The Substitute Princess's Love Episode 17 Recap
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After the banquet dispersed, Madam Yun Ying took Muer back to their room. They encountered Guard Wan waiting halfway. Madam Yun Ying let Muer go back first. Guard Wan couldn't hold back and finally expressed his feelings to Madam Yun Ying. Even with the constraints of status and family background, Guard Wan still hoped to follow his heart, as life is short, only a few decades. Madam Yun Ying had long known Guard Wan's intentions.
She said that they couldn't be together immediately and that she needed time to handle some matters. She also hoped that the final step would be for her to walk towards Guard Wan. While Madam Yun Ying was packing her luggage, Shen Keyi ran into the room to help, looking troubled. When Madam Yun Ying asked, Shen Keyi revealed what was on her mind.
She said that recently she felt Wen Ye was completely compliant with her every whim, almost doting, a kind of eagerness to give her everything. When she was a child, she saw a neighbor who couldn't afford to raise their daughter, and in the few days before giving her away, they would fulfill all the daughter's wishes. She felt exactly like that now. Madam Yun Ying scolded Shen Keyi for thinking wildly and urged her to trust Wen Ye implicitly.
As the wedding date approached, Wen Ye didn't know how to explain it to Shen Keyi. Yi Fu suggested sending Shen Keyi to stay in a suburban house for a few days and bringing her back after the wedding was over. Wen Ye neither agreed nor disagreed, still unwilling to deceive Shen Keyi. Shen Keyi personally made a cloak for Wen Ye. When she delivered it to Shanglin Pavilion, Wen Ye was not in the room.
Shen Keyi prepared to put it in the wardrobe. When she opened it, she found a pair of brand new wedding robes. Shen Keyi guessed Wen Ye had prepared a New Year's surprise for her and was secretly delighted for a long while. Then she saw an imperial decree placed next to the wedding robes. Opening it, she found it was an order for Wen Ye to marry the Princess of Liang Kingdom. She was instantly struck by a thunderbolt.
Shen Keyi threw the imperial decree and the wedding robes onto the ground and cried heartbrokenly. Wen Ye returned to Shanglin Pavilion and saw Shen Keyi collapsed on the ground, instantly understanding everything. Shen Keyi asked who the bride was and why Wen Ye hadn't told her beforehand. Wen Ye didn't know how to answer and could only remain silent. Shen Keyi was overcome with grief and suddenly fainted as she was about to leave Shanglin Pavilion.
The imperial physician took Shen Keyi's pulse and discovered that she was pregnant. Wen Ye was overjoyed and demanded that both the Princess Consort and the fetus in her womb must be protected. However, it had to be kept a secret. The medicine did not need to go through the Imperial Pharmacy; it should be sent directly to Prince Jin's mansion. Prince Xian suddenly came to Prince Jin's mansion for an important matter to discuss.
During the late Emperor's reign, Xu Fang, the Minister of Punishment, had a rift with the current Emperor and defected to Liang Kingdom several years ago. This time, as a gesture of sincerity for the political marriage alliance, Liang Kingdom sent Xu Fang back to Cang Chao. To save his life, Xu Fang revealed a secret when he was granted an audience with the Emperor: the person designated by the imperial decree of succession back then was Wen Ye.
Wen Ye naturally knew this. Considering the safety of the country, he had made an agreement with the Empress Dowager to keep the secret permanently. Currently, although Xu Fang had no conclusive evidence, it was inevitable that the Emperor would become suspicious. Arranging the marriages of Chancellor Shen's daughter and the Princess of Liang Kingdom both indicated that the Emperor did not wish for Wen Ye to get what he desired.
Wen Ye said that if he were alone, nothing would matter, but now that the Princess Consort was pregnant, it was truly difficult to move forward or retreat. Prince Xian heard that Shen Keyi was pregnant and suggested aborting the fetus. If the Emperor was apprehensive, he would certainly keep the Princess Consort and the child in the palace as leverage.
Wen Ye was unwilling to abort the pregnancy, so he decided to treat Shen Keyi coldly to ensure the safety of the mother and child. Wen Ye instructed Yi Fu to keep the news of Shen Keyi's pregnancy a secret. After Shen Keyi woke up, she ran to Wen Ye's room and begged him not to take a concubine. Wen Ye reprimanded Shen Keyi for not understanding the bigger picture and punished her by confining her to Xingyue Pavilion for a period to reflect on her mistakes.
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