• Aired:2023-11-16, Last updated: 2023-11-17 01:27

Episode 23 recap: Cui Lin's identity was revealed to the public.

Cui Yi introduced Cui Lin to everyone and told them that Cui Lin was his daughter. Cui Lin had always been a substitute, but today he had lured out the enemy, so from now on, Cui Yi would only have one daughter. Li Yi asked Cui Lin to return to Laos Lan Pass with him and told her to bear seven or eight children for him.

Liu Cheng Feng raised his glass to toast Cui Yi and informed him that once Cui Yi finished drinking the wine, he would marry Cui Lin. Unexpectedly, Cui Yi suddenly opened his eyes and pushed Liu Cheng Feng away. Cui Yi ordered his men to tie up Liu Cheng Feng, but Liu Cheng Feng claimed that Cui Yi was poisoned and not in his right mind. He requested that Cui Yi be taken back to his room.

Cui Yi refused, feeling that he had truly raised a tiger in his home. Liu Cheng Feng signaled to Ashu with his eyes, and Ashu immediately understood. He ordered his men to assassinate Cui Yi. At a critical moment, both Cui Lin and Li Yi arrived. While Cui Yi was engaged in a fight with his opponent, he noticed a symbol of the Jieshuo tribe on the person's neck.

Cui Yi finally understood that Liu Cheng Feng had conspired with outsiders and brought them to their Cui family. Cui Yi regarded him as a traitor for bringing the Jieshuo people, who had a deep blood feud with them, here. However, Liu Cheng Feng felt that Cui Yi had never treated him as a son and had never shown genuine care for him.

Upon hearing this, Cui Yi told Cui Lin that there was no need to hide her identity anymore. He informed everyone that he only had one daughter, Cui Lin. Since Liu Cheng Feng refused to be his son, from now on, he would only have one daughter. He told everyone that although Cui Lin was a girl, she surpassed countless men in this world.

Cui Yi wanted to kill Liu Cheng Feng, the rebel, but Liu Cheng Feng had brought many Jieshuo people to ambush outside the house. Cui Lin knew that the Zhenxi Army was lurking outside the city, so she agreed to let Liu Cheng Feng go. Cui Yi couldn't understand how Liu Cheng Feng had become like this, colluding with the Jieshuo people, especially since he had always treated Liu Cheng Feng as his own son.

Cui Yi told Cui Lin that he and her mother had been married for a long time before they had her, and he wanted to give her everything in the Cui family. That's why he had to publicly claim that Cui Lin was a man, as in their era, especially in the military, only male heirs could inherit the family's legacy.

Cui Yi knew that publicly revealing Cui Lin as his daughter could bring more trouble, but Cui Lin assured him not to worry because she was his daughter. The generals of the Cui family's army came to pay their respects to Cui Lin, and Cui Yi introduced these generals to her.

Li Yi told Cui Lin that their Zhenxi Army had killed many Jieshuo people outside the city, but Liu Cheng Feng managed to escape. Cui Lin expressed her disbelief that Liu Cheng Feng had colluded with their Cui family's enemies, the Jieshuo people.

Cui Lin informed Li Yi that Liu Cheng Feng was no longer her elder brother but her enemy. Li Yi, although he knew he shouldn't, admitted that he was extremely happy to hear Cui Lin say that. The Emperor learned that Cui Yi had no sons, only one daughter, and he informed his Empress, Lu Shi.

The Emperor thought it was fine that Cui Yi had no sons and decided to find an adopted son for Cui Yi. This way, he could use Cui Yi for his own purposes. However, Lu Shi told him that it was not appropriate to do so. It would make Cui Yi feel like the Emperor wanted to take his military power. The Emperor told her that was indeed his intention.

He believed that Cui Yi would never expect this. Lu Shi told him that General Cui had raised such an intelligent daughter; he would surely think of these things. Gu Wanniang also learned that Sergeant He was Cui Yi's daughter. She told her father that on the day they secretly escaped to meet Li Yi, the woman standing beside Li Yi was Cui Lin.

Li Yi wanted Cui Lin to return to Laos Lan Pass with him, where they would marry. They planned to have seven or eight children, with half bearing the surname Li and half bearing the surname Cui. Cui Lin warned him not to talk nonsense or she would tear his mouth apart, but they enjoyed playfully teasing each other.

Sun Jing's men found Taishun. General Han was stopped by Sun Jing's men while trying to escape with Taishun. In order to protect Taishun, General Han was killed by Sun Jing's men, but Taishun, Li Xuan Ze, was still captured. Li Xuan Ze was brought before Sun Jing, and he shouted that Sun Jing was a treacherous person who sought power.

Cui Lin and Li Yi were discussing their plan to attack Zong Pass, and Li Yi informed her that he had left a secret passage in Zong Pass.