Blossoms of Power Episode 31

Preparations for little goldfish

Happy news for couple, baby is on the way. Huayong makes meticulous plans for his child. He has letters and books chosen for every age thru 16. He has asked his best embroidery guard to teach them martial arts and doc Xie to accompany them in extensive traveling for knowledge of the land and its peoples. Huayong wants little goldfish as nickname whether boy or girl. He has chosen Junshu as the name and doesn’t care about anybody’s opinion except XiHe’s. That he doesn’t joke about his father’s opinion indicates Changtai was successful in putting a wedge between father and son. XiHe has papers for both her doc and maid so that they will be free commoners able to pursue their choice for life path. Lie wants to be the leader of the guards and Chanqing continues to train and hold on to his ex wife’s memories. Fate has let the incense break but he will not let a broken relationship stand. Crazy Gu girl is still around causing trouble. She is like a psycho broken doll that can’t move on from having malice to any blocking her perceived path. The two refusing to marry at all would make the perfect couple. Prince Lie wanted to be in charge of the outskirts but was put in charge of the imperial guards instead. Second Lady of Shen is determined to devote her life helping others and never marrying. Changtai is shown at his wife’s memorial vowing to make his father pay for looking down on him. He chooses to ignore the path that would let him live quietly and is making his course a dead on offense against his father. Since he is alone without his wife, he sees no reason to choose any other course. This episode was achingly bittersweet in the love and devotion HuaYong is determined to show his child even though not present in person. No matter how painful, he will continue the medical regimen that will give him any extra time at all to spend with XiHe and child. It is the only thing left he can do for them. He has done his best to surround them with his personal selection of people and mentors to keep them both safe and guide his child to the best choices in life possible. He is accepting his early fate as reality, but fighting every step of the way to make it even one day later than the poison is projected to allow him. They both still hold that somewhere there is a cure for the poison or a counter measure that would allow him a longer lifespan. He still wants the story of the who and why behind his poisoning, but letting it take a back seat to the plans he wants for his future child and XiHe’s well being when he is no longer there to assist her personally. Those closest to them who smiled as their relationship slowly changed and established itself as a beloved pair, now hide behind tears watching them struggle to keep the duration of that newfound relationship for as long of a time span as possible. They all are willing to form a shield around the young family to protect and help them endure his loss and retain his loving memory for them.

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