To Get Her Episode 26 Recap
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Cui Xun, defying guards who tried to stop him, intercepted Princess Tu Siya's wedding procession at the city gate. Tu Siya, overjoyed and tearful, declared him her friend and threatened anyone who dared to block him. She confessed to Cui Xun that she had been counting trees, flags, and houses from the palace to the city gate, desperately hoping he would appear to stop her elopement.
She shared her fear that if he hadn't come, "Tu Siya would cease to exist," as he was the one who made her brave enough to truly be herself. Cui Xun, in turn, admitted his initial hesitation, believing a princess like her deserved a prince. However, he quickly realized that her identity didn't matter, pledging to be her prince, her defeated opponent, or a devoted husband, as long as they could be together.
He affectionately emphasized his commitment, stating he no longer wanted her to be an outsider and wouldn't take back the precious Xun he had given her. After both declared their mutual affection, Cui Xun, despite the guards' objections, took Tu Siya away with him, effectively eloping. Meanwhile, Tu Siyi diligently practiced archery for the upcoming hunt, aiming to defeat Tu Sicheng and better protect Lin Zhen'er, despite his reluctance to harm animals.
During one practice session, Tu Sicheng provocatively claimed a rabbit Tu Siyi had shot. When Tu Siyi asserted it was his, Tu Sicheng dismissed him, claiming their arrows were indistinguishable in color, making it hard to tell who shot it. Tu Sicheng also mocked Tu Siyi's consistent losses in past competitions. The Emperor, feeling refreshed at the hunting grounds, engaged in conversation with Noble Consort Yue.
She lavishly praised Tu Sicheng's exceptional riding and hunting prowess, recalling how he single-handedly hunted a fierce bear the previous year. The Emperor, pleased, encouraged Tu Siyi to also uphold the royal spirit in the upcoming hunt, eagerly anticipating a magnificent competition between his two sons.
Later, Noble Consort Yue dispatched Lin Zhen'er to fetch water from the river, a task Lin Zhen'er viewed as another of Noble Consort Yue's "mental attacks" stemming from Noble Consort Yue's suspicions about Zhen'er's lingering feelings for Tu Siyi. Tu Siyi, however, secretly followed Lin Zhen'er. They seized the rare chance for a casual outing, enjoying a horseback ride in the serene countryside.
Their peaceful moment was abruptly shattered by an ambush of assassins from Fu Hu Hall, explicitly targeting Lin Zhen'er. Tu Siyi initially tried to draw the attackers away, but they were singularly focused on Lin Zhen'er, commending her formidable martial arts skills despite her feigned weakness. Just as they were becoming overwhelmed, Cui Xun, informed by his spies of Tu Sicheng's clandestine meetings with Fu Hu Hall, arrived just in time to rescue them.
During their escape, Tu Siyi revealed to Lin Zhen'er his discovery that Tu Sicheng was red-green colorblind, a fact he observed during archery practice when Tu Sicheng couldn't distinguish red from green targets. Applying her knowledge of genetic theory, Lin Zhen'er immediately deduced that Tu Sicheng could not be the Emperor's biological son, reasoning that red-green colorblindness in males, if inherited from the father, means the father must also be colorblind, and the Emperor himself was not.
Recognizing this as a crucial opportunity to remove Tu Sicheng, they decided to expose his illegitimate status. That night, Tu Siyi and Lin Zhen'er visited Tu Sicheng's tent under the pretense of delivering plums for the upcoming worship ceremony, which Tu Sicheng perceived as red. Tu Sicheng was proudly wearing a red hat gifted by his beloved concubine.
While he was distracted distributing the plums to guards, Tu Siyi and Lin Zhen'er discreetly swapped his red hat for a green one. Tu Sicheng, unable to distinguish the colors, unknowingly paraded around in the green hat, taking the guards' comments on his "special hat" as compliments, which confirmed his colorblindness to Tu Siyi and Lin Zhen'er.
Later, his concubine furiously confronted him about wearing a "green hat," a symbol of infidelity, explaining that the hat she gave him was red and had been secretly swapped. Realizing he had been tricked and publicly humiliated, Tu Sicheng vowed revenge. While discussing how to publicly prove Tu Sicheng's illegitimacy, Lin Zhen'er initially suggested a 'blood-drop kinship test,' believing it might work within the game's logic, especially if they added oil to the water to ensure blood separation.
However, Tu Siyi then informed her that he had already ingeniously set in motion a public "blood-drop kinship test." When the Emperor tasked him with overseeing the pre-hunt worship ceremony, Tu Siyi seized the opportunity to propose a "True Dragon's Blood for Rain" ritual, a Southern legend claiming the Emperor's blood could summon precipitation. He suggested that both he and Tu Sicheng, as princes, also offer their blood alongside the Emperor, thereby forcing Tu Sicheng into a public kinship test.
Lin Zhen'er was impressed by Tu Siyi's quick thinking. Lin Zhen'er's return to Noble Consort Yue's tent startled Noble Consort Yue, who was surprised that Tu Sicheng had failed to eliminate Zhen'er as planned. Meanwhile, in a meeting with the Emperor and his sons, Tu Siyi's proposal for a blood sacrifice to pray for rain, involving the Emperor, Tu Sicheng, and himself, was met with vehement opposition from Tu Sicheng, who dismissed it as "southern barbarian talk."
However, Tu Siyi challenged Tu Sicheng to offer an alternative solution to the drought, and the Emperor, viewing the ritual as a means to stabilize public sentiment, overruled Tu Sicheng and commanded both princes to participate. Realizing Tu Siyi's proposal was a thinly veiled attempt to expose his non-royal lineage, Tu Sicheng immediately summoned his subordinate, Lao Bai, and ordered the Fu Hu Hall forces, which he secretly commanded, to advance their rebellion plan overnight.
Tu Sicheng, fearing exposure, initiated his rebellion earlier than planned. His forces launched a swift night attack on the hunting encampment, overwhelming and killing many stationed soldiers. The Emperor and all the imperial officials, including Noble Consort Yue, were captured and bound. The Emperor angrily confronted Tu Sicheng, denouncing him as a disobedient son.
Tu Sicheng, in turn, gloated, confirming Noble Consort Yue's complicity by remarking that he would rather rely on himself for the throne than make deals with a "beloved concubine" who interfered in government affairs. This revelation deeply pained the Emperor. Tu Sicheng then declared that by morning, Chu Xing State would be his. However, he soon noticed the absence of Tu Siyi and Lin Zhen'er.
A report confirmed that half of the defending guards were also missing, leading Tu Sicheng to suspect Tu Siyi's counter-move. Just then, Tu Siyi and Lin Zhen'er, having rallied a portion of the imperial guards, arrived with their troops, blocking the encampment entrance. Tu Sicheng immediately ordered his men to attack. The encampment erupted into a fierce battle. Lin Zhen'er directly engaged Tu Sicheng, accusing him of cowardly and underhanded tactics.
Tu Sicheng, however, retaliated by revealing that Noble Consort Yue was behind the recent assassination attempt on Lin Zhen'er at the hunting grounds. The Emperor, aghast, demanded to know what other secrets were being kept from him, to which Tu Sicheng cryptically replied that there was much the Emperor didn't know. Tu Siyi, frustrated by his own perceived lack of martial skills, then intervened to defend Lin Zhen'er, lamenting aloud that the male lead shouldn't be so unskilled.
He confronted Tu Sicheng, asking which hand he used to strike his girlfriend, before seizing a wooden stick and repeatedly striking Tu Sicheng's head until he bled, rendering him helpless. Just as victory seemed within their grasp, a mysterious mist enveloped the area, causing Tu Siyi, Cui Xun, the Emperor, and all others present to suddenly become disoriented and collapse.
