Yongan Dream Episode 18 Recap
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Xu Yiqing and Fu Man became acquainted. They went shopping together. Fu Man happened to go to the market to buy things. Xu Yiqing went into a cosmetics shop wanting to buy a gift for the Princess Regent, and happened to meet Shen Zhen there. Inside the shop, a small thief brazenly tried to snatch Shen Zhen's purse in broad daylight. Fortunately, Xu Yiqing was agile and quickly retrieved the purse from the thief.
Su Heng came to the shop to find Shen Zhen. Seeing Xu Yiqing get rough with a customer, he thought she was going to harm Shen Zhen, so he also used his fists and fought against Xu Yiqing. Their martial arts skills were evenly matched. Shen Zhen immediately shouted for them to stop from the side and then introduced them to each other. Since they were all friends, the farce paused. Su Heng and Xu Yiqing became friends after fighting.
They had very similar personalities, and their martial arts were evenly matched, yet they both sneered at each other. Li Di requested to see Shen Ran. In prison, Li Di wrote a letter of separation. Knowing his time was limited, he thought of how much affection he owed Shen Ran in the first half of his life, so he might as well return her freedom.
During his meeting with Shen Ran, Li Di also revealed an important clue: Xu Wei was not dead. Back then, when he found Xu Wei's actions to be even more excessive, he had Lan'er help him pass messages. Zhou Shu'an heard the news that Xu Wei was not dead and began to instruct his subordinates to pay attention to the Princess Regent.
Back then, Zhao Chong was missing a piece of cloth, and he felt there was something strange about the matter. Later, he investigated and found that all the guards who escorted Xu Wei to be executed that day had disappeared, so he began to suspect that Xu Wei might not be dead. By now, what Lu Shiyan and Zhou Shu'an knew was almost equal.
Zhou Shu'an went to Hundred Fragrance Pavilion to find Fu Man and asked her in detail about how she met Lu Shiyan in Wuzhou. Shen Ran saw Zhou Shu'an and Fu Man talking together specifically. When Fu Man accidentally fell, Zhou Shu'an immediately helped her up. Witnessing such intimacy, Shen Ran couldn't help but feel a little jealous.
The Princess Regent actively tried to matchmake Xu Yiqing and Lu Shiyan, but Lu Shiyan publicly stated that he already had someone in his heart and told Xu Yiqing that he liked Shen Zhen. The Princess Regent looked displeased. After Lu Shiyan left, Xu Yiqing said that her father was brave and skilled in battle and held military power, and their family was prominent.
However, because they had no strong backing, this military power had also become a sharp sword constantly hanging over their family. If she could form a connection with the Princess Regent's family, even if she wasn't deeply in love with Lu Shiyan, she would still be willing. Xu Yiqing's open-mindedness and honesty further won the Princess Regent's trust. She immediately said that she would properly persuade Lu Shiyan, it would just take a little time.
Su Heng rushed to Shen Wenqi, wanting to bring up his marriage with Shen Zhen again. Shen Wenqi deliberately changed the subject, giving Su Heng no chance to speak. Su Heng felt frustrated. As he was preparing to go find Lu Shiyan to settle scores, he encountered Xu Yiqing again. Xu Yiqing deliberately reminded him sourly that Shen Zhen was intelligent and lively, while Lu Shiyan was steady and reserved, and that they were a perfect match, destined by fate.
Su Heng became enraged, saying that Xu Yiqing was mistaken. The two then started fighting again at the drop of a hat, moving from the courtyard to a larger area to battle. Finally, they fought until they were both out of breath and began to call for a stop. After introducing themselves, they discovered that the other person was the "second-generation general" who was quite well-known in the military camp.
Officers' families tend to look down on each other, and the two left angrily after some verbal jabs. The Empress summoned the Princess Regent for a meeting and specifically asked about Xu Yiqing. When they parted, the Empress also gave the Princess Regent a jade bracelet, saying it was a gift from the Crown Prince. The Princess Regent happily accepted it; she did not know that this jade bracelet was the one Shen Zhen had lost before.
Lu Shiyan took Shen Zhen to see the Princess Regent. Privately, the two had already declared their devotion to each other, stating that they could not be without the other. Lu Shiyan showed his mother the gift Shen Zhen had brought. Just then, Lu Shiyan's subordinate discovered Xu Wei's whereabouts and immediately reported it to Lu Shiyan. Lu Shiyan had no choice but to get up and excuse himself. After Lu Shiyan left, the Princess Regent stated directly that she would not agree to marry a daughter of a convicted official into their family, her tone full of disdain.
