The Princess Wei Young Episode 34 Recap
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Li Weiyang urgently departed the Prime Minister Manor with the anonymous letter's map to retrieve the memorial, as Hong Luo kept watch from across the street. Back inside the manor, following Li Weiyang's instructions, Jun Tao lit a joss stick, using its burning time to determine when to go meet Tuoba Jun. At the Crown Prince’s Manor, a servant announced that Princess Anping was requesting an audience with the Crown Princess.
Delighted, the Crown Princess eagerly invited "Weiyang" in and instructed Qiuyi to retrieve some emerald accessories from her dowry, intending to bestow them upon her future daughter-in-law. However, the person who entered was not Li Weiyang, but Li Changle, who had mastered the art of disguise. Li Changle subtly dismissed the Crown Princess’s attendants.
When the Crown Princess affectionately showed her the priceless dowry gifts and spoke of Tuoba Jun's affection for "Weiyang," Li Changle, acting strangely, finally apologized, stating she was there for something else. Once Qiuyi was gone, Li Changle confessed her true intentions, saying she had no choice but to kill the Crown Princess to achieve her goals. The Crown Princess was horrified, crying out Tuoba Jun's name.
Li Changle brutally retorted that Tuoba Jun had never been important to her; he was merely useful, and she would have ignored him otherwise. With a scream of "You wretched slut!" , the Crown Princess was fatally stabbed with Li Weiyang's golden hairpin. As she lay dying, she desperately told Qiuyi that it was Li Weiyang who had stabbed her and had been using and deceiving Tuoba Jun.
Meanwhile, Tuoba Jun and Jun Tao, following a map Li Weiyang had sent, went to the river by the city's west side, searching for her in vain. Upon returning to the Crown Prince’s Manor, Tuoba Jun was met with the devastating news that his mother had been gravely wounded. He rushed to her side, where the dying Crown Princess warned him that Li Weiyang was not to be trusted and had been using him to obtain something.
She urged him to leave Ping City and live the life he desired. With her last breath, the Crown Princess died, leaving Li Weiyang's golden hairpin lodged in her chest. Qiuyi immediately declared that Li Weiyang was the killer. Despite Jun Tao's protests, Tuoba Jun, overwhelmed with grief, ordered Li Weiyang's arrest. As Li Weiyang returned to Ping City with the crucial memorial, she was apprehended by Tuoba Jun's guards.
Tuoba Jun confronted her, demanding to know why she had assassinated his mother. Li Weiyang was stunned by the news of the Crown Princess’s death and vehemently denied the accusation, insisting she had not been to the Crown Prince’s Manor that day. However, Qiuyi countered that everyone in the manor had seen her enter, questioning if they were all mistaken.
Qiuyi also pointed to a bird’s nest porridge stain on Li Weiyang’s sleeve, claiming it was from when she accidentally spilled it on Li Weiyang during her hurried escape, solidifying the evidence against her. Tuoba Jun, heartbroken, pleaded with Li Weiyang to provide a reason for her innocence. Li Weiyang explained that she had gone to the specified forest to retrieve the memorial, where she found another letter directing her to the temple in the east of the city.
As she frantically searched her sleeve for this second letter, she realized it must have been lost in her rush. She implored Tuoba Jun to return to the Prime Minister Manor with her, assuring him that the original letter, which detailed her rendezvous for the memorial, would prove her innocence. Tuoba Jun, still desperate for an explanation, agreed to go. However, the letter, which Li Weiyang had carefully locked in a wooden box, had been secretly replaced.
The forged letter chillingly stated that Li Weiyang needed to take the Crown Princess’s life to obtain the memorial, and if she accepted, she should tie a red cloth on a tree in the manor. To Li Weiyang’s horror, a red silk scarf was indeed found tied to the highest tree branch in the manor.
Tuoba Jun, his last hopes shattered, accused Li Weiyang of manipulating him like a clown, believing that the memorial was far more important to her than he was. He declared he would never trust her again. An imperial decree was immediately issued, ordering Li Weiyang's imprisonment in the Celestial Prison for the murder of the Crown Princess. In the prison, Li Weiyang was visited by a princess and Tuoba Minde.
While the princess empathized with Tuoba Jun's grief, Minde reassured Li Weiyang that they did not believe she was guilty. Li Weiyang then recalled a crucial clue that could prove her innocence and asked Minde to investigate it for her. The princess insisted on accompanying Minde, despite his initial reluctance, demonstrating her unwavering support for Li Weiyang. Meanwhile, Li Changru and Li Changle reveled in their successful collaboration, exchanging compliments on their cunning and efficiency.
However, Chiyun Nan expressed concern that Li Weiyang, once captured, might desperately expose his involvement. Despite an aide's assurance that Li Weiyang lacked evidence and the Emperor would not believe her, Chiyun Nan, having received news that the Prince of Nan'an was returning, feared that he might intervene, as he had previously let Li Weiyang off the hook.
Unable to risk it, Chiyun Nan ordered assassins to infiltrate the Celestial Prison and eliminate Li Weiyang before she could be brought before the Emperor. In her cell, Li Weiyang carefully pieced together the events, realizing that someone had disguised themselves as her. She suspected Li Changle was behind the plot, given her mastery of disguise and motive. Anticipating danger, Li Weiyang was prepared when Chiyun Nan's assassin infiltrated the prison.
She subdued the assassin, then strategically set fire to the Celestial Prison to create a diversion. Donning a prison guard's uniform, she escaped amidst the chaos. Outside, she met Tuoba Minde, who had successfully obtained the evidence she needed: a handprint and the innkeeper's statement, confirming that a young lady matching Li Weiyang's description had damaged a wall at the inn, providing proof that Li Weiyang was elsewhere at the time of the murder.
Despite Minde’s worries about her additional crime of escaping, Li Weiyang insisted on immediately presenting herself to the Emperor to clear her name, acknowledging it was a desperate gamble. Minde, pretending to have captured her, then escorted her towards the palace gates. At Jinggong Gate, a palace official sternly condemned Li Weiyang’s audacity in escaping, accusing her of compounding her crimes and showing no respect for imperial authority, vowing severe punishment.
