Youthful Glory Episode 13 Recap, Plot

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Bai Minmin couldn’t understand a word of what Young Master Zhou was saying—his scholarly rambling was like a monk chanting sutras, putting people to sleep. She quickly interrupted. Young Master Zhou continued to lecture on the ways of husband and wife when Zhang Huaiyu arrived. Susin immediately led away Bai Minmin’s maid, explaining that this way Bai Minmin was essentially meeting with both young men at once.

After a round of debate with Young Master Zhou, Zhang Huaiyu pulled Bai Minmin away. Bai Minmin pretended to complain that Young Master Zhou wasn’t so bad, and asked if Zhang Huaiyu would marry her if she couldn’t find a match. Zhang Huaiyu suddenly grew serious and spoke his true feelings without thinking. Hearing that Zhang Huaiyu wanted to marry her, Bai Minmin was momentarily stunned, but when he mentioned wanting to talk business, she quickly regained her sharpness.

Zhang Huaiyu wanted to buy Bai Minmin’s storybooks, and he agreed to all her terms. Susin returned to the pavilion but found that Ming Tan was nowhere to be seen, and quickly reported this to Bai Minmin and Zhang Huaiyu. Jiang Xu had confirmed what happened before Liu Mo entered the capital. While there was no open connection between Liu Mo and Su Wenchun, no matter how well someone hides, the past cannot be entirely erased.

Ming Tan had been kidnapped. Bai Minmin and Zhang Huaiyu searched everywhere but couldn’t find her. When Jiang Xu heard she was missing, he was deeply worried. Changchun Garden was an imperial property, and only the side wing had not been searched. The kidnapping was orchestrated by Feng Zhao, who tied up Ming Tan and threw her into the side wing—aiming to both ruin the marriage and destroy Ming Tan’s reputation.

When Ming Tan saw Gao Chen, she tried to explain she wasn’t Feng Zhao. But Gao Chen was no gentleman and didn’t care whether she was a noble lady or not. Feng Zhao had thick smoke lit, intending to draw people in and expose Ming Tan in a scandal. Jiang Xu arrived just in time and kicked Gao Chen away, rescuing Ming Tan.

After Bai Minmin took Ming Tan away, Jiang Xu drew his sword and turned Gao Chen into a eunuch. Bai Minmin quickly realized Feng Zhao was behind today’s events. Without hesitation, she told Nanzhi to report it to the authorities. Since Feng Zhao was meeting Gao Chen by the Empress Dowager’s order, Bai Minmin threw her into the side wing to meet Gao Chen and made sure everyone knew about it.

Zhang Huaiyu couldn’t help but sigh—when women become ruthless, men really have no say. Jiang Xu gently cleaned Ming Tan’s wounds. Ming Tan was still shaken by the day’s events. Jiang Xu didn’t blame her, only regretting that he hadn’t protected her well enough. He had to enter the palace to deal with the aftermath, and Ming Tan was reluctant to see him go. Because of what happened today, Jiang Xu was harshly reprimanded in court.

The Emperor had a headache over it all but didn’t expect that Jiang Xu had already imprisoned Feng Zhao to threaten the Empress Dowager. This show of thunderous resolve pleased the Emperor greatly. Though Jiang Xu couldn’t escape punishment and received sixty cane strokes, the Emperor was satisfied. Suddenly, the Emperor noticed a strange smell and traced it back to Jiang Xu—only then did Jiang Xu realize that what Ming Tan had given him had gone rancid.

Though the marriage didn’t go through, the Marquis of Jiangyang and the General of Dingbei would never form an alliance, so Su Wenchun wasn’t concerned. Bai Minmin was happy to see Jiang Xu so attentive to Ming Tan, but she grew worried upon hearing that the Empress Dowager planned to place someone in Jiang Xu’s household.

She specifically sent a message to Ming Tan, reminding her that heirs were most important in a noble household, and that she should start thinking ahead. Ming Tan wasn’t too worried, but the next second, someone came to report that Concubine Yun had come to pay her respects. The new Concubine Yun was named Yun Yi. Ming Tan forced herself to calmly sip her tea, but Bai Minmin couldn’t hold back and slammed the table.

She hadn’t expected Yun Yi to be a trained martial artist. Ming Tan couldn’t help but worry—could this be the kind of woman Jiang Xu truly liked? After receiving sixty cane strokes, Jiang Xu returned to the residence and instructed Uncle Fu not to tell Ming Tan. Uncle Fu agreed, but immediately exaggerated the whole thing and told her anyway. Though Ming Tan was angry, she was still very concerned.

Yun Yi, without saying a word, brought out the wound medicine Jiang Xu normally used—even Uncle Fu didn’t know where this concubine had come from. Ming Tan was upset and told Yun Yi to tend to Jiang Xu’s wounds, and learned that Yun Yi had been following Jiang Xu for several years. Enraged, Ming Tan took the medicine herself and stormed off to the study. Shu Jingran also brought up the matter of the Empress Dowager wanting Jiang Xu to take a concubine and asked how he planned to respond.

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