Episode 7

Yue Ling met Zhou Shiyu in a bustling market. Since she didn't know his true identity yet, she still used the name “Wenyu” to talk to him.The two of them strolled through the streets, and the children's laughter and catchy nursery rhymes came to their ears: “The king of the south and the king of the north are incapable of taking over, and all stability depends on the care of the prime minister.” Zhou Shiyu smiled slightly when he heard these nursery rhymes that didn't speak highly of himself, and then bought a few bunches of candied haws, coaxing the children to praise him instead.

At the same time, Zhou Zhixuan was admiring his paintings in the palace and ordered the maids to evaluate them.He was actually looking for disguised praise, but the four maids racked their brains in front of the painting and couldn't find much to praise, so they had to bite the bullet and say some clichés.While King Nan was intoxicated with the false praise, the housekeeper came to report that Princess Yueling and Zhou Shiyu were shopping in the market.When Zhou Zhixuan heard this, he immediately became energetic and decided to leave a good impression on Princess Dongyu no matter what and compare Zhou Shiyu to her.

On the other side, Xingyi, under Su Nian's warm persuasion, revealed his identity after a few glasses of wine, claiming that he was Prince Dongyu, and regarded Su Nian as a friend, promising to take him back to Dongyu for horseback riding in the future.Archery.Su Nian took the opportunity to lead the conversation, hinting that Princess Yueling might never have the chance to return to Dongyu after marrying Beishuo.Xingyi made a drunken mistake and revealed his and Yue Ling's plan to escape from Bei Shuo, and claimed that Yue Ling had evidence of Bei Wang's rebellion, making it easy to implement the plan.

After Zhou Zhixuan dressed up carefully, he went to the street to listen to passers-by's comments on his appearance.An unsuspecting aunt laughed at him bluntly, and Zhou Zhixuan was disappointed and had to leave in anger.Later, he came to Fengyue Pavilion to look for Zhou Shiyu and Yue Ling.Zhou Shiyu didn't want to quarrel with him, so before he could say a few words, he took Yue Ling to the night market to choose lanterns.Zhou Shiyu tried several times to find an opportunity to explain his true identity to Yue Ling, but was interrupted every time by Zhou Zhixuan.

Just as they were about to return home, a large number of assassins in black suddenly appeared in the market, firing arrows from behind.Zhou Shiyu and Yue Ling both fell to the ground after being struck by arrows, but miraculously, they were resurrected a moment later.At this time, Linmu had led a group of guards to come to the rescue. The guards shouted to protect King Bei.Yue Ling was at a loss at first, until she realized that there were only Zhou Shiyu and her on the field, and she suddenly realized that “Wenyu”, who had been getting along with her all this time, was actually the king of Beishuo.

Zhou Zhixuan and Nan Xun hurried over with fish lanterns, trying to steal Zhou Shiyu's limelight.However, Zhou Shiyu had no intention of competing with them and advised Zhou Zhixuan to summon his guards to protect him first.Nan Xun, Lin Su, the counselor of the Prime Minister's Palace, secretly monitored the emperor's power as the steward of Prince Nan's Palace, and was surprised by Zhou Shiyu's unpredictable predictions.

After returning to the North Palace, Yue Ling felt depressed because of Zhou Shiyu's deception and felt that he had not received the respect he deserved.Although Zhou Shiyu explained many times, Yue Ling still had a grudge.Linmu suggested that Zhou Shiyu change Yue Ling's attitude through practical actions.Therefore, Zhou Shiyu arranged for the Beauty Pavilion to be emptied and renamed Qingfeng Pavilion. He also collected precious calligraphy, paintings, pianos and flutes from various countries, and handed the keys to Yue Ling for safekeeping.In addition, he also posted books around the east courtyard to show his erudition.People and traders who had been favored by Zhou Shiyu also approached Yue Ling and asked her to deliver special products and food to the King of the North.

After a lot of work, Linmu thought he had won Princess Yue Ling's understanding.But when Zhou Shiyu happily ran to the east courtyard, he was scolded by Yue Ling.She believed that Zhou Shiyu had ulterior motives and brought in people to thank him, but it caused a lot of unnecessary trouble for herself.Zhou Shiyu had no choice but to bear Yue Ling's blame silently, but secretly made up his mind to take more actions to win her understanding and trust.