Demon Girl Episode 16 Recap
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Ying Die grew up in Changbai Mountain since childhood, lively, cheerful, and unconventional. She had genuine feelings for Nie Rufeng. With a few small tricks, she helped Nie Rufeng, who had no qualifications, rise to the position of Guard Commander. With her orchestration behind the scenes, all the guards were truly convinced and obedient to the new commander. Regarding matters of affection, Ying Die didn't treat herself as an outsider; she proactively visited the Nie family elders, winning their favor.
Nie Rufeng was born and raised in the capital, always cautious and meticulous. Facing Gege's fiery passion, he was both delighted and nervous. However, fate had other plans. The benevolent Empress Dowager broke up the lovers. Ying Die was bestowed a marriage, to be wed within three days to Tan Beile, a nephew of the Yehenara clan. This news was like a bolt from the blue.
The Ying family had received imperial favor for generations, and Ying Die dared not implicate her family due to her personal desires. On the day of the wedding, Nie Rufeng stood on the Forbidden City wall, watching the sedan chair pass through the Meridian Gate below, feeling his heart go with it. In the days following Ying Die's departure from the palace, Nie Rufeng lost his appetite and couldn't sleep at night.
But at this time, rumors spread in the palace that Tan Beile had died tragically on the second day of his marriage, torn into pieces by a fierce beast. Upon hearing this, Nie Rufeng immediately rushed to Ying Die's former residence in the palace. Sure enough, Ying Die had returned to the palace. It turned out that on their wedding night, Ying Die was unwilling to consummate the marriage.
Tan Beile dared not offend Gege, so he vented his anger on his servants. Seeing his cruelty and disregard for human life, Ying Die took action to eliminate him quickly. Although Ying Die dared not remarry Nie Rufeng, she knew that the Qing dynasty's days were numbered, and if they were willing to wait, they would eventually have their day.
Nie Rufeng also didn't care about Ying Die's status; he was willing to wait until the seas ran dry and rocks crumbled, his heart never changing. Just as Rufeng and Ying Die were deeply in love in the depths of the palace, they didn't know that this was all part of the benevolent Empress Dowager's scheme to catch someone by letting them loose first.
Ying Die soon showed signs of pregnancy and was punished to kneel for a long time outside Cining Palace. Cixi intended to use this incident to pressure the Ying family, making them find ways to continue the imperial bloodline. Ying Po Po, an elder from the Ying family who accompanied her into the palace, knew that the imperial bloodline was already broken and beyond recovery, so she could only risk saving Ying Die from the palace.
Ying Die's heart was with Rufeng; how could she escape alone? But Li Lianying, the chief eunuch of the imperial household, held Rufeng hostage, and Ying Die dared not act rashly. In utter desperation, Po Po had no choice but to enter Cining Palace alone to request an imperial decree, bestowing Gege Ying Die to marry Guard Commander Nie Rufeng.
The overjoyed Ying Die and Rufeng, however, never imagined how great the cost of this favor would be: Ying Po Po had to use her lifetime of cultivation to sacrifice her life to repair the imperial bloodline and prolong the Qing dynasty's destiny. On the wedding day, Ying Po Po, whose vital energy was exhausted, secretly entered the Nie family. Only after the couple completed their marital rites did she summon Ying Die in a unique way.
Before her death, she entrusted the Ying family to Xiao Die, then transformed into a pool of clear water. Under the sunlight, the clear water condensed into a child, who ran far away and never returned. Rufeng, who came to find his wife, witnessed this process and was so frightened at the time that he couldn't even breathe. After telling Nie Qingcheng all this, Nie Rufeng felt a great sense of relief.
The secret he had hidden for many years could finally be revealed. He always believed that his wife, Ying Die, had not died, but like Ying Po Po, had transformed into a child with no memories, living somewhere. But Nie Qingcheng still had a question: why didn't Nie Qingxin exhibit demonic characteristics? It was then that Nie Rufeng revealed another shocking secret: Nie Qingxin and Nie Qingcheng were not full-blooded sisters.
