Episode 32 recap: After the reconciliation, a deportation order was issued.
After the reconciliation, a deportation order was issued.Due to limited food supplies, the provisions brought back by Li Qi were not enough for the people in the two palaces, so Rong Er was always hungry. Li Qi felt very sorry for her and hoped that Rong Er would take good care of herself.
Qing Er came to bring the pear soup for the Empress Dowager to drink. Rong Er hurriedly asked if the Empress Dowager's cough had improved. Qing Er said the Empress Dowager had a weak constitution and was not responding well to the nourishment, so she had been drinking bird's nest. Rong Er wanted to go back to the Chonghua Palace to get more food ingredients and bird's nest. Qing Er suggested that Li Qi accompany Rong Er. Li Qi secretly took Rong Er to the Chonghua Palace, but Qing Er informed the Eunuch Yu. Rong Er and Li Qi were then locked inside the Chonghua Palace by the soldiers sent by Eunuch Yu. A small eunuch was ordered to lure the soldiers there, claiming someone was stealing from the palace, but when the soldiers arrived, there was no one. It turned out that Cai Bi happened to be near the Chonghua Palace looking for Rong Er and discovered the two locked inside, so she helped them escape.
Both Li Qi and Rong Er felt that someone was trying to harm them, and they suspected it was the treasure thief. They reminded each other to be careful. Eunuch Yu was worried that the treasure vault in the basement might get flooded during the rain, so he sent people to check on it. At night, Rong Hui Taifei saw a figure pass by the entrance and was very frightened. Rong Er comforted her. Rong Hui Taifei told Eunuch Yu, who embellished the story, saying it might be the ghost of Zhen Fei coming to visit the Empress Dowager, which terrified the Empress Dowager. She wanted to go and make offerings to the late Duan Kang Taifei.
Rong Hui Taifei asked Rong Er to prepare some pastries and fruits for the offerings, as Duan Kang Taifei liked the osmanthus-filled pastries. Qing Er said she had felt some ominous energy when she went to the Ci'ning Palace earlier to get lanterns, and Rong Er comforted her, saying it was normal for a place of mourning to have such an atmosphere. Since Rong Hui Taifei could not bear the cold, Rong Er decided to go make the offerings himself. The palace maids heard about the haunting in the Ci'ning Palace and were unwilling to go, but Qing Er forced them all to go together.
Yu De Fu hired two eunuchs to disguise themselves as ghosts and frighten people in the Ci Ning Palace. When Rong Er and others were worshipping the Empress Dowager, they saw two white ghostly figures, which greatly frightened them. Later, Qing Er also reported to the Empress Dowager that she had encountered ghosts, making the Empress Dowager even more uneasy and anxious. Rong Hui Tai Fei wanted to move back to the Chong Hua Palace, but Yu De Fu told her that it had already been sealed off by the Republican government and she could not enter. He suggested that Rong Hui Tai Fei move in with Jing Yi Tai Fei, and the frightened Empress Dowager reluctantly agreed.
Li Qi did not believe in ghosts and felt there must be a conspiracy behind this. Rong Er also felt something was off, as Yu Gong Gong was constantly trying to force them to leave. At night, they discovered someone sneaking into the Jing Ren Palace, but could not find the person after following them inside. Suspecting a hidden mechanism, Rong Er sprinkled incense ash on the floor.
Jing Yi Tai Fei and Rong Hui Tai Fei sat together, lamenting their current living situation. Shao Ying came to see the two Empresses Dowager and was told about their cramped quarters and unsatisfactory food. Shao Ying then conveyed a message that the Republican government demanded the two Empresses Dowager to vacate the Forbidden City within three days.
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