Ever Night Episode 2 Recap
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Ning Que expressed his reluctance to serve as a guide for Princess Li Yu, fearing it would be like "a lamb entering a tiger's den," and suggested he remain a woodcutter in Shubi Lake. Princess Li Yu, who had been listening from outside the room, burst in, declaring she needed a capable and efficient guide, not a rude young man obsessed with cultivation dreams.
General Ma quickly defended Ning Que, detailing his success in killing horse robbers and highlighting his achievement in qualifying for the Academy's entrance test. Convinced, the Princess reluctantly agreed. After she left, General Ma, with tears in his eyes, was overcome with a mix of pride, worry, and sadness about Ning Que's impending departure. Meanwhile, in the capital of Tang, Queen Xia Tian was visited by her brother, General Xia Hou.
He warned her that Princess Li Yu had escaped the Golden Horde and, upon her return, would surely seek her life. Xia Hou, revealing that both he and his sister were high-level cultivators of the Demonic Cult, urged her to be cautious, expressing doubt that the Emperor could offer her protection, as he might not even be able to protect himself. Xia Tian reassured him that she would handle the situation.
Late that night, State Preceptor Li Qingshan sought an urgent audience with Emperor Lizhong Yi, reporting a divination that Princess Li Yu's party was in danger. The Emperor calmly replied that his own escort was already nearing the Northern Mountain Pass with orders to kill anyone who obstructed the Princess's return. Elsewhere, Ning Que's friend Zhuo'er tracked General Xia Hou after he left the palace but was wounded by the general's flying knife.
He was saved by Chao Xiaoshu, the chief of the Yulong Gang, who warned him that Xia Hou was too powerful an opponent. Back in his room, Ning Que dealt with Sang Sang's anxieties about moving to the capital and the associated costs. To raise funds, he reluctantly sold his beloved black horse for seventy-six taels, three mace, and four candareens.
He comforted Sang Sang, promising their life would continue as before, with him handling external affairs and her managing the home. Later, when Sang Sang's chronic cold illness acted up, Ning Que gave her strong liquor and warmed her feet with his body, as was their custom. The next morning, Ning Que and Sang Sang departed, with General Ma riding out to see them off in an emotional farewell.
Worried about the general's loneliness, Ning Que gave him his pet lizard, telling him to stay healthy and wait for his return. At Peach Hill in the West Shrine, Lu Chenjia, the "Flower-Addict," pleaded with Long Qing not to go to the Badlands, aware it was a trap set by Luo Kedi. As the Commander of the Jurisdiction Division and the strongest of the young generation in the West Shrine, Luo Kedi was deeply jealous of Long Qing.
Unfazed, Long Qing promised to bring her back a snow lotus from the far north. In the Haotian Divine Hall, Luo Kedi conspired with his subordinates to ensure Long Qing would not return from his journey, further vowing to eliminate the entire Light Hall and eradicate Wei Guangming's faction. Princess Li Yu's entourage halted at the Northern Mountain Pass.
Ning Que immediately recognized the danger of the location and urged them to take the Hua Xi Road, but he was ignored. Frustrated, he prepared to leave with Sang Sang, unwilling to risk the life they had fought so hard to preserve. As he predicted, the party was ambushed by assassins sent by both General Xia Hou and the State Preceptor. Ning Que was knocked unconscious by a powerful assailant, but the cultivator Lv Qingchen intervened and defeated the man.
However, they were then confronted by an exiled Academy disciple sent by Xia Hou. This new foe used Demonic Cult techniques to forcibly absorb Qi to enhance his power. After regaining consciousness, Ning Que killed him with a shot from his boxwood bow, causing the man's body to explode from the overwhelming power he couldn't contain. Sensing a change in the "chess game" he had orchestrated, the State Preceptor realized that an uncultivated person had altered the outcome.
He instructed his disciple, Ming Chi, that their Southern Branch of Haotian Dao, though linked to the West Shrine, was loyal only to the Tang Emperor and must not engage in court politics. He concluded that this mysterious individual would inevitably bring a storm to the capital. Later, over a warm soup, the surviving soldiers recognized Ning Que's distinctive boxwood bow and three knives, identifying him as the famed woodcutter of Shubi Lake.
