Recap episodio 28 di The First Jasmine
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Following Ye Li's public denunciation of Marquis Muyang, Shangshuling Murong Shen steps forward in the imperial court. He highlights the chilling connections between Zhou Jing and the recent assassination attempts, pointing out that both Zhang Hengyuan's attack on Zhong Xingtong and Zhao Ting's infiltration of the prison to assassinate Ye Li were carried out by Zhou Jing's closest confidants. Murong Shen questions if such terrifying events could truly be mere coincidences, demanding an explanation from the Marquis.
Zhou Jing fiercely denies the charges, dismissing the accusations as a baseless frame-up. However, Mo Xiuyao steps forward with irrefutable proof. He announces that while Zhao Ting is dead, the co-conspirator Chen Longxiang is alive and has fully confessed. Mo Xiuyao presents secret correspondence recovered from Chen Longxiang's private residence detailing Zhou Jing's smuggling of Dachu's weaponry to Cangbei, along with ledgers of Cangbei's bribes, including land deeds, properties, horses, and the exact flow of the illicit funds.
Terrified by the solid proof, Zhou Jing begs the Emperor and the Empress Dowager for a chance to clear his name. Seizing the moment, Ye Li raises the Heiyun Cavalry rebellion case from eight years ago, accusing Zhou Jing of fabricating all the dispatches, secret letters, and confessions through torture to frame loyal officials.
To back her claim, Ye Li produces the late Emperor's posthumous edict, which commanded the late Prince Ding, Mo Xiuwen, to lead his troops to the capital to protect the throne. Duke Hua examines the document and stakes his life on its authenticity. Moved to tears, Mo Xiuyao petitions to clear the names of the thirty thousand fallen souls of the Heiyun Cavalry. The young Emperor grants the petition, and Zhou Jing is sent to death row.
Upon returning to the mansion, Mo Xiuyao realizes Ye Li is burning with a high fever. To secure her meeting with Gu Zheng while in prison, she had swallowed Han Mingxi's hair ornament, and despite inducing vomiting earlier, the foreign object had remained in her body too long. Mo Xiuyao calls for a physician and tells her to focus solely on resting. The next morning, before Mo Xiuyao leaves for the palace, Ye Li comforts her crying maid, Qingshuang.
Qingshuang fears they will be driven out of the mansion once the truth is revealed, but Ye Li reassures her that they must face whatever comes next, though they agree to wait until the case is over before revealing the full truth about how she obtained the edict from Dowager Consort Qin. Elsewhere, Feng Zhiyao waits at their designated meeting place with a blooming Golden-Scale Cup flower.
When his servant suggests the Cangbei merchant might have been teasing him, Feng Zhiyao defends her, only to witness the body of Princess Lingyun being escorted out of the capital. Desperate after searching every inn, Feng Zhiyao seeks Mo Xiuyao's help. Upon seeing a portrait of Princess Lingyun, Feng Zhiyao is devastated to recognize her as his beloved Yun Ling. He realizes she was actually the Cangbei princess, and that her personal maid, Su Zuidie, assassinated her to incite war.
Feng Zhiyao rushes to the docks, but the boat carrying her remains has already sailed. He weeps by the river, clutching her token, realizing she will never see the Golden-Scale Cup he nurtured for her. To relax, Ye Li accompanies Mo Xiuyao on a fishing trip. After waiting until nightfall, Mo Xiuyao catches a rare, beautiful silver-tailed fish. During their outdoor roast with Ah Jin, Ye Li notices white hair on Mo Xiuyao's head.
He explains it is premature graying, a hereditary condition triggered by worry. Later, Li Feibai visits Ye Li wearing a gray scarf to hide a scratch on his neck. He admits that Lady Yusheng scratched him after he wore a robe she had made for her guqin partner. When Feibai foolishly offered to buy her freedom so she could run away with the musician, she flew into a rage. Ye Li calls Feibai completely clueless about a woman's heart.
Soon after, Feibai is left heartbroken upon learning Lady Yusheng has left for Xihua with the guqin player. Meanwhile, Han Mingxi returns to find his brother, Han Mingyue, only to witness a confrontation with Mo Jingli. Mo Jingli is furious with Su Zuidie; although she assassinated Princess Lingyun to incite war, her plot also targeted Ye Li, whom Mo Jingli had strictly forbidden anyone from harming.
When Han Mingyue pleads for Su Zuidie's life, arguing her connections in Cangbei are still useful, Mo Jingli stabs him in anger. Han Mingxi rushes in to protect his brother but is surrounded. Mo Jingli mockingly points out that the Han brothers are inextricably tied to the Eastern Palace and the Prince Li Mansion, warning Han Mingyue that if Han Mingxi escapes, he will pay with his life.
After Mo Jingli leaves, Han Mingxi tries to kill Su Zuidie, but Han Mingyue stops him, still believing Mo Jingli's rise will restore their family. Han Mingxi warns his brother that his love for the sorceress has blinded him, and that Mo Jingli will likely silence them first to cover up his past crimes.
