Wulin Heroes Episode 7 Recap
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After resting for a night under Ye Xi's care, Cang Qi prepared to leave. He reflected on her advice to persevere, which had allowed him to sleep soundly for the first time. Grateful, he vowed not to be a burden to her, admitting that at the time he hadn't known her status and believed she was facing her own hardships.
The next day, as Cang Nan and Ye Xi were drinking in a pavilion, guards brought a captive Cang Qi past them. Cang Nan accused Ye Xi of finding a "toy boy," but she explained she had helped Cang Qi out of pity after he attempted suicide. Furious, Cang Nan revealed that Cang Qi's father was a major threat to the court and that Cang Qi himself was wanted by the Emperor.
Ye Xi argued that even as a hostage, Cang Qi’s dignity should be respected and asked for his release. Annoyed by her defiance, Cang Nan refused and insisted she drink with him. Believing the wine was poisoned, Cang Qi rushed forward and drank it himself, warning Ye Xi not to trust the prince. To prove his innocence, Cang Nan drank from his own cup. An attendant then clarified that the special flagon simply held two different types of wine.
Ye Xi affirmed her trust in Cang Nan, who, angered by Cang Qi’s attempt to sow discord, had him dragged away, sparing him a beating only at Ye Xi's request. Later, Cang Nan visited Cang Qi in the medicine-decocting house, mocking him and forcing him to swallow a newly concocted red pill. Shortly after, a eunuch rushed to inform Ye Xi that Cang Nan was dying.
He explained that after seeing Cang Qi take the pill without any ill effects, the Emperor had offered one to Cang Nan, who could not refuse. After taking the pill and drinking some wine, Cang Nan collapsed. Imperial doctors suspected the pill was toxic and had a lethal reaction with the wine. Realizing Cang Nan's death would endanger Cang Qi and destabilize the court, Ye Xi resolved to save him. Ye Xi took the dying Cang Nan to Fenghua Valley.
There, Bai Yue tried to deter her with seemingly impossible conditions, but was impressed by her fearlessness and naive kindness. After Ye Xi met his demands, a fully recovered Cang Nan emerged from the valley with her. Deeply moved, he swore on his throne to always heed her words and promised to release Cang Qi, vowing to be struck by lightning if he broke his oath.
Elsewhere, an older man named Uncle Hui remarked on Ye Xi's tendency to forget past betrayals, like the one by Tang Yang, and wryly noted that the thunder for Cang Nan's oath was already on its way. His companion expressed a desire to understand Ye Xi's resurrection and amnesia, worried she would be deceived again. Back in the capital, Ye Xi found several noble youths brutally beating Cang Qi in the street.
Enraged, she single-handedly defeated the bullies as onlookers whispered about the "witch Ye Xi." Imperial guards and Cang Nan arrived, with Cang Nan berating Cang Qi for getting Ye Xi involved and causing trouble. Ye Xi defended her actions, stating she was merely punishing evil. Later, at the medicine-decocting house, Cang Qi set the building on fire, intending to die with Cang Nan in the blaze. Ye Xi charged into the inferno and rescued both men.
After handing Cang Nan to his eunuchs, she led the weakened Cang Qi to safety outside the palace. She informed him that his father, Lord Huainan, was critically ill and that he was now free to go. Cang Qi begged her to leave with him, warning that Cang Nan was as wicked as his father and directly questioning if she was the one who had caused Cang Nan's near-fatal reaction to the red pill.
He also spoke of the Emperor's tyranny, but Ye Xi, still trusting Cang Nan, gave him a stalk of dogtail grass as a symbol of resilience for his journey. As Cang Qi departed, vowing to grow stronger, Cang Nan abandoned his pursuit upon being told the fire was nearing the residence of his concubines, prioritizing their safety instead.
Returning to the palace, a disillusioned Ye Xi watched as Cang Nan consoled his beautiful companions, claiming the fire had conveniently prevented him from sending them away. He repeated his empty promises to Ye Xi, but they were interrupted by imperial guards who surrounded them, declaring they were there to arrest the "witch Ye Xi" on the Emperor's orders.
Ye Xi seized Cang Nan with her wooden hairpin, threatening to take him hostage, but was suddenly overcome by a crippling weakness. She remembered the wine from the previous night and realized with horror that Cang Nan had tricked her with a slow-acting poison. Powerless, she was apprehended. In a prison cell, Ye Xi was awoken by a splash of cold water.
An interrogating eunuch revealed that influential ministers had convinced the Emperor she was a witch who had returned from the dead and must be publicly executed. He pressed her for information about her resurrection and her connection to Fenghua Valley, suggesting she had used a panacea or been saved by the valley's master. When she refused to speak, she was tortured. Cang Nan later visited, feigning concern, but Ye Xi recoiled in disgust.
As guards prepared to take her to the Emperor, she opened her belongings to choose an outfit, and the "Scripture of Materia Medica" fell out. She snatched it up and, in a flash of green light, made it vanish. Having witnessed this, Cang Nan furiously demanded to know why she had destroyed the scripture his father desperately sought. When she denied it, he ordered the guards to take her away.
In the palace courtyard, under a heavy snowfall, Cang Nan publicly listed Ye Xi's ten supposed crimes and sentenced her to be burned at the stake. As he finished, thunder unexpectedly cracked through the winter sky. At that moment, Bai Yue appeared, calmly approached the bound Ye Xi, and gave her a pill. Cang Nan informed Bai Yue that the Emperor had summoned him to create an elixir of immortality and would grant any request upon its completion.
Bai Yue proposed that Ye Xi, having been gravely injured saving Cang Nan and healed with rare herbs, should be tasked with gathering more precious ingredients for the elixir. He added that she would be forced to return, as she needed an antidote for a poison she was given in the palace. Eager to keep Bai Yue at court, Cang Nan agreed and ordered Ye Xi to be freed.
Outside the palace gates, Bai Yue told Ye Xi the pill would only temporarily suppress the poison and that she must return with him to Fenghua Valley for the full antidote and to "settle their accounts." Their lighthearted banter was cut short when two ministers and their guards intercepted them. Citing the Emperor's direct order, they declared Ye Xi was forbidden to leave and must return to prison immediately, threatening death to anyone who interfered. Seeing no other choice, Ye Xi thanked Bai Yue for his help and surrendered, allowing herself to be escorted back to the dungeons.
