bing-ge divorce arc
emperor bing-ge is getting exhausted by the size of the harem/tired of picking up new wives and even grumpier after visiting the bing-mei universe so he tells his advisors to yeet anyone from the harem that won't cause a huge uproar (cos he knows like a solid third are probably cool leaving) and to make sure they get paid and are taken care of but that he never has to deal with them again
ning yingying is pissed he did this without even talking to the wives, but bing-ge is sulking so he's being super mature and not at all acting like an adult who has a terrible childhood and has regressed out of trauma and she's like you divorced a-yuan???? we LOVE her what is wrong with you (cos SY transmigrated as a wife, who I'm giving shapeshifting abilities to because he can have less gender dysphoria as a treat)
and bing-ge is like no i didn't--I like that one! thats the one in my rotation for the resting day cos she likes hearing all my cool fighting stories and we never end up banging (SY made his appearance a little less femme in hopes of evading Bing-ge's interests but is always a little disappointed for some reason that it never actually ends in papapa)
and ning yingying just gives him this look (she is mad cos A-Yuan helped her organize logistic shit in the harem and liked learning QJP cultivation shit as her his reward which NYY missed doing and finds teaching really nice! LMY is also mad her bookclub got culled a member or two, possibly SHL found a partner to bitch about other harem ladies with) and he's like WHAT? I looked at the list! and A-Yuan was definitely not on it.
and NYY is like, you idiot -- if you'd MET your wives in person and talked to them to divorce them rather than letting a PROXY do it you'd know that A-Yuan's actual name was SOMENAME
and bing-ge is not going to freak out over this, because it's no big deal, he made sure his advisors gave money and housing/land fairly and settled the ex-wives so it should be easy enough to track A-Yuan down, except SY didn't take any of that and only left a note that said he hoped Binghe would be happy and that the culling the harem meant he'd finally found what he was looking for which of course never got delivered because idk the little palace mistress or something
so bing-ge is upset and complaining because the wife he liked to hang out with and spend time with and listened to him and sometimes brushed his hair and actually cared about his personal happiness was gone and NYY, LMY, and SHL are just sorta looking at him like god, I married this fucking moron didn't I? and eventually he gets the hint and is like fine I'll just find via my blood
except he never gave A-Yuan his blood, because he usually does that after they consummate on their wedding night, and they hadn't done that -- so he's like god I'm so stupid (SHL/NYY: That's what I've been saying! LMY: *nodding*)
so basically, SY transmigrated into one of the many wives, who is idk a fox spirit or something with shape shifting who noticed that Binghe was really tired on their wedding night and was like um, do you want to just like sleep or something? and they talked for a while about all the cool shit Binghe has done and some monsters and Binghe actually slept for once and felt great in the morning and forgot and this occurred every other time he had A-Yuan on his rotation so it just sorta became his rest day and Shen Yuan was disappointed even though he was ignoring that, but also not because he got to hang out with Binghe!
and when the divorces happen he's like oh okay, well he must have finally figured out LMY should be empress and/or Airplane wrote his one-true-love, hopefully she's cool! and he tries to at least say goodbye, but the entire thing is an impersonal shove out the palace walls and he doesn't really want the money or the land offered and his character doesn't have family left so he is like welp all right and just shapeshifts completely to a dude instead of playing with gender (andmaybesometimes mixes it up) -- and starts wandering around looking at cool plants and beasts and shit with literally no idea the emperor is having a meltdown over him
presumably when binghe eventually finds him, he's like oh and SY is like yeah I'm a dude can we still be friends? and Binghe has a 404 shutdown on his brain as he finally connects the dots from the other universe and has to live through the hell that is trying to flirt with and court shen yuan when he is convinced everything you do is just a friendly bro thing