Episode 20 recap: Lady Yao interrogates He Lian Xin.
As He Lian Xin looks at Luo Qing Lian, he recalls the events from four years ago when Luo Qing Lian saved him from the hands of the crown prince, and they fled together. Lady Yao is heartbroken to realize that He Lian Xin's heart belongs only to Luo Qing Lian. Even if Luo Qing Lian has gone mad, He Lian Xin still wants to bring her back.
He Lian Xin states that he won't bring Luo Qing Lian back. While he desires his father's favor, he also wishes for Luo Qing Lian to live without worries. Luo Qing Lian climbs onto the rooftop, claiming to be a bird that wants to fly. He Lian Xin approaches, and Luo Qing Lian sees him as a bird too. He Lian Xin can only join Luo Qing Lian on the rooftop.
In truth, He Lian Xin is afraid of heights and sits on the rooftop trembling. Luo Qing Lian helps He Lian Xin down, but accidentally they both misstep and fall. He Lian Xin ends up cushioning Luo Qing Lian's fall.
As Luo Qing Lian looks at He Lian Xin lying in bed, she expresses that she's not the only one suffering. Each day, she deceives He Lian Xin and endures her own pain. But she has no choice but to do so for the sake of the truth. Luo Qing Lian pretends to sleep while He Lian Xin wakes up and looks at her, recalling the events from four years ago when Luo Qing Lian saved him from the hands of the crown prince, and they fled together.
They never expected that so much time had passed. On the anniversary of the late queen's death, He Lian Xin accompanies the king to pay respects and returns to drink with the king. Luo Qing Lian brings the child she made with a pillow, and Mu Tian Shu lets Luo Qing Lian in.
Luo Qing Lian is mistaken for an assassin and gets captured. He Lian Xin and the others hear the commotion and come out. He Lian Xin quickly sends someone to inquire about why Luo Qing Lian came here. Luo Qing Lian explains that they all blocked her and wouldn't let her see the young master, but her child is sick.
The king asks what's going on, and He Lian Xin explains that Luo Qing Lian longs for their deceased child so much that she has become like this. Luo Qing Lian mentions that He Lian Xin promised to take good care of their child but feels that men's words are unreliable. The king recalls the late queen's dying request for him to take good care of their child and also remembers how he raised the second young master from childhood, feeling deeply moved.
He Lian Xin takes Luo Qing Lian back, knowing that Luo Qing Lian couldn't have come here alone or gone directly to the king's tent. It must have been Mu Tian Shu who let her through, and He Lian Xin knows that all of this was arranged by Lady Yao. He Lian Xin comes to find Lady Yao, realizing that she hasn't changed at all. She is still scheming and only cares about herself, completely disregarding the well-being of others.
Lady Yao is deeply saddened to realize that He Lian Xin's heart belongs only to Luo Qing Lian. Even if Luo Qing Lian has gone mad, He Lian Xin still wants to bring her back. He Lian Xin says that he won't bring Luo Qing Lian back. Even though he wants to gain his father's favor, he also wants Luo Qing Lian to live without worries.
Luo Qing Lian overhears their conversation. An official asks the king about the matter of proclaiming the crown prince, feeling that they should do it as soon as possible. Many ministers think highly of the Fourth Prince. The king asks He Lian Xin for his thoughts, and He Lian Xin expresses his hope that the king can go somewhere with him.
He Lian Xin brings the king to the Second Prince's place, mentioning that the Second Prince has been imprisoned for some time now, and the king should see what he's like now. The king enters and sees that the courtyard is filled with wine barrels. The Second Lady approaches and says that the wine was personally brewed by the Second Prince for the king. She knows that the king likes this kind of grape wine, but because the king was angry with him, the Second Prince didn't dare to give it to him.
The Fifth Prince thinks that the wine might be fake. The Second Lady asks someone to bring over the scriptures that the Second Prince copied, explaining that the Second Prince copied many scriptures when the Immortal Queen passed them down. The king is deeply moved after reading them and goes to request an imperial decree to reinstate the Second Prince as the crown prince and to grant He Lian Xin the title of a regional prince. Lv Bei Yi comes to find Luo Qing Lian and asks if she has felt guilty towards him in the past two years. Luo Qing Lian admits that she has.
Lv Bei Yi says that Luo Qing Lian fell in love with He Lian Xin, not because she transferred her affection to someone else, but because he himself betrayed Luo Qing Lian first.
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