Nirvana in Fire Episode 3 Recap
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The young slave being beaten by the eunuch was Ting Sheng, whom Prince Jing had been secretly caring for. Nihuang and Prince Jing, who arrived, together shouted the eunuch away. The 11-year-old Ting Sheng loved to read. Mei Changsu saw Prince Jing's special care for Ting Sheng, promised to teach Ting Sheng to read, and proactively promised Prince Jing to find a way to rescue Ting Sheng.
Nihuang's younger brother Mu Qing was worried that his sister was being deceived by Mei Changsu, so he sent someone to probe her martial arts skills, but she was shouted away by Meng Zhi. It turned out that Meng Zhi was a former member of the Chiyan Army.
Although she had not met Mei Changsu for 12 years, the two had been communicating through letters, and she had already recognized Mei Changsu as Lin Shu when she was at the Ningguo Duke's Manor. In her letters, she knew that Lin Shu's appearance had changed greatly due to injuries and illness, but she never expected him to be completely unrecognizable, making it difficult to distinguish his true appearance. Meng Zhi visited Xue Lu at night.
Mei Changsu was worried about implicating the Meng family and tried to dissuade Meng Zhi. But Meng Zhi firmly believed in the loyalty of the Lin family and was determined to help him succeed. When asked about the Meiling injustice case, Mei Changsu fell into painful memories. He only told Meng Zhi that the seventy thousand Chiyan Army had been almost completely annihilated and that he would recount the details later one by one.
Inside the palace, the Empress and Consort Yue vied to recommend candidates for the consort to the Emperor of Liang. The Emperor of Liang was noncommittal and decreed that Mei Changsu, recommended by Nihuang, would preside over the literary test of the martial arts competition for choosing a consort. At the martial arts arena, Bailiqi from Northern Yan had an extremely ugly appearance but possessed unparalleled martial arts skills, and no one could match him.
The Emperor of Liang feared that Nihuang's marriage would make Northern Yan even stronger, and wanted to prevent this dark horse that had suddenly emerged. Therefore, he hosted a banquet in the palace for the candidates who had entered the top ten of the literary test, as a delaying tactic to plan slowly. Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin were worried about Nihuang and consulted Mei Changsu for a solution.
Xiao Jingrui wanted to fight with all his might, hoping only to injure Bailiqi, so that Nihuang would have a better chance when facing him in the match. Xiao Jingrui had a special background. When he was born, Princess Liyang became friends at first sight with the wife of Zhuo Dingfeng, the master of Tianquan Manor. The two stayed together to await childbirth and gave birth at the same time.
Due to an accident, the two babies were mixed up, making their identities indistinguishable, and one of them died suddenly the next day. Therefore, the Emperor of Liang bestowed the imperial surname upon him and named him Xiao Jingrui. He lived one year with the Xie family and one year with the Zhuo family, being the son of two families, and the two families thus became close like one family.
Later, Zhuo Dingfeng's eldest son Zhuo Qingyao married the Xie family's eldest daughter Xie Qi, further strengthening the family ties. Mu Qing was dissatisfied with Bailiqi's victory and declared that if he were to marry Nihuang, he would find someone to cripple him. At the banquet, Prince Yu proposed that the candidates spar on the spot to liven things up. Xiao Jingrui was the first to challenge but was no match for Bailiqi.
