Chapter Summaries

After awakening in the Feng Dynasty Kingdom, Bai Mo used her Wood-Element Ability to detoxify herself and Shen Qing after they were drugged, then helped him escape the room before their arrival could be exposed. She fooled the Third Princess and Bai Yuanshuang, returned to the Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State, and began sorting through the original owner's memories.

• Bai Mo woke beside Shen Qing, realized she had transmigrated, and used her Wood-Element Ability to detoxify them both.
• Shen Qing woke and accused Bai Mo of violating him, but she warned him that people were coming and pulled him behind a screen.
• Bai Mo used her ability to carry Shen Qing across the lake and get him away from the approaching crowd.
• Bai Yuanshuang accused Bai Mo of luring Shen Qing, but Bai Mo feigned drunken confusion while the Third Princess searched the empty room.
• Bai Mo returned to the Residence of the Earl Who Protects the State, dismissed Lixia, and began examining the original owner's memories and her own past.

After waking in the body of Bai Mo, a notorious noblewoman in a matriarchal kingdom, Bai Mo recovered from the previous day's events while learning that Shen Qing blamed her for ruining his reputation. The next day, she began adjusting to her new life and was horrified by the original owner's revealing clothes and plans to visit Young Master Biluo.

• Bai Mo reviewed the original owner's memories and learned that Bai Yuanshuang had framed her, while Shen Qing had been caught in bed with her and later sought revenge.
• Bai Mo drank a basic recovery potion and fell asleep as Lixia and Xiaohan waited to bring her sobering soup.
• At the Grand Preceptor's Residence, Shen Qing refused comfort from Jiang You and vowed to make Bai Mo pay for taking his body and ruining his reputation.
• The next morning, Bai Mo woke feeling better, bathed repeatedly to remove a foul stench, and let Xiaohan help her dress.
• Lixia showed Bai Mo two revealing outfits for her planned visit to Young Master Biluo at the Green Grass Pavilion, and Bai Mo recoiled at the original owner's taste.

Bai Mo arranged to meet Shen Qing at the vice minister of war's residence, intending to discuss what happened between them and prevent future trouble. Shen Qing accepted the invitation, while Bai Mo prepared for their meeting the next day.

• Bai Mo decided to speak with Shen Qing and asked Bai Peilan to arrange an invitation through her maternal uncle.
• Bai Peilan mistakenly thought Bai Mo wanted to marry Shen Qing, then agreed to arrange the meeting and gave her two hundred taels.
• Shen Qing received the invitation, recognized Bai Mo was likely behind it, and agreed to visit the residence the next day at the hour of the snake.
• Bai Peilan told Bai Mo that Shen Qing would come, and Bai Mo promised to arrive early for the meeting.
• Bai Mo ordered Lixia to buy her simple, elegant clothes, repaired her body with her Wood-Element Ability, and slept through the night.

Bai Mo visited her uncle Bai Jingyao and met Shen Qing, hoping to explain that she had not meant to ruin his chastity. Shen Qing rejected her explanation and tried to leave, but Bai Mo grabbed his wrist.

• Bai Mo visited Bai Jingyao’s residence for breakfast, where he discussed Shen Qing’s difficult family circumstances and marriage prospects.
• Bai Jingyao gave Bai Mo gifts and invited her to meet Shen Qing when he arrived.
• Shen Qing greeted Bai Jingyao and then acknowledged Bai Mo, saying he knew of her.
• After Bai Jingyao left them alone, Shen Qing demanded to know why Bai Mo had summoned him and warned her about their reputations.
• Bai Mo began explaining that she had also been set up and had not meant to ruin Shen Qing’s chastity, but he angrily told her to shut up and tried to leave.
• Bai Mo grabbed Shen Qing’s wrist and stopped him.

Bai Mo discovered that Shen Qing had been poisoned since childhood and insisted she could cure him with daily treatments. After he agreed to let the past go if she succeeded, she offered to visit his room every night, leaving him stunned.

• Bai Mo stopped Shen Qing from leaving and offered to cure the poison she had detected in his body, but he initially refused treatment.
• Bai Mo insisted on taking Shen Qing's pulse and used her Wood-Element Ability to examine and soothe him.
• Bai Mo told Shen Qing she could cure his deep-rooted poison in a month without a Tianshan snow lotus, and he agreed to cooperate.
• Bai Jingyao returned and invited Shen Qing and Bai Mo to a banquet, where the two shared a meal before leaving.
• Bai Mo rode beside Shen Qing's carriage and offered to come to his room every night for treatment, leaving him dumbfounded.

Bai Mo intervened when Bai Yuanshuang’s servants blocked a sick young man’s carriage, then returned to the earl’s residence and spoke with Bai Peilan about marriage. She left her mother reassured that she would try to be more obedient and diligent.

• Bai Mo watched Mingyue argue with the servants of a carriage carrying the ill Xiao Muzhi, while Bai Yuanshuang delayed them to speak with him.
• Bai Mo confronted Bai Yuanshuang, ordered Mingyue to release Xiao Muzhi’s servant, and slapped Mingyue when she talked back.
• Bai Mo urged Xiao Muzhi to hurry to a physician, and he thanked her before departing.
• Bai Mo returned to the earl’s residence and learned that Bai Peilan wanted her to arrange a marriage with the Shen family’s young master.
• Bai Peilan offered to use the family’s imperial iron certificate to seek an imperial marriage decree, but Bai Mo declined and promised to be more obedient and diligent.

Bai Mo decided to study and then went to the Green Grass Pavilion with her servants to enjoy the entertainment. There, she learned that Young Master Yunwu was receiving his first bedchamber guest and was reunited with Biluo, the original owner's former lover.

• Bai Mo asked Bai Peilan to find her a tutor, while Bai Peilan assumed she wanted to improve herself for Shen Qing.
• Bai Yuanshuang and Madam Chen planned to worsen Bai Mo's reputation and discussed possible marriage matches for Bai Yuanshuang.
• Shen Qing considered whether Bai Mo could cure his poison and wondered if she would come to his residence.
• Bai Mo took Lixia, Xiaohan, and Xiaoman to the Green Grass Pavilion, where they heard that Yunwu was putting up his name to receive his first bedchamber guest.
• Biluo arrived to play for Bai Mo, and she remembered that he had been the original owner's old flame.

Biluo asked Bai Mo to save Yun Wu from being auctioned at the Green Grass Pavilion, explaining Yun Wu’s tragic past and offering his savings. Bai Mo agreed to bid for Yun Wu in exchange for settling her old bond with Biluo, and the auction ended with her trading one-tael increases against Huang.

• Biluo asked Bai Mo to help Yun Wu escape the Green Grass Pavilion and recounted how Yun Wu lost his family and sold himself to pay for his adoptive mother's treatment.
• Biluo said he chose Bai Mo because she was the best of the bad people, and Bai Mo agreed to consider helping him.
• Yun Wu performed a dance that enthralled the crowd before the madam opened bidding at five hundred taels.
• Biluo gave Bai Mo five thousand taels, and she agreed to help Yun Wu on the condition that her bond with Biluo would be settled afterward.
• Bai Mo bid two thousand and one taels, then kept raising Huang's bids by one tael until Huang angrily challenged her.

Bai Mo bought Yun Wu’s freedom for eight hundred taels of gold and gave him his contract, while refusing repayment and directing him to thank Biluo. After celebrating at the Green Grass Pavilion, Bai Mo returned home and fell asleep; Shen Qing waited for her until the third watch, then went to bed disappointed.

• Bai Mo outbid Sister Huang for Yun Wu and negotiated with the madam to redeem him for eight thousand taels.
• Bai Mo paid the madam eight hundred taels of gold, and the madam handed over Yun Wu’s contract of sale.
• Bai Mo returned Biluo’s five thousand taels and told Yun Wu to repay Biluo rather than her; Biluo gave Yun Wu money to help him find a good family.
• Bai Mo handed Yun Wu his contract, then invited her attendants to share the Green Grass Pavilion’s food and wine in celebration.
• Bai Mo returned home tipsy and fell asleep, while Shen Qing waited for her until the third watch before giving up and going to bed.

Bai Mo visited a bookshop and bought a complete set of books because she could not read the characters, deciding she needed a tutor to teach her. After learning Bai Peilan would return late, she remembered Shen Qing’s poison and went to check on him.

• Bai Mo asked Lixia to clear her study and accompanied her to the Hundred Gatherings Studio to buy books.
• Bai Mo admitted to Shopkeeper Pan that she needed to learn from the beginning and ordered books from beginner primers through imperial examination texts.
• Shen Qing saw Bai Mo leave and asked Shopkeeper Pan about her, then sent Xiaojing to investigate whether anything unusual had happened to her.
• Bai Mo returned home and decided to ask Bai Peilan to hire her a tutor, but learned Bai Peilan would not be back until late.
• Bai Mo saw Bai Yuanshuang pass by, remembered Shen Qing’s poison, and decided to go check on him.

Bai Mo sneaked into the Grand Preceptor's Residence to treat Shen Qing's poison, asking him to dismiss the servants before she began. After the awkward treatment left Shen Qing feeling clear-headed, Bai Mo fell asleep from exhaustion.

• Bai Mo found Shen Qing's courtyard and slipped into his room at night.
• Bai Mo told Shen Qing she had come to cure his poison, and Shen Qing sent his attendant Xiaojing away.
• Bai Mo explained that Shen Qing needed to remove his upper garments so she could expel the poison through his pores.
• Shen Qing tripped over Bai Mo's shoes and fell on her before they began the treatment.
• Bai Mo used her Wood-Element Ability on Shen Qing for half an hour, and he felt unusually clear-headed.
• Bai Mo lay down to recover and fell asleep.

After waking in Shen Qing’s bed, Bai Mo hurried away and stopped for breakfast, where she found Yun Wu being pursued by Pan Qinglian. Bai Mo claimed Yun Wu as her husband and revealed she had redeemed him, leaving Pan Qinglian unable to take him.

• Bai Mo woke beside Shen Qing, apologized, and left the Grand Preceptor’s Residence in embarrassment.
• Bai Mo saw Yun Wu fleeing Pan Qinglian’s advances and invited him to share her wontons.
• Pan Qinglian challenged Bai Mo about Yun Wu, and Bai Mo told her to stop meddling.
• Bai Mo revealed that she had paid eight thousand taels to redeem Yun Wu and warned Pan Qinglian that harassing him could be reported.
• Bai Mo handed Yun Wu a spoon and encouraged him to eat.

Bai Mo punished Pan Qinglian for insulting Yun Wu, then made her sign a written confession and pay compensation. After Yun Wu revealed that his gravely ill mother needed five-hundred-year-old ginseng, Bai Mo realized she had some and called him back.

• Pan Qinglian insulted Bai Mo and Yun Wu, so Bai Mo whipped her and sent her maids flying.
• Bai Mo made Pan Qinglian apologize to Yun Wu and dictate a confession and request for punishment, which Pan signed and fingerprinted.
• Pan Qinglian paid five taels to the wonton stall before leaving, and Bai Mo and Yun Wu finished their meal.
• Yun Wu thanked Bai Mo and explained that his mother was gravely ill and needed five-hundred-year-old ginseng, which he could not find in the Capital.
• Bai Mo searched her space, found ginseng that included a five-hundred-year-old root, and called Yun Wu back to tell him she had some.

Bai Mo sold Yun Wu a seven-hundred-year-old ginseng root to help his adoptive mother, then returned to sleep. When she woke, Bai Peilan angrily told her that someone at court had accused Bai Mo of bringing a courtesan home, and Bai Mo explained how she had helped Yun Wu.

• Bai Mo agreed to sell Yun Wu ginseng for four hundred and fifty taels, and Shen Qing watched their exchange from his carriage.
• Bai Mo encountered Madam Chen and Bai Yuanshuang at the residence gates, where Bai Yuanshuang identified Yun Wu as a courtesan.
• Bai Mo gave Yun Wu a seven-hundred-year-old ginseng root and arranged for Lixia to escort him home.
• Bai Mo went back to sleep and later woke when Xiaohan told her Bai Peilan had returned.
• Bai Peilan told Bai Mo that an older woman had accused her at court of redeeming and bringing home a courtesan, and Bai Mo explained why she had helped Yun Wu.

Bai Mo learned about the imperial examination system and resolved to prepare for the xiucai examination, then went at night to treat Shen Qing and discovered his poison had flared up. She found no antidote or suppressant and used an anesthetic injection as his condition worsened.

• Bai Peilan explained the examination system to Bai Mo, including the upcoming academy examination and provincial examination, and promised to find her a tutor.
• Bai Mo returned to her courtyard, arranged for a study and writing supplies, and planned to pass the xiucai examination in one month.
• Bai Mo slipped out at night and crossed into Shen Qing's courtyard, where she found his room dark and deserted.
• Bai Mo felt Shen Qing's cold, sweat-soaked body and discovered that his poison was flaring up and devouring her Wood-Element Ability.
• Bai Mo found blood at Shen Qing's mouth, placed a cloth between his teeth, and took out an anesthetic injection.

Bai Mo subdued Shen Qing during a severe poison flare-up, then comforted and treated him after he woke. She offered to marry him and care for his recovery, and Shen Qing accepted her proposal as they began detoxification.

• Bai Mo anesthetized Shen Qing, cleaned and treated the wounds on his palms, and let him rest while she conserved her strength.
• Bai Mo woke Shen Qing from a nightmare, and he embraced her before asking whether she would always stay with him.
• Shen Qing asked Bai Mo to marry him, but she put off answering until he was clearheaded and examined his condition.
• Bai Mo told Shen Qing his poison would be gone in a month and offered to marry him and nurse him back to health.
• Shen Qing accepted her proposal on the condition that their household remain peaceful, and Bai Mo began detoxifying him.
• After half a shichen, Bai Mo finished treatment and told Shen Qing to rest before she returned the next day.

Bai Mo discovered that Madam Chen had driven away the teacher Bai Peilan hired, so she went to Hundred Gatherings Studio to find another instructor. Shen Qing offered to teach her himself, and Bai Mo began by asking him to read through the characters in a dictionary.

• Madam Chen provoked Teacher Zhang with complaints about Bai Mo, and Teacher Zhang left the residence in anger, refusing to teach her.
• Bai Mo learned from Xiaohan that Teacher Zhang had left because Madam Chen claimed she was asleep and disrespectful.
• Lixia suggested Bai Mo seek a scholar at Hundred Gatherings Studio, and Bai Mo agreed to go there after eating.
• Shen Qing spotted Bai Mo arriving and invited her to his private room at the bookshop, which he owned.
• Bai Mo asked Shen Qing to recommend a teacher, and he offered to teach her himself at the bookshop.
• Bai Mo asked Shen Qing to read each character in an elementary dictionary and explain its meaning, saying she would remember after hearing it once.

Bai Mo impressed Shen Qing with her extraordinary ability to learn while he taught her to read, and she treated his poison before they shared dinner. After returning home, she told Bai Peilan about the tutor and Madam Chen, but her mother focused on Shen Qing’s suitability as a future son-in-law and promised to reprimand Bai Mo’s father.

• Bai Mo learned characters at remarkable speed, and Shen Qing wondered about her past and abilities.
• Bai Mo asked Shen Qing to move his poison treatment to the daytime, then treated him at the Hundred Gatherings Studio.
• Shen Qing arranged dinner, and Bai Mo ate with him before returning to the residence with Lixia.
• Bai Mo told Bai Peilan how her tutor had left and how Shen Qing had agreed to teach her.
• Bai Peilan praised Shen Qing as a suitable teacher and potential son-in-law, then promised to scold Bai Mo’s father over Madam Chen’s actions.

Bai Mo planned to pass the xiucai examination before seeking Shen Qing’s hand, then secretly poisoned Madam Chen and went to the Hundred Gatherings Studio. Shen Qing refused his father’s plan to marry him to Princess Ping'an, and a thunderstorm exposed his fear of thunder and murderous thoughts toward his father.

• Bai Mo and Bai Peilan agreed that Bai Mo would sit the examination in a month and conceal her real reason for visiting the bookshop.
• Bai Mo bathed, then secretly gave Madam Chen a special poison under cover of night.
• Yuan-shi proposed that Shen Qing marry Princess Ping'an, but Shen Qing refused, warning that his death would make her a widow again.
• After Shen Qing left, Yuan-shi blamed him for refusing to benefit the second branch and recalled favoring Shen Mengxue over him while he was growing up.
• During a thunderstorm, Shen Qing curled up in fear and considered turning his father’s skin into a lantern.
• Bai Mo visited the Hundred Gatherings Studio, where Shopkeeper Pan escorted her to the third floor, while Madam Chen lay unconscious from the poison.

Bai Mo gave Shen Qing perfume, and he returned a jade pendant meant for his future wife as she prepared for the academy examination. During her final detoxification treatment, Shen Qing collapsed after the poison was removed, and Bai Mo exhausted herself trying to save him before a green light reached him in the darkness.

• Bai Mo brought Shen Qing perfume, and he gave her his double-heart jade pendant, saying it had been meant for his wife.
• Over the following twenty-eight days, Bai Mo mastered her lessons while Shen Qing taught her and she continued treating him.
• With the academy examination two days away, Bai Mo began Shen Qing’s final detoxification treatment and completely removed the poison.
• Shen Qing spat out blood and collapsed, so Bai Mo poured her Wood-Element Ability into him as his breathing and heartbeat weakened.
• Shen Qing found himself trapped in darkness, then saw a streak of green light shatter the black cage and wrap around him.