Weaving a Tale of Love Episode 34 Recap
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Kudi Liuli sent Zhuo Jinniang out to find a light to illuminate the secret room. She took the opportunity to sprinkle a lot of phosphorus powder on the dragon robe, then lied that the secret room was too dark and asked Zhuo Jinniang to take it to the candlelight to look. Zhuo Jinniang blew hard to remove the phosphorus powder, which quickly ignited upon contact with fire, burning the dragon robe on the spot.
Kudi Liuli admitted she had sprinkled phosphorus powder on the dragon robe, wanting to destroy it and completely shatter Zhuo Jinniang's dream. Unexpectedly, Zhuo Jinniang was already prepared. She had learned needlework from Kudi Liuli and had already embroidered a dragon robe. Moreover, Bi had long discovered Deng Qiniang coming to the secret room to find Kudi Liuli, so Zhuo Jinniang guessed that Kudi Liuli would tamper with the dragon robe.
She secretly swapped the two dragon robes while Kudi Liuli was unprepared. Zhuo Jinniang proudly declared that she would make Kudi Liuli witness her becoming the best embroiderer under heaven. She embroidered the dragon's eyes overnight. Kudi Liuli was instantly stunned and fell ill from excessive grief. Li Zhi came to see Li Shimin and offered to feed him medicine. Chamberlain Pan wanted to poison the medicine bowl but eventually gave up.
Li Ming sent Pubanu to urge Chamberlain Pan to implement the plan as soon as possible, warning that otherwise, he would die an unnatural death like Chamberlain Gao. Chamberlain Pan decided to poison Li Shimin's herbal medicine ahead of schedule and then frame Li Zhi. Zhuo Jinniang presented the dragon robe to the Two concubines for inspection. Both of them highly praised Zhuo Jinniang's garment-making skills. Kudi Liuli had a persistent high fever, and Deng Qiniang meticulously cared for her.
Her companions called Deng Qiniang to attend Zhuo Jinniang's ceremony to worship the golden needle, but Deng Qiniang, not wanting Kudi Liuli to be sad, quickly found an excuse to avoid it. Minister Lin brought the embroiderers to congratulate Zhuo Jinniang. Zhuo Jinniang forced Deng Qiniang to fetch Kudi Liuli to witness her great day. Kudi Liuli struggled to get up and attend Zhuo Jinniang's ceremony to worship the golden needle.
She publicly questioned Zhuo Jinniang, demanding that she swear a poisonous oath in front of the patriarch to admit that she had embroidered that dragon robe. Zhuo Jinniang was at a loss for words, and the embroiderers began to murmur. Zhuo Jinniang insisted that the Two concubines had judged that dragon robe to be superior.
Kudi Liuli publicly exposed Zhuo Jinniang for having confined her in a secret room for several days, forcing her to finish embroidering the dragon robe, and then forcibly taking credit for her work. Kudi Liuli wanted to take everyone to the secret room to verify the truth, but Zhuo Jinniang resorted to all sorts of sophistry. Seeing this, Deng Qiniang rushed to the Eastern Palace to seek help from Li Zhi.
Pei Xingjian happened to return from his duties, and without a word, he went to find Li Zhi. Li Zhi was with Li Shimin. Retinue Wang, realizing the urgency of the matter, quickly went in to report. Minister Lin also felt that something was amiss; Zhuo Jinniang and Kudi Liuli had both been missing for several days, and the stitching technique of Zhuo Jinniang's dragon robe was different from her usual style.
Zhuo Jinniang threatened and intimidated Minister Lin, even bringing up Consort Yang and Li Ming to threaten her. Minister Lin had no choice but to persuade Kudi Liuli to accept the outcome, as the Two concubines had already proclaimed Zhuo Jinniang the "best embroiderer under heaven," and no one was allowed to question it from then on. Zhuo Jinniang had Bi preside over the ceremony to worship the golden needle and intended to take her as a disciple.
Kudi Liuli firmly refused to kneel and worship. Zhuo Jinniang ordered someone to press her to the ground. Kudi Liuli was unyielding. Zhuo Jinniang ordered her to be beaten thirty times with a stick. Kudi Liuli was beaten until her skin was torn and she vomited blood. Deng Qiniang advised her to yield to Zhuo Jinniang, but Kudi Liuli resolutely refused to bow her head.
Zhuo Jinniang ordered the beating to continue, and Deng Qiniang knelt down to plead with Zhuo Jinniang. Li Shimin finally woke up. Consort Yang personally fed him ginseng soup. The concubines and imperial princes of the harem were all present. Pei Xingjian could only wait patiently. He waited for a long time but did not see Li Zhi come out. Retinue Wang, summoning his courage, went in to inform Li Zhi. Li Zhi told Pei Xingjian to continue waiting outside.
Pei Xingjian could not wait any longer and went directly to the Wardrobe Service. Zhuo Jinniang was about to hit Kudi Liuli ten more times with the stick when Pei Xingjian arrived just in time. He lied that Li Zhi wanted to see Kudi Liuli. Zhuo Jinniang did not believe him at all because, from that day on, all imperial princes and concubines had to attend the Emperor.
Pei Xingjian then lied that Kudi Liuli was needed to make a mink fur dragon robe for Li Shimin. Minister Lin weighed her options and agreed to let Pei Xingjian take Kudi Liuli away. Pei Xingjian took Kudi Liuli to the Mortuary to recover from her injuries. Sun Decheng personally decocted medicine for her. Deng Qiniang brought Kudi Liuli's changed clothes and a wooden box from under the bed.
Pei Xingjian discovered a pair of male and female clay figurines inside the wooden box. Kudi Liuli finally woke up. Pei Xingjian tried to feed her medicine, but Kudi Liuli smashed the medicine bowl and forcibly drove Pei Xingjian away.
