My Destined Consort Episode 26 Recap
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Lu Jingshu's secret schemes endangered the lives of many sick refugees. Rumors spread wildly throughout the disaster area that there were problems with Shen Jiangli’s prescriptions, and many people suffered bodily harm because of them. The governor of East Zhou, concerned about maintaining overall stability, ordered Shen Jiangli to be imprisoned. As a result, Lu Jingming was also implicated and placed under house arrest, forbidden from going outside.
At this critical moment, one of his subordinates brought him news: for the past few days, Shen Jiangli had been trying to figure out where Lu Jingshu had funneled the embezzled silver. Now, it was finally uncovered that Lu Jingshu had been submitting reports requesting massive amounts of funds supposedly for suppressing mountain bandits—but in fact, these "bandits" were Lu Jingshu’s private army.
Lu Jingming’s reputation plummeted sharply, and he lost the public's trust, making it impossible for him to confront Lu Jingshu head-on. Chu Ya came to see him. She analyzed the current dilemma and boldly proposed a solution: marriage. Only through marriage could Lu Jingming leverage West Zhou’s powerful backing to regain influence, and at the same time, Shen Jiangli would avoid further life-threatening danger with an upcoming marriage to protect her.
Though reluctant, Lu Jingming ultimately agreed for the sake of Shen Jiangli’s safety and their greater plans. He secretly went to the prison and saw Shen Jiangli sleeping curled up on the floor. She had grown noticeably thinner over the past few days and was still murmuring his name in her dreams. Wanting to get Shen Jiangli out of prison as soon as possible, Chu Ya personally approached the governor of East Zhou to explain her plan.
Previously, Lu Jingming had publicly rejected Chu Ya’s confession. Now that Chu Ya proposed marriage again, the governor believed Lu Jingming must be concerned about something. Thus, he summoned Lu Jingming and his mother, Lady Shu, and after Lu Jingming confirmed his intentions, the governor agreed to grant the marriage. Chu Ya specifically requested that during the wedding celebrations, bloodshed should be avoided, and Shen Jiangli should be released.
Chu Ya also proposed to give Shen Jiangli the status of a legitimate wife, but the governor insisted that Lu Jingming should consider divorcing her to give Chu Ya formal status. After Shen Jiangli was released from prison, she hurried back to the residence to continue her research on medicinal herbs for treating the plague. But when she saw the entire mansion decorated with lanterns and streamers as if preparing for a wedding, she was puzzled.
A servant quickly reported the recent developments to her. Shen Jiangli was deeply shocked—after being imprisoned for only two days, was Lu Jingming really marrying another woman? Clinging to a sliver of hope, she asked Lu Jingming if it was true. Lu Jingming, calm and composed, confirmed that it was indeed his intention. Seeing how heartbroken Shen Jiangli was, he felt pained as well.
But with Lu Jingshu becoming increasingly ruthless, he knew that sending Shen Jiangli away was the safest course of action. Meanwhile, Chu Ya secretly hired the most renowned pharmacist in her homeland to investigate whether there were any issues with the plague medicines. After thorough testing, it was finally proven that Shen Jiangli’s prescription had no problems at all. It was only after someone had tampered with it by adding horse feed that the medicinal effects changed completely.
Who had tampered with the prescriptions? Lu Jingming pondered carefully. Years ago, Lu Jingshu had already tried repeatedly to eliminate him. Now, seeing Lu Jingming gain their father’s favor, Lu Jingshu naturally would not accept it. Thus, the lives of the disaster victims were treated as mere pawns to deal Lu Jingming a fatal blow.
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