Recaps

Ye Mo convinced Yuan Youzhi that she knew his secret and said she was a genuine fortune-teller, giving herself a cover for knowledge from her Gossip System. Ye Yongming reported the events involving Qi Yuwen to Ye Lin, who revealed plans to acquire Brilliant Star and place Ye Yongming in charge, while both cousins wondered whether Ye Mo could truly tell fortunes.

• Yuan Youzhi stopped Ye Mo from revealing his secret, then privately confirmed she had guessed it and praised her for being incredible.
• Ye Mo told Yuan Youzhi she would keep his secret and claimed to be a genuine divine fortune-teller, deciding the label could conceal 888's existence.
• Ye Yongming returned to Ye Corporation and agreed to manage Brilliant Star after Ye Lin explained he planned to acquire the company rather than establish a new entertainment division.
• Ye Yongming told Ye Lin that Ye Mo had helped expose Qi Yuwen's affair with Zhang Hanyue and had directed Qi Yuheng to the apartment where they were together.
• Ye Yongming asked whether Ye Mo could really tell fortunes, and Ye Lin asked him to explain what had happened that day.

Ye Mo began filming Tale of Intrigue while learning that rival director Liu Yeqiu planned to undermine the production with a competing palace drama. After earning Gossip Points by approaching his second female lead, Qiao Jiaojiao, Ye Mo discovered Qiao’s hostility toward her and Shen Yan.

• Ye Lin and Ye Yongming concluded that Ye Mo might truly be able to tell fortunes after recalling how she had exposed Sister Wu and revealed other people’s secrets.
• Ye Mo left the Chase production to Ye Yongming’s team and began filming Tale of Intrigue, where she played a favored consort with a small role.
• Ye Mo learned from 888 that Liu Yeqiu was He Jianping’s jealous rival, intended to compete with Tale of Intrigue, and was secretly cheating on his wealthy wife with actresses, including Qiao Jiaojiao.
• Ye Mo approached Qiao Jiaojiao, the second female lead of Schemes of Intrigue, and earned ten Gossip Points after seeing her.
• Qiao Jiaojiao stopped Ye Mo and made hostile remarks about Shen Yan, prompting Ye Mo to call her blind for speaking nonsense.

Ye Mo warned Qiao Jiaojiao off, returned to the set, and prepared for her first scene in Tale of Intrigue. Her elaborate costume stunned the crew, though Wu Fang doubted her acting and another crew member defended her by citing Ji Minghe's praise.

• Ye Mo caught Qiao Jiaojiao's hand, warned her that a paparazzo was watching, and told her not to take her anger at Ye Mo's manager out on her.
• Ye Mo returned to the Tale of Intrigue set, reposted the crew's filming announcement, and reflected on why she had chosen supporting roles over poor lead scripts.
• The next morning, Ye Mo spent over two hours getting styled as a favored consort, and Director He Jianping had photos of her posted online.
• Crew members praised Ye Mo's beauty and bearing, while Wu Fang scoffed that her looks could not make up for her poor acting.
• A crew member countered Wu Fang by saying Ji Minghe praised Ye Mo's improved acting and planned to cast her in his new movie.

Ye Mo prepared for her role as Consort Chen by repeatedly immersing herself in the script, then arrived on set still embodying the character’s captivating beauty. As filming was about to begin, Zhou Xiaoyu grew alarmed by Ye Mo’s sudden change in manner and called Shen Yan for help.

• Wu Fang accused a crew member of defending Ye Mo because she was a fan, and the two agreed to wait and judge Ye Mo’s acting.
• Ye Mo rehearsed Consort Chen’s story in the role immersion room until she could perform the full script and reached over fifty percent completion.
• Zhou Xiaoyu woke Ye Mo before filming and was stunned when Ye Mo’s gestures and appearance seemed to embody Consort Chen.
• Ye Mo captivated the crew and spoke with male lead Jiang Yiben, prompting Zhou Xiaoyu to pull her aside.
• Zhou Xiaoyu worried that Ye Mo was acting strangely, then called Shen Yan and told him something was wrong with Sister Momo.

Shen Yan rushed to the Tale of Intrigue set after Zhou Xiaoyu said Ye Mo was acting strangely, only to find Ye Mo immersed in her role as [Consort Chen]. Her unexpectedly captivating performance stunned the crew and delighted Director He Jianping.

• Shen Yan arrived at the set and found Zhou Xiaoyu worried that Ye Mo seemed possessed, while the crew members were captivated by her.
• Shen Yan recognized that Ye Mo was immersed in her role and explained this to Zhou Xiaoyu.
• Ye Mo let Shen Yan fan her and said that acting as [Consort Chen] felt unusually easy, while Shen Yan worried about her strange state.
• Ye Mo's scenes left the crew astonished by her beauty and improved acting.
• Director He Jianping was delighted by Ye Mo's performance, which exceeded his expectations.

Ye Mo’s performance in Tale of Intrigue impressed the crew as filming moved ahead quickly, despite her exhaustion from the heat. When Jiang Yiben tried to flirt with her and then accused her of grabbing his hand, Ye Mo called him out in front of everyone and pointed to a camera that could prove what happened.

• Director He praised Ye Mo’s consistently excellent acting and predicted she would become a major star.
• Ye Mo continued practicing as Consort Chen each night, and her scenes were progressing fast enough to finish in about half the expected time.
• Jiang Yiben brought Ye Mo iced milk tea, praised her acting, and suggested rehearsing together in her room before touching her hand.
• Ye Mo loudly asked why Jiang Yiben had grabbed her hand, drawing the crew’s attention.
• Jiang Yiben claimed Ye Mo had grabbed him, but Ye Mo denied being interested in him and asked the crew whether they made a good match.
• Ye Mo pointed out that a nearby camera could settle who touched whom, and Zhu Hong intervened before Jiang Yiben reluctantly apologized.

After Jiang Yiben smeared Ye Mo online for rejecting his advances, Ye Mo enlisted her brother Ye Lin to use Tianheng Industries’ influence to show that she had powerful backing. Tianheng’s official Weibo account followed her, setting off an uproar among netizens.

• Zhu Hong apologized to Ye Mo for Jiang Yiben’s behavior, and Ye Mo rebuked Jiang for touching her hand and joked that her ideal partner was like Ye Corporation’s general manager.
• Jiang Yiben’s smear campaign pushed a mocking topic about Ye Mo onto trending searches, and Ye Mo told Shen Yan what had happened.
• Ye Mo called Ye Lin and asked him to have Tianheng Industries’ official Weibo account follow her so the public would know she had connections.
• Ye Lin agreed, and netizens soon noticed Tianheng Industries’ official account following Ye Mo, causing an uproar.

After Ye Mo’s connection to the Ye Corporation became public, Jiang Yiben regretted mistreating her and struggled through filming. While hiding in a cool spot on the studio grounds, Ye Mo overheard Jiang Yiben blaming her for his behavior and discovered that he and his manager, Zhu Hong, had secretly been a couple for three years.

• Netizens concluded that Ye Mo was backed by the Ye Corporation, and the next day the cast and crew treated her with new respect.
• Jiang Yiben snapped at his assistant, failed several takes, and stormed off after Director He Jianping berated him.
• Ye Mo went outside to escape the heat and settled in a secluded bamboo grove, where 888 shared gossip about the neighboring production.
• Ye Mo overheard Jiang Yiben tell Zhu Hong that she had seduced him and that he had only grabbed her hand because he could not resist her.
• Jiang Yiben embraced Zhu Hong and professed his love, revealing to Ye Mo that they had been secretly dating for three years.

Ye Mo overheard the truth about Jiang Yiben’s deception and discovered that he was still dating Mei Xia while using Zhu Hong. After Zhu Hong caught Ye Mo near the rockery, she asked her to keep their relationship secret to protect Jiang Yiben’s career.

• 888 told Ye Mo that Jiang Yiben had lied about being single, pursued Zhu Hong, and continued dating Mei Xia while exploiting Zhu Hong’s support.
• Ye Mo listened as Jiang Yiben tried to placate Zhu Hong by claiming Ye Mo had seduced him, but Zhu Hong challenged his excuse.
• Jiang Yiben coaxed Zhu Hong into forgiving him, and Ye Mo overheard them kissing from behind the rockery.
• Zhu Hong returned and found Ye Mo, who awkwardly admitted that she knew Zhu Hong was dating Jiang Yiben.
• Zhu Hong asked Ye Mo not to tell anyone about their relationship because she did not want it to affect Jiang Yiben’s career.

Ye Mo told Zhu Hong that Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia were secretly involved and had used Zhu Hong to advance their careers, then left her to verify the claims for herself. At a neighboring set, Ye Mo overheard Qiao Jiaojiao approaching He Mingzhang, an old family friend tied to Ye Mo’s arranged engagement.

• Ye Mo asked Zhu Hong if she trusted Jiang Yiben and revealed that he had invited Ye Mo to his room under the pretense of rehearsing lines.
• Ye Mo told Zhu Hong that Mei Xia was Jiang Yiben’s former girlfriend and that they were still secretly involved.
• Ye Mo accused Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia of pursuing Zhu Hong’s support to build their careers, then left Zhu Hong to investigate the truth herself.
• Ye Mo asked 888 about Qiao Jiaojiao’s companion and learned that he was He Mingzhang, whose family had long been close to the Ye Family and had arranged an engagement between their younger generation.
• Qiao Jiaojiao tried to charm He Mingzhang, but he asked whether they knew each other.

Ye Mo secretly watched Mr. He rebuff Qiao Jiaojiao, then got caught and gave him a false name before returning to the set. She learned she had earned 185 Gossip Points, while Zhu Hong remained troubled by Ye Mo’s earlier remarks about Jiang Yiben.

• Mr. He refused to catch Qiao Jiaojiao when she fell, and she angrily walked away.
• Mr. He discovered Ye Mo hiding nearby and questioned her, but she claimed her name was Zhou Xiaoyu and fled.
• Ye Mo learned she had earned 185 Gossip Points from gossip involving Jiang Yiben, Zhu Hong, Qiao Jiaojiao, and Mr. He.
• Ye Mo returned to the set, where Zhou Xiaoyu brushed leaves from her costume and Zhu Hong watched Jiang Yiben while considering whether to investigate him.

Jiang Yiben struggled through filming after Zhu Hong questioned his relationship with Mei Xia, while Ye Mo learned that Director Liu’s wife was coming to confront him over his affair with Qiao Jiaojiao. Ye Mo hurried toward the eighth floor to catch the confrontation and earn Gossip Points.

• Zhu Hong asked Jiang Yiben whether he and Mei Xia had been close in high school, and Jiang Yiben hid his guilt over lying to her.
• Jiang Yiben’s distraction caused him to fumble a take and get scolded by Director He, but he refocused and passed the next take.
• Ye Mo’s crew encountered Director Liu’s Schemes of Intrigue crew at the hotel, where Director Liu and Director He traded barbs.
• 888 woke Ye Mo at 3:30 a.m. and told her that Pan Yufang had tipped off Director Liu’s wife about his affair with Qiao Jiaojiao.
• Ye Mo disguised herself and rushed toward Liu Yeqiu’s room on the eighth floor, taking the stairs when the elevator was too slow.

Ye Mo followed Pang Xiuying to Liu Yeqiu’s hotel room and discovered that she had caught him in bed with Qiao Jiaojiao. A livestreamer and the production crew witnessed the confrontation as a crowd gathered, while Pan Yufang appeared to be an uninvolved bystander.

• Ye Mo watched Pang Xiuying use a key card she had obtained by bribing a hotel employee to enter Liu Yeqiu’s room.
• After hearing screams, Ye Mo rushed inside and found Pang Xiuying confronting Liu Yeqiu and Qiao Jiaojiao in bed together.
• Sun Qian followed Ye Mo while livestreaming and began filming the confrontation, drawing viewers’ attention to the scene.
• Pang Xiuying attacked the naked pair, and Liu Yeqiu slapped her before the two continued fighting.
• Hotel guests and members of the Tale of Scheming production crew crowded into the room, where Ye Mo spotted Pan Yufang among the spectators.

Ye Mo tried to deflect Sun Qian’s suspicion by pretending to be a divine fortune-teller and used 888 to reveal secrets about him. Their exchange ended with Sun Qian pressing her about what happened when he was eleven, while Pang Xiuying attacked Liu Yeqiu.

• Sun Qian accused Ye Mo of following Pang Xiuying because she knew about the affair, while viewers in his livestream speculated about the people involved.
• Ye Mo denied helping Pang Xiuying and claimed she was a divine fortune-teller.
• With 888’s help, Ye Mo revealed details about Sun Qian’s childhood and high-school crush, startling him and the livestream viewers.
• Ye Mo claimed she could not divine what happened when Sun Qian was eleven, but he pressed her about that year.
• Pang Xiuying raked Liu Yeqiu’s face with her nails, and he grabbed her hands as he struggled to restrain her.

Pang Xiuying, Pan Yufang, and Qiao Jiaojiao turned the bedroom fight into a chaotic brawl, while Ye Mo used a fake labor scare to escape the crowd. As she headed for the elevator, 888 warned her that someone was following her, and Ye Mo asked it to call the police.

• Pan Yufang and the Tale of Scheming crew tried to intervene, but Pang Xiuying attacked them, and Qiao Jiaojiao then confronted Pan Yufang for setting her up.
• Pang Xiuying attacked Liu Yeqiu for cheating, while Pan Yufang and Qiao Jiaojiao fought and onlookers gathered to watch.
• Ye Mo overheard her comments about Qiao Jiaojiao and Pan Yufang's possible plastic surgery reach Sun Qian's livestream.
• Unable to get through the crowd, Ye Mo pretended to be pregnant and in labor, prompting people to move aside so she could escape.
• 888 warned Ye Mo that someone was following her, and she asked 888 to call the police.

Ye Mo learned that her confrontation with Director Liu Yeqiu had been livestreamed and become a trending topic alongside the scandal involving Liu and Qiao Jiaojiao. She was relieved that few people recognized her, then realized the livestream might also have captured the cheating couple.

• Ye Mo noticed someone following her in the hotel stairwell, asked 888 to watch the person, and went back to sleep.
• Ye Mo woke at noon, saw the trending searches about Qiao Jiaojiao and Director Liu Yeqiu, and called Shen Yan back.
• Shen Yan told Ye Mo that two other trending searches were about her and sent her a livestream video of her disguised confrontation with Liu Yeqiu.
• Ye Mo panicked about being filmed, but Shen Yan said only a few commenters suspected it was her and most people did not believe them.
• Ye Mo realized the livestream might also have recorded Qiao Jiaojiao and Director Liu Yeqiu getting caught cheating.

Ye Mo learned why Shen Yan and Qiao Jiaojiao had fallen out, then heard that Qiao Jiaojiao was pleading with Shen Yan for help after her company abandoned her over her affair. Shen Yan felt sympathy but doubted he had the influence to help her.

• Ye Mo asked Shen Yan about Qiao Jiaojiao, and he explained that she had once been his artist before leaving Brilliant Star after their conflict over her career choices.
• Shen Yan recalled that Qiao Jiaojiao had risen to fame through Road to Immortality, then blamed him for turning down roles and endorsements and left on bad terms.
• Ye Mo agreed to Shen Yan's warning to be more careful about protecting her public image after her remarks about being a Divine Calculator drew attention.
• 888 told Ye Mo that Qiao Jiaojiao had called Shen Yan to ask for help, despite their past falling-out.
• Qiao Jiaojiao told Shen Yan that Changxing and her agent had abandoned her after her affair with Liu Yeqiu and the indecent photos were exposed.
• Shen Yan sympathized with Qiao Jiaojiao but told her he was only a minor agent with few connections and did not know how he could help.

Qiao Jiaojiao demanded that Shen Yan persuade Ye Mo to use the Ye Corporation’s influence to save her career, but he refused and blocked her. Ye Mo learned about the call and, while working on set, enjoyed the gossip surrounding the neighboring production and discovered her excursion had earned her 350 Gossip Points.

• Qiao Jiaojiao asked Shen Yan to get Ye Mo to plead with the Ye Corporation’s general manager, but Shen Yan refused to involve Ye Mo.
• Qiao Jiaojiao insulted Shen Yan’s management and accused him of refusing to help because she had left for Changxing; Shen Yan ended the call and blocked her.
• Qiao Jiaojiao threatened revenge, while Ye Mo learned the details through 888 and dismissed the idea of helping her.
• Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu passed the scandal-struck neighboring production before Ye Mo went to her lively set and heard the stylist recount the previous night’s fight and cheating scandal.
• Ye Mo learned she had earned 350 Gossip Points, then joked with 888 about its language skills after it pointed out a vegetable leaf stuck to the stylist’s teeth.

Ye Mo impressed the crew with her performance as Consort Chen, then spent the night practicing in the Script World before returning to the set for her next scenes. Shen Yan arrived with a group of Ye Mo’s fans for a planned set visit.

• Ye Mo discreetly messaged Sister Lin to tell her that a vegetable leaf was stuck to her teeth, mortifying the stylist.
• Ye Mo filmed a scene as Consort Chen, and crew members praised her acting and transformation.
• Ye Mo returned to the hotel and repeatedly practiced in the Script World, barely sleeping before the next day’s shoot.
• Zhou Xiaoyu woke Ye Mo and gave her black coffee to help her stay alert as they headed to the set.
• Jiang Yiben muttered that Ye Mo was putting on an act, but she ignored him and focused on her script.
• Shen Yan arrived with a dozen of Ye Mo’s fans for the arranged set visit and brought ice cream and fruit for the crew.

Julie Te Lawrence joined Ye Mo's fans for her first set visit and watched Ye Mo film a major confrontation scene as Consort Chen. Ye Mo's performance impressed the crew and fans, while Julie remained confident that her acting was excellent.

• Julie Te Lawrence joined Ye Mo's fans at the set and followed their instructions to keep quiet during filming.
• Ye Mo greeted the fans in her palace styling before filming a scene in which Consort Chen's crimes were exposed by the emperor.
• Consort Chen admitted her crimes, revealed that she had poisoned the emperor, and explained her resentment over her parents' deaths and her fiancé's disappearance.
• Ye Mo delivered the confrontation scene with such force that the crew praised her acting, dialogue, and emotional intensity.
• Julie praised Ye Mo's acting, and the other fans recalled how her self-proclaimed acting-fan status had once made them suspect she was an anti-fan.

Ye Mo delivered an emotionally powerful take as [Consort Chen], then struggled to recover before finishing pickup shots. After meeting fans at the set, including Julie Te Lawrence, she left in better spirits, and fans shared praise for her acting and kindness online.

• Ye Mo's performance moved the cast and fans, but she remained immersed in [Consort Chen]'s grief and fury after the director called cut.
• Ye Mo agreed to film the pickup shots despite Shen Yan's concern, then completed them and rested.
• Shen Yan brought Ye Mo to meet the visiting fans, where she signed autographs, took photos, and thanked them; she recognized Julie Te Lawrence but neither revealed their identities to the other.
• Fans posted about their visit online, praising Ye Mo's sincerity and her moving performance in "Tale of Intrigue."

Ye Mo’s bouquet photo went viral, boosting interest in Tale of Intrigue while Tale of Scheming was engulfed in scandals. The chapter left Liu Yeqiu blind in one eye and determined to delay his divorce from Pang Xiuying.

• The Ye Mo Fan Club posted a photo of Ye Mo with a bouquet, and Shen Yan helped push it onto trending searches.
• The viral photo brought Ye Mo and Tale of Intrigue widespread attention before the drama had finished filming.
• Netizens searched for the “divine fortune-teller” from the livestream that exposed the Tale of Scheming director’s affair and the actresses’ plastic surgery.
• Ye Mo learned that Liu Yeqiu was negotiating a divorce with Pang Xiuying, who was determined to leave him and could keep his wealth under their prenuptial agreement.
• Tale of Intrigue gained attention as Tale of Scheming faced backlash, and Liu Yeqiu smashed his phone over a trending topic.
• A phone shard blinded Liu Yeqiu in his right eye, and he resolved not to divorce Pang Xiuying.

Ye Mo prepared to film Consort Chen’s final scene in Tale of Intrigue, a burning-palace sequence in which the character died dancing in the flames. Wu Fang secretly planted a package intended to make the fire burn bigger, after a fellow fan of another actress persuaded her to scare Ye Mo.

• Ye Mo prepared for her final scene in Tale of Intrigue, where Consort Chen burned to death inside Chen Star Palace.
• The female lead and the emperor watched as Consort Chen danced and sang amid the fire, and the palace burned down.
• Sister Lin styled Ye Mo in a plain white dress and left her makeup minimal for the scene.
• Wu Jianrong ordered the props crew to inspect the palace set, and Wu Fang stayed behind after the others left.
• Wu Fang recalled how the person who gave her the package wanted to scare Ye Mo because of Ye Mo’s fans, then secretly took the package out to plant it where the fire would start.

Wu Fang secretly placed a light-sensitive packet among the props to make the fire grow and frighten Ye Mo, while Ye Mo impressed Director He with a song during filming. Wu Fang watched anxiously as the flames neared the packet, and the chapter left its effect on Ye Mo imminent.

• Wu Fang accepted a packet from someone who wanted to scare Ye Mo, then hid it among the props and left.
• Wu Fang ran into Wu Jianrong, who questioned her nervous behavior, but she denied doing anything wrong.
• Ye Mo performed her scene in the burning palace while singing a tune that Director He praised and wanted to use in the drama.
• Wu Fang watched the flames during repeated takes and grew increasingly anxious that they had not reached the packet.
• Wu Jianrong confronted Wu Fang again, but she insisted she was innocent and he eventually stopped pressing her.
• Wu Fang saw the fire blaze where she had placed the packet and eagerly anticipated Ye Mo being frightened.

Wu Fang learned that the paper packet she had placed on the set contained a bomb and was arrested for attempted murder, while the man who supplied it escaped and headed toward Ye Mo's set. Ye Mo had just finished a difficult night scene, unaware that danger was approaching.

• Wu Fang confronted the man who gave her the paper packet after the supposed fire caused no accident, and police officers seized him and identified themselves.
• An officer told Wu Fang she was suspected of attempted murder because she had placed a bomb on the production crew's prop shelf; Wu Fang admitted she had wanted to scare Ye Mo but claimed she did not know it was a bomb.
• Wu Jianrong confronted Wu Fang over her actions as police prepared to take her into custody.
• The captured man pulled a knife, fought off the officers, and fled toward the Tale of Intrigue set after an officer realized Ye Mo was in danger.
• Ye Mo's crew praised her after she helped finish a difficult night scene, but Zhou Xiaoyu noticed that Ye Mo seemed distracted.