The Substitute Princess's Love Episode 7 Recap
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The night market was extremely lively, but Shen Keyi was full of thoughts about Wen Ye mentioning someone had seen a female ghost bathing in the back mountain. She carefully asked Wen Ye if he had seen the female ghost's true appearance. Wen Ye lied, saying he had only heard about it. Shen Keyi slightly breathed a sigh of relief. The night was cold and she sneezed. Wen Ye quickly pulled Shen Keyi into his arms with his cloak.
Shen Keyi walked to a grilled skewer stall and used her skill to make a string of grilled gluten for Wen Ye. Guard Wan prepared to test it with a silver needle. Wen Ye didn't want Shen Keyi to feel disheartened, so he stopped Guard Wan. It was almost time to enter the palace, so Wen Ye told Shen Keyi to stroll around for a while longer on her own.
He left Nan Bo to secretly follow Shen Keyi and observe her movements. Zuo Shuangzhi also went for a stroll in the night market and bought a tassel string, which she gave to her attendant. Madam Shen heard that Shen Keyi had not entered the palace and asked Aunt Xin what the problem was.
Aunt Xin couldn't explain the reason and only begged Madam Shen to save her and leave Prince Jin's manor as soon as possible, otherwise, she would sooner or later be poisoned to death by Hundred Day Powder. Madam Shen told Aunt Xin to bear with it for a few days, and she would find another way to eliminate Shen Keyi, after which she could bring Aunt Xin back to the Prime Minister's mansion.
Shen Keyi bought a pair of red stone bracelets at the night market, symbolizing "one life, one world, one pair". Madam Nian San, who sold folding fans, suddenly ran up to Shen Keyi and invited her to the Shen mansion for dinner. Madam Nian San had previously been close to the wet nurse, so Shen Keyi was not wary. Madam Nian San explained that after remarrying, her husband became an official, so she had stopped selling folding fans long ago.
What Shen Keyi didn't know was that Madam Nian San's husband had committed an offense and wanted to ask Prime Minister Shen for help, and thus she had agreed to Madam Shen's request to trick Shen Keyi back to the Shen mansion. Shen Keyi asked about her wet nurse. Madam Nian San said that the wet nurse had long since left the capital and gone to the countryside.
In reality, the wet nurse had already been harmed, and the reason was deliberately fabricated to prevent Shen Keyi from becoming suspicious. Nan Bo saw that Shen Keyi had returned to the Shen mansion and stopped tracking her. Madam Nian San asked Shen Keyi to first meet the wet nurse in the outskirts of the capital before going to the Shen mansion, and then she got off the carriage first.
Madam Shen had long heard that there were bandits in the outskirts of the capital. If Shen Keyi was taken to the outskirts and killed, it would both resolve the issue of Shen Keyi having the jade pendant and frame Wen Ye, killing two birds with one stone. The carriage driver prepared to kill Shen Keyi. Unexpectedly, Shen Keyi was very strong and snatched the dagger, kicking the carriage driver off the carriage.
Soon, the bandit Zhou Yu hijacked Shen Keyi and took her to Qiyu Village. Wen Ye returned to the manor and saw someone in Shen Keyi's room lying in bed, covered with a quilt. Guessing that Shen Keyi had not yet returned, he ordered the person in the room to show themselves. It turned out to be A Tao. Wen Ye was not angry, nor did he blame her.
He only told A Tao to leave a lamp outside the door for the Princess Consort. Madam Shen learned that the attempt to kill Shen Keyi had failed and that the bandits had taken Shen Keyi and hidden her in Qiyu Village. She then urged Commander Zhang, a subordinate of Prime Minister Shen, to quickly launch an encirclement and suppression, stating that Shen Keyi absolutely must not be allowed to return alive to Prince Jin's manor.
At that time, Shen Keyi's death could also be blamed on the bandits. Seeing that Shen Keyi had not returned all night, Wen Ye thought she had lingered at the Shen mansion and felt a trace of jealousy. Yi Fu saw through Wen Ye's thoughts and suggested going to the Shen mansion to bring the Princess Consort home.
Wen Ye pretended not to care and still went to the military camp first, instructing Yi Fu to be sure to inform him as soon as Shen Keyi returned to the manor. Zhou Yu and the bandits had been trapped in Qiyu Village for one night. Uncle Dao discovered a small path behind the village from which they could leave. So the few of them divided the remaining dry provisions.
Shen Keyi swallowed hard, but she didn't even get a piece of steamed bun. In the latter half of the night, several bandits fell into a deep sleep. Shen Keyi put several straw mats next to the bonfire, wanting to start a fire to create chaos. A Tao was still waiting for Shen Keyi to return to the manor. Aunt Xin walked closer and gloatingly said that Shen Keyi would never appear again. A Tao had a premonition of something bad, so she quickly went to inform Prince Jin.
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