The Glory of Tang Dynasty Episode 57 Recap
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Li Chu believed that Empress Zhang and Shi Siming meeting outside the palace must hide some unspeakable secret. Recalling An Lushan's teasing remarks about Shi Siming and Empress Zhang, Li Chu increasingly felt that their relationship was abnormal. At Prince Guangping's Mansion, Shen Zhenzhu was making shoes for Li Shao. Murong Linzhi sat beside her, burdened with worries.
As she helped Shen Zhenzhu with the needlework, she recalled Li Tan's words when he gave her a true-lover's knot, and the scene where she witnessed the Crown Princess having a secret rendezvous with another man. She couldn't help but cover her head and scream. Shen Zhenzhu hurriedly asked Murong Linzhi if she remembered something.
Murong Linzhi recounted everything, telling Shen Zhenzhu that because she knew the Crown Prince was infertile and also knew Li Shao's true parentage, the Crown Princess wanted to kill her to silence her. Shen Zhenzhu was greatly shocked. She recalled how, after Murong Linzhi's disappearance, her maid servant had tricked her into going to a teahouse, causing her to lose her eyesight and become displaced. She believed this was also orchestrated by Empress Zhang in secret.
Shen Zhenzhu comforted Murong Linzhi, telling her not to be afraid, and that she would surely find a way to get justice for her. The mentally unstable Cui Caiping wandered in the courtyard and unknowingly came outside Shen Zhenzhu's room. She overheard the conversation between Shen Zhenzhu and Murong Linzhi. At this moment, He Lingyi, disguised as Ling'er, arrived at Prince Guangping's Mansion and encountered the delirious Cui Caiping.
Cui Caiping, not knowing who the newcomer was, told He Lingyi what she had just heard. Hearing Cui Caiping say that Li Shao was not the imperial son, He Lingyi knew that the Empress's secret was compromised, and she rushed back to the palace to inform Empress Zhang. The ruthless Empress Zhang judged others by her own standards, thinking this was Shen Zhenzhu's intentional act.
After learning of Li Shao's true parentage, she told Cui Caiping, instructing Cui Caiping to spread rumors, thereby causing the Emperor to doubt Li Shao's identity. Empress Zhang once again decided to silence witnesses, ordering He Lingyi to eliminate Shen Zhenzhu. He Lingyi secretly practiced the Eastern Illusionary Hypnosis Technique. On a dark and windy night, she infiltrated Prince Guangping's Mansion and hypnotized Cui Caiping and Li Shi's wet nurse separately.
He Lingyi lit an intoxicating incense by Cui Caiping's bedside and continuously shook a soul-capturing bell, muttering incantations and chanting about killing Shen Zhenzhu. The controlled Cui Caiping was filled with thoughts of killing Shen Zhenzhu. Li Chu came to Dugu Jingyao's military camp and sparred with her. Afterwards, he handed Jingyao the new tonic prescribed by Murong Linzhi for conditioning the body, and also expressed his intention to introduce a young, promising, brave, and resourceful general to Jingyao.
Jingyao knew that Li Chu was trying to avoid her, which was why he wanted to introduce a suitable husband to her. The straightforward Jingyao had always acted openly and honestly. She told Li Chu that she liked him not because of his handsome appearance, nor because of his commanding presence strategizing on the battlefield, but because from the first time she saw him, she fell uncontrollably in love with him.
Jingyao also declared that if she could never gain Li Chu's true affection in her lifetime, she would rather remain single in her chamber and never marry. After speaking, she turned and left. Li Chu could not respond to Jingyao, so he could only stand there sadly. Feng Shengyi came to report that Shen Zhenzhu had an urgent matter to discuss, and Li Chu hurriedly rushed back to the mansion.
The heartbroken Jingyao, unable to bear the unrequited love, walked alone to the riverside and threw the medicine prescribed by Murong Linzhi into the water. At Prince Guangping's Mansion at this moment, Cui Caiping blocked everyone outside the door and was crying and laughing alone in her room. Shen Zhenzhu rushed over after hearing about it. Cui Caiping opened the door, allowing only Shen Zhenzhu to enter.
The bewildered Shen Zhenzhu walked in, coaxing Cui Caiping and offering to comb her hair, completely unaware that Cui Caiping's only thought at this moment was to kill her. Suddenly, Cui Caiping drew a dagger from her hand and aimed it at Shen Zhenzhu. Shen Zhenzhu repeatedly retreated, trying to dodge. Li Chu, who had returned to the mansion, pushed open the door, shoved Cui Caiping away with a palm strike, and pulled Shen Zhenzhu behind him.
Unexpectedly, Cui Caiping died. Li Chu was utterly baffled, because he clearly knew that his palm strike just now had not used much force at all. At this moment, the hypnotized Madam Yan, holding Su Ci's child, muttered to herself as she walked out of the mansion, rushing out with the child, and ultimately fell into the lake in the courtyard. Feng Shengyi found intoxicating incense in the room.
Among the people he knew, only He Lingyi had practiced this technique. Shen Zhenzhu and Li Chu both suspected that He Lingyi might not have died at all. No sooner had they spoken than Su Ci rushed in, looking distraught, and told Shen Zhenzhu that her son Yi'er was missing. The servants found Madam Yan and Yi'er, both lifeless, in the lake. Su Ci, unable to bear the immense shock, fainted.
Shen Zhenzhu calmed down and believed that the mastermind wanted to eliminate Shi'er, because Madam Yan had always been responsible for taking care of Shi'er. However, Shi'er was unwell today and stayed in his own room. The most suspicious person was Empress Zhang. This discovery horrified Shen Zhenzhu.
