Episode 1 recap: The Night of Wits and Courage in Hua Qing Ge's Wedding
The story takes place on a night when suddenly a group of arrows is shot towards the palace. Ji Yun (played by Sun Zu Jun) is guarding the entrance with a group of guards, while his beloved Lin Xi Yao is inside the palace. Despite having guards by her side, she couldn't resist, and an arrow strikes her chest.
Princess Ji Chu (played by Ding Ze Ren), one of the concubines of the third prince, was taken away as a hostage during her childhood. She suffered abandonment and endured hardships from the royal family. After many years, she returned and started plotting against the royal family. On the day of her elder brother's ascension to the throne, she spared no effort to seize power, even killing her beloved Lin Xi Yao. At this moment, Lin Xi Yao is covered in blood, and Ji Yun holds her, preparing to leave. However, Ji Chu shoots Ji Yun with an arrow, killing him instantly.
Now, Ji Chu has avenged her grievances and has become the ruler of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. In reality, all of this is the creation of a novelist (played by Song Yi Ren). She successfully portrayed the main antagonist to the fullest, and her masterpiece has come to an end. As soon as she finished writing, she received numerous comments. She initially thought they were praising her, but to her surprise, the netizens cursed her and accused her of being unable to write a good plot. Some even sent malicious emails to curse her, which frightened her. The sender demanded her to revise the script and resurrect Ji Yun to confront Ji Chu.
Unexpectedly, the author chose not to make any changes and, in the process, her computer suddenly crashed. She lay on the bed and fell asleep. When she woke up, she found her computer had turned on by itself and started writing the second chapter. To her astonishment, she discovered that she was wearing bridal attire, and someone was approaching her. However, she had no control over her body. In a critical moment, she was stabbed by her assailant, who turned out to be Ji Chu, and she fell to the ground.
Meanwhile, the author was still in a deep slumber, and the computer message explained that because she didn't modify the plot, she suffered a backlash and died within the storyline. Since she didn't modify the plot, it was rewritten. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back in ancient times, surrounded by maidservants. The maidservant informed her that it was her wedding night with Ji Chu and advised her to serve him well.
The author suddenly realized that she had entered the plot of the novel. She further understood that she was the daughter of the queen, Princess Hua Qing Ge, and because she was the queen's niece, she would be killed by Ji Chu on their wedding night. He would then dispose of her body by throwing it into the water, creating an accident scene. Hua Qing Ge suddenly remembered that tonight was her death date.
She couldn't allow herself to be the one killed, so she quickly hid in the dowry box next to her. However, she realized that hiding in the box would be easily discovered. As the author, she knew about Ji Chu's secret passage, so she quietly entered it. But when Ji Chu came and discovered that Hua Qing Ge had entered his secret chamber, he followed her inside.
In reality, Hua Qing Ge hadn't entered the chamber but had hidden on the beams. Now Ji Chu had no way to find her.
After Hua Qing Ge finished arranging everything in the room, she prepared to use lightness skills to climb onto the roof. However, she kept falling down repeatedly. Fortunately, at the last moment, she finally managed to climb onto the beams. Suddenly, Ji Chu remembered that her shoes were still by the bedside and realized that she couldn't have gone far.
Fortunately, Hua Qing Ge had already changed her clothes and prepared to leave before Ji Chu returned. However, she didn't expect that Ji Chu somehow knew what clothes she was wearing. When Ji Chu tried to catch her, she discovered that Hua Qing Ge had already escaped. Gong Ye Qi happened to arrive and learned about what had happened at Ji Chu's residence.
However, they didn't expect that their revenge plan would encounter an accident. Gong Ye Qi was surprised that Hua Qing Ge seemed to know about their intentions. Now the author is very frustrated because when she was writing Ji Chu, she didn't fully understand the character. She even portrayed him as extremely evil.
Now Ji Chu has dispatched people everywhere to capture him. Hua Qing Ge initially thought that there weren't many people in the mansion who had seen her, so she might be able to escape. However, the maidservants unexpectedly entered. They were actually Hua Qing Ge's personal guards and wet nurse. Before the guards arrived, they took the maidservants and wet nurse away and killed them directly.
At this moment, Hua Qing Ge, who was hiding on the rooftop, watched them being killed and felt extremely frightened. She had never expected Ji Chu to be such a terrifying person. Hua Qing Ge hid by the firewood and cried. She desperately wanted to go back. Suddenly, a person dressed in black rushed out and took her away in her panicked state.
Ji Yun is still the crown prince of the Da Liang Kingdom. Xue Wu Ji knew that he must have some untold difficulties in coming today. In fact, this person is Hua Qing Ge. Hua Qing Ge was already physically and mentally exhausted, and when she saw Ji Yun, she fainted without saying a word.
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