Episode Guide
Episode 1: Princess Ashina Yue Ling of the Eastern Yu Kingdom stole the marriage contract.
The younger princess Ashina Yue Ling cooked delicious food for her elder sister, praying for her sister's smooth marriage to the Northern Shuo. At this time, Ashina Xing Yi came to ask for money, praising the sister as the best cook and the most beautiful princess. Soon, the maid Qian Qian called the younger princess to quickly change her clothes and attend the evening celebration. >>read more
Episode 2: Yue Ling entered the palace to become a princess.
Zhou Shi Yu rescued Yue Ling from the water, and Yue Ling got angry about falling into the water. They went to a secret room to reconcile, and Zhou Shi Yu cooked fish but intentionally didn't give any to Yue Ling, making her salivate with hunger. Zhou Shi Yu examined his own jade pendant and wanted to see Yue Ling's as well, and when they placed the two pendants together, they formed a complete jade pendant. >>read more
Episode 3: The Yue Ling Princess Prepares to Escape
Yue Ling discovered the evil of Beishuo and requested that Zhoutingyu be by her side at all times for protection, even binding him with ropes when they rested so that Zhoutingyu had to sleep on the ground. Zhoutingyu felt guilty about involving him in this conflict. >>read more
Episode 4: Xing Yi discovered the female assassin.
Yue Ling heard that two officials had the ledger of the Northern King, and fearing that the Northern King was being blackmailed, she disguised herself as a dancing girl to steal the ledger. After obtaining it, she was accosted by a lady and nearly fell off the stairs, but at the critical moment, Zhou Shi Yu rushed over and caught her. To avoid the Southern King, Zhou Shi Yu took Yue Ling and hid in the wardrobe. There, they saw an amorous couple and felt embarrassed in the narrow space. >>read more
Episode 5: Yue Ling yearned for the Eastern Yu Kingdom.
Yue Ling went to see the Northern King. The Northern King used formalities to say he was busy with official duties and had no time to oversee her, telling her to instruct the people in his mansion if she had any matters. Yue Ling wanted to see Zhou Shi Yu, but learned that he had passed away. At night, Yue Ling burned paper offerings for Zhou Shi Yu, burning a large pile of paintings of beautiful women. >>read more
Episode 6: Su Nian actively invited Xing Yi.
Ling Xi served Su Nian and dressed her up, praising Su Nian's beauty that no man could refuse, and remarking that even though she had spared Xing Yi in the past, he could still be of great use to her in the future. At the same time, Xing Yi received a letter from Su Nian of the Star Moon Pavilion, asking him to come for a visit. Yue Ling was worried that Xing Yi would get into trouble, so she followed closely behind him. >>read more
Episode 7: Xing Yi invited Su Nian to go to the grassland.
Zhou Shi Yu took Princess Yue Ling out for a stroll, and heard children singing nursery rhymes, learning that the Southern King and Northern King were both foolish and incompetent. Yue Ling let the children continue singing, and Zhou Shi Yu brought out some candied hawthorns to appease the children, getting them to change their tune to say one king was foolish and the other strong. Yue Ling saw Zhou Shi Yu's happiness at the children changing their song, and felt that Zhou Shi Yu was very loyal, but Zhou Shi Yu wanted to tell Yue Ling the truth, only to see the sugar figures run away. >>read more
Episode 8: Zhou Shi Yu takes Yue Ling hunting.
The Southern King had a dream that he died, mistakenly thinking he had encountered a ghost, so he invited a Taoist priest to the palace to perform rituals, involving dog blood and a peach wood sword. After this commotion, the Southern King felt light as a swallow and was grateful to the priest for expelling the evil spirit. The Southern King ordered his subordinate Yang Xu to submit a memorial to the Emperor, hoping to take the credit for preventing the assassination on the Southern Street. Yang Xu was curious as to how the Northern King knew about the assassination plot in advance - could it be that the assassin was arranged by the Northern King? The Southern King also sensed something amiss, but he saw that there was a rift between the Northern King and Princess Dong Yu, so he decided to seize the opportunity for a counterattack. >>read more
Episode 9: Yue Ling followed Qin Si Yuan to learn painting.
The Emperor and Zhou Shi Yu discussed the affairs of the border together. The Tashi tribe on the border frequently harassed the civilians, and the Emperor was worried that this would provoke an incident. He was also worried that the Prime Minister would not be able to restrain himself. Zhou Shi Yu knew that the Emperor wanted to completely control the military power and political power. He suggested cultivating their strength, and then striking decisively. Zhou Shi Yu personally went to Liuzhou to stockpile private troops and contact various forces to accumulate strength. >>read more
Episode 10: Zhou Shi Yu was punished to go to Liuzhou to provide disaster relief.
Yue Ling suspected that the account book was stolen on the day she was painting, Qian Qian analyzed all the people present, Yue Ling was convinced that it was the South King who stole the account book, cursing him as a bad person, and forbidding him from entering the mansion ever again. The South King called out his innocence outside the hall and demanded to see the Emperor. When the Emperor saw that he was injured, he offered him a seat, but the South King's buttocks were too wounded for him to sit. >>read more
