Blossoms of Power Episode 24

Palace friends and enemies

Consort Rong has not given up trying to cause trouble. She sees Princess YaoXi as the next level of test. The Princess has come to visit with an objective…she needs a husband to protect her family and younger brother until he can accept the throne. The reward is half the troops of LanHai and a beautiful bride. She claims the Crown Prince won her affections in childhood and again when she returned. The Crown Prince was going to turn her away but chose to meet up with her instead. He knows the real reasons the Princess needs a husband and they both come to the conclusion that his father would be the best match because she was very like the consort that was the love of his life. He encourages her to remember her friendship with the consort and be her own person. He agrees to help her and bargains for her to ally with XiHe. While he was striking a deal, XiHe has the princess kidnapped and tied to a tree. It is later shown that they conspired to appear as sworn enemies to move things along but they will actually be friends and allies. Princess YoaXi requesting to stay up in the tree all night for it to appear real and test Emperor’s concern for her. 😂 She also commented how alike she and crown prince were and well matched. They both understood the big picture and in context early on. She has agreed to both appearing as enemies and be actual allies when Crown Prince is gone and XiHe is on her own. The Emperor steps in and the princess is now Consort Shu. She will be a second female ally within the palace and a brace against Consort Rong. All three are content with this new alliance. The prince has begun the most painful treatment of poison yet and fights to snuggle princess . She is not wanting to accept but I think realizes he needs comfort so she begrudgingly lets him have his way for once. Things move along to Shulin finding her friends drunk and reading dirty books with pictures. Minister Cui shows up just after she grabbed the books to burn them. He admonishes them all and she stays with her friends til they pass out. She is ashamed at their behavior and apologizes for her part in it. She also wants to make it clear she was trying to destroy the books and was interrupted. After she downs three cups as apology Cui challenges her to drink with him instead. When there is no wine left they imply a more intimate encounter took place. The episode ends here and next one shows someone trying to force Shlin to reveal her gender by forcing a marriage. XiHe is seeing the bruised needle marks down Huayong’s back and now aware of how much real pain the prince is hiding. I am less annoyed with her now and more accepting of the very slow burn between them. It is hard not to be sympathetic with the prince because of the time factor. He has proved his love and loyalty and deserves some true happiness while there is time left. The second couple again anchors wanting to watch. They do not want a slow burn but have the appearance of a forbidden love. I want them to be given an open relationship and happiness but not sure how she can save face. I really want to see her in that ivory silk she admired so much and dressed like a female. Hurry up next episode. 🫣

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