Qingchuan's Veil of Vengean Episode 15 Recap
> Qingchuan's Veil of Vengean Recap
Empress Dowager Cao heard the sounds of slaughter in her dream. Mo Qingchuan, covered in blood, knelt before her amid a field of corpses—it was the same battlefield from the Battle of Qingchuan years ago. Yet the Empress Dowager felt no guilt. Instead, she declared that the capital would not become another Qingchuan, nor would she fall into ruin alongside Mo Qingchuan. But when she looked into Mo Qingchuan’s eyes, she was so frightened that she woke from the dream.
She immediately ordered Su Qi to deliver a decree for peace negotiations and to have Mo Qingchuan enter a political marriage. Su Qi came to deliver the decree but was so terrified by Mo Qingchuan’s cold, piercing gaze that he dropped the edict and fled in haste. Meanwhile, Xia Qiguang privately sought an audience with the emperor to negotiate terms. Then he visited Mo Qingchuan.
Mo Qingchuan told Xia Qiguang that her agreement with Feng Shiye was that he would take revenge on her behalf, and in return, she would marry him. But now Feng Shiye had colluded with Empress Dowager Cao and used her as a pawn—so she intended to enter the palace and overturn the game. Xia Qiguang tried to stop her, begging her to wait a little longer.
He reminded her that if she went now, her name would be branded alongside Mo Junyu’s as a traitor. But no matter what he said, Mo Qingchuan left without looking back. Xia Qiguang blocked her path and told her that outside the door were soldiers of the Mo Army's vanguard camp. If she wanted to leave, arrows would rain down on her, and she would have to trample over his corpse to pass.
Unmoved, Mo Qingchuan drew her sword and stabbed at Xia Qiguang. Believing that Mo Qingchuan had sided with the Empress Dowager, Xia Qiguang told her to kill him and take the credit. Seeing that Mo Qingchuan was about to drive the sword into Xia Qiguang’s chest, Jiang Kui hurriedly stopped her. Without fear, Mo Qingchuan opened the doors. If she were to die at the hands of the Mo Army, it would be the best ending.
But when the doors opened, she found the Mo Army assembled outside under Wuyou’s leadership. Though their ancestors had died in battle, their descendants, upon hearing of Mo Qingchuan’s return, all willingly enlisted in the Mo Army. Tears welled in Mo Qingchuan’s eyes. She looked back at Xia Qiguang, still kneeling, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. Xia Qiguang had hit the mark with his arrow. Hearing this, Xia Qiguang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Drunk, Li Feng rampaged through the street and bumped into an elderly man. Not only did he refuse to apologize, but he also began to beat the old man. Shi Tou happened upon the scene and intervened, but was killed by Li Feng. The townspeople fled, shouting that someone had been murdered. Xia Qiguang and Wuyou arrived at the sound of the commotion and angrily beat Li Feng, intending to arrest him.
However, the patrolling soldiers, recognizing him as someone from Chu, didn’t dare act and tried to persuade Xia Qiguang to wait while one of them went to report the situation. When the Empress Dowager received the report, Cao Huaitai asked whether they should apprehend Li Feng. But as soon as the Empress Dowager glanced at him, Cao Huaitai understood that they couldn’t. Su Qi, standing by, revealed a slight smile.
Court minister He Zhixiang saw Li Feng flaunting himself in public after murdering someone and rushed to the emperor, demanding the Empress Dowager be deposed so the emperor could rule directly. But the Empress Dowager overheard this and had He Zhixiang beaten to death. The Prime Minister also wanted to oppose the peace negotiations, but Cao Huaitai questioned him in court—if war broke out, would they all be willing to die for their country?
Xia Qiguang arrived only to find He Zhixiang barely clinging to life. He lamented that as a scholar, he was powerless, and begged Xia Qiguang to save Xia. Heartbroken, Xia Qiguang could only watch as He Zhixiang died before his eyes. In the court, officials removed their hats in protest, but the Empress Dowager suppressed them with authority. She decreed the peace negotiation must proceed and could not be debated further.
Su Qi placed the treaty before the emperor, urging him to stamp it. Xia Qiguang burst into the court, trying to stop the signing. The Empress Dowager questioned whether he objected. Xia Qiguang looked at the emperor behind her and ultimately swallowed his protest, stating he had no objection. Before arriving, he had privately met with the emperor and devised a plan—one that would be enacted during the Empress Dowager’s birthday banquet.
He had promised not to take her life, only to force her to abdicate. Jinchan Zhou came to a bamboo grove to meet Mo Qingchuan, reporting Chu’s military deployments. Mo Qingchuan’s expression grew darker. Now that the Empress Dowager had finalized the peace negotiations, Feng Shiye had lost his value. Knowing Mo Qingchuan wanted to kill the Empress Dowager, he revealed that Su Qi was his secret pawn beside the Empress Dowager and could help Mo Qingchuan kill her.
He also hoped that after everything ended, Mo Qingchuan would return to Qingchuan. He guessed that Mo Qingchuan’s alias, Mo Wang, was a way to remind herself of their promise. Faced with Feng Shiye’s tender expression, Mo Qingchuan said nothing but revealed a faint smile. Xia Qiguang waited at Mo Qingchuan’s residence, wanting to tell her that he had found a way to prevent her marriage to Feng Shiye.
But Mo Qingchuan had already been sent back by Feng Shiye and coldly drove Xia Qiguang away. Feng Shiye, curious, asked why she kept Xia Qiguang around. Mo Qingchuan confessed she only wanted to see the former Mo Qingchuan in his eyes. Feng Shiye was skeptical, but still said that as long as Mo Qingchuan had spoken it, he would believe it.
