Good Bye, My Princess Episode 22 Recap
> Good Bye, My Princess Recap
Xiaofeng awoke from her drunken stupor, staring blankly and unable to recall how she had returned to the palace. She assumed General Pei Zhao had carried her back, a detail confirmed by her maid, who added that Pei Zhao had found her in the Imperial Buttery. Xiaofeng inquired if anyone else had been there, but her maid affirmed it was only the general.
Meanwhile, Li Chengyin searched through items brought from the Western Border, hoping to find a gift for Xiaofeng to ease her homesickness. He stumbled upon a wolf tooth pendant, which triggered a frightening vision of the white-eyed wolf king. Startled, he tossed the pendant aside just as Zhao Sese arrived to check on him after their missed appointment. Finding the pendant unique, Sese asked for it. Li Chengyin agreed and personally helped her put it on.
Sese was delighted, noting it was the first gift he had ever given her. Elsewhere, Mingyue went to a tavern looking for Gu Jian and found him with Chai Mu. Recognizing Chai Mu as her long-lost father, a tearful Mingyue embraced him in a heartfelt reunion. Later, Yongning and Luoxi found Xiaofeng and told her it was "People's Day," a festive occasion for poetry and ribbon-cutting. During their playful banter, they accidentally bumped into General Pei Zhao.
Knowing Luoxi had a crush on him, Xiaofeng mischievously gave Luoxi's handkerchief to the general, leaving Luoxi blushing. While heading out to bury a new jar of wine under a plum blossom tree, Xiaofeng encountered Li Chengyin. He teased her about her wine habit, reminding her of the recent incident in the Imperial Buttery. Confused, Xiaofeng recalled seeing him the previous night and wondered if it had been a dream.
Flustered, she hurried away but then spotted a familiar wolf tooth pendant on Zhao Sese's neck. Xiaofeng asked to see it, but Sese protectively covered it and refused. Mingyue later confronted Chai Mu about their family's massacre twenty years prior. She learned that Chai Mu, after escaping capture, had chosen to save the Gu family first, which led to his own family members being buried alive.
Heartbroken and feeling abandoned, Mingyue accused her father of forsaking his wife and child before storming out. Wracked with guilt, Chai Mu could only watch her leave. The Empress summoned Prince Rong's mother to her chambers, angered that Prince Rong had discussed the issue of powerful maternal relatives with the Emperor. She listed the corrupt deeds of his mother's family, reminding her that the Emperor favored Rong precisely because he lacked such backing.
Threatening him with a fate worse than the late Crown Prince's, the Empress terrified Rong's mother into submission. When Rong learned of his mother's humiliation, he furiously vowed retaliation, but his mother stopped him, fearing the Empress's power. She convinced him their only safe option was to request a fiefdom far from the capital. Prince Rong relented, and the Emperor granted him the Shu Region.
Still curious about the pendant, Xiaofeng secretly left the palace and followed Zhao Sese, only to run into Li Chengyin meeting her. Xiaofeng quickly claimed she was out to browse clothing shops with Sese. At a store, Xiaofeng lured Sese into a changing area under the pretense of trying on a dress. Once inside, she directly asked to see the wolf tooth pendant.
Sese feigned ignorance, claiming she couldn't remember wearing such an item, and quickly made her excuses to leave. Back in the palace, Xiaofeng had a vivid, fragmented dream of making a promise with a man in the Western Regions, who vowed to never betray her. The memory was so confusing that she awoke with a gasp, questioning who it was she was supposed to forget.
She was roused by Yongning and Luoxi, who had come to take her to see the lanterns for the festival. On their way out, they met Li Chengyin and Pei Zhao. Yongning quietly explained to Xiaofeng that Li Chengyin was the most likely candidate to become the new Crown Prince, meaning Xiaofeng would soon be his bride, and that she was trying to help them cultivate their relationship.
