Nirvana in Fire Episode 18 Recap

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Qin Banruo was skilled in Qimen Dunjia (a form of divination and strategy). She took the opportunity to search the Su Residence and quickly found a secret room containing detailed information on important court officials. She told Prince Yu that Mei Changsu's intention to intervene in court affairs had been long-standing. Other than this, everything else appeared normal. In fact, this game was designed by Mei Changsu for Xia Chun and Qin Banruo.

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He wanted to ensure that the secret tunnel connecting the Su Residence and Prince Jing's mansion was undetectable even to masters of mechanisms like Xia Chun and Qin Banruo. Mei Changsu asked Meng Zhi and Princess Nihuang never to reveal his identity to Prince Jing under any circumstances. If Prince Jing knew he was Lin Shu, he would prioritize protecting Lin Shu in everything he did, which would make Prince Jing hesitant and unable to achieve great things.

Meng Zhi and Princess Nihuang understood his painstaking efforts. They both promised to look after Mei Changsu and never let him be wronged, and their sincere affection deeply moved Mei Changsu. Qin Banruo investigated and found that the Southern Chu royal hostage from over 20 years ago was connected to the Ningguo Manor. Prince Yu nodded in agreement.

It turned out that Princess Liyang had once been in love with that Southern Chu hostage, which caused quite a stir in the capital, but she suddenly married Xie Yu, who only had a low military rank at the time, not long after. After the marriage, Xie Yu was promoted to a First-Rank Military Lord, his rapid rise was astonishing.

Afterward, relying on his status as a royal relative and the Chiyan Army unjust case, he became favored by the Emperor. Qin Banruo wanted to use Princess Liyang's past relationship to find a weakness and seize the opportunity to bring down Xie Yu. Prince Jing entered the Su Residence through the secret tunnel late at night and informed Mei Changsu that the Southern Chu marriage delegation was about to arrive in the capital.

Consort Jing did not wish for the Southern Chu princess to marry into Prince Jing's mansion, so she specifically came to ask for a solution. Mei Changsu said he would use some means through the Grand Astrologer and Grand Diviner to make Prince Jing and the Southern Chu princess's horoscopes incompatible, making the marriage difficult to succeed.

Seeing that Mei Changsu had people even within the Grand Secretariat, Prince Jing also keenly sensed that Mei Changsu's arrival in the capital was not without preparation. He became suspicious and asked Mei Changsu why he cared about Ting Sheng and if he knew Prince Qi. Mei Changsu evaded the question.

Mu Qing scouted for information and repeated the content of the imperial decree regarding the "exchanging of death row prisoners" case to Princess Nihuang and Xia Dong: He Jingzhong, Minister of Personnel, was dismissed; He Wenxin's original sentence was carried out; Qi Min, Minister of Justice, was stripped of his position and imprisoned, sentenced to exile.

During this time, the two tigers in the capital were locked in a fierce struggle, and the situation was volatile, but neither gained ground over the other: Prince Yu lost the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Justice; the Crown Prince lost the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue, both suffered heavy losses. Now, both sides wanted to fill the positions in the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel with their own people.

However, after repeated consideration, the Emperor of Liang finally appointed Cai Quan, the neutral figure Prince Jing had casually mentioned, to temporarily act as the Minister of Justice. Meng Zhi visited Prince Jing's mansion to see Shouchun, who had been dismissed.

While chatting with Prince Jing, he brought up a topic and used the excuse of wanting to admire the double-string sword Prince Jing had captured from the King of Northern Di, thus successfully entering the room where Prince Jing's sword was hung. Because the Crown Prince was reprimanded and not handling state affairs, while Prince Yu was the only one excelling, rumors began to spread in court that Prince Yu would replace the Crown Prince.

The long-standing balance was broken, causing the Emperor of Liang vexation. As he strolled through the palace, he was attracted by the scent of medicine, which suddenly made him think of visiting Consort Jing, who had been neglected for many years.

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