Key to the Phoenix Heart Episode 18

The things one can and does for love

So, my assumption that GT Xie did not know of LeJun's plan was correct. However, he let her go once he learned the reason behind that choice... Mao is way more important to him than any other person. 🫤And that leads me to a question — what would GT Xie do if Mao didn't want to follow his "suggestions" anymore and wanted to decide everything on his own? Would the father turn against his son? And if Mao learned he was used in some ways for GT's ambitions? Would the son turn against his father? 🤔We finally saw the sword JiaYu forged for WuYi! 🤩 Only, she wanted to give it to him in return for a 5k tael loan for her mother's memorial on some mountain overlooking her homeland in Northern Qin. Such a sweet and well-thought gesture from JiaYu to her mother... 🤗🤧But WuYi didn't have the money, so he secretly sold his prized steed that his father had gifted him... Oh, WuYi! Always being so selfless with JiaYu and her wishes. I bet, if he could, he would give her the world and more! That's the man and husband WuYi is. 🥰Thanks to He YuanJi for telling JianYu where the money had come from. That's yet another thing that brings them closer again. AND she gifted him the mentioned sword for that... 🤗 However, WuYi said he wanted something else... I think we all know what it is! 🤭But the culmination of the episode definitely was the Empress Dowager's banquet, where with clever thinking, JiaYu and WuYi managed to make LeJun confess about killing Princess Yunzhou. 👏But imprisoning LeJun has just driven the rift wider between Mao and WuYi. Actually, the way Mao asked WuYi if he can guarantee Crown Prince WenXi is dead makes me wonder if maybe he suspects WuYi's true identity and his question was asking WuYi for a promise to never compete for the throne? 🤨 WuYi confirmed he's dead, yet it took some pause between the answer... So, would he decide to stay dead forever, really, if Prince Qi would start to abuse his power somehow? 🤔

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Justice for Princess Yunzhao

WuYi knows JiaYu is exhausted and hasn’t eaten since kneeling before her mother’s memorial. He brings her flatbread and she immediately starts discussing her mom’s case. I don’t think they know that Cui Jun was a fake but the letter her mother wrote to Tutor Xie acknowledged it. Her mother hated his obsession with the case and it had driven a wedge between them she thought insurmountable, but as she pursued the truth of it for herself she found it had merit. She acknowledged he had reason and hoped they could remain friendly if not partners. JiaYu figured Tutor did not capture him or he would not have tried to make a deal for the letter. WuYi decides to use his own token to move things along. LeJun visits the Tutor and he is ready to choke her to death for killing his wife when she reveals Prince Wendi is alive and has the token. The very next day Empress dowager has a dream and wants them present at a banquet. Here WuYi shows his token and even has the guests pass it around to look. LeJun is definitely nervous and is ultimately accused because the token was slipped in her sleeve. Her mind worked in such a tragic way. She had no bottom line where her brother was concerned. She argued with Princess Yunzhao over a cliff and could not change her mind. She showed her ‘friendship’ by having JiaYu out of the carriage and taking her place. How would she not think her friend wouldn’t want justice for her mom as much as she wanted to protect her brother. It never once crossed her mind that if Prince Wenxi was still alive and hadn’t tried for the throne he might not be interested in the job. Her brother talked her out of killing the coachman’s family but when the wife showed up as a withness the lesson she got from that was she should have killed them all. Tutor Xie is still reeling from the loss of his wife and that Prince WenXi is till alive. Prince Qi is now officially at odds with WuYi over his sister. WuYi had a legitimate point that if he fancied himself a ruler to be, he needed to judge impartially and justly. There was no justification for his sister killing Princess Yunzhao. It was fun watching Empress dowager having to choose between JiaYu and Tutor Xie for the token she didn’t want pried from her hand. His identity as the crown prince is still covered because she didn’t know what the pieces looked like or understood the one was superior to the other three. Mao is going to be on the warpath now but so is JiaYu. She has found a site for her mother’s grave but the owner wants top tier prices. She assumes WuYi is wealthy and has no clue he gives most of his income to take care of his army. She thought he was begrudging her cash and took her sword back. He showed his love for her and respect for his aunt by selling his prized one of a kind steed and all his estate holdings yet still 200 taels shy. His wife brought these to her and informed JiaYu the lengths he had gone to to get as much cash as possible. Jia Yu gives him the coveted sword but he tells her what he really wants. They are moving closer as a couple as Mao moves closer to being their nemesis.

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