Untouchable Lovers Episode 21 Recap
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Tuoba Hong ascended the throne in his youth, which was not as simple as it seemed. He granted Liu Chuyu's request to revoke the expulsion order against the Song people and severely punished the Eighth Prince. However, Rong Zhi reminded Liu Chuyu that if the mastermind behind the scenes was not caught, the trees might desire calm, but the wind would not cease. Pingcheng was not peaceful, and Jingzhou, at the border, was even more turbulent.
Huo Xuan was investigating the stolen military provisions in the city when she happened to encounter officials from the Prefect's mansion forcing common people to pay taxes everywhere. Those who couldn't pay would be arrested, causing immense suffering among the populace. Upon seeing this, Huo Xuan suppressed her anger and ordered her deputy general, Wang Ze, to immediately lead troops into the city to search for the military provisions. Prefect Liu furiously went to confront Huo Xuan.
Huo Xuan did not take his threats seriously. Huo Xuan searched the entire city but found no military provisions. Casually hearing the sound of a bell, Huo Xuan led her people to Zhongqing Temple. The Leader of Tianji Pavilion had indeed hidden the military provisions in the temple, and he wanted to see if Huo Xuan dared to search it.
The stele inscription at Zhongqing Temple was personally bestowed by the former emperor, and even the current emperor would not dare to be disrespectful there. However, Huo Xuan was bold and dared to search. Abbot Tianci of Zhongqing Temple obstructed Huo Xuan at every turn. Whenever Huo Xuan mentioned the military provisions, the young novice monk beside Abbot Tianci would become so nervous that his hands trembled.
Although she didn't find the provisions, Huo Xuan had a premonition that they were there. She drove all the monks out and threatened to set the temple on fire, betting that one of the monks would not be able to hold out and speak up. As expected, just as Huo Xuan threw a torch onto the firewood, the young novice monk was the first to speak, leading Huo Xuan to find the military provisions in a cave behind the mountain.
The Abbot did not know who had delivered the provisions; this year was a famine year, and he merely wanted to save more disaster victims. Huo Xuan successfully found the military provisions and did not make things difficult for the monks in the temple. As it was late, Huo Xuan decided to stay overnight at the Prefect's mansion. Prefect Liu certainly couldn't sleep tonight.
He had cooperated with the Leader of Tianji Pavilion so that after Huo Xuan gave up searching for the military provisions, he could not only harm Huo Xuan but also embezzle the provisions. Now that Huo Xuan had found the provisions, the Leader of Tianji Pavilion signaled him to finish what he started and kill Huo Xuan.
For his personal gain, Prefect Liu followed the advice of the Leader of Tianji Pavilion and sent people to secretly assassinate Huo Xuan late at night. However, when he opened the boxes to inspect the military provisions, he was stunned to find them all empty. Suddenly, Huo Xuan entered the mansion with soldiers, stating that she was there to collect the military provisions.
In fact, Huo Xuan had long known that the person behind the stolen provisions had placed them in Zhongqing Temple to bet that she, unable to bear the suffering of starving disaster victims, would leave them behind. Indeed, that person guessed correctly; Huo Xuan genuinely couldn't bear it. She left the military provisions, taking only the empty boxes, and instructed the Abbot to deliberately curse her after she left, so that outsiders would believe she had indeed taken the provisions.
The reason Huo Xuan left the military provisions was that she had an excellent plan to trick her enemies. She had long known that Prefect Liu was colluding with the mastermind behind the stolen provisions and was greedy for them. She specifically set a trap for him.
Just as he thought he was about to succeed, she arrived with soldiers, solidifying Prefect Liu's crime of embezzling military provisions, confiscating the Prefect's mansion, and raising nearly two months' worth of military provisions. Prefect Liu had grievances he couldn't express; his family's wealth was ill-gotten, so he could only be outmaneuvered by Huo Xuan and sent to Pingcheng to await judgment.
In the imperial palace, Empress Dowager Feng Ting heard about the Eighth Prince's plot against Liu Chuyu and specifically summoned Rong Zhi for a discussion. The Eighth Prince was young and had always been on good terms with Tuoba Yun, making him easy to manipulate. Although there was no evidence, it was highly likely that Tuoba Yun had instigated this incident. For Tuoba Yun, Rong Zhi had his own countermeasures.
At the Prince Regent's mansion, after Rong Zhi returned, he informed Liu Chuyu that he would be staying overnight at her Danfeng Pavilion. Liu Chuyu was originally playing with Qing Yue and Lan Ruo when she was startled to hear Rong Zhi's words. Although she had been married into the mansion for a long time, tonight was the first time Liu Chuyu and Rong Zhi would share a room. There was a great distance between them.
While Liu Chuyu felt fortunate, she also couldn't help but doubt her own charm, as Rong Zhi seemed to have no feelings for her at all. Liu Chuyu was unhappy and mischievously dabbed rouge on Rong Zhi's face. Rong Zhi left his room in the middle of the night and was ridiculed by the patrolling guards. After seeing his own face, he was practically fuming with anger. Rong Zhi was not the only one fuming tonight.
Ma Xueyun, who was already in poor health, had finally become pregnant but was told she couldn't keep the baby. After learning that Rong Zhi had stayed at Danfeng Pavilion, she sat alone until midnight, filled with resentment. The next morning, Rong Zhi came to apologize to Ma Xueyun. He explained that he had gone to Liu Chuyu's place to dispel rumors of discord between the Prince and his consort. In his heart, he always loved Ma Xueyun.
Ma Xueyun acted gracefully and magnanimously in front of Rong Zhi. After Rong Zhi left for court, Ma Xueyun swept the food off the table. Her beautiful face turned sinister under immense jealousy. She had agreed to her father's wishes and was willing to be Rong Zhi's secondary consort for the greater good.
She thought that as long as Rong Zhi's heart was with her, she could endure it, but now she found that she couldn't, and decided to take the initiative. Liu Chuyu had been married into the Prince's mansion for a long time, yet today was the first time Ma Xueyun, as a secondary consort, came to pay her respects. As a princess of Great Song and the Prince Regent's consort, Liu Chuyu absolutely could not tolerate Ma Xueyun's contempt for her; this was disrespect towards Great Song.
