The Love by Hypnotic Episode 34 Recap
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Li Xun awakened on his couch, murmuring Qiao Huixin's name. He struggled to sit up, his body aching from injuries he now realized she had inflicted. He tremblingly picked up a letter from her, which instructed him to immediately enter the palace and inform the Emperor that she, Qiao Huixin, had conspired with Yunsi to kidnap Kaierbi and was responsible for Li Xun's injuries.
She wrote that this would ensure the Emperor protected him for the sake of the royal reputation, and that she would no longer be a burden to him. As Li Xun read, he noted her letter provided no indication of her own fate or Li Qian's. He realized her true objective had always been his life, not Li Qian's, whom she could have killed countless times if she had wished.
Meanwhile, Li Qian and Li Mingyue gazed at each other, tears streaming down their faces. Knowing Qiao Huixin truly wanted her dead, Li Mingyue used her hypnotic power to compel Li Qian to kill her, urging him to pierce her heart. Li Qian, however, resisted her hypnotic command, refusing to harm the one he loved.
In a desperate act of will, he brought his sword down not on Mingyue, but on the Zhuxin Bell, shattering it and causing himself to collapse from the strain. As Li Mingyue rushed to embrace Li Qian, an enraged Qiao Huixin cried out that if Li Mingyue did not die, they would all perish together. She then lunged forward with her sword, striking Li Mingyue. Seeing Li Mingyue fall, Qiao Huixin expressed a perverse satisfaction.
Since she could not win Li Qian's love, she resolved to make him hate her for a lifetime. Li Qian, however, fiercely dismissed her, declaring that in his heart, whether in love or hate, there would only ever be Li Mingyue. Unable to accept this, Qiao Huixin declared her intention to drag him to hell with her and lunged at him once more.
Just as her sword was about to strike, the newly arrived Li Xun intercepted the blow, taking the sword through his own body. Qiao Huixin, stunned, demanded to know why he had saved Li Qian. Li Xun, clutching his wound, clarified that he was not saving Li Qian, but her. He pleaded with her to let go of her hatred, revealing how much her cruelty pained him.
Qiao Huixin retorted that she did not need his pity and that he would never comprehend her hatred. With tears in his eyes, Li Xun acknowledged her pain of unrequited love, admitting his own was nothing compared to the agony that drove her to such extremes. Apologizing for failing to win her love, he desperately urged her to turn back, saying that only he could pull her from the abyss she had fallen into.
As Li Xun pulled the sword from his body, Qiao Huixin shrieked his name – a name he realized she had never called him before. She frantically tried to find help, forbidding him to die, but Li Xun accepted his fate willingly. He told her he sought no gratitude, only for her to awaken from her delusion and live well.
With his last breaths, he urged her to release her hatred and called out to Li Qian, who promised to honor his word. Li Xun's final words to Qiao Huixin were, "Husband can no longer accompany you." As he died, Qiao Huixin clutched his body, screaming his title. Guards rushed in, and Li Qian, heavy with grief, announced that Li Xun had died saving him.
He ordered a coffin prepared and, before leaving with the unconscious Li Mingyue, promised Qiao Huixin he would protect her life before the Emperor, as was Li Xun's dying wish. Left alone with Li Xun's body, Qiao Huixin wailed, acknowledging her complete defeat. Before the Emperor, Qiao Huixin confessed her crimes and asked that Li Xun's transgressions be forgiven.
The Emperor, filled with regret and rage, admitted his desire to execute her but refrained, unwilling to let the world believe a woman had manipulated Li Xun, thus staining his reputation. Instead, he sentenced her to lifelong imprisonment in a dark cell, never to see sunlight or speak to anyone again. When she begged to keep a memento of her husband, the Emperor harshly denied her, declaring she was unworthy before having her dragged away.
Meanwhile, Li Xun's mother, Shu Fei, was overwhelmed by her son's death and his final letter, which explained that the matter concerning Zheng Fei was the insurmountable barrier between them. Consumed by grief, she confessed everything to the Emperor: she was the one who prepared the abortion medicine for Wu Meiren and set the fire that killed her cousin, Zheng Fei, out of jealousy for the Emperor's affection.
The Emperor was aghast, realizing he had mistakenly protected the true culprit all these years. Shu Fei further revealed that Li Xun had thwarted her plot to kill Li Qian, and his years of emotional distance were not from a lack of love, but from his inability to forgive her crimes. She lamented that the world only knew of Li Xun's misdeeds, while he had secretly suffered, protecting both Li Qian and his sinful mother.
Declaring herself unworthy, she chose to separate from the heartbroken Emperor forever. In another part of the palace, doctors confirmed that while Li Mingyue's physical injuries were healing, she remained in a coma. Li Qian desperately tried everything to awaken her, even attempting to repair the shattered Zhuxin Bell, to no avail. Song Jinyu visited, finding his friend clutching a clay figurine, the only thing Mingyue had ever made for him. Kangle also arrived, insisting his presence might rouse her.
He noticed the figurine and mused that seeing it reunited with its missing counterpart might awaken Mingyue. Li Qian reacted sharply, stopping Kangle from touching it and stressing it was the only thing she had ever given him. Sensing Li Qian's fear that she might never recover, Song Jinyu vowed to support his friend. Soon after, a messenger arrived, summoning Li Qian to the royal study.
