Youthful Glory Episode 17 Recap, Plot

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Ming Tingyuan sent someone to deliver a message to Su Wenchun, saying he wished to meet alone. Su Wenchun brought some wine and dishes, appearing deeply emotional. He claimed this outcome was not what he wanted, but what the Su family demanded. Ming Tingyuan saw through everything—how was he any different from the Su family? Su Wenchun insisted that he had always treated Ming Tingyuan like a brother and regarded Ming Tan as his own daughter.

Ming Tingyuan laughed aloud, firmly believing that black is black and white is white—Su Wenchun could not reverse black and white. Jiang Xu had already arranged everything, but then learned that Ming Tan was coming. Bai Jingyuan brought Ming Tan and Bai Minmin to see Ming Tingyuan one last time. Jiang Xu rushed to stop them, leading to a confrontation. Su Wenchun asked if Ming Tingyuan had any last wishes.

Ming Tingyuan replied that he was most concerned about the vermin wreaking havoc in the court. Enraged and humiliated, Su Wenchun’s face twisted with fury. Suddenly, Ming Tingyuan coughed up blood and lunged at Su Wenchun, who was so frightened that he kept backing away. The jailers discovered this and quickly reported to Jiang Xu. Seeing his strange reaction, Ming Tan followed him.

When she saw Ming Tingyuan’s lifeless body on the ground, her eyes widened in disbelief, but she had to accept that her father was gone. Then she realized: Ming Tingyuan had been poisoned by Su Wenchun. He had no way out—why must Su Wenchun still drive him to death? Jiang Xu asked Bai Jingyuan to escort Ming Tan home, even though she couldn’t understand Jiang Xu’s actions.

Since only Ming Tingyuan and Su Wenchun were present, Jiang Xu ordered Su Wenchun to be detained for investigation. The coroner determined that Ming Tingyuan had died from poisoning. Jiang Xu specially sent someone to request imperial permission to bury him properly. Ming Tan was devastated, and Bai Minmin stayed by her side without leaving.

At the third quarter of the hour past midnight, Bai Minmin remembered that Zhang Huaiyu was leaving for Lingzhou the next day and asked Yun Yi to help her with a favor. Shu Jingran gave Zhang Huaiyu many parting instructions, but Zhang Huaiyu kept waiting for Bai Minmin to appear. She didn’t come herself, but sent Yun Yi to see him off, along with a message: to stay vigilant in all matters and come back alive.

Zhang Huaiyu quickly asked Yun Yi to pass a message to Bai Minmin in return, telling her to take care of herself as well. Shu Jingran’s eyes lingered on Yun Yi, but she rode off without even glancing at him. After the pain of losing her father, Ming Tan appeared much more weathered. She tore up the contract they had signed together—there was no longer any Marquis Jing’an's residence in the world.

Jiang Xu need not do anything he didn't wish to, nor say anything he didn’t mean. Jiang Xu could only watch Ming Tan do so and bury everything in his heart, for he could never speak the truth. Ming Tan went alone to Hanyan Temple to keep vigil for Ming Tingyuan's spirit tablet. Jiang Xu did not disturb her, but stayed nearby to quietly watch over her. Ming Tan had said she would pray at Hanyan Temple for two days.

When the time was up, Bai Minmin went to fetch her, only to discover she had left early that morning, causing panic. Yun Yi immediately sent someone to notify Jiang Xu. Jiang Xu calmly deduced that she must have gone to the sealed Marquis Jing’an’s residence. Sure enough, Ming Tan had returned there. But the place was no longer what it used to be.

She went to the ancestral hall—tonight, she would go nowhere else, just wait for Ming Tingyuan to come home. Jiang Xu, Bai Minmin, and Yun Yi found her in the Ming family’s ancestral hall but couldn’t bear to disturb her too much. Ming Tan had heard that on the third day, the departed would return home. She feared he wouldn’t find her in the dark, so she came. Bai Minmin decided to wait with her.

Ming Tan then expressed a question she had always wanted to ask: when Ming Tingyuan went on assignment back then, he took only his concubine and Ming Chu, leaving her behind in the capital. All these years, she had managed the marquis's household, only hoping to earn a little more recognition from him. When he returned to the capital, she thought there would still be time—but unexpectedly, they were now forever separated. Yun Yi stepped forward.

Though she had never met Ming Tingyuan, she believed that when he took Ming Chu with him, it wasn’t out of favoritism. Ming Tingyuan had met Jiang Xu privately and explained why he hadn’t taken Ming Tan. She had lost her mother young, and Ming Tingyuan hadn’t wanted her to suffer at the border. But from that point on, Ming Tan never went to see him off again, which showed that she had been disappointed and had held resentment in her heart.

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