Nirvana in Fire Episode 30 Recap
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Yuzin prepared to take his leave, but Yan Que asked him to stay and participate in the secret talk. Learning that Mei Changsu was not helping Prince Yu, but serving Prince Jing, and knowing it was unreasonable and without assurance of success, the righteous Yan Que was still filled with passion and willing to lend a hand. Yuzin understood his father's choice and swore to follow him until death, never regretting it.
Mei Changsu received Yan Que's approval and said he would do his best to protect the entire Yan family, but Yan Que told Mei Changsu not to worry about it. During the conversation, Yan Que suddenly asked Mei Changsu if he was an old acquaintance from the Prince Qi's manor back then. Mei Changsu explained that he was a young man who once admired the eldest imperial son, and his old ambition remains unchanged to this day.
Yan Que knew he was concealing something, but did not delve deeper. With Qin Banruo acting as a go-between, Xia Jiang met with Prince Yu as scheduled and agreed with him to only help him eliminate Prince Jing, without participating in the struggle for the throne. In fact, if Prince Jing fell, no one would be left to contend with Prince Yu, so Xia Jiang was merely deceiving himself.
Inside the Su Manor, Tong Lu reported two matters: first, after Xie Yu arrived at the place of exile, he suffered several sneak attacks, but the attackers were not ruthless and primarily tested him, possibly because Xia Jiang was wary of the handwritten letter Xie Yu left with Princess Liyang; second, Xia Dong had left the capital several months ago, and she went to Jiaxing Pass, hoping to find Xie Yu's former left deputy general, Wei Qi, to understand the situation, but Wei Qi died mysteriously just before she arrived, killed secretly by the Xuanjing Division.
Mei Changsu instructed people to protect Princess Liyang well to prevent Xie Yu's handwritten letter from being seized. After Tong Lu left, Zhen Ping, who was always meticulous, noticed that Tong Lu was somewhat different from usual. Mei Changsu ordered him to have Mr. Thirteen pay close attention. At this time, Mei Changsu was too ill to stand, and Doctor Yan strictly ordered him to rest in bed. Tong Lu was deeply in love and could not extricate himself.
He decided to propose to Mr. Thirteen that he marry Fourth Sister, who used the alias Jun Niang. Xia Jiang received a report that his subordinates had lost track of Xia Dong, and the mission to assassinate Princess Liyang had not been completed either. Because Princess Liyang stayed indoors and the patrol camp had recently reinforced the defenses around the Princess's manor, there was no opportunity to act.
Therefore, Xia Jiang decided to stop for now and ordered his subordinates to keep a close eye on the movements at the Princess's manor and Xia Dong's whereabouts upon returning to the capital. Xia Jiang told Prince Yu the information he had about Wei Zheng, using this to create an opportunity to bring up the old Chiyan case again.
It turned out that Wei Zheng was Lin Shu's deputy general; he escaped death and was rescued by Valley Master Su of Medicine King Valley, who adopted him as his foster son. He changed his name to Su Xuan, married Yun Piaoliao, the only daughter of the renowned medical family Yun in Xunyang, and lived in seclusion under a false name for more than ten years.
Xia Jiang had ascertained the time and route of Wei Zheng's escort of medicinal materials, and dispatched elite forces to set up an ambush, preparing to lure and capture Wei Zheng, ensuring it would be foolproof. The Empress Dowager's birthday memorial arrived, and the Emperor of Liang needed to keep vigil for three days.
The imperial harem was not allowed to accompany him, so he asked Consort Jing to prepare calming incense for Gao Zhan to take to the imperial tomb. The Emperor of Liang had been restless recently, often dreaming of Consort Chen. He asked Consort Jing if she had dreamed of her, and Consort Jing answered cleverly.
Prince Yu hadn't come up with a good way to use Wei Zheng to implicate Prince Jing, but the shrewd and calculating Xia Jiang proposed using Wei Zheng as bait to lure Prince Jing to rescue him. Given Prince Jing's character, he would surely not stand idly by. As long as they seized this handle on Prince Jing, the Emperor would be enraged. Qin Banruo was worried that Mei Changsu might dissuade Prince Jing from rescuing Wei Zheng. Prince Yu set a trap to estrange the two, so that Prince Jing would not listen to Mei Changsu's counsel at that time.
