Love Like The Galaxy Episode 44 Recap
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As the battle at Shouchun wrapped up, Ling Buyi led his troops overnight to Tongniu County. Through Lou Ben, he learned that Ma Rong was killed less than half a day after surrendering, leaving no witness to testify. The series of coincidences made Ling Buyi suspicious of Lou Ben. He asked for his opinion on the rumors about Yan Zhong and brought up the loyal officials still imprisoned.
Lou Ben had originally planned to release Li Feng, but suddenly a fire broke out at the county prison. Though it was extinguished quickly, Li Feng perished. When Ling Buyi and his men went to investigate, they unexpectedly found Cheng Shaoshang unconscious. Fortunately, she was not seriously harmed and recovered after some rest. On her journey from the capital to Tongniu County, Cheng Shaoshang had endured many hardships and nearly ran out of money.
After arriving and learning that Li Feng was in prison, she stole two buns to sneak in and investigate. Seeing her injuries, Ling Buyi bandaged her up and, distressed, scolded her before gently comforting her, promising he would always stay by her side and never let her fight alone. Cheng Shaoshang recalled her meeting with Li Feng in prison and found him very strange.
His words hinted that he was counting on Lou Ben to reclaim the county and advance his career. Just then, Lou Ben approached and overheard their conversation. Ling Buyi noticed his presence, but Lou Ben pretended he had come to deliver the casualty list from the fire. However, Cheng Shaoshang’s cold demeanor clearly showed she didn’t trust Lou Ben.
She had noticed that Li Feng was never worried about his own safety and seemed to know in advance that Lou Ben would persuade Ma Rong to surrender. When the prison caught fire, Cheng Shaoshang vaguely heard curses about betrayal and silencing witnesses, proving there was more to the story. Ling Buyi had once admired Lou Ben’s talent, but now realized he had underestimated his ambition. Since there was no evidence against him, they needed another plan.
Because Lou Ben was overly cautious and cunning, Ling Buyi advised Cheng Shaoshang to carefully hide her emotions to avoid alerting him. After Li Feng’s death, only the elderly and women were left in his family. Cries filled the mourning hall. His colleague Yin Lao lamented and shared with Ling Buyi and Cheng Shaoshang about Li Feng’s background and Yan Zhong’s character.
He initially didn’t believe Yan Zhong was greedy for power until he saw Lou Ben holding his written confession, confirming his betrayal. At that moment, Lou Ben appeared, seemingly to mourn Li Feng, but in reality to pressure Madam Li to quickly leave with some money. Cheng Shaoshang didn’t notice the subtle threat and continued asking Yin Lao for details about the incident, but the information came only from Li Feng’s mouth, and the truth remained unclear.
When Madam Li left the mourning hall, she stared directly at Ling Buyi and Cheng Shaoshang, then left with a troubled look. Realizing something was wrong, they followed her. That day, Madam Li was either moving or selling property, and finally caused a public argument with a shopkeeper and deliberately dropped her pouch. Cheng Shaoshang quickly picked it up and found hidden inside was silk writing from Li Feng and Yan Zhong.
She and Ling Buyi deduced that Madam Li must have been threatened, and someone in the county office was the cause of her fear. Recalling her words, Cheng Shaoshang realized the clue pointed to a post station thirty li away. Sure enough, they found the buried corpses of Yan Zhong, his family, and the guards who had accompanied Cheng Shi. Upon hearing this, Cheng Shaoshang became emotional and rushed among the corpses to find her father.
But Ling Buyi believed that since Cheng Shi hadn’t been found, he might still be alive. To calm her, Ling Buyi struck her acupoint to make her sleep. When she woke, Liang Qiu Qi, indignant on behalf of his master, told her all that Ling Buyi had gone through in the past two days. Cheng Shaoshang finally calmed down, and the two embraced tenderly.
At the palace gates, old ministers stood guard, and among them Yuan Shen stood out as a young, talented figure. Some were pleading for the Cheng family, others impeaching them—each with opposing views. Minister Zuo offended both Grand Tutor Lou and Wan Songbai, and Wan Songbai even dislocated Minister Zuo’s arm. Even Emperor Wen couldn’t help applauding the act when he heard. In fact, Emperor Wen didn’t want to meet them at all—their repetitive arguments irritated him.
Yet Minister Zuo’s cries kept coming. Upon seeing the Emperor, he wept and pleaded endlessly. Yuan Shen and Grand Tutor Lou unusually agreed in defending Wan Songbai. In the end, Minister Zuo still advised executing the entire Cheng family. Everyone had their own opinion, and Emperor Wen proposed a compromise—let Minister Zuo personally escort Cheng Shaoshang back to the capital. The others agreed. Though Minister Zuo feared Ling Buyi, he had no excuse to refuse.
With the matter settled, Emperor Wen praised Lou Ben for his contributions and planned to promote him to a court position. To make Lou Ben reveal his true colors, Ling Buyi spoke with him directly, lacing his words with tests. Unfortunately, Lou Ben responded flawlessly, leaving no weakness to exploit. But when questioned further, Lou Ben finally lost composure—because Ling Buyi had found out that Yan Zhong had met with old noble friends, always in secret.
