The Wolf Princess Episode 22 Recap

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The team, including Yan Qing and Tong Ge'er, waited at the location where three bodies were previously found. When officials arrived to collect the corpses, they were apprehended. The officials initially resisted, questioning the team's authority, but then agreed to lead them to their superior. However, one of the officials attempted suicide. Ling Long discovered an Inspector Department token on one of them. Yan Qing was surprised, as he was unaware of such a department in Southern Chu.

Ling Long immediately told them to stop the investigation and return, which puzzled Yan Qing and the others. Later that night, Yan Qing secretly visited Princess Li in the Cold Palace. He apologized for his discreet entry, explaining it was to avoid palace surveillance as he had an urgent matter to discuss.

He told Princess Li that Ling Long's attitude towards him had completely changed since their secret conversation the previous night, becoming "as cold as frost and ice," and he wanted to know why. Princess Li asked him what he thought, leading Yan Qing to suspect it was related to the "wolf king energy" within Ling Long. Princess Li confirmed that Ling Long's actions were to protect both herself and Yan Qing.

Ling Long tasked Xiaojin with withdrawing 50,000 taels of silver from her uncle’s drugstore. This money was to be used to prepare gifts for the royal elders attending her upcoming ceremony to meet the Lord in five days. Xiaojin expressed her anxiety, suggesting they return to Western Turk, but Ling Long stated that some matters must be confronted, not avoided. Princess Li, having overheard, instructed Xiaojin to follow Ling Long's orders.

Later, Ling Long secretly met her uncle, urging him and his family to pack their belongings and leave Southern Chu by dawn. She also inquired about a secluded house he had prepared years ago, emphasizing that she would need it in a few days. Her uncle, noticing her solemn demeanor, cautioned her to be careful. As Ling Long was leaving, Yan Yu intercepted her in a carriage, ordering her to abandon her plans, stating she was risking her life.

Ling Long realized Yan Yu had been monitoring her. Yan Yu admitted he had already discovered letters in Miya's secret chamber written on paper exclusive to the Southern Chu royal family. He confessed he knew the Southern Chu Lord was the true mastermind and had deliberately led Ling Long to find the secret letter, hoping she would abandon her quest and distance herself from Yan Qing. He pleaded with her to leave Southern Chu with him, promising to protect her.

Ling Long, however, asserted that her true "prison" was within her heart and that this was a personal battle no one else could fight. She expressed her weariness of living in fear for eighteen years and rejected his "protection," stating it wasn't what she truly needed. Yan Qing and Tong Ge'er arrived and overheard the end of the conversation. Yan Yu urged Yan Qing to stop Ling Long, but Yan Qing refused, stating he wouldn't interfere with her decisions.

He then handed Yan Yu a document, revealing it contained his own plan, and instructed him to read and burn it. Yan Qing told Yan Yu to get some rest, as there would be "a big show" the next day. Yan Qing then ordered his wolf guards to proceed with their plans, noting that his father, Lord Yan, had accepted the wolf king's cause of death and approved the marriage, but he still needed to uncover the full truth.

The next day, Ling Long, Princess Li, Yan Qing, and Doctor Misa attended the audience with the Southern Chu Lord, as summoned by Eunuch Chen. Before entering, Yan Qing expressed his dismay at Princess Li residing in the Cold Palace, but she reassured him it was her preference. During the formal audience, Yan Qing presented the Lord with "fine jades and rare elixirs" as a betrothal gift.

The Lord, pleased, praised Ling Long’s contributions to national relations and bestowed gifts upon her, Princess Li, and Doctor Misa. As the Lord prepared to conclude the audience, Ling Long requested that her mother and Yan Qing leave, as she had urgent matters concerning "the survival of Southern Chu" to discuss with the Lord and the remaining royal uncles.

Once they departed, Ling Long recounted the recent serial murder cases in the city, detailing how beggars were targeted for their blood to produce elixirs. She linked these atrocities to Miya and the Black Robe Organization, noting the use of unique bamboo whistles, a signature of Southern Chu sorcery. She presented an Inspector Department token found on the officials who were attempting to dispose of the bodies, which the royal uncles confirmed as authentic.

Ling Long then revealed a secret letter written to Miya, which was on paper exclusively used by the Lord, identified by a subtle, hidden watermark that her mother, having treated the eunuch in charge of palace paper, had previously observed. She directly accused the Southern Chu Lord of being the true mastermind, who had secretly supported Miya for eighteen years to build the Black Robe Organization and commit countless crimes.

With Miya’s death, the Lord, desperate to continue his pursuit of immortality, had resorted to using human blood for his elixirs. To prove her accusation, Ling Long dramatically pulled back a curtain, revealing the Lord’s severely aged and withered appearance. She explained that his rapid deterioration was a result of abruptly discontinuing the elixir, causing a powerful backlash. The horrified royal uncles immediately called for the Lord's abdication, fearing widespread chaos if the truth were to spread.

The Lord, refusing to abdicate, ordered the Inspector Department to attack and kill everyone present. Ling Long prepared to activate her wolf king energy, declaring she would rather die than allow him to continue his heinous acts with innocent lives. Just as she was about to act, Yan Qing dramatically crashed through a window, leading his forces to quickly subdue the Inspector Department members. Princess Li then stepped forward to reveal the full truth of the past.

Eighteen years ago, the Southern Chu Lord had discovered the secret of the wolf king energy and coveted it for his own immortality. He secretly incited powerful figures across the land to besiege Wolf King Xue Yin. Then, he cunningly appeared as a "savior," bringing Xue Yin back to the Southern Chu Imperial City to seize her power.

To conceal his scheme, he either killed or imprisoned all his wives and concubines, including Princess Li and a young Ling Long, who were confined to the Cold Palace. However, on the eve of her forced marriage to the Lord, Xue Yin uncovered his true intentions. Severely wounded, she managed to escape and, upon passing the Cold Palace, discovered that Ling Long possessed the unique physique capable of carrying the wolf heart.

Knowing her own death was imminent and that the wolf heart, crucial to the survival of the wolf tribe, could not fall into evil hands, Xue Yin reluctantly transferred the wolf heart into Ling Long. She then publicly jumped into a volcano, creating the illusion that the wolf heart's energy had perished with her.

Princess Li, realizing the danger, had painstakingly suppressed the wolf heart within Ling Long using gold needles and endured eighteen years of confinement in the Cold Palace, the only place she considered safe, waiting for the Lord's inevitable downfall. She clarified that the wolf king energy only granted enhanced strength and longevity, not true immortality, and forcefully taking it would be fatal for anyone, let alone the Lord whose body was already suffering.

Despite this, the Lord, witnessing Ling Long's inherent power, brazenly demanded she surrender the wolf heart to save his life. Ling Long staunchly refused, stating the wolf heart belonged solely to the wolf tribe and that he, as Xue Yin's murderer, had no claim to it. The Lord then declared that as her father who gave her life, he could take it back, threatening to kill her if she resisted.

Ling Long defiantly retorted that he was unworthy of being her father and that she owed him no sacrifice. Enraged, the Lord summoned his Southern Chu sorcerers. However, Princess Li calmly explained that she and Doctor Misa had secretly poisoned the palace's waterways seven days prior. The poison, specifically potent against sorcery practitioners, had now been activated, rendering the Lord's final line of defense powerless. Stripped of his sorcerers, the Lord was not yet defeated.

He revealed a final, horrifying card: he had secretly infected all the court officials with Southern Chu sorcery long ago. He dared Yan Qing to kill them to save everyone else, knowing that such an act would be branded as "the Second Childe of Yan slaughters the royalty members of Southern Chu." This, he declared, would inevitably trigger an unending war between their two nations, ensuring that if he could not live, he would drag the entire world down with him.

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