Nirvana in Fire Episode 29 Recap
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It turned out that the Jiangzuo Alliance had intercepted a gift team delivering a gift to Prince Yu in Fuzhou 5 days ago. The gift-giver was actually the prefect of Yuezhou, where the disaster was most severe, and it was a heavy gift of over five thousand taels of silver.
Mei Changsu informed Prince Jing that he had arranged for this matter to spread throughout the streets of Yuezhou within 2 days, stirring up public anger to attract the attention of the Emperor of Liang. In the palace, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Personnel sent Prince Yu's bribery case to the Emperor of Liang's desk. Prince Yu tried to argue his way out, but Shen Zhui and Cai Quan presented irrefutable evidence.
The loss of face for the royal family enraged the Emperor of Liang. He knew that Prince Yu was no longer suitable to be in charge of disaster relief, so he reassigned the task to Prince Jing. Prince Jing's disaster relief efforts were very effective. The Emperor of Liang and the court officials praised him endlessly, saying he could fight on horseback and govern off horseback, which made Prince Yu extremely jealous.
Prompted by Qin Banruo, Prince Yu, who was drowning his sorrows in wine at his manor, finally admitted that Mei Changsu had long been working for Prince Jing. Qin Banruo suggested dealing with Mei Changsu and his Jiangzuo Alliance first. Besides helping Prince Yu, she also wanted to use Prince Yu's hand to avenge the heavy blow the Jiangzuo Alliance dealt to the Red Sleeves. Prince Yu saw through her intentions and pointed out that her plan was not appropriate.
Prince Yu believed that Prince Jing's support in court was already very solid, not solely relying on Mei Changsu, while he himself had no one he could rely on within the Six Ministries. The Jiangzuo Alliance's influence was too strong and difficult to deal with; it would be better to strike at the root by targeting Prince Jing. Once Prince Jing fell, Mei Changsu would have no use.
And Prince Jing's weakness was the Chiyan Army rebel case that had stood between Prince Jing and the Emperor of Liang for many years. To get Prince Yu to cooperate with Xia Jiang, Qin Banruo confessed that she was a descendant of Princess Xuanji of the Hua Clan and was willing to persuade Xia Jiang because he had a past connection with Princess Xuanji.
During this time, Xia Jiang had sent people to track Princess Liyang, intending to kill her to obtain Xie Yu's letter and remove the sharp sword hanging over his head, but he had been unable to find an opportunity. Since Consort Jing read "Xiangdi Ji," she would have Prince Jing take away two identical portions of pastries each time, one of which was naturally for Mei Changsu. Mei Changsu looked at the food box with some worry.
Zhen Ping asked him for the reason. It turned out that the food box Consort Jing sent never contained hazelnut shortbread. Mei Changsu had been unable to eat hazelnuts since he was a child, but hazelnut shortbread was Prince Jing's favorite. He suspected that Consort Jing already knew his true identity. Tong Lu sent a message to Mr. Thirteen that the Sect Leader ordered the closure of Miaoyinfang.
He then asked for verification regarding the identity of Fourth Sister, also known as Jun Niang, and left relieved after receiving confirmation from Mr. Thirteen. Winter arrived again. Mei Changsu coughed non-stop, and his condition worsened. Despite his illness, he still personally visited Yan Que. After entering, he learned from Yuzin that Jingrui was doing well, which brought him some comfort.
