One and Only Episode 2 Recap
> One and Only Recap
Before the imperial mausoleum, Liu Hui saw Zhou Shengchen beside him. He asked Zhou Shengchen to preside over the entry into the mausoleum. Zhou Shengchen knew that as someone with a different surname, he was not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum.
However, Liu Hui bestowed upon Zhou Shengchen the Ban Jian Huang Yue, allowing him not to announce his name when submitting reports in the future, and not to hurry when entering court, but to go directly into the hall. Zhou Shengchen thanked Liu Hui for his kindness, but he did not need these worldly possessions. Therefore, he only left Liu Hui a retreating figure and rode away elegantly. In Shunchang Year 4, the Emperor passed away.
Crown Prince Liu Hui, only six years old, ascended the throne. But Qi Zhenzhen and her group wanted to burn the bridge after crossing the river. Previously, Shiyi was betrothed before birth to be the Crown Princess. Now that Liu Hui had ascended the throne as Emperor, Qi Zhenzhen was unwilling to let Shiyi become Empress.
She only established Liu Zixing, the third son of the Prince of Yanwu, as the Crown Prince, forcing Cui Guang to accept the imperial decree. After Qi Zhenzhen firmly established herself as Empress Dowager, she immediately arranged for her confidantes to exterminate Empress Gao's entire clan. Several years later, Shiyi had grown into a graceful and upright young lady. Although she could not speak, there was tenderness in her eyes and brows.
Her brother Cui Feng knew that Shiyi was about to go to the Nanchen Royal Mansion to study under a master, so he volunteered to escort Shiyi to Xizhou. Zhou Shengchen had not yet returned from his southern campaign. Cui Feng took Shiyi to stay at the guesthouse first.
He learned that Zhou Shengchen was about to arrive in Xizhou and would review the troops in the city, so he quietly took Shiyi to view Zhou Shengchen's troop review from atop the city wall. Looking with her eyes, Shiyi spotted Zhou Shengchen on the high platform at a glance. The long night broke into dawn, the three armies set out together, with wolf smoke as the backdrop and yellow sand assaulting the sky.
This was Zhou Shengchen, the Junior Prince of Nanchen, who had thousands of retainers and commanded an army of 700,000. At the apprenticeship ceremony banquet, Cui Wenjun and Cui Feng escorted Shiyi to the Nanchen Royal Mansion. Shiyi stepped forward and performed the apprenticeship rite. Zhou Shengchen accepted Shiyi's apprenticeship rite. He already had ten disciples in his mansion, so he decided to call Shiyi "Eleven." At this time, congratulatory gifts were sent from the palace.
The congratulatory gift was the Ban Jian Huang Yue. This time, Zhou Shengchen could not refuse, so he had no choice but to accept this gift and sent it to Shiyi's room. Besides the congratulatory gift, the palace also brought a painter to draw Shiyi's portrait. This portrait was to be sent to the Eastern Palace in the future. Zhou Shengchen ordered someone to take the painter and Shiyi together to the study.
Dismissing the people in the hall, Cui Wenjun mentioned her wish to leave Cui Shou behind. Cui Shou would stay in Xizhou with two thousand soldiers to protect Shiyi, and Cui Feng would also stay in Xizhou city and join the army with Zhou Shengchen. Cui Wenjun told Zhou Shengchen about Shiyi's inability to speak. After entrusting Shiyi to Zhou Shengchen, she then bid farewell to Shiyi.
Seeing Shiyi bid farewell to her mother with red eyes, a softness arose in Zhou Shengchen's heart. He personally took Shiyi to the courtyard. In the middle of the night, the maidservant taking care of Shiyi came in a panic to find Zhou Shengchen, saying that Shiyi was missing. For a daughter of a prominent clan to disappear was no small matter. Zhou Shengchen only told the maidservant not to panic; he would go to look for Shiyi.
Inside the library building, Zhou Shengchen found Shiyi. He gave the key to the library building to Shiyi as today's apprenticeship gift. Shiyi happily accepted this gift. Afterward, Shiyi performed the morning and evening rituals of a disciple to Zhou Shengchen every day. Zhou Shengchen had always been unrestrained, but now came the elaborate rules of a prominent clan's daughter. He simply couldn't stand it and told Shiyi to forget these rules.
Although Zhou Shengchen had ten disciples, Shiyi was his first officially accepted disciple. He had quite a headache thinking about what to teach Shiyi. After learning about what Shiyi usually studied, he asked Xie Chong to prepare a qin, preparing to teach Shiyi the qin technique. Shiyi followed Xie Chong to the qin room to choose a qin. She chose a qin that Zhou Shengchen had used, named Changfeng.
