Episode 23 recap: Su Nanjin's hypocrisy was exposed.
Just at that moment, the monk arrived with food. Su Nanjin didn't expect that the temple would donate food as well. Since it was a donation from the temple, they naturally couldn't afford to be short of anything. Su Nanjin's plan fell through once again. Because of the temple's donation, the common people didn't need to donate much anymore, and everyone applauded. Soon, all the donated supplies were counted, and when it was time to prepare the official government boxes, Su Nanjin's prepared boxes were weighed, and the clues inside were indeed discovered.
The monk personally counted them, and there would naturally be no mistakes. Pei Xingjian pretended to be very angry and said that there were soldiers who embezzled and violated the law, and he must make Su Nanjin explain. Su Nanjin originally wanted to make things difficult for Pei Xingjian, but he ended up being plotted against by Pei Xingjian. He could only take his soldiers to be punished with fifty lashes. Although the soldiers were following Su Nanjin's orders, punishing the soldiers was the same as punishing him.
The Ais learned about this matter soon, but they didn't expect that Pei Xingjian would handle it so well. Not only did he teach Su Nanjin a lesson, but he also handled it appropriately. As soon as Pei Xingjian returned home, Liuli had already prepared a special feast for each of them. It turned out that today was their first anniversary together. Liuli thought that Pei Xingjian had already forgotten, but she didn't expect that Pei Xingjian had prepared a hairpin for her while Liuli gave him a seal.
Liuli said she was willing to grow old with Pei Xingjian. At this moment, Zhang Minniang was playing the zither, and Nana informed her that the young master had returned, but the wife of the Ai family hadn't come back. In fact, Zhang Minniang had always liked Ai Chongyu, so she only wanted to marry into the Ai family and become the true mistress of Xizhou.
Whenever Zhang Minniang had free time, she would go back to the Ai family and show her affection, but Ai Chongyu didn't even look at her because his heart had always belonged to his wife. Zhang Minniang originally wanted to show off in front of Ai Chongyu, but Liuli stole the limelight. Zhang Minniang felt very unhappy about it.
Ai Chongyu went back to play chess with his father, who mentioned that his grandson was going back and planned to have Jingniang accompany him. The topic of taking a concubine was also brought up, but Ai Chongyu refused to agree. His father told him that only through marriage could both parties benefit from the exchange. However, Ai Chongyu still didn't want to discuss these matters. Meanwhile, while Liuli and Pei Xingjian were having a meal, they learned that someone had sent a letter from Chang'an. To their surprise, the person turned out to be the woman whom Pei Xingjian had saved before. General Mi entrusted Liuli to take care of Yunyi for a while, and Liuli agreed.
However, because Pei Xingjian had saved Yunyi in the past, she had developed some favorable feelings towards him, so there was a hint of hostility in her eyes when she looked at Liuli. Ai Chongyu's son was about to return to Chang'an, and this time Jingniang would accompany him. Wang Junmeng had prepared everything for her, but Jingniang was reluctant to leave Wang Junmeng. Wang Junmeng pulled Jingniang into his arms.
In fact, Ai Chongyu's father had always wanted to match Zhang Minniang with his son, but Ai Chongyu had no intention of taking a concubine. Ai Chongyu, in a bad mood, brought Wang Junmeng over to drink. Early in the morning, Yunyi pestered Pei Xingjian to take her to see General Su, but he refused, citing his busy schedule. Liuli also advised Yunyi not to be impatient, assuring her that General Su would come back for her and that everything had been arranged. Liuli even mentioned taking Yunyi shopping, but Yunyi still refused. While walking on the street, Yunyi saw someone selling beads and eagerly wanted to buy them. However, since she didn't have money with her, she hurriedly ran back to get it.
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