The Rise of Phoenixes Episode 15 Recap, Plot

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Xin Ziyan wanted to turn the tables, but Ning Yi could not just stand by and watch Feng Zhiwei die. He no longer regarded the little civet cat as a pawn. The Crown Prince wanted to send those Blood Blade Guards to Minhai and ordered them to dispose of Wei Zhi. Ning Yi did not listen to Xin Ziyan. He ordered his guards to go to Qingming and bring Feng Zhiwei back alive.

At this time, Ning Cheng pulled out Wu Ying who had been secretly listening from behind. He did not punish Wu Ying but let him consider whether to report this to the Tiansheng Emperor. The young stable hand overheard his father was going to execute Feng Zhiwei and the other person, so he wanted to save them. After covering the unconscious Gu Nanyi with miscellaneous items, the old stable hand also arrived with his men.

The young stable hand told Feng Zhiwei to quickly get the horses, while he himself stepped out to stop his father. The young stable hand did not want to live a life of ignoble existence like his father, but his father was unrepentant and ordered men to push open the large door where Feng Zhiwei was getting the horses. When the old stable hand saw Feng Zhiwei, he picked up a hidden weapon and fired it.

However, the young stable hand bravely blocked it for Feng Zhiwei. Feng Zhiwei immediately teared up, but the young stable hand, even as he was dying, closed the door and put her on the horse. The startled horse galloped away, leaving the old stable hand holding the young stable hand's body.

After the Crown Prince learned that Wei Zhi had escaped, he believed that the Blood Blade Guards harbored rebellious intentions, so he ordered Chang Hai to find the escaped Wei Zhi. When Ning Yi learned that Chang Hai was rushing to Lanxiang Courtyard, he immediately ordered his men to prepare. At Lanxiang Courtyard, Feng Zhiwei and Zhu Yin were hiding in a room. Chang Hai arrived with his men to search.

In a moment of urgency, Zhu Yin slapped Feng Zhiwei unconscious, locked her in a cabinet, and then adopted a dignified demeanor to await Chang Hai. Chang Hai directly and bluntly asked where the person was. Zhu Yin pretended not to understand but inadvertently removed her hairpin. Feng Zhiwei woke up at this moment and accidentally made some noise. Zhu Yin quickly and secretly whispered for her to stay put. For some reason, Zhu Yin calmly revealed her true identity.

Upon hearing this, Chang Hai's expression changed, and he wanted to kill Zhu Yin. At this moment, the old stable hand came to report that Ning Yi had arrived with his men. Chang Hai was afraid but refused to let go of Zhu Yin, stabbing her with a sword, leaving a pool of blood. Feng Zhiwei secretly hid in the cabinet and witnessed Zhu Yin dying for her… After Chang Hai left, the old stable hand took Feng Zhiwei away.

When Gu Nanyi woke up, he found Xin Ziyan and Ning Yi's men surrounding him. He felt some resistance towards these people. Feng Zhiwei knelt before the young stable hand's body, overwhelmed with grief. The old stable hand still believed that she had caused his son's death and insisted that Feng Zhiwei must die. Feng Zhiwei did not resist; she only begged him to send her home after her death and spoke her mother's name, Qiu Mingying.

The old stable hand's expression changed upon hearing this. Afterwards, Feng Zhiwei also requested the old stable hand to go to the private school and tell Master Zong about her death. The old stable hand's expression changed again upon hearing Zong Chen's name. However, the old stable hand fulfilled Feng Zhiwei's wish and took off the hairpin from her head, which was a hairpin only students of Qingming possessed.

Ning Yi properly placed Zhu Yin's body and told her that he would soon send Chang Hai to her to apologize. Afterward, Ning Yi came to Qingming Academy, cautioning Xin Ziyan to act carefully. After this night, the game of chess between Ning Yi and the Crown Prince no longer had its cover. The old stable hand cremated Feng Zhiwei's body at Qingming Academy. When Ning Yi arrived, only her hairpin remained.

He looked at the covered body and was speechless for a moment. He refused to believe that Feng Zhiwei had died and mumbled that cats have nine lives. Ning Yi returned to the Prince's residence and surprisingly saw Feng Zhiwei, covered in grime. Feng Zhiwei refused to let him approach. She didn't know why she came to Ning Yi when he didn't help her, and even wanted to kill her.

At the same time, she regretted why she had listened to him and gone to Qingming Academy, and why she had discovered the Blood Blade Guards! Ning Yi, however, excitedly embraced Feng Zhiwei. After explaining that he suffered from nightmares, Ning Yi only felt incredibly lucky that she was still alive. Feng Zhiwei and Ning Yi both cried, blaming themselves for causing Zhu Yin's death and the young stable hand's death.

It turned out that after the old stable hand took off the hairpin, he put it on the young stable hand's body, then let Feng Zhiwei go. The body he cremated was also the young stable hand's. Feng Zhiwei had just hidden nearby, watching, and in one night, two people died for her… Ning Yi wiped Feng Zhiwei's hands.

She mumbled that she had to do something for them, and then asked about Ning Yi's plan to deal with the Crown Prince. Ning Yi flatly denied it. Feng Zhiwei then excitedly stood up, wanting to find Gu Nanyi to kill Xin Ziyan, calling him the Crown Prince's lackey. Left with no choice, Ning Yi told her that Xin Ziyan was the only person he had trusted since Ning Qiao passed away.

Feng Zhiwei said, "So you never trusted me…" East Palace. The Crown Prince, although having doubts, could not voice them after learning that the old stable hand had killed Wei Zhi. Chang Hai accidentally discovered an eunuch eavesdropping outside the door, so he gave the Crown Prince a look. The three's conversation then shifted to Ning Yi, stating that Ning Yi had replaced many of the Qingming Academy's servants, seemingly with ulterior motives.

Zhu Yin's final journey followed her wishes; she departed with the rivers and streams to see how vast the world truly was. While grieving, Ning Yi noticed Wu Ying's presence. He knew the purpose of the eunuchs bestowed upon them by the Tiansheng Emperor—nothing more than to have these people investigate the schemes of the various princes. "

Alright," Ning Yi then stated his own scheme: he merely wanted to clear Ning Qiao's name, to ensure that good people in this world have a good end, and evil people receive their just punishment… Wu Ying was silent. After a long moment, tears welled up slowly as he turned around: "Wu Ying is willing to follow Your Highness." The eunuch in the Crown Prince's residence reported everything he had heard to Zhao Yuan.

Upon hearing the Crown Prince claim that Ning Yi had ulterior motives, Wu Ying immediately defended his master. Zhao Yuan witnessed all of this. The Crown Prince wanted to go to Qingming Academy to select talents, and he also invited the Tiansheng Emperor to oversee it. The Tiansheng Emperor asked Ning Yi for his opinion. The two of them subtly provoked each other in front of their imperial father.

Afterward, the two knelt together, requesting the Tiansheng Emperor to personally visit Qingming and bring out the Scroll of Talent Selection. Xin Ziyan stopped Gu Yan on the street, stating that there were several old acquaintances of his at Qingming Academy. Gu Yan understood and went with him. East Palace. The Crown Prince, Chang Hai, and the old stable hand rehearsed the grand plan they intended for tomorrow.

Tomorrow, the Blood Blade Guards, instigated by Ning Yi, would assassinate the Crown Prince and then be captured. Leaving the East Palace, the old stable hand met Gu Yan, but called him a traitor and immediately moved to kill him. Gu Yan did not resist; after all, he was also a traitor. Years ago, Gu Yan betrayed the Blood Blade Guards simply to preserve the Gu family lineage.

Today, he risked his life to meet the old stable hand to protect Gu Heng's bloodline. Gu Yan instructed the old stable hand to feign an assassination attempt on Ning Yi tomorrow, exposing the Crown Prince's harboring of Blood Blade Guard remnants, and then be arrested on the spot… The next day, at Qingming Academy, the Tiansheng Emperor used the Scroll of Talent Selection to select unparalleled national scholars.

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