Youthful Glory Episode 8 Recap, Plot

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Ming Tan, helpless in the carriage, could only pray that Jiang Xu would appear soon. She didn’t want to die young with her beauty unfulfilled. On the day of the wedding, there was still no word from Jiang Xu. Ming Tingyuan had no choice but to settle the female guests in the courtyard for tea.

Su Wenchun and his wife also arrived, and Ming Tingyuan hurried to welcome them, afraid they would find out that Ming Tan wasn’t in the residence. Still, he couldn’t stop Lady Su from going to visit Ming Tan. Lvyue said that Ming Tan had a headache and didn’t want to see anyone, suggesting she go to the back garden first. However, Lady Su insisted on entering the room.

Fortunately, the maid had dressed in the wedding gown to impersonate Ming Tan and temporarily fooled Lady Su. Bai Minmin came to help with Ming Tan’s bridal makeup, but when she saw the room was empty, she was stunned. Lady Su discovered that Ming Tan wasn’t in the residence and immediately sent word to Su Wenchun. Ming Tingyuan forced himself to remain calm.

When the auspicious hour arrived and the bride was to bid farewell to her parents, Lady Su deliberately stepped forward to talk with her, wanting to see her adopted daughter. Bai Minmin quickly rushed forward to stop Lady Su from removing the bridal shoe, warning that it would be a bad omen. Su Wenchun and Lady Su insisted on seeing Ming Tan.

Just then, Jiang Xu arrived personally to escort the bride and asked her to receive the bridal shoe herself. Fortunately, the one in the wedding gown was not Lvyue, but Ming Tan. Last night, Jiang Xu had followed the trail left by Ming Tan’s fallen hairpin and successfully brought her back. Ming Tingyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her.

Ming Tan, wearing the bracelet gifted by Lady Su, came to bid farewell to the couple, though her tone had grown more distant. As she was leaving the residence, Ming Tan twisted her ankle due to nerves. Jiang Xu simply lifted her into the bridal sedan chair. Through the curtain, Ming Tan looked at the handsome and elegant Jiang Xu—this man was now her husband. Zhang Huaiyu, Lu Ting, and Shu Jingran stood by watching the lively scene.

They had thought Jiang Xu, with his cold personality, would be the last among them to marry. Unexpectedly, he was the first—and had married such a dignified, graceful, and delightfully witty woman. Bai Minmin also joined the festivities and cheekily asked the group for lots of wedding money. At the General of Dingbei’s residence, Ming Tan was officially conferred the title of Princess Consort of Dingbei, and the wedding rites continued.

Jiang Xu originally wanted to skip the tedious formalities so that Ming Tan could rest earlier, but the steward insisted that proper rites must be observed. Jiang Xu wrote a poem for the first time; Ming Tan, pretending to be unwilling, refused the fan. Jiang Xu had to write another poem. Ming Tan was moved—he even remembered that they first met at Hanshan Temple. Still, she held on to the fan until she heard his second poem.

Everything she had hoped and longed for—Jiang Xu remembered it all. After the ceremony, Jiang Xu and Ming Tan sat awkwardly on the wedding bed. Jiang Xu summoned Lvyue and another maid to help remove Ming Tan’s phoenix crown, then went to the outer hall to host the banquet. Ming Tan, though uneasy, also felt sweetness in her heart. With how Jiang Xu acted, he must truly care for her.

Among the guests, Jiang Xu noticed a pair of eyes that looked strikingly similar to those from the previous night. He recognized Liu Mo as the one who had kidnapped Ming Tan. Zhang Huaiyu, Lu Ting, and Shu Jingran deliberately called Jiang Xu over to advise him on how to get along with his wife, worried he wouldn’t win her favor. Ming Tan sat alone in the room for a long time, finally waiting for Jiang Xu’s return.

Jiang Xu admitted that she had been abducted last night because of him, but Ming Tan wished she could offer herself in return. Jiang Xu turned to prepare the bedding, saying that they hadn’t slept the whole night and should rest early. Ming Tan was startled—were they sleeping already? She clenched her hands.

Jiang Xu took a pillow and quilt from the bed and went to sleep on the side, but accidentally knocked over an erotic painting left by the servants. Ming Tan nervously explained that it wasn’t placed there by her, inwardly regretting the contract they signed, afraid Jiang Xu would think she was being coy—saying one thing but meaning another. Ming Tingyuan and Su Wenchun were drinking. Ming Tingyuan, feeling uneasy, brought up how Ming Tan had been kidnapped by Hai Youmen the night before.

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