Arc 8The Prince’s Northwest Journey
Tang Zhuyun managed the Zong Family’s schemes while the Prince of Jin left the capital to settle old family matters. As she supported her family and exchanged letters with him, he returned in secret on her birthday, where a strange gift sparked a tense reunion.
- Tang Zhuyun used a rumor about Zong Heng to rebuff the Crown Princess, then confronted Zong Heng when he came to her residence with Zong Xueci.
- The Prince of Jin revealed that he had once been Xiao Jianqi and that Yanran was the last blood descendant of the massacred Xiao Family, then left the capital to find someone in the northwest.
- Tang Zhuyun calmed disaster victims who had gathered outside her residence, and Song Jingyang confirmed that people from the Zong Residence had incited them.
- Tang Zhuyun and the Prince of Jin exchanged messages by carrier pigeon as she provoked Zong Heng and told Yanran about her birth mother, Xiao Mo.
- Zong Xueci entered the Eastern Palace after the Crown Prince accepted her, while Linlin became a disciple of Great Confucian Scholar Kong.
- Qin Sang and Xiao Ran rescued Tang Mingfan from a plot to frame him, and Tang Zhuyun’s investigation confirmed that Zong Heng had arranged it.
- The Prince of Jin arranged a sea-themed swimming pool for Tang Zhuyun’s birthday, then secretly returned to the residence and surprised her.
- Tang Zhuyun found a strange object in Qin Sang’s box, and the Prince of Jin broke it underfoot before asking how she had been.