Untouchable Lovers Episode 28 Recap
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Ma Xueyun went to deliver medicinal cuisine to Rong Zhi. She saw him supervising Liu Chuyu studying, and feeling lost, her hand lost strength and she dropped the food bowl, breaking it. She pretended to clean up, intentionally cutting her hand to make Rong Zhi send her back. Before leaving, she didn't forget to give Liu Chuyu a triumphant smile.
Although Liu Chuyu was unwilling to argue with Ma Xueyun, seeing Rong Zhi care for her, she still felt a sense of loss. Rong Zhi accompanied Ma Xueyun back, but his heart was not with her. Ma Xueyun was unwilling to force him further and agreed to let him go back. Rong Zhi left without any lingering attachment. Ma Xueyun smiled sadly; she had always been deceiving herself, for Rong Zhi's heart had long ceased to be with her.
Rong Zhi returned to the study and saw Liu Chuyu asleep, slumped over the desk from exhaustion. The night was cold, so Rong Zhi gently draped a cloak over her. Fearing she would notice his feelings, he specifically ordered his aide, Zhao Changshi, to remove the cloak before Liu Chuyu woke up. He also told him to replace the difficult scriptures with simpler, easier-to-understand texts.
Rong Zhi had always been in poor health, and recently, busy with state affairs, he fell ill again. Ma Xueyun went to care for him. However, upon seeing Rong Zhi grab the maid Wan'er's hand while unconscious, she transferred Wan'er to her own Fangcao Pavilion and stepped on Wan'er's hand with a broken teacup to vent her anger. Rong Zhi had exhausted himself into illness again. Liu Chuyu was concerned but also angry that he didn't take care of himself.
She had clearly been the first to visit, but Ma Xueyun brought a bowl of medicine and pushed her aside. When Rong Zhi woke up, Ma Xueyun gently fed him the medicine. Rong Zhi had always had a sensitive palate, and he tasted a sweet, bloody flavor in the medicine. He questioned her, and only then did Ma Xueyun reveal the truth: she had added a piece of flesh from her hand as a medicinal primer.
Upon hearing this, Rong Zhi vomited profusely. Liu Chuyu couldn't bear to watch, turned, and left, thinking, "Has Ma Xueyun gone mad?" Liu Chuyu was bumped into by Wan'er in the corridor and unintentionally saw the wound on her arm. Coupled with Wan'er's deliberate guidance, Liu Chuyu thought Ma Xueyun had cut the maid's flesh to claim credit. Righteously indignant, she dragged Wan'er to confront Ma Xueyun. Liu Chuyu returned with Wan'er.
Wan'er timidly recounted how Ma Xueyun had ordered her to cut off a piece of flesh as a medicinal primer last night. Wan'er's words were earnest, and Ma Xueyun didn't argue. Instead, she directly lifted the gauze on her own arm, revealing a bloody and mangled wound. Her maid, Bixi, seized the opportunity to sow discord, claiming that Wan'er had been instigated by Liu Chuyu to frame Ma Xueyun.
When Qing Yue saw Bixi falsely accusing Liu Chuyu, she stepped forward and slapped her. Liu Chuyu, as the princess consort, would not tolerate a servant like Bixi making groundless speculations. She said that this time it would be forgiven, but next time she wouldn't be so lenient. Regarding the matter of cutting flesh, Liu Chuyu believed Wan'er, while Ma Xueyun held her own side of the story.
Rong Zhi did not wish to investigate the matter thoroughly and ordered Wan'er to be given twenty strokes with a plank and expelled from the residence. Liu Chuyu was practically fuming with anger at Rong Zhi; how could he be so indiscriminately unjust? Meanwhile, Ma Xueyun was in quite a good mood. Wan'er was a person granted by the Empress Dowager, so only Rong Zhi could order her expulsion. Last night, she had deliberately made Wan'er cut her flesh.
Wan'er, wanting to rise in status, could only go to Liu Chuyu to deal with Ma Xueyun. Therefore, Ma Xueyun had cruelly cut her own flesh precisely to drive Wan'er away and, at the same time, gain Rong Zhi's sympathy. Huo Xuan was eager to return to Pingcheng. She separated from the main army, taking only twenty personal guards ahead of them. They stopped to rest in a village near Ancheng.
The villagers, knowing Huo Xuan had won a great victory, specially hosted them, with an old grandmother personally attending to them. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside; many unidentified soldiers arrived with ill intent. As Huo Xuan had few people, she could only leave first with Wang Ze. Upon reaching a body of water, Huo Xuan suddenly stopped. If that group of people was after her, and given their numerical superiority, she certainly couldn't outrun them.
Therefore, she decided to return the way they came, creating the illusion that she had, in a moment of desperation, jumped into the water and escaped. Huo Xuan and Wang Ze cautiously returned to the village. The entire village was now lifeless, with only the sound of a child crying coming from a water jar. Huo Xuan lifted the lid and found a weeping child. The child told her that all the women in the village had been taken away.
Those people killed the men and took the women because Huo Xuan was a woman, and they feared she might hide among the women to escape. Huo Xuan confirmed that this group of people was indeed after her. She could not let innocent people suffer in her stead. Knowing the road ahead was perilous, she still pursued them. When she arrived, the soldiers were about to execute the women.
Huo Xuan stopped them just in time, deciding to exchange her own life for theirs. At the same time, on the streets of Pingcheng, Le Yun was strolling with great interest. Qi Heng had been following her all along. Qi Heng suspected Le Yun was a spy and constantly sought to find her weaknesses. Upon returning to the residence, Le Yun pretended to invite Qi Heng for tea. As Tuoba Yun passed by, she fell onto Qi Heng, creating the illusion that Qi Heng was making improper advances toward her.
