Recaps

Jiang Xiaobai used fire and cold water to loosen the blade embedded in the Hidden Edge Sect’s Blade Platform, then pulled it free and discovered its name was Fenghearing. Having won his wager with Feng Jitong, he set off with the elder to visit the Unopened Land, while the blade’s removal drew Chu Qingci’s attention.

• Jiang Xiaobai heated the blade and platform, then had the Hidden Edge Sect disciples douse them with cold water before pulling the blade free.
• Jiang Xiaobai revealed the rust-covered saber, leaving Feng Jitong, Cheng Yanqiu, Xiao Yunshu, and Tang Ningshuang astonished.
• Jiang Xiaobai infused the saber with hidden edge force, revealed its patterns and name, Fenghearing, and shattered a boulder with one swing.
• Feng Jitong confirmed that possessing the blade made Jiang Xiaobai master of the Saber-Seeking Sect and agreed to honor their wager by taking him to the Unopened Land.
• Jiang Xiaobai gave Fenghearing to Tang Ningshuang to carry and followed Feng Jitong down the mountain, while Chu Qingci arrived at the empty Blade Platform and went after them.

Jiang Xiaobai discovered that the first Sect Master’s manual was hidden beneath a dead tree in the bamboo grove. After bargaining with Feng Jitong for rewards, he opened the box in front of everyone, and they froze at what they saw.

• Feng Jitong led Jiang Xiaobai and the others to the Unopened Land’s wooden house and said they had searched it repeatedly without finding the first Sect Master’s manual.
• Jiang Xiaobai spotted a Yin-Yang pattern in the bamboo grove from above and identified a dead tree at the pattern’s other fish eye.
• Xiao Yunshu uprooted the dead tree, and Jiang Xiaobai dug beneath its roots with the Listening Edge Blade until he uncovered a wooden box.
• Jiang Xiaobai demanded that two friends be allowed to choose manuals in the Collection Pavilion and that he receive another level of the Hidden Edge Force in exchange for opening the box.
• Feng Jitong agreed to Jiang Xiaobai’s demands, and Jiang Xiaobai opened the box as everyone watched; its contents left them frozen.

Jiang Xiaobai found an embroidery manual where he expected a peerless secret technique and tried to uncover its hidden meaning. After stitching its patterns onto cloth, he noticed they formed a human figure, leaving him wondering whether they revealed a method for circulating energy.

• Jiang Xiaobai and Feng Jitong found embroidery needles and a genuine embroidery manual in the Hidden Edge Sect's hidden wooden box, but Jiang Xiaobai suspected its contents concealed a secret.
• Jiang Xiaobai checked on Chen Jian at the Blade-Viewing Wall, then returned to Clearheart Courtyard and searched the manual for hidden teachings.
• Jiang Xiaobai asked Xiao Yunshu for thread and cloth and began practicing the stitches, pricking his fingers until Xiao Yunshu bandaged his hand.
• Jiang Xiaobai embroidered the manual's patterns onto cloth and realized that, viewed together, they formed a human figure with threads tracing its limbs.
• Jiang Xiaobai held the cloth up to the candlelight and wondered whether the figure's stitched lines showed a way to circulate energy.

Jiang Xiaobai practiced the first stitch of the Hundred-Pattern Embroidery Manual, opened a blocked meridian, and discovered he could produce a needle-thin force that seemed powerless. After Xiao Yunshu and Chu Qingci recognized the technique’s potential, Chu Qingci suggested it could be used with the Meridian-Sealing Method and told Jiang Xiaobai to hit Xiao Yunshu.

• Jiang Xiaobai endured severe pain to circulate his yin-yang internal energy along the first stitch and opened a previously blocked meridian.
• Jiang Xiaobai tested the needle-thin force against a wall, but it left no visible mark.
• Chu Qingci visited to see the ancestor’s inheritance, and Xiao Yunshu arrived, prompting the two women to trade barbs.
• Xiao Yunshu realized Jiang Xiaobai’s finger technique condensed internal energy with unusual precision and identified the cloth as a martial arts manual.
• Chu Qingci explained that Jiang Xiaobai’s yin-yang power had let him survive the dangerous circulation route and said the needle force could strike acupoints from a distance with the Meridian-Sealing Method.
• Chu Qingci pointed to Xiao Yunshu and told Jiang Xiaobai to hit her.

Jiang Xiaobai discovered that the Hundred-Meridian Needle Sealing complemented the Hundred-Pattern Embroidery Manual and studied it through the night. The next morning, he used its needle force to seal Feng Jitong’s meridians, leaving the elder shocked when he tried to break free.

• Chu Qingci gave Jiang Xiaobai an ancestral acupoint-sealing book and suggested that it might work with his needle force.
• Chu Qingci teased Xiao Yunshu with the title of a song about her jealousy, and she stormed out after denying it.
• Jiang Xiaobai found that the book’s meridian techniques matched the stitches in the Hundred-Pattern Embroidery Manual and studied until morning.
• Xiao Yunshu urged Jiang Xiaobai to test his new method on Feng Jitong and the other elders when they came to teach him hidden edge force.
• Jiang Xiaobai struck Feng Jitong with needle force, stopping the flow through his meridians, and Feng Jitong’s attempt to break the seal left him stunned.

Jiang Xiaobai’s unusual acupoint-sealing technique left Feng Jitong and Nie Tianwen helpless and embarrassed before he released them. The elders then took Jiang Xiaobai inside to pass on their power, while Xiao Yunshu reflected on how his gains and cannon could affect the Martial World and her imperial brother.

• Nie Tianwen challenged Jiang Xiaobai to seal his acupoints, but he and Feng Jitong both failed to break free and accidentally made a humiliating spectacle of themselves.
• Jiang Xiaobai released Feng Jitong and Nie Tianwen, who learned that he had derived the technique from the book Needlework.
• Feng Jitong praised Jiang Xiaobai’s skill and, together with Nie Tianwen and Elder Wang, went inside to pass on their power to him.
• Xiao Yunshu considered Jiang Xiaobai’s gains at the Hidden Edge Sect and anticipated that news of his cannon would reach her imperial brother.

Jiang Xiaobai reached the fifth layer of Hidden Edge Force and visited the Withered Bone Elder to say goodbye, leaving him a chess manual. The elder warned that Jiang Xiaobai could not inherit the Saber-Seeking Sect through the World's Number One Blade as things stood.

• Feng Jitong confirmed Jiang Xiaobai had reached the fifth layer of Hidden Edge Force after deciphering his embroidery.
• Jiang Xiaobai sent Tang Ningshuang with Feng Jitong and the others to the Collection Pavilion, then set out to visit the Withered Bone Elder with Xiao Yunshu.
• Jiang Xiaobai played Chinese Chess with the Withered Bone Elder while Xiao Yunshu watched and learned the game.
• Xiao Yunshu took over the board, quickly improved, and defeated the Withered Bone Elder in several games.
• Jiang Xiaobai gave the Withered Bone Elder a manual of chess endgames and said he was leaving, and the elder accepted his farewell.
• The Withered Bone Elder warned Jiang Xiaobai that the World's Number One Blade would not be enough for him to inherit the Saber-Seeking Sect.

Jiang Xiaobai learned that the Saber-Seeking Sect might have merged with the Sword-Wielding Court and received a token from the Withered Bone Elder for help from the Withered Glory Escort Agency. Xiao Yunshu explained the Elder’s history with her late Master before she chased Jiang Xiaobai after he teased her.

• The Withered Bone Elder warned Jiang Xiaobai that the Saber-Seeking Sect might have merged with the Sword-Wielding Court, then gave him a token that would secure help from his estates in Su City and Jiang City.
• Xiao Yunshu told Jiang Xiaobai that the Withered Bone Elder, whose real name was Ning Kurong, had saved her Master and was owed a promise to receive Hidden Edge Force from her.
• Xiao Yunshu explained that her Master died before fulfilling the promise and that the Withered Bone Elder had refused to accept the force from anyone else, choosing instead to remain at the Hidden Edge Sect.
• Jiang Xiaobai decided not to visit Elder Fei in the Collection Pavilion, believing the reclusive expert wanted to be left alone.
• Jiang Xiaobai teased Xiao Yunshu by rubbing her head and calling her young, then fled with the Nine Wind-Steps as she chased him.

Jiang Xiaobai prepared to leave the Dragon-Tiger Sect for the capital with Xiao Yunshu, Chen Jian, Tang Ningshuang, and his soldiers. Chu Qingci joined the journey at the last moment, interrupting Xiao Yunshu’s massage and prompting her to confront Jiang Xiaobai.

• Jiang Xiaobai studied the Diamond Turtle Technique while Chen Jian and Tang Ningshuang thanked him for helping them choose martial arts manuals.
• Jiang Xiaobai gathered his companions and went to bid farewell to Chu Qingci, but she did not answer her door.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Zhang Xinnian to prepare the soldiers, then said goodbye to Chen Songhan and Lu Yuanshan.
• Jiang Xiaobai and his group departed for the capital, and he read the Diamond Turtle Technique during the journey.
• Chu Qingci boarded the carriage and announced that she was going to the capital too, while Xiao Yunshu accused her of interrupting her time with Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai endured Chu Qingci and Xiao Yunshu’s sharp bickering as his convoy reached Capital City late at night. The gate guards learned of his many titles and growing power in the Martial World as he entered the city.

• Chu Qingci and Xiao Yunshu traded insults in the carriage while Jiang Xiaobai tried and failed to escape their quarrel.
• Jiang Xiaobai’s convoy reached Capital City, where Zhang Xinnian announced Jiang Xiaobai’s titles to the gate officer.
• The gate officer opened the gates after his commander ordered him to let the convoy pass.
• The commander warned the gate officer not to call Jiang Xiaobai a wastrel and described his influence over the Martial World and the Duke of the State’s Estate’s powerful weapons.
• The commander drank wine he said Jiang Xiaobai had brewed and praised how quickly it went to his head.

Jiang Xiaobai returned to the Duke of the State's Estate and told his parents about his gains at the Hidden Edge Sect, though they doubted his claims. He challenged Jiang Jingcheng to a duel, and the two faced off in the courtyard.

• Jiang Xiaobai arrived home with Xiao Yunshu and the others, and Shen Yun embraced him while Jiang Jingcheng welcomed the group.
• Jiang Jingcheng praised Jiang Xiaobai for his actions at the Hidden Edge Sect, and Jiang Xiaobai stopped himself from mentioning that he had seen his Second Brother after Xiao Yunshu pinched him.
• Jiang Xiaobai claimed he had reached the sixth-rank peak, gained fifth-layer Hidden Edge Force, drawn the World’s Number One Blade, and learned the Overlord Art, but Jiang Jingcheng and Shen Yun doubted him.
• Jiang Xiaobai took the World’s Number One Blade and challenged Jiang Jingcheng to a fight, saying he was sure to win.
• Jiang Jingcheng accepted the challenge, took a saber, and faced Jiang Xiaobai in the courtyard with one hand behind his back.

Jiang Xiaobai sparred with Jiang Jingcheng and used a new needle-force technique to immobilize him, winning the match. After they returned to the Main Hall, Jiang Jingcheng told him that the Emperor had summoned him to court.

• Jiang Xiaobai used Nine Wind-Steps and hidden force to challenge Jiang Jingcheng, who drove him back with his seventh-grade power.
• Jiang Xiaobai dodged Jiang Jingcheng's blade attacks while secretly planting needle force in his body.
• Jiang Xiaobai activated the needle force, immobilized Jiang Jingcheng, and took his great blade, ending the spar with a victory.
• Jiang Xiaobai explained that he had experimented with using internal energy to activate needle force across a wider area.
• Jiang Jingcheng told Jiang Xiaobai that the Emperor had sent word for him to attend court after returning.

Jiang Xiaobai decided to attend court despite expecting Xiao Jinxuan to question him about the cannon and the Mysterious Dragon Gate. After a tense night sharing his room with Chu Qingci and Xiao Yunshu, he set off for court with Jiang Jingcheng.

• Jiang Xiaobai rejected Jiang Jingcheng's suggestion to avoid court and agreed to face Xiao Jinxuan's questions.
• Xiao Yunshu teased Chu Qingci about the lack of beds, but Chu Qingci entered Jiang Xiaobai's room instead of returning to Lake Pavilion.
• Xiao Yunshu joined Chu Qingci and Jiang Xiaobai in the inner room, and the two women bickered over who would stay with him.
• Chu Qingci left early the next morning, and Xiao Yunshu helped Jiang Xiaobai get ready for court.
• Jiang Xiaobai met Jiang Jingcheng at the residence entrance and boarded the carriage to go to court.

Jiang Xiaobai returned to the capital with Jiang Jingcheng and learned that Xiao Jinxuan had summoned all seven princes back a month before the Empress’s birthday, raising suspicions. At the Imperial Court, Chen Zhanqiu demanded his son’s return, Jiang Jingcheng drove him off, and Li Bingzhang invited Jiang Xiaobai to visit Zhiwei after Morning Court.

• Jiang Jingcheng told Jiang Xiaobai that Xiao Jinxuan had called all seven princes back to the capital well ahead of the Empress’s birthday, and Jiang Xiaobai agreed they should remain wary.
• Jiang Jingcheng said the Two-Nation Envoy Delegation had returned to the Court of Diplomatic Relations and had made no moves.
• Jiang Xiaobai, Jiang Jingcheng, and Tang Ningshuang arrived at the Imperial Court, where Jiang Jingcheng remarked that Xiao Yunshu looked like the Elder Princess from behind, making Jiang Xiaobai and Tang Ningshuang react awkwardly.
• Chen Zhanqiu confronted Jiang Xiaobai and demanded that Chen Jian be sent home, but Jiang Jingcheng intimidated him into retreating after Chen Zhanqiu threatened to impeach him.
• Tang Kui greeted Tang Ningshuang and checked that she was well, then Li Bingzhang welcomed Jiang Xiaobai back and invited him to visit Zhiwei after Morning Court.

At court, Xiao Jinxuan questioned Jiang Xiaobai about the cannons brought to Dragon-Tiger Mountain, while Jiang Xiaobai deflected suspicion and offered to demonstrate their power. The emperor declined the offer, leaving Jiang Xiaobai with the cannons and his challenge unanswered.

• Jiang Xiaobai told Li Bingzhang that he planned to visit Li Zhiwei after court.
• Xiao Jinxuan questioned Jiang Xiaobai about his trip to Dragon-Tiger Mountain and the cannons his men had brought there.
• Jiang Xiaobai claimed he had taken the cannons along to shoot birds and chickens, then offered to have soldiers fire them at court.
• Meng Xiutang and Chen Zhanqiu accused Jiang Xiaobai of threatening the emperor, while Jiang Jingcheng defended his son and his family's loyalty.
• Jiang Xiaobai offered to send Xiao Jinxuan a cannon to play with, but the emperor declined and Jiang Xiaobai said he would keep the cannons for himself.

Jiang Xiaobai reported what he had brought from the Mysterious Dragon Gate to Xiao Jinxuan, concealing the true contents of the Succession Edict. He then asked the Emperor to punish officials who had slandered the Jiang Family.

• Jiang Xiaobai confirmed that he had found the Former Emperor's Spirit Coffin and given the Nation-Guarding Sword to Tang Ningshuang, which Xiao Jinxuan verified and returned to her.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Xiao Jinxuan that he had brought out the Green History Seal and planned to deliver it to the Azure Robe Society in Su City.
• Jiang Xiaobai claimed the Iron Box contained an edict allowing officials to be executed for neglecting their duties and rulers to be deposed for losing their virtue.
• Jiang Xiaobai said the Hidden Edge Sect had kept the Succession Edict and that he had brought back only the empty box; Xiao Jinxuan accepted his account and relaxed.
• Jiang Xiaobai declined a reward unless Xiao Jinxuan had Meng Chief Grand Secretary and Lord Chen beaten to death for slandering the Jiang Family.

At court, Xiao Yunshu questioned Jiang Xiaobai about what he had taken from the Mysterious Dragon Gate and acted disappointed when he revealed the Succession Edict’s contents. Xiao Jinxuan proposed introducing her to a potential husband at the Empress’s birthday banquet, while Jiang Xiaobai suspected the emperor wanted to keep his sister from threatening the throne.

• Jiang Xiaobai provoked Meng Xiutang and Chen Zhanqiu, and Xiao Jinxuan punished them by docking half a month’s salary each.
• Xiao Yunshu arrived at court and asked Jiang Xiaobai what he had brought out of the Mysterious Dragon Gate.
• Xiao Yunshu ordered Jiang Xiaobai to massage her shoulders while he described the Nation-Guarding Sword, the Green History Seal, and the Iron Box.
• Jiang Xiaobai revealed that the Iron Box had contained a Succession Edict, which the Hidden Edge Sect kept, and Xiao Yunshu appeared disappointed by its contents.
• Xiao Jinxuan told Xiao Yunshu that their father had wished her a peaceful life and suggested she meet his sister-in-law’s unmarried younger brother at the Empress’s birthday banquet.
• After court was dismissed, Jiang Xiaobai suspected Xiao Jinxuan wanted to marry Xiao Yunshu off and decided he was on her side.

Jiang Xiaobai learned that the Succession Edict named Xiao Yunshu as heir and decided to keep the Green History Seal until he could win the Azure Robe Society’s recognition. On the way to the Chancellor’s Residence, he heard that the Seventh Prince’s son had been pursuing Zhiwei, and vowed to confront him.

• Jiang Jingcheng warned Jiang Xiaobai not to get too close to the Elder Princess, while Li Bingzhang joined them after court.
• In the carriage, Jiang Xiaobai told Li Bingzhang that the Succession Edict named the Elder Princess as heir and was now in her hands.
• Li Bingzhang explained the rumors that the Former Emperor’s Succession Edict had been buried inside the Mysterious Dragon Gate.
• Jiang Xiaobai refused to return the Green History Seal to the Azure Robe Society and said he would claim it at their headquarters in Su City.
• Li Bingzhang told Jiang Xiaobai that the Seventh Prince’s eldest son had returned to the capital and had been visiting the Chancellor’s Residence to pursue Zhiwei.
• Jiang Xiaobai grew angry and vowed to beat the Seventh Prince’s son.

Jiang Xiaobai arrived at the Chancellor's Residence with Li Bingzhang and learned more about Xiao Qingshu, the Seventh Prince's talented eldest son. Gu Xuanying threatened to have Jiang Xiaobai's engagement to Li Zhiwei canceled, but Li Bingzhang and Xu Yuehua stood up for him and left her behind.

• Li Bingzhang warned Jiang Xiaobai that the Seventh Prince fiercely defended his dignity and described Xiao Qingshu's accomplishments at the Southern Pass.
• Jiang Xiaobai arrived at the Chancellor's Residence, saw the Seventh Prince's lavish three-horse carriage, and asked Tang Ningshuang whether she would defend him in a conflict.
• Jiang Xiaobai encountered Xu Yuehua and Gu Xuanying, who declared that she opposed his marriage to Li Zhiwei and had informed the Seventh Prince.
• Li Bingzhang rebuked Gu Xuanying for interfering in his family affairs, and Xu Yuehua told her master to stop meddling.
• Jiang Xiaobai and Li Bingzhang went to the Main Hall, while Xu Yuehua followed them and left Gu Xuanying furious.

Jiang Xiaobai reunited with Li Zhiwei at her family home and openly teased Xiao Qingshu, the Seventh Prince’s eldest legitimate son. The chapter ended with Jiang Xiaobai implying that Xiao Qingshu was leaving before he had even sat down.

• Li Bingzhang urged Jiang Xiaobai to keep his temper in check before Xiao Qingshu arrived, and Jiang Xiaobai said he was not angry.
• Li Zhiwei hurried into the Main Hall and embraced Jiang Xiaobai, while Xiao Yi, Li Bingzhang, and Xu Yuehua watched happily.
• Xiao Qingshu arrived with Gu Xuanying, and Jiang Xiaobai introduced himself as Li Zhiwei’s fiancé, provoking Xiao Qingshu.
• Jiang Xiaobai wiped Li Zhiwei’s tears, kissed her cheek through her veil, and invited her to sit in his lap.
• Li Bingzhang stopped Li Zhiwei from sitting on Jiang Xiaobai’s lap, and Jiang Xiaobai then asked Xiao Qingshu whether he was about to leave.

Jiang Xiaobai deliberately distracted Xiao Qingshu with affectionate behavior toward Li Zhiwei until Xiao Qingshu left the Chancellor's Residence in anger. Afterward, Xiao Qingshu ordered Gu Xuanying to arrange a lesson for Jiang Xiaobai, while a messenger arrived with a letter from the Princess of Northern Yu addressed to him.

• Jiang Xiaobai repeatedly interrupted Xiao Qingshu's conversation by holding Li Zhiwei's hand and speaking affectionately to her.
• Xiao Qingshu lost his patience and left the Chancellor's Residence with Gu Xuanying.
• Xiao Yi told Jiang Xiaobai that Li Zhiwei had always refused to see Xiao Qingshu when he visited.
• Xiao Qingshu ordered Gu Xuanying to have Jiang Xiaobai taught a lesson and brought to the prince's residence.
• A Court of Diplomatic Relations Guard General delivered Li Bingzhang a letter from the Princess of Northern Yu addressed to Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Xiaobai accepted Helian Zhaoyue’s invitation to a banquet at the Court of Diplomatic Relations, intending to uncover her plans and the identity of the person conspiring with Northern Yu. After leaving the Chancellor’s Residence with Tang Ningshuang, he sensed someone following their carriage.

• Li Bingzhang gave Jiang Xiaobai a letter from Helian Zhaoyue inviting him to a banquet the next evening at the Court of Diplomatic Relations.
• Jiang Xiaobai decided to attend the banquet to question Helian Zhaoyue about the Hidden Edge Sect’s Succession Edict and her Great Hua contact.
• Jiang Xiaobai spent the day with Li Zhiwei at the Chancellor’s Residence, then departed with Tang Ningshuang after Li Bingzhang warned him not to provoke Xiao Qingshu.
• Jiang Xiaobai noticed that someone was following their carriage on the way back.

Jiang Xiaobai arranged to let Xiao Qingshu’s men capture him so he could turn their attack into a high-stakes confrontation. After Tang Ningshuang escaped, the men tied Jiang Xiaobai up and set off for the Seventh Prince’s Residence, where he eagerly anticipated meeting their Young Prince.

• Jiang Xiaobai detected three pursuers and told Tang Ningshuang that they had likely been sent by Xiao Qingshu.
• Jiang Xiaobai told Tang Ningshuang to escape while he let the pursuers capture him, confident he could defend himself if they tried to kill him.
• The pursuers attacked the carriage, and Tang Ningshuang fled while Jiang Xiaobai ran in the opposite direction, shouting for help.
• Two men caught up with Jiang Xiaobai, and he confirmed that they came from the Seventh Prince’s Residence before offering to be tied up.
• The third man returned after failing to catch Tang Ningshuang, and the group headed for the Seventh Prince’s Residence with Jiang Xiaobai bound and eager to meet the Young Prince.

At a gathering in the Seventh Prince's Residence, Xiao Qingshu learned that Li Zhiwei was betrothed to Jiang Xiaobai and declared that he would not yield to him. Xiao Qingshu revealed that he had sent men to seize Jiang Xiaobai, while Zhao Sheng and Zhou Chaomian left in alarm and Jiang's arrival remained imminent.

• Xiao Qingshu hosted Du Chong, Xiao Qingxiu, Zhao Sheng, Zhou Chaomian, and others at a banquet in the Seventh Prince's Residence.
• Xiao Qingxiu told Xiao Qingshu that Li Zhiwei was betrothed to Jiang Xiaobai and had grown close to him.
• Du Chong disparaged Jiang Xiaobai, and Xiao Qingshu declared that Jiang was unworthy to compete for Li Zhiwei.
• Xiao Qingshu said he had sent men to seize Jiang Xiaobai and planned to teach him a lesson before having Jiang Jingcheng take him away.
• Zhao Sheng warned Xiao Qingshu about Jiang Xiaobai's boldness and recalled how Jiang had surrounded the Ministry of Justice with thirty thousand troops.
• Zhao Sheng and Zhou Chaomian left the banquet, while Xiao Qingshu resumed drinking and waited for Jiang Xiaobai to be brought in.

Tang Ningshuang told Jiang Jingcheng that Jiang Xiaobai had deliberately let the Seventh Prince’s Residence kidnap him so he could teach them a lesson. Jiang Jingcheng sent Zhang Xinnian with cannons to confront them, while Xiao Yunshu set out for the residence after learning what happened.

• Tang Ningshuang rushed to the Duke’s Estate and told Jiang Jingcheng and Shen Yun that Jiang Xiaobai had been taken by people from the Seventh Prince’s Residence.
• Jiang Jingcheng learned that Jiang Xiaobai had allowed himself to be captured as bait and decided to confront the Seventh Prince’s Residence despite the risks.
• Jiang Jingcheng ordered Zhang Xinnian to bring cannons and find a physician, while Zhang Xinnian interpreted his words as an order to blast the residence.
• Xiao Yunshu arrived, learned Jiang Xiaobai had been taken, and headed for the Seventh Prince’s Residence after announcing she would switch identities.
• Tang Ningshuang chased after Xiao Yunshu, then spotted a figure in a white dress turning away beneath the eaves.