track down the people behind the trade.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized someone had discovered Jiang Yanchuan’s identity and sent Ding to approach him, alarming the officials.
• Jiang Yanchuan called Jiang Yingcheng to his side and wiped her face and hands while Ding Ruihan watched and then offered to perform music.
• Ding Ruihan played for the boat, but Jiang Yingcheng noticed her reaching into her sleeve and wondered if she was taking out a concealed weapon.
• Lu Yao rushed in front of Emperor Mingze and ordered Ding Ruihan not to move.

Lu Yao’s outburst over Ding Ruihan reaching into her sleeve caused confusion aboard the pleasure boat, but Ding Ruihan knelt and presented a letter to Emperor Mingze. Ying Sinan realized that “Gu Chuan” was the emperor, and Jiang Yanchuan opened the letter, leaving its contents to be revealed.

• Lu Yao drew his sword and pretended he had been moved by Ding Ruihan’s zither playing, while the officials tried to conceal their alarm.
• Ding Ruihan knelt and announced that she had an important matter to report to the emperor, holding up a letter.
• Ying Sinan realized Ding Ruihan had addressed “Gu Chuan” as His Majesty and panicked over his past familiarity with the emperor and Jiang Yingcheng.
• Jiang Yingcheng urged everyone to look at Ding Ruihan’s letter, and Jiang Yanchuan ordered Lu Yao to take it.
• Lu Yao checked the envelope for poison and passed it to Jiang Yanchuan, who opened it as the nearby officials and Jiang Yingcheng peeked at the writing.

Jiang Yingcheng decoded a letter revealing Prince Xin’s plot to endanger Jiang Yanchuan during his Jiangnan journey. She then realized that Western Liang’s Second Prince had infiltrated the enemy squad, and began considering how to capture him.

• Ding Ruihan told Jiang Yanchuan that her family had prepared her to infiltrate his party and pass along information.
• Jiang Yingcheng listened as System Bro decoded the letter, then cried that she wanted to go home.
• Jiang Yanchuan comforted Jiang Yingcheng while she thought that the Ding family planned to trap him for enemy spies acting on Prince Xin’s orders.
• Jiang Yingcheng realized that Western Liang’s Second Prince was among the infiltrators and wondered whether capturing him could bring money and territory to Great Rui.
• Jiang Yingcheng opened the Merit Shop and judged that defeating the lone squad would be easy.

At a gathering aboard the Painted Pleasure Boat, Jiang Yingcheng tried to warn Emperor Mingze that Western Liang posed a threat, while Lu Yao pretended to interpret a letter to conceal what they knew from nearby officials. Her thoughts revealed Western Liang had vast hidden mineral deposits and ancient tombs, and that its favored second prince would soon arrive, prompting the court to consider capturing him.

• Lu Yao examined the letter and falsely claimed Jiangnan merchants had obtained Emperor Mingze’s itinerary to arrange marriages into the palace.
• Jiang Yingcheng worried that the Ding Family would be mistaken for ordinary schemers and thought Western Liang’s envoys would arrive in two days.
• Jiang Yingcheng revealed in her thoughts that Western Liang had unknown mineral deposits and ancient tombs beneath its land.
• Jiang Yingcheng discovered that Western Liang’s king favored his second prince over the Crown Prince and suggested capturing him for greater leverage.