Oh! My Emperor Season 2 Episode 4 Recap
> Oh! My Emperor Season 2 Recap
Beitang Tang and Shang Yu simultaneously broke free from their restraints. Seeing this, Xia Bing blew a xun to summon the crazed people to attack them. Beitang Tang created multiple clones to fight the frenzied attackers, then struck the xun from Xia Bing’s hand. He seized her, chained her, and took her with him. As they fled from the pursuing crazed people, Beitang Tang demanded an antidote from Xia Bing.
She revealed that the Black Pearl poison had no cure, and since he had knocked the xun from her hands, she could no longer control the crazed individuals. Beitang Tang hoisted Xia Bing onto his shoulder and urged Shang Yu to escape with Xifeng Lie, while he and Xia Bing would lead the crazed people away.
During their escape, Xia Bing stumbled, her foot sinking into the sand, causing them both to tumble down a sand dune and land in a tight embrace, nearly kissing. They both froze, startled. When the crazed people appeared on a nearby hill, Xia Bing quickly pressed Beitang Tang down, helping them avoid detection. Pharmacist Bilian conveyed the Empress Dowager’s order for Prince Chen and Luo Feifei to enter the palace and discuss their wedding.
Luo Feifei wondered what the Empress Dowager was planning, as she had previously shown hostility. However, the Empress Dowager adopted a completely different demeanor, presenting gifts to Luo Feifei and expressing her anticipation for a grandchild, stating she would no longer hinder the match. Luo Feifei declined the gifts, instead requesting that the Empress Dowager prove Ophiuchus’s innocence.
The Empress Dowager readily agreed, promising to investigate the case as Luo Feifei wished, provided she married Prince Chen in a proper, respectable ceremony. Meanwhile, Beitang Tang and Xia Bing, still stranded in the desert, discovered a small, dilapidated house. Inside, they found chicken legs, which they cooked over a bonfire and ate. After some playful banter, they fell asleep. Unbeknownst to them, the house was a bandit hideout.
Two bandits soon returned and decided to rob the sleeping pair, filling the room with smoke. Beitang Tang, sensing the danger, quickly defeated the bandits, saving Xia Bing. With their shelter gone, they had to rest in the open desert. Beitang Tang seemed to develop a fever, and Xia Bing, moved by compassion, shared her cloak with him, falling asleep nestled close by.
The next morning, Beitang Tang woke up and playfully told Xia Bing that he was now hers and she had to take responsibility for him. Xia Bing, in a surprisingly direct manner, agreed. She then chained him and began dragging him forward. In the palace, the Empress Dowager informed Beitang Yi that she wished for him, the Emperor, to personally officiate Prince Chen’s wedding.
Beitang Yi looked visibly displeased, though the Empress Dowager insisted it was to prevent rumors given Prince Chen’s loyal service. As preparations for the wedding proceeded in Prince Chen’s mansion, with decorations set up in Qiye Building, Luo Feifei stood idly on a bridge. Xie Yanran came to find her, and Luo Feifei was delighted.
Xie Yanran initially assumed Beitang Yi had chosen Luo Feifei, but Luo Feifei clarified that Beitang Yi had not chosen her; this was merely a small plot they concocted to deal with the Empress Dowager’s pressure, as they could not treat marriage as a joke or force two people who did not love each other together. Xie Yanran was greatly relieved upon hearing this.
Elsewhere, Beitang Yi sat distracted, writing a decree, oblivious even when black ink dripped onto the imperial edict. Dehai approached to offer advice, urging him to eat and expressing his understanding of the Emperor’s feelings regarding Luo Feifei. Beitang Yi curtly dismissed him. Back in the desert, Xia Bing and Beitang Tang reached a market. Xia Bing bought provisions and a camel. From then on, Xia Bing rode the camel while Beitang Tang, still chained, followed behind.
During their journey, Beitang Tang attempted to bring up what had happened between them the previous night, but Xia Bing adamantly refused to discuss it, telling him to stop being so "savage" and be "soft like a female." Beitang Tang continued to tease her about their encounter, even complaining about his injury while she made him walk. Shang Yu returned to the palace and immediately reported to Beitang Yi.
He had successfully brought Xifeng Lie back and confirmed that Xifeng Lie was afflicted by the Black Pearl poison, a foul-smelling insect that causes madness when combined with a certain flower. Shang Yu revealed that the Orion State was behind these events, having used the Ophiuchus dispute to incite internal unrest. Remembering that the Empress Dowager’s motherland was the Orion State, Beitang Yi went to confront her, presenting evidence.
However, as Beitang Yi took out the box containing the Black Pearl insect, a child accompanying the Empress Dowager accidentally bumped the box, allowing the insect to escape. Later, Xifeng Lie experienced a severe episode and had to be tied to a wooden bench. Imperial Physician Liu confirmed that Xifeng Lie was indeed poisoned by Black Pearl, the same type of poison Luo Feifei had once contracted.
Physician Liu explained that while he could manage the disease's progression, it was incurable. Luo Feifei then offered to use her extraordinary abilities to treat Xifeng Lie, despite Beitang Yi’s concern for her well-being.
