The Glory of Tang Dynasty Episode 48 Recap
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An Lushan's palace, musicians played accompaniment, and An Lushan drank freely, with beauties by his side. Shi Siming toasted An Lushan, but An Lushan mocked him about his relationship with Crown Princess Zhang. Li Chu, disguised as a musician, heard this. While An Lushan was implicitly warning Shi Siming, a eunuch accidentally spilled food on the Empress while serving dishes. An Lushan, who regarded human life as worthless, immediately ordered severe punishment for the eunuch.
An Qingxu arrived at the banquet. He explained to his father that he was preoccupied with military affairs. But no one knows a son better than his father. An Lushan unreservedly pointed out that An Qingxu must have been accompanying Shen Zhenzhu in the Ye Ting Palace. Li Chu was shocked to hear this and accidentally played a wrong note. Amidst the harmonious music, this wrong note was particularly jarring.
An Lushan heard it and deemed it a great disrespect from the musician, demanding that person be found. At this critical moment, the musician, loyal to the Great Tang, stepped forward to protect Li Chu, pointing at An Lushan and cursing him. He was then dragged away by An Lushan's subordinates to be executed. Li Chu, learning that Zhenzhu was in Ye Ting, found Mo Yanchuai and told him about the secret palace tunnel entrance.
In fact, the secret passage was inside An Lushan's bedchamber. Li Chu and Mo Yanchuai discussed that after rescuing Zhenzhu, they would also kill An Lushan to eliminate future troubles. Afterwards, Mo Yanchuai wanted to scout An Lushan's bedchamber. At the entrance, he heard An Lushan whipping a eunuch.
From An Lushan's scolding, Mo Yanchuai learned the whole story: the eunuch, tortured to the point of wishing for death by An Lushan's cruel punishments, was secretly sharpening a knife in the bedchamber, wanting to kill An Lushan. Mo Yanchuai felt he could use this eunuch to help him and Li Chu achieve their goal.
He quietly pulled the eunuch into the shadows and told him that he could help him get rid of An Lushan, but he would need his secret cooperation and assistance. After some thought, the eunuch agreed to Mo Yanchuai. The next day, Li Chu managed to pass a note to Zhenzhu. Being of one mind with him, Zhenzhu understood what to do after reading it. Zhenzhu asked her maid to find a guqin for her.
An Qingxu painstakingly selected a fine guqin and presented it to Zhenzhu as if offering a treasure. Zhenzhu sighed to An Qingxu that the melodies played by the musicians during the Crown Prince's selection were still in her ears, but youth had passed, and the past was no more. An Qingxu thought Zhenzhu was sad, so he ordered the musicians to rehearse the tunes from the Crown Prince's selection to celebrate Zhenzhu's birthday.
An Qingxu bought Zhenzhu the Momordica grosvenorii (luohan guo) she loved as a child. Zhenzhu ate it in silence. Music played by musicians drifted in from outside. An Qingxu walked up and embraced Zhenzhu, but Zhenzhu pushed him away. An Qingxu was enraged and pushed Zhenzhu onto the bed. Zhenzhu resisted desperately. Fortunately, a eunuch arrived and told An Qingxu that An Lushan wanted to see him at that moment. An Qingxu left displeased, and Zhenzhu escaped danger.
Zhenzhu, having suffered much grievance, lay on the bed weeping bitterly. She then heard a familiar voice. She got up and saw Li Chu, whom she had longed for day and night. Zhenzhu embraced Li Chu, finally finding comfort, and she burst into tears.
