72 Storyline Ending~

1. After Pei Nan finds out about the jade bracelet and pendant, he rushes over to Yu Mei's Southern Palace. Pei Nan once again interrogates Yu Mei and asks her where she really got the pendant from. Yu Mei doesn't want to lie to him but she also doesn't want to put Gu Shao in a difficult position so she also says she got it from a friend. Pei Nan doesn't know how to act towards this side of her and leaves. What he doesn't know is that she is already hurt that he didn't trust her and so she chooses to protect Gu Shao knowing how Pei Nan would react.

2. The next few days go on awkwardly for both Yu Mei and Pei Nan as the two are seen not making contact with each other. Out of nowhere, Empress Ping invites Yu Mei over by herself and Yu Mei doesn't know why. Turns out, her mother in law has turned soft hearted towards her. Empress Ping didn't want to admit it but seeing Yu Mei try so hard to get along with her during the days of training, Empress Ping felt her sincerity. She is embarrassed for treating Yu Mei the way she did and asks Yu Mei if they could start over again. Even though she is in a heated war with Pei Nan, Yu Mei is still happy that Empress Ping has finally had a change of heart. So she simply agrees.

3. During this time as the two are in a heated war, Yu Mei finds time to meet Gu Shao outside the palace. She asks him if Pei Nan knows about them and he says yes. She understands why he was mad last night and wants to find a chance to explain to him. Before she can leave, out of nowhere Shao pulls her in for a hug and tells her that he loves her. If she is willing, he is also willing to leave everything behind. He leans in to kiss her but Yu Mei quickly dodges his advances.She tells him that she only sees him as a friend and nothing more. And that if he was to do anything like this towards her, she would never speak to him again. Seeing that she was being very serious, he lets her go.

4. Even though Yu Mei despises the fact that he chose to believe Fei Ning over her regarding the map, Yu Mei still tries to find a chance to explain things to Pei Nan. She can't get even a second with him. He was clearly ignoring her. He spends most of his time with Fei Ning which gets Yu Mei very angry.

5. Days later, she finally finds him in his study room alone and tells him what she saw that day. That she went to his palace to get his maid to help him back but caught Fei Ning in the act.Pei Nan doesn't make a move as he listens to her explain. Feeling frustrated, Yu Mei asks why he is so stupid to love Fei Ning. He in turn asks her why she wants to protect Gu Shao too then. It's simply because of love. The tension is high and the two of them quickly leave under bad terms.

6. The next few days, everyone is sorting out their own feelings. Gu Shao decides to stay friends with Yu Mei and tells her that. Yu Mei tells him that she is thankful for his friendship and understanding. Gu Shao tells her that he will be leaving for the border in a month's time to take a break from everything. Shao doesn't plan on telling Nan that he and Yu Mei are only friends. He wants Pei Nan to feel the hurt of having someone you love not love you.

7. The tension is high but everyone still has to attend the annual lantern festival, hosted by the emperor. Yu Mei is with Ji Er and at this point, she realizes that something is terribly wrong with Ji Er. She tries to get Ji Er to talk but Ji Er wouldn't speak about it to her.

8. At the festival, the empress was supposed to be poisoned but Ji Er gets poisoned instead. This leaves everyone in a panic, especially Pei Nan.

9. Even on her deathbed, it is not Pei Nan that Ji Er wants to see.She asks to see Xu Hou Lei. She tells him everything. The reason why she married Pei Nan. When Ji Er's father was prisoned under false charges, it was Fei Ning who came to her with an agreement. As long as she married Pei Nan and helped her spy on Pei Nan, Fei Ning's father would help her father out. After Ji Er tells him the truth, Hou Lei feels stupid for not realizing it in the beginning.

10. At tonight's banquet, Ji Er was supposed to poison the empress but couldn't bear to. She didn't know that Fei Ning was going to poison her instead. She tells him that Fei Ning is the spy and that she is harming Pei Nan. She also gives him the secret letter between her and Fei Ning along with the poison package. During her last breathes, Ji Er goes to tell him how she feels about him and that she wishes to be with him in the next life since she couldn't be with him in this lifetime. Hou Lei wants to fulfill their promise and bury her on a secluded island where the two promised they would live together.

11. Back at the main hall of the emperor's palace, all evidence points to Yu Mei and even Pei Nan blames her. He has her thrown in prison even after Hou Lei presents the evidence against Fei Ning. Pei Nan doesn't want Fei Ning to get involved and sends her back to her palace. Fei Ning takes this chance to go into Pei Nan's room again and find the map once more. But this time she is caught by Pei Nan who had been following her since she left the banquet. He had been waiting to catch her and points a sword at her neck before she can reach for the map. Fei Ning asks when he knew and he tells her that he's always known. He's known before he married her and the only reason why he married her.

12. Fei Ning laughs in disbelief. No wonder Pei Nan never slept with her. It was because he never loved her. Fei Ning asks him if he ever loved her and he tells her that he doesn't know if it was love or not but at one point, he cared for her. He tells her that her father is already under arrest for allying with Lian and that she should resign to her fate. Fei Ning doesn't want to. She holds the blade of his sword and pierces it into her heart. Pei Nan who still has an ounce of care for her goes to her. Fei Ning tells him that before she married him, she already knew she was a pawn in her father's eyes. She never meant to love him but she did. She tells him that she has no regrets marrying him.He knew a while back that she has loved him. There were many chances he gave her to steal the map and get military information from him but she always hesitated. If she had gone against her father, he would have protected her.

13. Yu Mei is still in the prison when Pei Nan settles everything. He was afraid she would do something silly and has her prisoned for her own safety. That same night, Yu Mei is set free. Her body is tired from this constant game she plays with Pei Nan. She chooses to give up on him without knowing about the truth.

14. In the morning, Shao goes to visit Nan after he finds out about Fei Ning and her father. He apologizes to Nan about not knowing and Pei Nan tells him that it was his fault for not telling Gu Shao. Shao feels stupid and tells Nan the truth about Yu Mei and that he is leaving for the border soon.

15. At first Nan doesn't want to listen because he has a feeling that Yu Mei is in love with Shao but Shao tells him that Yu Mei only sees him as a friend. He tells Nan that even though Yu Mei does not say with her mouth, she has feelings for Nan. Nan is happy and rushes over to the southern palace. What he sees instead of Yu Mei is a divorce letter.

16. A month later, Yu Mei finally meets her master. Just like planned, he arrived around the same time. Yu Mei tries to persuade him for days as she follows him like a little bug but he thinks she is crazy. She says she is Ju Ming but he tells her that his student is dead. Everything makes sense to Yu Mei. When her soul entered Yu Mei, the real her passed away at the same time.

17. She sets to prove to her master that she is Ju Ming. She shows him the jade pendant and tells him that he planned on getting this from Prince Shao for his pill making. He doesn't believe at first but that secret was only told to his student, Ju Ming. He gives Yu Mei a chance to explain and he is left speechless after she starts to reveal all his secrets. He can only admit but he can't believe such a thing can actually happen.

18. Yu Mei finally decides to leave everything behind and follow her master. After going to buy a few items, the two of them set out for the mountains but in the corner of Yu Mei's eyes, she thinks she sees Pei Nan. She thinks her eyes are playing tricks on her and carries on with her new life.No matter how much she avoids it, she keeps getting that feeling that someone is following her even as they reached the foot of the mountain. She pretends to slip and it is Pei Nan who comes to her rescue. Her master asks who he is and she tells him that he is someone crazy deflowering thief. Her master is about to chase Pei Nan away but luckily Pei Nan knew martial arts and could dodge in time.

19. Pei Nan explains that he is chasing his wife. Yu Mei rolls her eyes and tells him that they are already divorced. He tells her that he has already signed the divorce paper. A little part of YuMei is disappointed. But Pei Nan goes to explain that he is going to court her and marry her for real this time. But Yu Mei doesn't want it. He had already disappointed her too many times.

20. Seeing the situation, her master allows him to accompany them. There the two bicker and Yu Mei makes him do miscellaneous jobs such as cooking, killing chickens, cleaning and picking vegetables in hopes that he would leave. Pei Nan is chased by chickens just like his mother and Yu Mei can't help but wonder if his whole family has a fear of chickens. Even though Pei Nan knows Yu Mei's intentions, he doesn't complain once but listens obediently. At first he is clumsy but after a while, he gets better.Yu Mei wonders why he is being like this.

21. On the journey to the mountains, they spot a waterfall. Yu Mei is showering in the waterfall and Pei Nan suddenly shows up and gets in. Yu Mei quickly turns around embarrassed. He comes closer and tells her she doesn't need to be embarrassed. After all, they've already bathed together before. When Yu Mei thinks he is going to take advantage of her, he suddenly stops and tells her that he won't touch her until she is willing to forgive him.

22. The month journey:

23. Winter arrives. The top of the mountains is covered with snow. Pei Nan wraps his cloak around Yu Mei when he sees her shivering. Yu Mei throws the cloak back at him and scolds him for being sly. Pei Nan once again wraps the cloak around her and tells her that if she throws it once more, he will hug her all the way to their destination.Yu Mei has no choice but to keep his cloak.

24. On their journey, Pei Nan protects Yu Mei and her master from a snow leopard and gets injured in the process.

25. The three of them take shelter inside a cave. Yu Mei takes care of Pei Nan's injury and the master can see that she likes him from her eyes. He asks her why she is denying her feelings. Yu Mei tells him that Pei Nan does not love her and that she doesn't want to be with someone like him.

26. He tells her that if he didn't love her, he wouldn't be here. Yu Mei thinks long and hard and decides not to confess her feelings to him. She tells Pei Nan that she doesn't love him and that he should go. She wants to cut all ties before she can't separate with him.

27. Pei Nan for the first time in his life is feeling hurt. He knows that he hasn't been good to Yu Mei and decides that he will truly let go of her. For the first time, he realizes what it meant to not cherish what you have until you lose it. He plans on leaving the next morning.

28. Yu Mei is also having a hard time herself. She doesn't want to separate from Pei Nan but she doesn't want to go back to the palace with him since she doesn't fully trust that he loves her. That night, all the memories of the real Yu Mei comes to her. Nan didn't hate her but it was Fei Ning who messed things up for her. On their wedding night, Fei Ning tried to commit suicide and Pei Nan had no choice but to stay with her.

29. Pei Nan explained to Yu Mei back then about what happened but because the original Yu Mei was too naïve, she fell for Fei Ning's lies. Lies that Pei Nan only cared about her, Fei Ning. Fei Ning also told her that Pei Nan only married her for political reasons whereas Fei Ning was his love. Yu Mei falls for it and every time Pei Nan comes to visit her, Fei Ning would be with him. She never would have realized that it was Fei Ning who asked to come along. With the excuse that she wanted to get closer to Yu Mei. But behind Pei Nan's back, she would put lies into Yu Mei's head. The original Yu Mei started to act out and thus not even after two weeks of marriage, Pei Nan drifted slowly away from the original Yu Mei.

30. Yu Mei goes back to the palace and the first person to greet her is Chu'mei. During the time that Pei Nan went to go find Yu Mei, Feng Ju and Chu'mei had hooked up after not having anything to do. Feng Ju would come over to the Southern Palace with the excuse to see if his master was there to talk to Chu'mei. At first he only did it to pass the time but days with her started to become more fun. Chu'mei also felt the same. She would also go over to Pei Nan's palace with the same excuse.Both Chu'mei and Feng Ju are there but Pei Nan is nowhere to be found. Feng Ju tells her that Pei Nan has decided to go travel the world and he doesn't know when his master would come back. Feeling dejected, Yu Mei is about to leave when the emperor and empress comes and asks her to stay. Yu Mei also finds out that Consort Wan has decided to divorce Pei Nan and become a nun after she realizes she has been on Fei Ning's side the whole time.

31. Yu Mei doesn't want to stay since everything reminds her of him. She is about to decline their offer when a voice calls out to her, asking her to stay. Yu Mei turns to see Pei Nan. He walks towards her and on both knees, he asks for her forgiveness. Yu Mei of course says yes to the Petty Prince Nan.

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There you guys have it. I tried to be as detailed and tried to make as much sense as possible. Some things may be a little unclear, I do apologize for that. Don't be angered with Ji Er's ending. I chose to end her fate with both Pei Nan and Hou Lei because it wouldn't make sense for her to really leave with Hou Lei. Esp. since he is Pei Nan's friend ^__^

I hope I can pick this novel back up in the future but for now, this is all I can do for you guys. Thank you guys once again for reading and showing me your love. I can't reply to all your comments but know that I'm very thankful for the understanding you all have shown me. It has been quite a journey, sadly it has come to such a sad end. I'm also sad I couldn't get to Prince Shao's novel since I was so excited for it. But who knows what the future holds, maybe I will see you guys in a few months or so. Until then, take care my lovely readers~

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