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The Legend of Zhuohua (2023) 灼灼风流 Episode 26 Recap & Review
Episode 26: Liu Ju was killed by the Empress Dowager
Liu Ju sensed something was wrong and took Princess Roujia back to Dingjing from the palace. Sure enough, he saw Liu Yan and the Queen Mother facing each other tit for tat. Liu Ju wanted to take Liu Yan away, but the queen mother did not let them go. She asked Liu Ju to go farewell to Liu Yan with her since he was back. Liu Ju coughed violently because he was angry, and the Queen Mother told him not to be angry.
Liu Ju told him that she was angry because of her, and she finally admitted that if Liu Ju didn’t come back, Liu Yan would have died a long time ago. At that time, if Concubine Yun hadn’t cut the abdomen to save his son, he would have died long ago, and if Liu Chen hadn’t saved him five years ago, he would have died long ago.
The Queen Mother told Liu Ju that she would have killed Liu Yan long ago if she had not wanted his father to survive. Liu Ju asked her how she could bear to push a child into the extremely cold water. He was an innocent child. The Queen Mother felt that she had a husband, but when he left, he only left one sentence, that is, take good care of Liu Yan. She regarded him as her husband, but he only regarded her as a queen.
His most beloved person was Concubine Yun, so after Concubine Yun died, the late emperor would die with her. The Queen Mother recalled the behavior of the late Emperor Liu Xi when Concubine Yun gave birth to Liu Yan. He waited anxiously outside the door. She hated it so much that she completely embarked on a path of no return.
Liu Yan felt that even if the queen mother hated herself again, she shouldn’t joke about the lives of his 30,000 soldiers, and shouldn’t touch Nanchen’s roots. The queen mother still did not admit what she had done, knowing that Xue Xiaotang took out the token she had given at that time. She said that because they were all Liu Yan’s people, they should die. The queen mother felt that the troubles had to be eliminated forever, but Liu Ju had already removed all their people.
He was afraid of seeing the situation today, so he silenced everyone who knew the truth early. Liu Ju asked Liu Yan if he could forgive the Queen Mother. Liu Yan told him how he could forgive her. She killed her mother and concubine and killed so many soldiers. How could he forgive her.
Liu Ju was so angry that the Queen Mother spit out blood and died. Before he died, he told Liu Yan to let the Queen Mother go, take good care of his children, and live well. When Xue Xiaotang saw this scene, he left quickly. He ran out and met Princess Roujia. He rushed over excitedly and hugged Princess Roujia. Unexpectedly, Princess Roujia stabbed him to death with a dagger. Princess Roujia told him that when he got engaged, he said he was willing to give up his life for her, and now his wish has been fulfilled.
Princess Roujia felt that he had been working together with the Queen Mother over the years and had caused many lives, and now he deserved to die. When Princess Roujia was about to leave, she heard the news of His Majesty’s death, and she hurried over.
The princes also rushed back after hearing the news. Princess Roujia gave medicine to the Queen Mother, and she told the Queen Mother that her father had passed away. The Queen Mother was unwilling to accept this fact. She felt that what Princess Roujia really said was what she said presumptuously. She wanted to beat Princess Roujia, but she was thrown onto the bed by Roujia. Only then did she realize that Princess Roujia’s previous obedience was all an act, and that even Peilan, whom she relied on most, was the princess’s lover.
Princess Roujia told her that it was just a pawn in her hand. She asked the queen mother if she still remembered the spy in Beiliang, and the queen mother suddenly realized that she was the spy.
Princess Roujia thought that her mother Xing’er was killed by the Queen Mother. In order to consolidate His Majesty’s status, she married a high-ranking daughter for him. It would have been nice for her to marry, but because her mother was favored, she killed her. Liu Ju was afraid that Princess Roujia would be murdered, so he asked Roujia’s aunt to take her to the south of the Yangtze River to grow up.
After Roujia grew up, she found a way to return to Dingjing and cleverly arranged for Peilan to be with the Queen Mother. Even Xue Xiaotang was lured by Princess Roujia on purpose, and Princess Roujia even handed over the march map to Beiliang. Xue Xiaotang originally promised that Roujia would tell the emperor all this after the incident was over. Unexpectedly, Liu Ju intercepted and killed Xue Xiaotang in order to protect her, thus breaking her plan.
