Episode 32 recap: Xie Wei forcefully kisses Jiang Xue Ning.
Xie Wei and Jiang Xue Ning are sitting in a carriage when several crossbow arrows suddenly shoot into the carriage. Sensing the danger, Xie Wei quickly throws himself onto Jiang Xue Ning. Jiang Xue Ning notices that Xie Wei has lost consciousness and sees that his hand is poisoned. She starts sucking the poisoned blood from his hand with her mouth.
The Empress Dowager has captured Xie Wei's mother, leaving him with no choice but to agree to go and sacrifice himself for the Emperor. Due to the extreme danger on the front lines, Xie Wei initially hesitates to take Jiang Xue Ning with him. However, Jiang Xue Ning promises to listen to him and do whatever he says. Only then does he agree. To prevent Jiang Xue Ning's father from worrying, Xie Wei insists that she continues pretending to return to the countryside.
Jiang Xue Ning's father loads her belongings onto the carriage. Seeing her daughter constantly looking back, he reminds her that her mother won't come to see her off. Disappointed, Jiang Xue Ning is about to respond when her mother unexpectedly appears at the door. Jiang Xue Ning's mother walks up to her, handing her a protective talisman. Jiang Xue Ning learns that her mother prayed for the talisman a few days ago and expresses her gratitude, calling her mother. Overwhelmed, Jiang Xue Ning's mother embraces her and bursts into tears.
After Xie Wei and Jiang Xue Ning reunite, they travel together in the same carriage towards the border. As the carriage reaches the foot of a hill, several crossbow arrows suddenly shoot towards them. Sensing the danger, Xie Wei quickly throws himself onto Jiang Xue Ning. Seeing the numerous assassins, Dao Qin and Jian Shu instruct Xie Wei to take Jiang Xue Ning and leave while they hold off the attackers.
Xie Wei speculates that the assassins are sent by Xue Yuan and suspects that Xue Yuan has set up an ambush along the road to the border. Therefore, he decides to take a detour to avoid pursuit. To ensure they are not discovered by the pursuers, Xie Wei instructs their horse to leave on its own while he and Jiang Xue Ning hide in the mountains.
Once they enter the mountains, while Xie Wei is marking a trail for Dao Qin and Jian Shu, he accidentally gets bitten by a venomous snake. Jiang Xue Ning discovers that Xie Wei has lost consciousness and notices that his hand is poisoned. She uses her mouth to suck out the venom from his hand.
After Xie Wei wakes up, Jiang Xue Ning can't help but recall the scene when they were chased together while entering the capital. On that occasion, Xie Wei destroyed his precious qin to save her, and just now, he broke another good qin to block the crossbow arrows. Thinking about this, she apologizes to Xie Wei, but he questions her discontentedly, asking if she wants to distance herself from him.
After Dao Qin and Jian Shu shake off the pursuers, they notice that it's snowing outside and hurriedly search for Xie Wei. As the snowflakes fall, Xie Wei and Jiang Xue Ning are hiding in a cave. As they guessed, when Xie Wei sees the snowflakes, he falls ill again. He drowsily recalls how the Empress Dowager forced him to impersonate the Emperor and when his mother disagreed, she was tied up. To save his mother, Xie Wei reluctantly agreed to sacrifice himself for the Emperor. Although he was afraid at the time, he still approached the Prince of Pingnan with trepidation. It was snowing heavily that day, and he stood in the snowy field, looking at the bodies of the boys who were killed, crying in despair.
In her dream, Jiang Xue Ning sees Xie Wei continuously calling for his mother and saying it would be fine to die like this. She loudly begs him not to die, but before she can wake Xie Wei up, several fierce wildcats surround them. Jiang Xue Ning quickly grabs a torch to drive away the wildcats. After finally driving them away, Xie Wei opens his eyes, but his gaze towards her is clearly abnormal. At first, he asks her why she didn't leave, but when Jiang Xue Ning tries to leave, he says it's already too late and forcefully kisses her.
While kissing Jiang Xue Ning, in Xie Wei's mental world, he sees Xue Yuan and the Empress Dowager fiercely questioning him why he didn't die. So he wants to leave this world with Jiang Xue Ning, but she tells him that his life is the one he saved and he doesn't have the right to choose death.
The next day, Xie Wei wakes up, and it's a beautiful day outside the cave. Xie Wei tells Jiang Xue Ning that even though he loses his sanity when he falls ill, he still remembers what he does. As they reminisce about the previous night, lost in deep affection, Jian Shu and Dao Qin suddenly find them.
Upon hearing Xie Wei's question about why they came so quickly, they mistakenly think that something happened between Xie Wei and Jiang Xue Ning. However, both Xie Wei and Jiang Xue Ning deny it simultaneously. Jiang Xue Ning notices Xie Wei asking Jian Shu for medicine, and she knows that those medicines are not good for his body, so she tells him not to take them anymore. Surprisingly, Xie Wei agrees meekly, and Jian Shu and Dao Qin exchange smiles.
Upon learning about the failed assassination attempt, Xue Yuan angrily scolds the assassins. He speculates that something must have happened at the border since Xie Wei is heading there, so he sends people to Huangzhou to see what the Yan family is doing.
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