Episode 26 recap: Confrontation between Empress Dowager Liu Yan.
Liu Yan did not drink the glass of wine. When she brought up these matters, the Empress Dowager naturally denied them and claimed that Liu Yan had no evidence. Liu Yan asked the Empress Dowager if she knew about the Resurrection Powder and mentioned Fu Shengru's final letter. The Empress Dowager remained composed, suggesting that it was likely a false accusation by Fu Shengru.
Mu Zhuo Hua and Xue Xiao Tang accompanied Liu Yan into the palace and waited in a side hall. Xue Xiao Tang approached and presented the token given to him by the Empress Dowager, indicating that she should not forget about it. The Empress Dowager had arranged for people outside, and Zhi Jian arrived with them.
The Emperor rushed over, stating that he had already let those people outside go. The Empress Dowager urged the Emperor to stand up for Liu Yan, but he became very angry, claiming that the Empress Dowager had promised not to harm Liu Yan. The Empress Dowager mentioned that thirty years ago, if it weren't for Yunfei's cesarean section, it would have been Liu Yan who died. Five years ago, if it weren't for the Crown Prince saving Liu Yan, it would have been Liu Yan who died. She asked Liu Yan why she didn't die.
The Empress Dowager admitted to being responsible for those events and revealed that she initially had a husband. However, the late Emperor favored Yunfei greatly and even loved the unborn son of Yunfei. The Empress Dowager felt threatened by the position of her own son and developed a strong hatred for Yunfei. She hesitated about taking action, feeling some sisterhood with Yunfei. However, the Zhou family had already taken action and killed Yunfei.
The late Emperor initially intended to follow Yunfei, so the Empress Dowager left Liu Yan behind. Unexpectedly, the last words of the late Emperor were to take care of Liu Yan. In the eyes of the late Emperor, she was just an empress. The Emperor admitted to having killed innocent people and those who knew the truth, all in an effort to prevent the Empress Dowager and Liu Yan from reaching this point.
The Emperor expressed that the Empress Dowager and Liu Yan were both very important to him and asked the Empress Dowager to let go. However, she was unwilling, stating that if she let go, Liu Yan would kill her. The Emperor asked if Liu Yan could forgive him, and Liu Yan told him to ask the deceased.
The Emperor suddenly drank the poisoned wine, shocking both the Empress Dowager and Liu Yan greatly. The Empress Dowager, who hadn't expected her own son to be the one harmed in the end, fainted. Mu Zhuo Hua and Zhi Jian arrived and realized that it wouldn't be easy to explain the situation once more people arrived. They took Liu Yan and left through the moat. Rou Jia Gong Zhu rushed over and discovered that the Emperor had already died.
Rou Jia Gong Zhu saw Xue Xiao Tang and stabbed him with a knife. She stated that when Xue Xiao Tang proposed to her, he said he was willing to give his life for her, and she granted his wish. The Empress Dowager woke up, and Rou Jia Gong Zhu was right beside her.
Rou Jia Gong Zhu asked the Empress Dowager what her mother had done to hinder her. Just because she was favored, the Empress Dowager wanted to kill her. Rou Jia Gong Zhu had hidden in a cabinet at that time and didn't dare to make a sound. The Emperor sent him to Jiangnan to protect him. Rou Jia Gong Zhu took a handful of soil with him as a constant reminder that his enemies were still present.
Rou Jia Gong Zhu had never been able to return to Dingjing, so he wrote a letter to his father and sent this map. As expected, his father called him back to Dingjing. Rou Jia Gong Zhu knew that Xue Xiao Tang liked her, so she deliberately sought him out. As expected, the Empress Dowager arranged their marriage. Xue Xiao Tang remained loyal to her and even informed her about the Empress Dowager's plan to get rid of Liu Yan. The spy from Beiliang was intentionally sent to the Empress Dowager by Rou Jia Gong Zhu.
However, Rou Jia Gong Zhu hadn't anticipated that the Emperor would kill those people in order to protect the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager wanted to summon Pei Lan, but it turned out that Pei Lan was actually working for Rou Jia Gong Zhu. His supposed identity as a member of the Zhou clan was false; he was an informant placed by Rou Jia Gong Zhu beside the Empress Dowager.
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