Good Bye, My Princess Episode 37 Recap
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Emerging from the Empress’s palace after their plea for Zhao Sese, Li Chengyin harshly slapped Xiaofeng. She immediately slapped him back, leading to a heated argument. Li Chengyin accused her of being a wicked woman, claiming she had masterminded the plot to harm Xuniang's child and frame Sese. He asserted that Xiaofeng constantly feigned innocence before the Empress while secretly reporting his coldness towards her.
Believing she acted out of jealousy, he deemed her more venomous than a snake for separating him from Sese and warned that he would never forgive her if anything happened to Sese. Xiaofeng vehemently denied his accusations, asking if he intended to depose her and stating her indifference to the title of Crown Princess Consort.
She proudly declared that the men of Xi State were valiant heroes, unlike a "useless" man like him who was better at reciting poems than riding a horse. She concluded that in Xi State, no one would desire a man like Li Chengyin. His face grim, Li Chengyin left without another word.
Back in his palace, Li Chengyin confided in Pei Zhao that his harshness towards Xiaofeng, including striking her, was not out of genuine anger but a desperate attempt to protect her from the palace's treacherous intrigues. He hoped that by creating a rift between them, she would be safe, noting that even his affection for Sese had led to her downfall. He lamented that their shattered relationship, paradoxically, might be a blessing for Xiaofeng.
Still, Li Chengyin expressed concern for the devoted Sese and instructed Pei Zhao to secretly send her medicine and supplies, asking him to console her and explain his difficult position. Li Chengyin then bemoaned his powerlessness as Crown Prince, unable to protect those he cared for. Meanwhile, a maid reported the public confrontation to Zhang Meiniang. Gao Ruyi praised Zhang Meiniang’s scheme as "hitting two birds with one stone."
Pleased, Zhang Meiniang entrusted Gao Ruyi with gifts for her own uncle, while Gao Ruyi remarked that the news would surely help her father, Gao Yuming, recover faster. Later, Xiaofeng visited Xuniang, who had lost her child. Xuniang lay weak and heartbroken in bed. Xiaofeng comforted her, urging her to take care of herself and offering to provide anything she needed.
A servant mentioned that the Empress was preparing to officially promote Xuniang to the rank of Baolin (Lady of Precious Bevy) and reiterated the importance of rest for a future pregnancy. Elsewhere, Chai Mu met with Gu Jian, expressing satisfaction that Gu Jian had helped the Crown Prince depose Gao Zhen. When Chai Mu inquired about Mingyue, he grew concerned. He later secretly met with Mingyue, announcing his plan to take her away from the capital.
Mingyue resisted, convinced the Emperor would find her and driven by a desire for revenge against the Gao family for the massacre of her family, the Chens. She felt she could only truly be her mother's daughter, not just Mingyue of the Singing Jade Brothel, after avenging the innocent souls of her family. Chai Mu dismissed revenge as a man's task, not wanting her to follow his own painful 20-year path.
Desperate to protect her, he asked if, given another chance, he should have saved the Gu family or rescued her and her mother. Mingyue implied he already knew the answer. Chai Mu conceded that he would have saved his wife and daughter, lamenting that it was too late. Mingyue then invited him to her mother's memorial tomb, explaining she was too young at the time to claim the body and could only erect a nameless tombstone.
Chai Mu sadly recalled buying a jade hairpin for his wife on the day of the tragedy, which he never had the chance to give her. Mingyue wept, relieved that her father had finally returned. As night fell, Xiaofeng climbed onto the palace roof for solitude, only to find Gu Jian already there. He explained he had heard of the trouble and was worried about her.
Xiaofeng nonchalantly mentioned that Li Chengyin had hit her, but she had hit him back so hard her own hand went numb. Seeing her unhappiness in the Eastern Palace, which he likened to a "prison," Gu Jian offered to take her away. Xiaofeng playfully dismissed him, but Gu Jian insisted, revealing a long-forgotten memory from Xi State.
He recounted a sword-fighting wager they made for their future: if he lost, he would be her husband, and if she lost, she would marry him. He claimed she had bested him, snatching his sword away. He also recalled them writing her name, "Qu Xiaofeng," before the wind blew the paper away. Xiaofeng, remembering none of it, dismissed his story as a joke.
Gu Jian swore he was telling the truth, recalling their "promise of a lifetime" made on the fifteenth of July, when she was to wait for him on a sand dune so they could run away together. When she asked why he never came, he apologized, explaining that something urgent had come up and she was already gone by the time he arrived.
Seeing her continued disbelief, Gu Jian concluded that she was unwilling to leave because she had fallen in love with Li Chengyin again. In Qingluan Hall, Senior Lady-in-Waiting Rongshuang, on the Empress's orders, dismissed all of Zhao Sese's servants except for Jin'er. The shock caused Sese to faint. Enraged upon hearing the news, Li Chengyin stormed into the Empress's palace, demanding to know why she continued to persecute Sese, who had already been demoted.
The Empress rebuked him for his insolence. Li Chengyin pleaded for the ban on Sese’s quarters to be lifted so he could see her, but the Empress threatened to expel Sese from the palace entirely. In defiance, Li Chengyin vowed to kneel outside until she relented, and the Empress coldly left him to it. Yongniang later informed Xiaofeng that Li Chengyin had knelt all day and fainted.
Xiaofeng was initially indifferent, but relented when Yongniang revealed he had been feverish for days and no one dared approach him. Imperial Physician Wang diagnosed Li Chengyin's high fever as a result of an old leg wound aggravated by prolonged kneeling, compounded by emotional distress. Li Chengyin questioned the physician about memory loss, and was told it could result from trauma but that memories could return over time.
Determined to remember, Li Chengyin was tormented by flashes of fighting the wolf king and refused all medicine, ordering everyone out. A maid informed Xiaofeng of his refusal to take medicine, speculating he was childishly protesting against the Empress. Xiaofeng went to his bedside and, with A'Du's help, forced him to swallow the medicine. Meanwhile, a sick Zhao Sese tearfully pleaded with Jin'er to tell Li Chengyin she was ill and had been framed by Xiaofeng. Later that night, Xiaofeng awoke to find her body numb, as the still-feverish Li Chengyin was tightly gripping her hand in his sleep.
