The Princess Wei Young Episode 4 Recap
> The Princess Wei Young Recap
Drawn by the sound of a flute, Li Weiyang ventured into a courtyard where she found Li Minde playing to a white bird. Startled by her sudden appearance, Li Minde curtly dismissed her, calling her a "bird thief" and insisting she leave his private space. Annoyed by his impudence, Weiyang returned to her own courtyard and asked her maid, Baizhi, about the young man.
Baizhi explained that he was Li Minde, the adopted son of Lady Zhou of the Third House Branch, brought in to be the successor after the old third master's death, with the Old Madam's backing, preventing the First Madam from seizing the branch's assets. Still fuming, Li Weiyang decided to get a slingshot to teach Li Minde a lesson. However, on her way, she witnessed Li Minfeng, the First Young Master, harassing a maidservant.
Weiyang intervened, asserting that servants are not lowly and that he had no right to mistreat them. Infuriated by her defiance, Li Minfeng escalated the confrontation. Li Minde, who had been trying to avoid his elder brother, stepped forward to defend Weiyang. Li Minfeng, seeing their united front, backed down but left them with an ominous warning to watch out.
Weiyang later teased Li Minde for his initial reluctance to confront Li Minfeng, finding him to be an interesting and righteous person. Later, while massaging the Old Madam's shoulders, Weiyang felt a pang of sadness, reminded of massaging her own Royal Grandmother. Concerned, the Old Madam asked what was wrong. Weiyang, concealing her true thoughts, said she was worried about her sick mother, the Seventh Concubine.
The Old Madam assured her that a doctor had been sent, but due to the infectious nature of the illness, visitors were forbidden for everyone's safety. Meanwhile, Chiyun Rou, the First Madam, instructed her maid to inform Weiyang that the Seventh Concubine's condition was worsening, encouraging Weiyang to secretly visit her. Weiyang, out of vigilance, went to the Nan Courtyard earlier than planned and discovered Chunming, Chiyun Rou's maid, forcibly administering a suspicious substance to the struggling Seventh Concubine.
Weiyang immediately intervened and gave her mother Chinese honeylocust water to induce vomiting. Their reunion was cut short when the Old Master and First Madam arrived. Fearing for Weiyang, the Seventh Concubine feigned unconsciousness. Weiyang accused Chunming of poisoning her mother, but when a silver needle test showed no poison in the medicine bowl, Chiyun Rou accused Weiyang of falsely slandering her own mother and ordered her to be disciplined.
Just as Weiyang was about to be punished, the Seventh Concubine spoke up, protecting Weiyang by claiming she had merely choked on her medicine. Despite this, Chiyun Rou still demanded punishment for Weiyang's unauthorized entry, but the Old Master, tired of the commotion, ended the matter. Soon after, chaos erupted. All the fish in the pond died overnight, the Emperor's treasured bird mysteriously died, and the Fourth Miss, Li Changxi, fell into a pond.
Changxi was quick to blame Weiyang, labeling her a "calamity star." Chiyun Rou seized the opportunity to remind the Old Master of a Daoist master's prior warning about misfortunes and urged him to invite the master to perform an evil-warding ceremony. The Old Master agreed, and Weiyang was confined to her room. During her confinement, Li Changru, the Third Miss, paid her a secret visit, bringing food and expressing her concern, solidifying a bond between them.
The Daoist master declared that Weiyang was indeed a "malefic star" and must be flogged fifty times with a whip steeped in black dog's blood to purge the negative energy. As the brutal punishment began, the Seventh Concubine, Li Minde, and Changru all pleaded for mercy to no avail. The Seventh Concubine was dragged away as the flogging continued. Finally, the Old Madam arrived, demanding a stop.
She asserted her authority by offering to shorten her own lifespan by ten years to ward off the evil and compensate for the remaining thirty-one whips, saving Weiyang's life after she had already endured nineteen lashes. Immediately, Changru interjected, complaining about an injury she claimed Weiyang caused that would ruin her marriage prospects, urging the Old Madam not to be so lenient.
Li Weiyang was taken to a villa to recover, but after a month, her wounds showed no sign of healing, remaining open and festering. Unbeknownst to them, Chiyun Rou had tampered with Weiyang's medicine, which was designed to prevent healing and slowly poison her. As Weiyang developed a high fever, a desperate Baizhi sought out Li Minde, begging him to investigate if the Daoist master was conspiring with Chiyun Rou. Minde promised to help.
Meanwhile, under Chiyun Rou's secret orders, the villa caretaker, Cui Mama, prepared to dispose of the feverish Weiyang. Despite Ziyan's pleas, Cui Mama and other servants forcefully took Weiyang to the back mountains to be abandoned to the wolves. At the same time, Tuoba Jun, on his journey back to Ping City, was ambushed by assassins. He managed to evade his pursuers by escaping into a mountain cave, where he found Li Weiyang hiding from wolves, having been left for dead.
