The Prisoner of Beauty Episode 13 Recap, Plot

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Wei Yan stopped Xiao Qiao from leaving and deliberately apologized to her for misunderstanding her earlier, but in truth, he was revealing a message: Wei Shao had once read the letter she wrote about going to Yanzhou and even read it out loud to Wei Yan word by word in public, trying to sow discord between the two of them. Xiao Qiao was furious when she learned about this and deliberately wrote a letter claiming she was going to Yanzhou.

Wei Qu quickly brought it to Wei Shao. Wei Shao believed Xiao Qiao wouldn’t write anything unrelated and thought it must be about wheat seeds, so he had it read out loud in public. However, Wei Qu, Wei Liang, and Gongsun Yang all looked at each other in silence, not daring to read it. Wei Shao then took the letter and found it was filled with curses calling him shameless.

Realizing that Xiao Qiao already knew about him reading her letter, Gongsun Yang advised Wei Shao to apologize, but Wei Shao stubbornly insisted he had done nothing wrong and refused to apologize. That night, when Wei Shao returned home, he found Xiao Qiao waiting at the door. Feeling guilty, he quickly rushed into his room to sleep.

But Xiao Qiao pushed the door open and came in, holding a written list detailing the flavors of dishes to be prepared for the birthday banquet. She deliberately made Wei Shao read it word by word to avoid mistakes. Wei Shao pretended to sleep with his head under the covers, but Xiao Qiao shouted his name in anger and threw the scroll at him, scaring him into running out of the room.

Still furious, Xiao Qiao threw the scroll at the door, while Wei Shao, guilty, chose not to argue. News of the incident quickly reached Wei Yan. He was delighted, surprised that Xiao Qiao could now call Wei Shao by name, and ordered someone to keep an eye on the two of them. Wei Shao, fearing another encounter with Xiao Qiao, constantly made excuses to stay busy, avoiding her altogether.

As a result, Gongsun Yang and the others had to stay up late to accompany Wei Shao, suffering bitterly. Wei Duo returned from Panyi with new wheat. After irrigation, the wheat grains were full and the harvest was excellent. Wei Shao was delighted. Gongsun Yang suggested opening a canal to Rong Commandery, which would benefit future generations.

Although he knew Wei Shao feared being restrained by the Qiao family, Gongsun Yang still believed that since they had already formed an alliance with the Qiao family, there would be no conflict in the short term, and building the canal would be a meritorious act. Wei Shao did not agree at that time. That evening, with nowhere to go, Wei Shao went to stay at Wei Yan’s house.

Wei Yan claimed he had always been accompanied by beautiful women and found it quite awkward to now be with a grown man. Wei Shao knew that Wei Yan had revealed the letter-reading incident to Xiao Qiao, but did not blame him and only wanted to ask the reason. Wei Yan explained that his hatred for the Qiao and Wei families had never diminished and he had hoped to use this as a chance to probe Xiao Qiao’s thoughts.

Wei Shao said no more. After Wei Shao fell asleep, Wei Yan’s subordinate came to him and handed him a dagger, suggesting he kill Wei Shao. However, Wei Yan said that while he could tolerate them killing members of the Qiao family, he would not allow anyone to harm members of the Wei family. Wei Yan had grown up in the Wei household and had deep feelings for them.

He had only come to help drive a wedge between the two families’ alliance, not to harm Wei Shao. The subordinate reminded Wei Yan that back then, the Wei family publicly claimed Wei Yan was an illegitimate child, and he had wandered for years while Lady Xu ignored him and refused to let him hold power. In contrast, she was strict with Wei Shao and groomed him as a future ruler.

Wei Yan sternly warned the subordinate not to speak ill of Lady Xu. In the end, Wei Shao agreed to build the canal to Rong Commandery and followed Gongsun Yang’s advice to promote Yang Feng to ease tensions with Xiao Qiao. After the success, he went to Xiao Qiao to take credit and seek favor, but Xiao Qiao already guessed it was Gongsun Yang’s idea.

She was willing to thank Gongsun Yang but couldn’t be bothered with Wei Shao, who left feeling disappointed. In truth, Xiao Qiao had privately written to Lord Qiao again to request wheat seeds as a birthday gift for Lady Xu. Lord Qiao had some concerns, but after persuasion from Qiao Ci and Xiao Qiao’s father, he eventually agreed to provide the seeds. In Bianzhou, Chen Pang was unhappy that Chen Xiang skipped the blessing ceremony for Su Ehuang.

Chen Xiang, however, held Su Ehuang’s hand and said that since his wife was unwell, it was only right for him to stay with her, and unceremoniously drove Chen Pang away. Su Ehuang noticed Chen Xiang was troubled. After questioning, she learned that Wei Shao planned to build a canal to Rong Commandery, and she feared it would be detrimental to Bianzhou in the future.

Su Ehuang proposed returning to congratulate her aunt, Lady Xu, on her birthday and take the opportunity to rekindle the feud between the Qiao and Wei families. The news soon reached Lady Xu, and they were all pleased with Su Ehuang’s return. From the hesitant words of Madam Wei, Xiao Qiao noticed something and, after investigation, discovered that Su Ehuang had grown up here and was once engaged to Wei Shao. Su Ehuang soon arrived by carriage, and Wei Qu and others personally went to welcome her.

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