The Glory of Tang Dynasty Episode 18 Recap
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Mo Yanchuai met with the Emperor and presented the secret letters intercepted from Dong Zebu. These secret letters contained confidential news from the court, and the Emperor finally understood the reason for the repeated defeats in battles with Tubo. After court officials identified the handwriting, it was determined that these secret letters came from the Jiannan Envoy, who was promoted by Yang Guozhong.
Court ministers submitted a memorial, stating that Yang Guozhong had harmed loyal officials, framed Wei Jian's family and executed them all, framed Chen Xilie, and slandered Shen Yizhi for defecting to the enemy and betraying the country. With these numerous grave crimes presented, and with Dong Zebu and Chen Xilie testifying, the Emperor was furious and ordered Yang Guozhong to be imprisoned. Dong Zebu was assassinated in prison. Consort Yang knelt before the Emperor to plead for her brother.
Furthermore, the Emperor originally intended to use Yang Guozhong to counterbalance the Crown Prince and An Lushan, so he did not excessively punish Yang Guozhong, instead confining him to his residence for one year but retaining his position as prime minister. The Emperor's decision perplexed Li Chu and Li Tan. Li Tan was even more indignant, lamenting how the Imperial Grandfather's action was no different from that of a muddle-headed ruler.
Li Chu reminded Li Tan to be cautious with his words outside. Subsequently, Li Chu asked Li Tan to go to Longyou to visit his old acquaintance An Sisun, because An Sisun, the Jiedushi of Longyou, was An Lushan's cousin, and he held a large amount of evidence of An Lushan's intent to rebel. Li Tan had an old acquaintance with him.
Li Chu asked Li Tan to go, hoping he would persuade An Sisun to report what he knew to the Emperor. The injustice suffered by Wei Jian's family had been cleared. Li Chu took Shen Zhenzhu to a water nunnery north of the city to see his mother, inviting his mother to return to the princely residence with him.
However, Consort Wei stated that for her, Chang'an only held bleak memories, and the imperial family was heartless, so she would not return to Chang'an. Li Chu was unwilling, but had to respect his mother's decision. Consort Wei told Li Chu that she was very worried about him. He had known since childhood how to bear the responsibility of the eldest son, taking care of Tan'er and Nuo'er, but she worried that no one would take care of him.
Upon hearing this, Zhenzhu promised Consort Wei that she would take good care of Li Chu. Consort Wei was very comforted by this and entrusted the two to support each other and walk through this life hand in hand. Cui Caiping hosted a banquet and invited Li Chu to attend with Zhenzhu. During the banquet, Cui Caiping kept vomiting. Li Chu summoned an imperial physician, who informed them that Cui Caiping was pregnant.
Li Chu was perplexed, as he had always had He Lingyi monitor Cui Caiping's menstrual cycle, fearing she would become pregnant. Li Chu feared Zhenzhu would be angry and quickly explained to her. Zhenzhu said she didn't mind, but she still looked sullen due to jealousy. Recently, Zhenzhu had been feeling chest tightness, shortness of breath, and had no appetite. She asked Hong Rui to go to the kitchen to prepare some Chaolu porridge for her.
Cui Caiping's maid, relying on her mistress's power, walked into the kitchen and tried to snatch Zhenzhu's Chaolu porridge. Hong Rui got into a dispute with her. Cui Caiping deliberately made things difficult for Hong Rui. Hearing this, Zhenzhu rushed to Liulige to take her people. Cui Caiping still appeared arrogant and overbearing. Lady Han arrived, politely asking Zhenzhu to take Hong Rui back to Wenjinge for discipline. After Zhenzhu left, Lady Han had doubts in her mind.
She felt Zhenzhu's tastes had changed and suspected that Zhenzhu was pregnant. Li Tan returned to the capital and sought out Li Chu and his Imperial Father for a discussion. He stated that he had personally witnessed An Sisun writing a memorial and submitting it to the capital. Li Chu said that the Imperial Grandfather had not reacted, and it was very likely that he had read the memorial but chose not to act on it for now.
