Recaps

Jiang Xiaobai dismissed rebellion as an option but privately considered replacing Xiao Jinxuan with the Elder Princess. At her residence, the Elder Princess urged Li Bingzhang to free Jiang Xiaobai and Jiang Jingcheng, and he left to investigate the forged letters.

• Jiang Xiaobai reassured Jiang Jingcheng that he knew his limits, while privately thinking the Elder Princess could replace Xiao Jinxuan as ruler.
• The Elder Princess asked Li Bingzhang about Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai's imprisonment, and he recounted the court's accusations and evidence.
• Li Bingzhang said he believed the secret letters were forged and that finding the forger could resolve the case.
• The Elder Princess connected the forgery to Zeng Qingchi, and Li Bingzhang suspected Zeng Qingchi's grandfather, Zeng Lu, could have imitated Jiang Jingcheng's handwriting.
• The Elder Princess asked Li Bingzhang to get Jiang Xiaobai and his father out of prison, and he promised to do everything he could before leaving to investigate.

Tang Ningshuang learned that Jiang Xiaobai had been imprisoned despite Helian Zhaoyue admitting to poisoning him, while Jiang Jingxuan returned to claim control of the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate. Zhang Xinnian pretended to obey Jiang Jingxuan as he secretly planned to gather the estate's officers to beat him.

• Tang Kui told Shen Yun that Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai were being held for investigation, and Tang Ningshuang woke and tried to rush off to rescue Jiang Xiaobai.
• Tang Kui explained that Helian Zhaoyue's admission had made the accusations seem more convincing, and Tang Ningshuang angrily vowed to kill her.
• Jiang Jingxuan arrived at the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate with an Imperial Writ and declared that the estate would belong to him.
• Zhang Xinnian feigned respect for Jiang Jingxuan, then secretly resolved to gather the estate's officers and have them beat him.

Jiang Jingxuan took charge of the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate and announced that Jiang Jingcheng had been imprisoned, while Jiang Xiaobai and his father remained in jail. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiaobai sensing that a woman had visited their cell.

• Jiang Jingxuan arrived at Jiang Jingcheng's courtyard and mistook the cannon for an extravagant tea-brewing device.
• More than thirty former Northern Guardian Army commanders beat Jiang Jingxuan, then recognized him as the Third Master after he showed them the Imperial Writ.
• Jiang Jingxuan announced that he would temporarily manage the estate and inspect the Jiang Family's army camp within two days.
• In prison, Jiang Xiaobai stopped Jiang Jingcheng from eating the meals, suspecting they might be poisoned.
• Jiang Xiaobai smelled a woman's scent outside the cell and told Jiang Jingcheng that a woman had come to see them.

Jiang Xiaobai reassured Jiang Jingcheng that an unseen expert could help the Jiang Family and hinted they would be freed once Jiang Jingxuan made his move. The Elder Princess met her senior sister, who visited the prison and then handed her two sheets of paper, leaving her astonished.

• Jiang Xiaobai used Jiang Jingcheng's waist token and a written note to get the attention of the hidden expert outside the prison.
• The woman in white embedded strands of hair in the cell wall to warn Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai not to press her identity.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Jiang Jingcheng that their release depended on Jiang Jingxuan making his move, not on finding evidence.
• The Elder Princess worried that proving the secret letters were forged would be difficult and said Chancellor Li was investigating Zeng Lu.
• The woman in white told the Elder Princess that Jiang Xiaobai and Marquis Jiang were unharmed, then gave her two sheets of paper that startled her.

The Elder Princess and the White-Dressed Woman agreed to carry out Jiang Xiaobai’s dangerous plan, trusting him to keep it under control. Meanwhile, Jiang Jingxuan prepared to seize the military camp and arranged for Jiang Jingcheng and his son to die that night.

• The White-Dressed Woman showed the Elder Princess two sheets from Jiang Xiaobai, and they agreed to trust him and act on his plan.
• The White-Dressed Woman left to carry out the plan before nightfall.
• Jiang Jingxuan drank wine at the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate while Zhang Xinnian and the other servants concealed their resentment.
• The old man accompanying Helian Zhaoyue urged Jiang Jingxuan to take control of the military camp before the emperor of Great Hua could claim it.
• Jiang Jingxuan said he would go to the camp the next morning and learned that Lord Zhao of the Ministry of Justice Chief Office had arranged for Jiang Jingcheng and his son to die that night.

Jiang Xiaobai and Jiang Jingcheng foiled an attempted prison break orchestrated by Zhao Bintian, and Jiang Xiaobai anticipated another move from the Jiang Family’s Third Master the next day.

• Jiang Jingcheng refused to escape with seven black-clad men who claimed the Emperor had ordered his and Jiang Xiaobai’s secret execution.
• Jiang Xiaobai shouted for help, and Jiang Jingcheng fought the attackers after realizing they had expected the poison in the food to weaken him.
• Zhang Mu turned against the attackers and helped Jiang Jingcheng and the arriving Imperial Guards defeat them.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Zhang Mu to stall during questioning until the next day, promising he would keep him safe.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Jiang Jingcheng that Zhao Bintian had likely colluded with the enemy and predicted the Jiang Family’s Third Master would act the next day.

Jiang Xiaobai told Jiang Jingcheng that his two older brothers might have survived the battle, giving him renewed hope, while Li Bingzhang’s efforts to investigate the secret letter stalled. An envoy from the Elder Princess told Li Bingzhang to stop investigating and promised he would understand why the next day.

• Jiang Xiaobai teased Jiang Jingcheng with a recitation of dishes, then told him that Jiang Yunce and Jiang Linquan might still be alive because Northern Yu had not found their bodies.
• Jiang Jingcheng agreed that they needed to investigate his sons’ disappearance but asked Jiang Xiaobai not to tell Shen Yun until they had proof.
• Li Bingzhang returned from meeting Zeng Lu, who denied writing the secret letter, and decided to find Zeng Qingchi to learn why Zeng Lu would not speak.
• An envoy of the Elder Princess told Li Bingzhang that he no longer needed to investigate the secret letter and said he would understand the next day.

Jiang Jingxuan went to the Jiang Family Military Camp expecting to take command of its 30,000 troops and secure his family’s power. After the soldiers pledged loyalty to him, Zhang Xinnian abruptly claimed Jiang Jingxuan had decided to rebel and urged them to acclaim him emperor, leaving Jiang Jingxuan stunned as the troops joined the call.

• Jiang Jingxuan traveled to the military camp with Zhang Xinnian, anticipating that his second brother and nephew were dead and that he could seize control of the Jiang Family’s forces.
• Zhang Xinnian secretly read a slip of paper during the journey and drove the carriage faster while Jiang Jingxuan fantasized about commanding 30,000 troops and eventually extending his power to the Northern Frontier army.
• At the camp, Jiang Jingxuan addressed the assembled soldiers, promising to safeguard the Jiang Family and support his imprisoned second brother until his name was cleared.
• The 30,000 soldiers shouted that they pledged their lives in loyalty to Jiang Jingxuan, and he believed his speech had secured their support.
• Zhang Xinnian proposed that the troops rebel and make Jiang Jingxuan emperor, then declared to the soldiers that the Third Master had decided to rise in rebellion.
• The soldiers began chanting for Jiang Jingxuan to be acclaimed emperor while he stared at Zhang Xinnian in shock.

Jiang Jingxuan accepted Zhang Xinnian’s urging to seize the throne and led thirty thousand troops out of their camp toward the Imperial Palace. At court, Xiao Jinxuan learned that Jiang Jingxuan had raised an army in rebellion.

• Zhang Xinnian urged Jiang Jingxuan to proclaim himself emperor, and the thirty thousand soldiers called for him to take the throne.
• Jiang Jingxuan mounted a horse and rode out with the army, deciding to attack the Imperial Palace before the court could strip him of command.
• At court, Xiao Jinxuan questioned Li Bingzhang and ordered Court Minister Zhou to investigate the Marquis of Northern Suppression’s alleged collusion with the enemy.
• Meng Xiutang argued that the charges against the Marquis should be finalized, while Li Bingzhang warned that keeping him imprisoned could unsettle the soldiers.
• An Imperial Guards commander rushed into court and reported that Jiang Jingxuan had raised an army in rebellion.

After Jiang Jingxuan led 30,000 armored troops toward the Imperial Palace, Li Bingzhang used the crisis to argue that Jiang Jingcheng had been framed and must be freed to stop the rebellion. Jiang Xiaobai remained confident in prison, and Eunuch Gao arrived to escort him and Jiang Jingcheng to the main hall.

• An Imperial Guards commander reported that Jiang Jingxuan was leading 30,000 armored troops toward the Imperial Palace.
• Li Bingzhang accused Jiang Jingxuan of forging the secret letter and urged Xiao Jinxuan to release Jiang Jingcheng so he could suppress the uprising.
• Xiao Jinxuan ordered Eunuch Gao to bring Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai out of prison.
• Jiang Xiaobai assured Jiang Jingcheng that they would get out, while Jiang Jingcheng doubted him and rejected his offer to perform another rapid-fire monologue.
• Eunuch Gao reached the prison and ordered the jailer to open their cell so he could take Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai to the main hall.

Jiang Xiaobai refused to leave prison without the Emperor’s personal confirmation, while Helian Zhaoyue learned that Jiang Jingxuan had marched 30,000 troops toward the Imperial Palace. She realized Jiang Xiaobai had used the rebellion to discredit Jiang Jingxuan’s testimony and implicate Northern Yu’s scheme.

• Jiang Xiaobai insisted that Eunuch Gao bring the Emperor to the prison before he and Jiang Jingcheng would leave.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Jiang Jingcheng that he intended to make the Emperor bow his head for repeatedly targeting their estate.
• Helian Zhaoyue and Teng Zixiu discussed returning to Northern Yu once Jiang Jingxuan controlled the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate and Jiang Jingcheng and Jiang Xiaobai were convicted.
• An Elder reported that Jiang Jingxuan had led 30,000 Armored Troops toward the Imperial Palace.
• Helian Zhaoyue realized Jiang Jingxuan’s rebellion would make his earlier testimony against Northern Yu and the Marquis of Northern Suppression look like a lie, and she blamed Jiang Xiaobai for the trap.

Jiang Jingxuan led the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate's troops into the Imperial Palace and demanded the throne, while the White-Dressed Woman forced Xiao Jinxuan to go to the prison. Jiang Jingxuan discovered that his soldiers would acclaim him emperor but would not obey his order to kill Xiao Jinxuan.

• The White-Dressed Woman left the Elder Princess's Residence after learning that Jiang Jingxuan had brought 30,000 armored troops into the palace, while the Elder Princess rejected the suggestion that the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate was rebelling.
• Eunuch Gao told Xiao Jinxuan that Jiang Xiaobai would only release Jiang Jingcheng if the emperor came to the prison himself.
• Jiang Jingxuan entered the court with his troops, demanded that Xiao Jinxuan surrender the throne, and admitted that he had arranged for Zeng Lu to forge the treasonous letter.
• The White-Dressed Woman held her sword to Jiang Jingxuan's neck and gave Xiao Jinxuan half an hour to go to the prison; Xiao Jinxuan stood, and Jiang Jingxuan realized Jiang Jingcheng might still be alive.
• Jiang Jingxuan ordered his soldiers to kill Xiao Jinxuan, but they ignored him and continued chanting that they acclaimed Jiang Jingxuan emperor.

Jiang Xiaobai secured his and Jiang Jingcheng’s release from the Prison and negotiated a promotion for the Northern Guardian Marquis’s Estate in exchange for quelling Jiang Jingxuan’s rebellion. At the Imperial Court, Jiang Jingxuan accused Jiang Jingcheng of tricking him into rebelling, while Jiang Jingcheng remained bewildered.

• Jiang Xiaobai assured Jiang Jingcheng that Xiao Jinxuan would come to the Prison, and the emperor soon arrived to release them.
• Jiang Xiaobai asked whether the forged charges had been cleared, and Xiao Jinxuan said Jiang Jingxuan had admitted forging the Secret Letters and rebelling.
• Jiang Xiaobai stopped Jiang Jingcheng from immediately agreeing to suppress the rebellion and demanded recognition for his father’s sacrifice in putting down his own brother.
• Xiao Jinxuan promised to elevate the Northern Guardian Marquis’s Estate to the Duke of the State’s Estate if Jiang Jingcheng quelled the rebellion.
• At the Imperial Court, Jiang Jingxuan accused Jiang Jingcheng of turning his forged charges into a trap that led him to rebel.

Jiang Xiaobai exposed Jiang Jingxuan’s failed rebellion as a performance in which the Northern Guardian Marquis’s troops had never truly obeyed him. Xiao Jinxuan imprisoned Jiang Jingxuan and elevated Jiang Jingcheng to Duke of the State, while Meng Xiutang realized Jiang Xiaobai’s scheme had protected the emperor’s prestige.

• Jiang Xiaobai pretended ignorance as Li Bingzhang explained that Jiang Jingxuan had rebelled with thirty thousand armored troops.
• A soldier revealed that the troops had followed Jiang Jingxuan only under the imperial writ and had merely shouted along when he claimed the throne.
• Jiang Jingxuan realized the soldiers had never genuinely obeyed him, spat blood, and fainted; the White-Dressed Woman then withdrew.
• Jiang Xiaobai took the imperial writ from Jiang Jingxuan, and Jiang Jingcheng used it to order the troops to sheathe their weapons and withdraw.
• Xiao Jinxuan ordered Jiang Jingxuan sent to the imperial dungeon and promoted Jiang Jingcheng to Duke of the State.
• Meng Xiutang began to question Jiang Jingcheng’s merit, then fell silent after realizing that doing so could expose the emperor’s lack of control and damage his prestige.

Jiang Xiaobai exposed Zhao Bintian’s plot to frame and kill him and Jiang Jingcheng, prompting Xiao Jinxuan to order Zhao’s arrest and Shi Ning’s execution. After court, Jiang Xiaobai explained that the staged rebellion accusation would have worked even if Jiang Jingxuan had denied it, because thirty thousand people could testify against him.

• Jiang Xiaobai asked Xiao Jinxuan to question Zhang Mu, who identified Director Zhao as the man behind the prison break and attempted murder.
• Jiang Xiaobai revealed Zhang Mu was his informant, and Zhang Mu named Shi Ning as the official who poisoned the prison meals.
• Shi Ning confessed that Zhao Bintian ordered the poisoning, and Xiao Jinxuan ordered Shi Ning beheaded and Zhao arrested.
• Jiang Xiaobai received permission to continue inspections with the Northern Yu delegation and urged Xiao Jinxuan to finish the Hall of Martyrs.
• After court, Jiang Xiaobai told Li Bingzhang that thirty thousand people could make the rebellion accusation stick even if Jiang Jingxuan denied it.

Jiang Xiaobai explained how he trapped Jiang Jingxuan into appearing to rebel, clearing the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate of false charges and raising it to a ducal estate. After arriving at Li Bingzhang's residence, he rewarded Zhang Mu and reunited with Li Zhiwei.

• Li Bingzhang praised Jiang Xiaobai's strategy, which forced Xiao Jinxuan to declare Jiang Jingxuan a rebel and cleared the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate's name.
• Li Bingzhang told Jiang Jingcheng that Tang Kui had taken his wife to the Tang Residence for safety, and they agreed to notify them after reaching the Chancellor's Residence.
• Jiang Xiaobai stopped at the entrance and summoned Zhang Mu, praising him for exposing Zhao Bintian and assigning him to serve at the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate.
• Jiang Xiaobai entered the Chancellor's Residence, where Li Zhiwei rushed into his arms, while Li Bingzhang and Jiang Jingcheng went to the Main Hall for tea.

Jiang Xiaobai reunited with Li Zhiwei and reassured her after the dangerous events surrounding Jiang Jingxuan’s rebellion. At the Chancellor’s Residence, they discussed his upcoming marriage and the investigation into Jiang Jingxuan, then met Jiang Jingcheng’s family, where Tang Ningshuang insisted she had slept soundly.

• Li Zhiwei clung to Jiang Xiaobai and asked him not to take such dangerous risks again, and he promised he would be careful.
• Li Bingzhang urged Jiang Xiaobai to arrange the Ministry of Rites so he and Li Zhiwei could marry soon, and Jiang Xiaobai said he would act after seeing off the two countries’ envoys.
• Jiang Xiaobai said Jiang Jingxuan likely had accomplices in Great Hua, and Li Bingzhang promised to petition the emperor to investigate him at Morning Court.
• Tang Kui, Shen Yun, and Tang Ningshuang arrived at the Chancellor’s Residence, and Shen Yun checked that Jiang Xiaobai was unharmed.
• Tang Kui said Tang Ningshuang had not slept all night, and Tang Ningshuang awkwardly insisted she had slept soundly.

After returning to the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate, Jiang Xiaobai was praised for his plan and Zhang Xinnian was commended for carrying it out. The Elder Princess returned to the courtyard disguised as a deaf-mute maid, and Jiang Xiaobai planned to meet her again at the Court of Diplomatic Relations the next morning.

• On the ride home, Jiang Jingcheng told Tang Kui what had happened at court, and Tang Kui celebrated Jiang Jingxuan's imprisonment and praised Jiang Xiaobai's plan.
• At the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate, Jiang Xiaobai and Tang Kui praised Zhang Xinnian for his role in bringing the troops to the palace.
• Tang Kui departed after teasing Tang Ningshuang, and Jiang Xiaobai and the others ate dinner at the estate.
• Zhang Xinnian told Jiang Xiaobai that the Elder Princess had returned, and Jiang Xiaobai found her waiting in the courtyard disguised as a deaf-mute maid.
• Jiang Xiaobai praised the Elder Princess without exposing her disguise and said he would meet Her Highness at the Court of Diplomatic Relations the next morning.

Jiang Xiaobai wrote a tune for the White-Dressed Woman, who played it for the Elder Princess and impressed everyone who heard it. The next morning, the Imperial Palace began renaming the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate the Duke of the State's Estate, and Jiang Xiaobai prepared to visit the Court of Diplomatic Relations.

• Jiang Xiaobai wrote Cloud Palace Swift Melody and left the score for the White-Dressed Woman.
• The White-Dressed Woman played the tune on her flute for the Elder Princess, while Tang Ningshuang and Jiang Xiaobai listened from their rooms.
• The White-Dressed Woman praised the tune and said a guqin or pipa could bring out different qualities in it, then departed after the Elder Princess teased her about smiling.
• Zhang Xinnian announced that the Imperial Palace had sent people to change the estate's plaque to the Duke of the State's Estate.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Zhang Xinnian to prepare a carriage so they could go to the Court of Diplomatic Relations.

Jiang Xiaobai visited Helian Zhaoyue at the Court of Diplomatic Relations to mock her for inadvertently helping the Jiang Family rise in status. He provoked her until she lunged at him, threatening to bite him to death.

• Jiang Xiaobai left the newly renamed Duke of the State's Estate with Tang Ningshuang and the Elder Princess to visit Helian Zhaoyue.
• At the Court of Diplomatic Relations, Helian Zhaoyue learned that Jiang Xiaobai had arrived and tried to ignore him.
• Jiang Xiaobai laughed at Helian Zhaoyue and thanked her for helping the Northern Guardian Marquis's Estate become the Duke of the State's Estate.
• Helian Zhaoyue told Jiang Xiaobai that he had won this time, but he continued teasing her.
• Jiang Xiaobai asked whether Helian Zhaoyue was still wearing her white embroidered undergarment, and she lunged at him, shouting that she would bite him to death.

Jiang Xiaobai confronted Helian Zhaoyue over the Desert Eagle she had taken, then tricked her into handing it back. He left with the gun while Helian Zhaoyue was left furious and vowing revenge.

• Helian Zhaoyue bit Jiang Xiaobai and insisted Northern Yu would not be defeated easily.
• Jiang Xiaobai asked Helian Zhaoyue to return the Desert Eagle, but she denied having it.
• Jiang Xiaobai had Tang Ningshuang block Helian Zhaoyue and demanded a search, prompting Helian Zhaoyue to challenge him to search her himself.
• Jiang Xiaobai proposed a bet, promising Desert Eagle blueprints if he lost, and Helian Zhaoyue revealed the gun from her robes.
• Jiang Xiaobai snatched the Desert Eagle from Helian Zhaoyue and left with Tang Ningshuang and the Elder Princess.
• Helian Zhaoyue shouted angrily after Jiang Xiaobai and threatened that he would pay.

Jiang Xiaobai left the Court of Diplomatic Relations pleased after outmaneuvering Helian Zhaoyue, who vowed to make him suffer before she left Great Hua. Outside, he spotted Xiao Qingxiu arriving with an unfamiliar young man, and Tang Ningshuang appeared to recognize the newcomer.

• Jiang Xiaobai left the Court of Diplomatic Relations with Tang Ningshuang and the Elder Princess, satisfied that he had angered Helian Zhaoyue.
• Helian Zhaoyue cried in the lakeside pavilion as Teng Zixiu recalled how Jiang Xiaobai had repeatedly defeated their schemes in Great Hua.
• Helian Zhaoyue vowed to make Jiang Xiaobai suffer a loss before she left Great Hua.
• An elderly attendant told Helian Zhaoyue that her invited guests would arrive shortly and noticed her reddened eyes.
• Jiang Xiaobai saw Xiao Qingxiu arrive at the Court of Diplomatic Relations in a luxurious carriage with an unfamiliar young man.
• Tang Ningshuang reacted with surprise, and Jiang Xiaobai asked whether she knew the young man.

Jiang Xiaobai traded barbed remarks with Li Jingxing, the Elder Princess's fiancé, after Li mocked the deaths of Jiang Xiaobai's elder brothers. Li and Xiao Qingxiu entered the Court of Diplomatic Relations, and Jiang Xiaobai unexpectedly followed them back inside.

• Tang Ningshuang told Jiang Xiaobai that Li Jingxing was the Dingyuan Duke's son, a commander from the Li Family, and the Elder Princess's fiancé.
• Xiao Qingxiu and Li Jingxing confronted Jiang Xiaobai, and Li mocked the deaths of Jiang Yunce and Jiang Linquan.
• Jiang Xiaobai retorted by mocking Li's deceased mother and questioning why Li had left the Western Pass for Capital City.
• Li Jingxing's energy surged, but Tang Ningshuang and the Elder Princess stepped between him and Jiang Xiaobai before Li left with Xiao Qingxiu.
• After Li taunted Jiang about the Jiang Family's new ducal title and entered the Court of Diplomatic Relations, Jiang Xiaobai changed his mind about going home and followed them inside.

Jiang Xiaobai followed Xiao Qingxiu and Li Jingxing into the Court of Diplomatic Relations and listened as Helian Zhaoyue asked Li Jingxing to trade her a Hidden Edge Token. The chapter ended before Li Jingxing answered.

• Jiang Xiaobai followed Xiao Qingxiu and Li Jingxing back into the Court of Diplomatic Relations, irritating both men.
• Teng Zixiu and Helian Zhaoyue reacted with annoyance when Jiang Xiaobai entered the hall and seated himself in the place of honor.
• Xiao Qingxiu invited Li Jingxing to discuss his business with Helian Zhaoyue before they talked about the Border Market.
• Helian Zhaoyue asked Li Jingxing whether he had returned to the capital for Hidden Edge Mountain, and he confirmed that he had.
• Helian Zhaoyue asked Li Jingxing to trade her one of Dingyuan Prefecture's Hidden Edge Tokens.

Helian Zhaoyue tried to obtain a Hidden Edge Token from Li Jingxing, who refused, while Jiang Xiaobai revealed that he had three and offered to trade one for information about Great Hua officials corresponding with Northern Yu. Xiao Qingxiu then proposed another possible source for a token: Great Hua’s Elder Princess.

• Helian Zhaoyue offered Li Jingxing goods and warhorses for a Hidden Edge Token, but he said the Li Family could not spare one.
• Xiao Qingxiu explained that Hidden Edge Tokens were rare and that having one was necessary to attempt the climb at Hidden Edge Mountain.
• Jiang Xiaobai revealed that he had three Hidden Edge Tokens and offered Helian Zhaoyue one in exchange for a list of Great Hua officials corresponding with Northern Yu.
• Helian Zhaoyue denied knowing what Jiang Xiaobai meant, and Xiao Qingxiu recommended the Elder Princess as someone who had a token and connections to the Hidden Edge Sect.