Chapter Summaries

Mu Jiu was abducted to Nine Dragons Stronghold, where he and its chief Xiao Chen accidentally drugged each other and began a bickering relationship. As they fell in love, Mu Jiu joined Xiao Chen and Fang Yuanke’s camp while continuing to serve as County Magistrate.

• Mu Jiu arrived at his frontier post and was abducted by bandits who planned to make him Xiao Chen’s wife.
• Mu Jiu escaped his bonds and tried to capture Xiao Chen, but discovered Xiao Chen could stand despite pretending to be disabled.
• Mu Jiu and Xiao Chen fought over drugged wedding wine, and both fell victim to it before Mu Jiu escaped to the Yamen.
• Mu Jiu kept returning to Nine Dragons Stronghold, trading tricks with Xiao Chen and passing his official work to him, until they fell in love.
• Fang Yuanke and Zhou Yanqing connected the pair, and Mu Jiu learned that Xiao Chen was helping Fang Yuanke resist the Northern Border troops.
• Mu Jiu and Xiao Chen joined Fang Yuanke’s camp while continuing their bickering relationship.

Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe recalled their shared past and wrote it into a book so Xie Huizhou would not forget their precious memories. They reaffirmed their love, completed their story, and ended their life together beneath the peach blossoms.

• Xie Huizhou began writing a memoir after worrying that time had blurred his memories.
• Zhang Lanhe suggested they recall the past together through questions and answers, then helped Xie Huizhou remember through intimate teasing.
• Xie Huizhou asked whether Zhang Lanhe would still have left the mountain knowing he would be sealed away, and Zhang Lanhe said he would because he had met Xie Huizhou.
• Xie Huizhou and Zhang Lanhe affirmed that they loved each other and wanted to be together forever.
• Xie Huizhou wrote and illustrated their story while Zhang Lanhe polished it, and they bound it into a book beneath drifting peach blossoms.