Princess Agents Episode 31 Recap, Plot

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The matter between Yan Xun and Wei Shuyou was clarified. The Emperor ordered Wei Shuyou to be given twenty heavy strokes and confined to his home for two years as punishment. Chun'er felt indignant for Brother Yan Xun, but her imperial concubine mother secretly shook her head as a signal. Even if she was unwilling, she could only swallow her opposing words. After leaving the main hall, Chun'er and Yan Xun walked together.

Yan Xun was injured, and Chun'er couldn't get justice for him, but she could give him the greatest care. She had prepared excellent wound medicine, but Yan Xun did not accept her kindness. Chun'er's hand, holding the medicine bottle, awkwardly paused in mid-air, making her feel helpless. Seeing Yuwen Huai approach, Chun'er sternly warned him not to harm Brother Yan Xun again. Yuwen Huai had long seen that Yan Xun did not like Chun'er.

He reminded Chun'er not to help the wrong person, lest she end up heartbroken. Yan Xun safely returned to Yingge Courtyard. Chu Qiao and Zhong Yu's anxious hearts finally relaxed. Zhong Yu heard about the Emperor's punishment for Wei Shuyou and couldn't help but frown, thinking it was too hasty. In fact, the Emperor's actions were understandable. If the punishment were severe, the powerful clans would not dare to act against Yan Xun in the future.

The Emperor merely wanted to use Yan Xun to control Northern Yan. An Yan Xun whose fate hung by a thread made him feel more at ease than a secure Yan Xun. Returning to the room, Yan Xun discovered that Chu Qiao was injured. It didn't matter how severe his own injuries were, but he couldn't bear to see Chu Qiao suffer even the slightest harm. He turned to go find Chun'er for medicine.

Chu Qiao held him tightly, reminding him that countless assassins were lurking outside. They had barely survived, and they had to endure. Yuwen Yue went to see the grand madam of Household Three at Hongshan House to inquire about the truth of his mother's death years ago. Yuwen Huai was not there, and the guards dared not let Yuwen Yue enter.

The two sides confronted each other for a moment, and the Yue Spies and the Hongshan House guards broke into a fight. Yuwen Yue then walked into Hongshan House. The secret chamber was full of traps. Relying on his years of experience as a spy, Yuwen Yue entered the inner chamber with surprising ease. Yuwen Yue held a dress in his hand, one his mother had worn when she went to the Bliss Chamber.

At that time, everyone said it was a peony skirt worn by the lowest-ranking concubines. However, two months ago, when Yuwen Yue obtained this dress at the Bliss Chamber, he discovered that it was actually a peony flower dress worn by the main wife. Peony and herbaceous peony were inherently similar; this dress had been deliberately stained, and his mother had been framed and implicated with Yuwen Xi because of it.

The grand madam of Household Three was paralyzed in both legs and had been confined in this dark, sunless secret chamber. She was originally the daughter of the Xie family from Wuyi Alley in the Southern Dynasty, and she was Yuwen Yue's mother's paternal aunt. That night, Yuwen Yue's mother came to visit her. Happy, the two drank some wine. Yuwen Yue's mother, unable to hold her liquor, became drunk and had to stay overnight at Hongshan House.

The grand madam of Household Three knew Yuwen Xi's character. To protect her niece, she specifically had her change into her own dress and entered the secret chamber together. But she never expected to still suffer at Yuwen Xi's cruel hands. She had been confined there for a full sixteen years, isolated from the world, attended only by two mute maids.

The reason Yuwen Xi did not kill her was because she possessed evidence of Yuwen Xi's private communication with Liang. Yuwen Huai returned to Hongshan House and found his people dead all over the courtyard. Yuwen Yue stood leisurely on the steps. Yuwen Huai's eyes turned fierce; if Yuwen Yue dared to provoke him, he would make Qingshan House run red with blood.

Yuwen Yue ignored Yuwen Huai's threat and told him that he had taken the grand madam of Household Three away. If he was not afraid of the unspeakable secrets of Household Three being exposed, then he was welcome to try. Yuwen Huai was not afraid of family scandals being exposed, but Yuwen Yue also possessed evidence of his private communication with Liang, which was equivalent to holding his lifeline. Yuwen Huai had no choice but to yield.

Yuwen Yue wanted exactly this effect. The Emperor had sent him to guard the scorching, sand-blown border, while Yuwen Huai took every advantage, comfortably enjoying his leisure in Chang'an. This made Yuwen Yue, who never suffered losses, very uncomfortable. He gave Yuwen Huai three days to report to the Emperor and request to guard the imperial tombs; otherwise, he would send him to keep Yuwen Xi company.

Although Yuwen Yue spoke so arrogantly, what he truly thought was merely that he did not want Yuwen Huai to remain in Chang'an and cause trouble for Yan Xun. Yuwen Huai had finally achieved a comfortable and successful position, but now Yuwen Yue had him in a difficult situation, which made him very displeased. However, with his lifeline seized, he had no choice.

At the same time, Noble Consort Wei received the news that the grand madam of Household Three from the Yuwen family had moved to Qingshan House. She smiled knowingly, finally understanding the reason why Yuwen Huai was going to guard the imperial tombs. After Wei Shuyou's assassination attempt on Yan Xun, the Emperor finally took the safety of Yingge Courtyard seriously.

He replaced the guards with a capable group and also allowed everyone except Yan Xun free access to Yingge Courtyard. Yuan Song entrusted the Guard Commander to bring Yan Xun's former personal Jian, saying it was being returned to its rightful owner. After the Guard Commander left, Zhong Yu smiled happily. It seemed the intelligence report that Yuwen Yue and Yuwen Huai were about to leave Chang'an was true, and the Yuwen family would not cause trouble for now.

While it was certainly gratifying to be rid of the formidable threat of Yuwen Huai, they were still in a perilous place and could not relax their vigilance. A-Jing, the son of General Menghe, a Northern Yan general, came to Yingge Courtyard. His father had died in battle on the Northern Yan battlefield and, before his death, had told A-Jing to seek refuge with Yan Xun. A-Jing was honest and loyal, so Yan Xun kept him as his personal guard.

Under the hazy moonlight, Chu Qiao and Yan Xun buried a jar of wine together. Three years would pass quickly, and they needed to make some preparations in advance, hoping that they could drink heartily from the wine buried today when the time came. Time flew by quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day Yuwen Yue was to leave Chang'an. He prepared a cenotaph for Chu Qiao.

Standing before Chu Qiao's tomb, Yuwen Yue's mind flashed with every little detail of their time together. Chu Qiao's voice, appearance, and smile were deeply etched in his mind. Placing the Broken Rainbow Jian before her tomb, Yuwen Yue turned and left. Before leaving, he instructed Yue Qi to look after Yan Xun. Dongfang Ji abandoned the Marquis Northen Settler and placed his hopes on Yuan Che, the Seventh Royal Prince, Prince Xiang of Great Wei.

Yuwen Yue's destination for this journey was precisely Yuan Che's military camp. Yuan Che had guarded the border for many years and his impression of the clan disciples in Chang'an was that they were dissolute young men with no real talent or learning. Yuwen Yue rode at top speed and finally arrived at Yuan Che's large camp.

Yuan Che did not beat around the bush; he stated directly that he would not hand over his troops to Yuwen Yue, but he also did not object to Yuwen Yue forming his own forces. Yuan Che tossed his token to him, telling him to use it to recruit soldiers. Whether he could recruit anyone would depend on Yuwen Yue's ability. Chu Qiao paid respects to her brothers and sisters.

Unexpectedly, next to their tomb, she saw the tombstone Yuwen Yue had erected for her. Standing before the tombstone, Chu Qiao recalled scenes of Yuwen Yue training her and caring for her, but she also could not forget the fact that he cruelly tried to kill her. Yuwen Yue's Xing'er was dead; the one alive now was Chu Qiao. Before leaving, she took the Broken Rainbow Jian that had been placed before the tomb.

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