Resumen del episodio 3 de Legend of Two Sisters in the Chaos
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Jiang Shao regained consciousness, initially believing Fu Jinzhan had abandoned him. To his surprise, she was still there, confirming she would not leave him to die, as she had promised. Jiang Shao expressed gratitude for her not abandoning him, acknowledging that their brief acquaintance had proven worthwhile. Jinzhan clarified she was simply repaying him for saving her life earlier. Jiang Shao admitted his mistake in kidnapping her and pledged to ensure her safe return.
Soon after, soldiers arrived, relieved to find Jinzhan. They informed her that Fu Yuzhan had already caught up with the wedding procession, which Prince Jin was now escorting to Jincheng. Jinzhan, feigning indifference to her own safety, sent the soldiers to assist Prince Jin, emphasizing his importance and asserting her own martial prowess for a solo return. Once alone, Jinzhan proposed a new, lucrative mission to Jiang Shao since his kidnapping attempt failed: assassinate Liu Chengfu.
Jiang Shao accepted but first needed to retrieve a vital wooden badge he had lost in the forest. Jinzhan, impatient with the delay, urged him to prioritize the mission, reminding him that as his employer, her word was final. Jiang Shao reluctantly agreed to proceed without the badge. Meanwhile, the Emperor examined a wooden badge that had come into his possession.
He asked his attendant, Li Fang, to verify if the jade embedded in it matched his own treasured jade pendant. Li Fang confirmed the perfect fit. The Emperor's thoughts drifted back twenty years to his pregnant beloved. She had cherished freedom above all, rejecting the confines of palace life and the titles that would bind their child. She believed an emperor was a prisoner of countless obligations, sacrificing personal happiness for power.
She had even contemplated abandoning their unborn child to spare them a life without liberty. He had pleaded with her not to, giving her the wooden badge he carved as undeniable proof of their child's identity, ensuring the child would always know their father. Despite his efforts, she had left him, disappearing like a free bird, never to return, taking their unborn child with her. This loss had haunted him for two decades.
Seeing the wooden badge, the Emperor was overwhelmed with emotion, convinced it was his own flesh and blood and a divine blessing to finally receive news of his child. He immediately ordered Zhao An to secretly follow the "kidnapper," Jiang Shao, instructing him to ensure the man's safety if he was indeed the owner of the wooden badge. Jinzhan reiterated to Jiang Shao that their priority was to assassinate Liu Chengfu, thereby safeguarding her sister.
She warned of the mission's deadly risks but promised him immense wealth—a thousand taels of silver—and even a minor official position in the capital upon success, leveraging her family's influence. Jiang Shao then devised a plan to infiltrate Prince Cheng's mansion. He used Cheqian Grass to induce severe stomach pain in a servant girl preparing to deliver a food box to Fuan Garden. Jinzhan, disguised as a new servant, took the ailing girl's place.
Upon entering, they noticed the mansion buzzing with wedding preparations. They managed to sneak into a bedchamber and hide under the bed. Jiang Shao explained to Jinzhan that Liu Chengfu's guards rotated every two hours in the front courtyard, creating a brief window of opportunity for them to strike and escape without causing an alarm. He also scoffed at Jinzhan's earlier impulsive notion of a direct assault, emphasizing the importance of planning for an assassination.
Finding their initial hiding spot inconvenient, Jiang Shao then identified a sturdy beam directly above the bed as an ideal alternative, offering both concealment and a vantage point for their attack. They took the chance to relieve their hunger by stealing some refreshments, which Jiang Shao shared with Jinzhan, a small gesture of camaraderie. That evening, Liu Chengfu returned to his room.
As Jiang Shao and Jinzhan prepared to make their move, a servant interrupted, delivering an urgent message from a Lingyang informant. The message, accompanied by a secret token to ensure authenticity, revealed the plot: "Marriage Union for Assassination, Prince Jin hid in the escort team." The assassination plan was exposed. With their attempt thwarted, Jinzhan and Jiang Shao abandoned the mansion and rushed to meet Fu Yuzhan.
To Prince Jin's (Xue Rong's) delight, Jiang Shao's appearance revealed him to be his long-lost "good brother." They had first met years ago on a battlefield where Jiang Shao, hired to assassinate a Pengze official, had inadvertently saved Xue Rong's life during a skirmish between two armies.
Jiang Shao, explaining his preference for a free life over military discipline despite early training, had deeply impressed Xue Rong, who then promised him lifelong friendship and support if he ever reached out in Longyin Alley. Jinzhan playfully revealed that Jiang Shao was the one who had kidnapped her. Jiang Shao confirmed it was a commissioned job, but declined to name his employer, emphasizing that their current predicament was far more pressing.
Jinzhan then confirmed that Liu Chengfu was aware of their entire assassination plot. He had already ordered the wedding party to be confined in a separate residence and placed under surveillance, indicating a spy had betrayed them from within Lingyang. This revelation made any direct attempt on Liu Chengfu's life far more difficult.
Liu Chengfu, now fully aware of the plot and Xue Rong's disguised presence as Li Liang in the escort team, chose to proceed with the marriage as a strategic opportunity. His advisor suggested exploiting the situation: isolating the escort team, slaughtering them after the wedding, and holding Fu Yuzhan captive to gain leverage against Emperor Lingyang. Jinzhan, fearing for her sister's safety, insisted on replacing her as the bride, citing her martial arts skills as a means of escape.
However, both Fu Yuzhan and Jiang Shao deemed it too risky and unsuitable. Taking matters into her own hands, Fu Yuzhan sought out Liu Chengfu and made a shocking "confession." She revealed that she was under direct imperial orders to assassinate him, and that Prince Jin, Xue Rong, was indeed disguised as Li Liang, the chief guard, ostensibly to monitor the Fu family's actions.
She explained that Emperor Lingyang deeply distrusted the powerful Fu family but couldn't openly remove them due to her father, Prince Wei's, blameless service. This marriage proposal, she claimed, was Xue Rong's cunning "two birds with one stone" strategy: use the Fu family to assassinate Liu Chengfu, then eliminate the Fu family regardless of the outcome. Feeling betrayed by the Emperor, Yuzhan declared that the Fu family no longer had reason to protect his throne.
She proposed an alliance: upon her marriage to Liu Chengfu, her father, Prince Wei, would pledge the Tianxiong Army to aid Liu Chengfu in taking power. In return, Liu Chengfu would help Prince Wei ascend to the imperial throne. Liu Chengfu, a proud and arrogant man, believed Yuzhan's elaborate story, convinced by her apparent sincerity.
His advisor, though more skeptical, proposed a test: advancing the wedding to the next day, which would force the Fu family's hand and confirm their loyalty. Liu Chengfu agreed and immediately sent a subordinate to inform "Li Liang" (Xue Rong) to move his men to a separate, guarded residence under the guise of providing them rest. Meanwhile, Prince Jin (Xue Rong), now aware of the accelerated wedding, gave a poisoned hairpin to a servant girl named Ziyuan.
He instructed her to give it to Fu Yuzhan, who was to use it to assassinate Liu Chengfu on their wedding night. Ziyuan, however, overheard Prince Jin's conversation with Huang Jian, revealing that once Liu Chengfu was dead, he would personally ensure Fu Yuzhan's demise. A distressed Ziyuan reported this chilling news to Fu Yuzhan. Yuzhan, however, remained calm, revealing she had anticipated this betrayal.
She reassured Ziyuan and Jinzhan that she had already devised a plan to survive, much to their relief. Jinzhan, still agitated by the accelerated timeline, impulsively suggested immediately killing Liu Chengfu, but Yuzhan calmly stopped her, reiterating that she had everything under control.
