Episode 10 recap: Xiao Dou Zi stayed overnight in the Eastern Palace, and Nan Gong Yao discovered the truth.
Mei Yu Shan secretly returned to the Eastern Palace alone, disguised as a palace maid and snuck into the Crown Prince's room, searching everywhere for the Moon Spirit Pearl. She accidentally stepped on a mechanism in the room, triggering a barrage of hidden arrows. Mei Yu Shan hurriedly cried out for help. Nan Gong Yao was just outside dealing with an accusation by a eunuch, and upon hearing Mei Yu Shan's cries, rushed into the room and caught Mei Yu Shan as she clung to a pillar. Mei Yu Shan was shaken by the experience. Nan Gong Yao instructed the maids to immediately summon the Royal Physician, and specially ordered them not to mention Mei Yu Shan's unauthorized entry into the Eastern Palace.
In the middle of the night, the Royal Physician was summoned to the Eastern Palace, grumbling as he went. Xiao Dou Zi had come to the Eastern Palace looking for Mei Yu Shan, and seeing the Royal Physician arrive, went to politely request his help for Mei Yu Shan. His sincere and courteous manner impressed the Royal Physician.
Xing Shi, on patrol in the Eastern Palace, found Xiao Dou Zi waiting outside and asked how he had been faring in recent years. Xiao Dou Zi, unsure how to respond, helped the maids collect firewood and brought it to the Crown Prince's room. The Royal Physician brewed some Chinese medicine, and Mei Yu Shan soon regained consciousness. She saw that in addition to the medicine, the Royal Physician had also roasted a cricket, and she immediately grabbed it and popped it into her mouth. The relaxed atmosphere caused the usually stern Royal Physician to loosen up as he listened to Mei Yu Shan describe folk delicacies.
Xiao Dou Zi requested to take Mei Yu Shan back to the ladies' quarters, but Nan Gong Yao stated that Mei Yu Shan was still unconscious and could not leave, and that if others found out she had trespassed in the Eastern Palace, it would cause a commotion. He also asked Xiao Dou Zi why Mei Yu Shan had seemed like a completely different person before and after the Treasure Appraisal Assembly. Xiao Dou Zi stammered, and Mei Yu Shan suddenly ran to the main hall, gesturing for Xiao Dou Zi to stay overnight in the Eastern Palace.
Xing Shi eavesdropped on the conversation between Nan Gong Yao and Xiao Dou Zi at the door, surmising that Nan Gong Yao had also uncovered the hidden truth, and became more certain that Xiao Dou Zi was actually the Moon Shadow Princess. He recalled how his father had sacrificed his life to buy some time to allow him to hide the young princess in a carriage, and how his father had died soon after, entrusting him to protect the princess. Now, Xing Shi felt he had finally fulfilled his father's dying wish.
At night, after Xiao Dou Zi turned off the lights and went to bed, Mei Yu Shan secretly snuck out of the room and crept into Nan Gong Yao's bedroom, searching it again thoroughly. Finally, she even searched the sleeping Nan Gong Yao himself, but Nan Gong Yao suddenly woke up and pinned Mei Yu Shan down on the bed. Mei Yu Shan had no choice but to reveal the identity-switching incident.
At first, Nan Gong Yao did not believe it, but when Mei Yu Shan demonstrated her telekinetic abilities and retrieved the sachet, Nan Gong Yao realized that Mei Yu Shan was actually the street thief Xiao Dou Zi. Xing Shi saw Xiao Dou Zi alone outside the palace and approached her, but Xiao Dou Zi, suspecting his intentions, secretly knocked him unconscious and tied him up from behind. When Xing Shi woke up, he explained his theory to Xiao Dou Zi, who demanded that he not mention the incident again.
The next day, Mei Yu Shan asked Xiao Dou Zi if she remembered what her birth mother looked like. This revealed their true identities to more people. Xiao Dou Zi explained that she had been abandoned by her birth parents since childhood and could not recall her mother's appearance. Instead, she was most worried about her three sworn fathers. Mei Yu Shan said that once they switched back their identities, she would protect Xiao Dou Zi, and if Xiao Dou Zi was willing to go to the Prime Minister's manor, she would have her parents treat her well.
Xiao Dou Zi's three sworn fathers wanted to try to find an opportunity to see her among the disaster victims, but they found no chance to do so. They then discussed secretly leaving at night, but their conversation was overheard by a foreman. The foreman immediately reported it to the manager, who was a trusted subordinate of Liu Qinyuan. As the case of the Zhijuyuan had implicated his subordinates, the manager was now preparing to take revenge on the pretend disaster victims.
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