Glory Episode 22 Recap
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Before leaving Linji, Wen Can warns Rong Shanbao to remain vigilant, as someone within the Rong Residence is plotting against her. Despite his usual jealousy, he offers a parting word of sincerity, suggesting that the refined Yan Bailou is a suitable match for her. Meanwhile, Yang Yun’s efforts to clear the Wei clan's name result in her being branded a wicked woman by her husband's family.
With the Yang family facing ruin, she decides to renounce the secular world and become a nun at Jijian Nunnery. Lu Jianglai, the newly appointed Prefect of Linji, ignores numerous marriage proposals from wealthy families to wait for Shanbao at the nunnery. When they meet, Shanbao is cold, reminding him of the oath she swore before her ancestors: if her future husband acts against the Rong family, she must sever ties or face a shortened life and a broken family.
Lu argues that since they are not yet wed, the oath is not in effect. He then swears a counter-oath before the Bodhisattva, praying that Shanbao receives all the merit of his deeds while he alone bears any karmic retribution. To test his sincerity, Shanbao challenges Lu to harvest tea from an ancient wild tree growing on a dangerous cliff atop Misty Mountain. Lu accepts and scales the cliff with only a rope.
Shanbao watches him from a distance with a bow and arrow, remembering her grandmother’s command to punish anyone who betrays the family. She fires a shot but purposely misses, unable to release a second arrow. When her cousin Xiangling urges her to be ruthless, Shanbao explains that Lu is a rare, upright official; she believes the Rong family’s business can only thrive if Linji has a clean government.
Lu returns with tea cuttings, and at the Rong Residence, Yan Bailou helps plant them, noting it would be a waste to discard what Lu risked his life to obtain. However, the mood shifts when a mysterious man in a conical hat visits Yang Yun at the nunnery. Shortly after, Yang Yun is found dead by suicide. Lu’s investigation reveals no signs of poison or struggle, but the loss deeply affects Shanbao.
When Shanbao asks to handle the burial, her grandmother refuses and further insults the mentally disabled sixth sister, Rong Junwan, calling her a disgrace who should remain on the mountain. Shanbao finally reaches her breaking point and defies her grandmother, arguing that the true spirit of the Rong family—handed down from their matrilineal ancestors—was based on sheltering the weak, not the heartless pursuit of prestige. Infuriated, the grandmother expels Shanbao, warning her that she will lose everything if she leaves.
Shanbao departs with Junwan and settles at her private tea plantation on Green Mountain. Later, the fifth sister, Rong Yunshu, visits to persuade Shanbao to apologize and return home. During their walk near Yang Yun’s grave, Shanbao notices that Yunshu’s reactions suggest she might not be as blind as she claims.
Meanwhile, Lu Jianglai receives word that the mysterious man from the nunnery, Yang Yitang, has fled to the Provincial Governor’s office, prompting him to pursue the truth despite the political danger.
