Episode 11 recap: Yang Kang released Wan Yan Hong Lie.
Yang Kang told the bound Wan Yan Hong Lie that his father was Yang Tie Xin, and that he was Yang Kang. He expressed his hatred towards Wan Yan Hong Lie for deceiving his mother for a lifetime, which deeply saddened Wan Yan Hong Lie.Guo Jing personally fed medicine to Hua Zheng, making the observing Huang Rong jealous. Hua Zheng realized that Guo Jing liked Huang Rong and asked Guo Jing if he liked her, but Guo Jing honestly said he only saw Hua Zheng as his sister.
Yang Kang followed the trail to the dilapidated temple, where he found Wan Yan Hong Lie. Yang Kang wanted to settle the score with Wan Yan Hong Lie today, learning that it was Wan Yan Hong Lie who had instigated Duan Tian De to kill Yang Tie Xin's family, and had hypocritically saved his mother, deceiving her for a lifetime.
Wan Yan Hong Lie admitted that he had fallen in love with Bao Xi Ruo at first sight, and had framed the Niu family village incident in order to obtain Bao Xi Ruo. Although Wan Yan Hong Lie acknowledged that he had wronged Yang Tie Xin and Bao Xi Ruo, he claimed he had never wronged Yang Kang.
Wan Yan Hong Lie stated that he had raised Yang Kang as his own son all these years, and his battles on the battlefield were to make Yang Kang the ruler of the world. In Niu family village, he had gone against his conscience to marry Bao Xi Ruo and become Yang Kang's father, but he had no regrets.
Although the man who killed his father had raised him for eighteen years, Yang Kang stabbed Wan Yan Hong Lie but ultimately decided to let him go. Mu Nian Ci, trapped in a stone coffin by Ou Yang Ke in the dilapidated temple, heard the conversation between Yang Kang and Wan Yan Hong Lie and was disappointed in Yang Kang's actions.
Afterward, Guo Jing and Huang Rong arrived at the scene. Yang Kang claimed he had not found Wan Yan Hong Lie, but Huang Rong did not believe him. She searched the temple but could not find anyone, but then accidentally discovered the trapped Mu Nian Ci in the stone coffin.
Huang Rong asked Mu Nian Ci if she had heard Wan Yan Hong Lie come here, but Mu Nian Ci did not answer. Guo Jing and Huang Rong had to go elsewhere to search for Wan Yan Hong Lie.
After Guo Jing and Huang Rong left, Mu Nian Ci struck Yang Kang. She was perplexed that Yang Kang did not avenge his parents, and that she had come to like such a heartless person. Mu Nian Ci did not want to tell Guo Jing, just to prevent Yang Kang from being killed by them. Yang Kang also expressed that he could not bring himself to kill the man who had raised him for eighteen years, as that was not the life he had chosen. His life was always full of difficulties, and he was living on only because of Mu Nian Ci's existence.
Guo Jing and Huang Rong did not find any trace of Wan Yan Hong Lie. Huang Rong believed that Yang Kang had let Wan Yan Hong Lie go for the sake of wealth and status, but Guo Jing thought Huang Rong's prejudice against Yang Kang was too deep. He believed that it was difficult for a person to choose to start anew, and they should choose to trust Yang Kang.
Huang Rong and Guo Jing turned back to search for Mu Nian Ci, and seeing that Yang Kang was inseparable from Mu Nian Ci, Huang Rong guessed that Yang Kang was hiding something and fearful of her probing, so she simply proposed that they all stay at the Warm Springs Manor that night.
Huang Rong and Mu Nian Ci soaked in the hot springs alone, and Huang Rong gently probed to discover that Mu Nian Ci was concealing something from them. On the other side, Yang Kang was worried that Mu Nian Ci would not be able to deceive Huang Rong, so he simply told Guo Jing that he had released Wan Yan Hong Lie today. Guo Jing understood Yang Kang's choice and was also comforted by Yang Kang's sincerity, deciding that he would leave the matter of that grudge to Yang Kang in the future.
Guo Jing learned that Yang Kang was preparing to return to Niu Jia Village with Mu Nian Ci, and expressed that after he had killed Wan Yan Hong Lie, he would also bring Huang Rong back to Niu Jia Village to live. Mu Nian Ci asked Yang Kang to bring chicken soup to Huang Rong, and Yang Kang was surprised to hear Huang Rong think that he had given up his revenge only for the sake of a promising future, further confirming that Yang Kang would not easily return to Niu Jia Village with Mu Nian Ci.
The next day, Guo Jing and Huang Rong discovered that Yang Kang and Mu Nian Ci had left without a word, and the two decided to immediately head to the capital. On the way, Guo Jing went to Jin Tan to visit Hua Zheng and Tuo Lei. Tuo Lei and the others were anxious to go to Lin'an to fulfill the great Song-Mongol appointment, but now that Hua Zheng was seriously injured and not yet healed, they could only entrust her to Guo Jing's care for the time being.
Huang Rong helped Guo Jing take care of Hua Zheng, and upon hearing the unconscious Hua Zheng call out Guo Jing's name, Huang Rong felt jealous. When she asked Guo Jing about his feelings for Hua Zheng, Guo Jing said he treated Hua Zheng and Tuo Lei like family, as the three of them had grown up together since childhood. Huang Rong envied their childhood bond and Hua Zheng's ability to openly love Guo Jing. Guo Jing told Huang Rong that once Hua Zheng had recovered, he would clarify his feelings with her and dissolve their betrothal.
When Hua Zheng woke up and saw Guo Jing joyfully embracing her, this made Huang Rong extremely jealous, so she simply told Hua Zheng that men and women should not be too intimate, and that she would replace Guo Jing in taking care of Hua Zheng during her recovery.
In the following days, Huang Rong saw Hua Zheng and Guo Jing interacting intimately, and in her anger, she wanted to return to Peach Blossom Island. Guo Jing calmed Huang Rong down and decided to have a clear talk with Hua Zheng. Facing Hua Zheng's questioning, Guo Jing openly admitted that he only saw Hua Zheng as a sister, and that he had accepted the position of the Golden Sword Princely Consort back then only to prevent Hua Zheng from being bullied by the Imperial Messenger.
Deeply saddened, Hua Zheng decided to return to the grasslands, and also told Guo Jing that their betrothal was still in effect, and that she would wait for him on the grasslands.
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