The Long Ballad Episode 37 Recap
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Li Changge explained that she had come to Mobei because someone in the Eagle Division had already contracted the plague, and the Khan's Court had begun targeting the Eagle Division. Next, they would move against both the northern and southern deserts. With her words and actions, Li Changge managed to persuade the King of the Desert. The King of the Northern Desert sent someone to execute the envoy sent by the Khan's Court.
With this man's death, the King of the Desert could no longer shirk responsibility. Now that the Khan's Court intended to detain the families of both leaders, they were doomed either way. The two decided to risk everything and follow Li Changge’s advice to ally with the Eagle Division. This might be the desert's only path forward.
However, Li Changge had to stay behind in the desert as a hostage, while the others would escort the zi cao back to the Eagle Division. Zhenzhu conveyed Li Changge's intentions to Mimi. She then escorted Mimi and her group out of Mobei. Li Changge remained behind and shared her strategies to resist the Asher Tribe with the King of the Desert.
As long as the northern and southern deserts could abandon old grudges and unite, they could definitely repel the Asher Tribe. In these extraordinary times, persuaded by Li Changge, the two leaders drank to settle their past enmity and pledged to resist the Khan's Court together. They now commanded fifty thousand troops, but that was far from enough. Li Changge also decided to seek more allies. If everyone could unite, their chances of victory would greatly increase.
Yi Cheng learned of the events in the desert. She had underestimated Li Changge and regretted not killing her when she had the chance. As Sheer and Tukashe were about to return, Yi Cheng decided to act first against the Great Khan, rendering him speechless and preventing him from disrupting her plans. Yi Cheng entered the Great Khan's tent and poisoned his incense, revealing her true identity. She wanted to support Sheer as the Khan of the grasslands.
But since Sheer was still young and not yet convincing enough to lead, she planned to keep the Great Khan alive, control him, and make him issue commands on her behalf. Mu Jin’s condition worsened. He had a persistent high fever. Asher Sun had no choice but to submerge him in water to bring down the temperature. He urged Mu Jin to hold on.
Mu Jin, feeling he couldn’t make it, entrusted Asher Sun with taking care of Mimi, the one he loved most and couldn’t let go of. Asher Sun regarded Mu Jin as a brother and only hoped he could hold on until the zi cao arrived. On the journey back to the Eagle Division, Mimi and her group escorted the zi cao.
On the way, Mimi received a letter from Yi Cheng, who threatened Mimi with her brother Buzhen’s life and ordered her to destroy the zi cao. Mimi was torn. Yi Cheng also sent assassins to intercept them. Elder Qin quickly decided to have Xufeng escort Mimi, Luo Shiba, and the zi cao back first. Seeing the number of assassins, Xufeng, worried about delays, let Mimi go alone to deliver the zi cao.
Mimi initially intended to destroy it in secret, but thinking of Mu Jin, who loved her, she ultimately chose him and rushed with the zi cao to the Eagle Division. Mu Jin grew weaker by the minute. He entrusted all his remaining concerns to Asher Sun. Watching Mu Jin slip into unconsciousness, Sun Simiao shook his head. Without the zi cao, Mu Jin was doomed. Just then, Mimi arrived with the zi cao, bringing him the life-saving medicine.
Seeing that Mu Jin couldn't drink the medicine on his own, Mimi fed it to him mouth-to-mouth. Yi Cheng learned the Eagle Division had received the zi cao. Knowing she couldn’t count on Mimi, she prepared other means to deal with them. With the Great Khan now unable to speak, she showed no fear as he glared at her.
On the contrary, she summoned Lei Meng and wrote an imperial edict in the Great Khan's name, calling upon the Xiong Division's Tukashe to lead troops into the desert. Always eager for war, Tukashe was thrilled by the edict and didn’t notice anything wrong with the Khan. Meanwhile, Asher Sun learned from Elder Qin that Li Changge had remained in Mobei as a hostage and was persuading the northern and southern deserts to ally with the Eagle Division.
Mu Jin gradually recovered. Asher Sun told him the court had ordered the Eagle and Xiong Divisions to conquer the desert. With pressure mounting, Asher Sun had to seriously consider Li Changge’s proposal to ally with the desert. Meanwhile, Yi Cheng secretly summoned Tukashe, claiming that the Great Khan had issued a confidential order for him to subdue Mobei and potentially benefit from the Eagle Division’s involvement.
Yi Cheng hoped to use Tukashe to eliminate the Eagle Division, but feared his recklessness might ruin everything. So, she also secretly deployed assassins. If Tukashe failed, the assassins would kill Asher Sun with a hidden arrow. Li Changge and the two desert kings were planning to win over other tribes when they received news that the Eagle and Xiong Divisions were attacking. Hearing the Eagle Division had arrived, Li Changge was overjoyed.
