A Splendid Match Episode 31

Tea gossip, Dr visit and XuanQing up to no good🤬

Ms Wang is an older version of Lian. That whiny it’s not me it’s her excuse is down pat. She just could not refrain from throwing shade at JinZhao. She expected a completely different reaction than a return dig about using tribute and serving to guests. This shows the ignorance of nobles to merchants. She did not expect JinZhao to be knowledgeable nor did she grasp the situation she put her husband in. Wang is well aware how things look and he is furious at being impeached. His embezzlement of tribute goods being sold in his shop is now under investigation. He knows it is Chen pushing for things but he thinks his swap with the grain not a big deal and annoyed Chen not following suit in accepting and covering bribes. XuanQing has passed on the earrings he bought and has thrown a weak argument at YanYun about the students that stopped his carriage. I am still not understanding his game. JinZhao had her guard throw them away, but I am wishing she would have just come clean with Chen about her past crush and that he rejected her. Chen inadvertently created the situation by making his nephew lie about saving her. He is acting more and more like YanWen and it’s creepy. Chen cautions her about the political intel the wives are passing around and not to even say female magistrate for others to hear. He is seeing how he was out of the loop of intel dissemination via spouses and this will now give him another venue for information. Ye Xian is working tirelessly to get back at the nobles that framed his father. He is again drinking through his misery but he forgot to keep his meds close and collapsed. Fortunately QingLan and a doctor were coming in with his guard and found him, He pretends to be unconscious and learns he has three years left to live. He has a mission in mind that he wants to complete in the time that he has. QingLan is blackmailing her way into accompanying him. I hope she gets her way because it is a damn good idea. Lan and JinZhao are chatting and she confirms that Ye Xian is coming across as a madman in his zeal. Lan actually agrees to meet the one she thought ugly and ran away from three years ago. She has also requested to have her own residence to get away from the Gu clan. JinZhao has agreed to help her. Ms Chen now knows about YanWen’s past deed and that he was responsible for JinZhao’s kidnapping. She also knows it most likely he will never return to their ancestral home. She is mourning to her maid wondering where she went wrong. YanYun thinks she will be right as rain after processing the information. I’d like to think he is right but they have a new YanWen in XuanQing. I’m inclined to think she will be as unaware with him as she was with YanWen. I really enjoy that they let this couple be an affectionate newlywed couple. They are comfortable being playful and their mutual love is obvious to see. She greets Lan at her new home and learns that XuanQing invited himself over with Mu. WanXue is also there and it seems in all the time since engagement he has visited her two times. However that is still two more times than he dared to talk to JinZhao. 😝 He knows he is neglecting the girl he should be paying attention to and making JinZhao upset. 🤬Mu is actually rather sweet. There is no love between them, but he wants to brighten her days with a fish pond. He has even brought a construction team with him to build it. Lan seems to be the Gu girl not wanting to marry. She knows she cannot marry the station she wants so she wants to earn enough to take care of her mother. Like Mu I find myself feeling sorry for her. JinZhao was also deserted by her parents but had a loving gma to raise her. Lan has been forced to deal with things herself because of her own machinations and the weakness of the father who’s best known for being the absentee parent. I am actually surprised they are not together since he doted on her originally. But maybe this was always her mother and he just accepted credit. That seems more his style. The fact that XuanQing makes JinZhao nervous and shaken makes me hope YanYun shows up soon.

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