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The Legend of Zhuohua (2023) 灼灼风流 Episode 23 Recap & Review

Episode 23: Mu Zhuohua and Liu Yan are in love

Mu Zhuohua found evidence that Sun Junjun took laxatives, and she told Sun Junjun that she didn’t care about it before, and if she did this again, don’t blame her for being rude. Mu Zhuohua told her not to blame her for falling out if it affected the household affairs department. When Sun Junyun saw the Queen Mother walking towards her, she quickly pretended to be aggrieved. Sure enough, the queen mother felt that she was bullying the newcomer, so Mu Zhuohua had no choice but to plead guilty, and the queen’s mother punished Mu Zhuohua by kneeling for an hour.

Zhijian reported this matter to Liu Yan, and Liu Yan asked him to take the medicine to promote blood circulation and remove stasis to go to Mu Zhuohua immediately. Princess Roujia brought Shen Jinghong dinner, and she heard from Man’er that Shen Jinghong likes sweets, so she took a lot of pastries.

Shen Jinghong was very happy that Princess Roujia gave him sweets. Princess Jing’an came and interrupted the conversation between the two. She asked Shen Jinghong to teach him the poems of Zhongyuan. Sun Junjun looked at Mu Zhuohua who was kneeling on the ground, and she told Mu Zhuohua that she and Liu Yan were a match made in heaven. Mu Zhuohua told her that who Liu Yan wanted to marry was his business and had nothing to do with him. Liu Yan happened to hear what Mu Zhuohua said.

He took the medicine and left angrily, then turned around and asked Master Li to deliver it to Mu Zhuohua. Master Li comforted Mu Zhuohua and told her to take the medicine properly. Mu Zhuohua didn’t know that Liu Yan gave it to her. She told Master Li that she would give it back to him if she couldn’t use up the medicine.

Liu Yan found someone from the household department, and he told that person to send the documents from the household department to another person, and Mu Zhuohua was not allowed to go. The next day, Lord Li handed over the documents to Sun Junyun, leaving Mu Zhuohua dumbfounded. After several days in succession, Sun Junjun sent him off, and Mu Zhuohua was thinking about what was going on, because she was the one who sent it off before.

Mu Zhuohua happened to see Sun Junyun holding an umbrella for Liu Yan. Although she felt uncomfortable, she couldn’t say anything. When Guo Juli returned home, she saw that Mu Zhuohua was unhappy. She gave Mu Zhuohua a spider as a gift for the Qiqiao Festival. Mu Zhuohua told Juli that she didn’t want to celebrate the Qiaohua Festival at all.

Mu Zhuohua asked Juli if she would be sad if Zhimo, who had been giving her delicious food one day, suddenly gave it to someone else. Juli told her that she would not be sad if it was Zhimo. Only then did Mu Zhuohua realize that she thought it didn’t matter who Liu Yan was good to, but now it seemed that she couldn’t do it. After Mu Zhuohua finished teaching the three princes, she heard the three princes discussing the marriage granted by the Queen Mother to Liu Yan and Sun Yujun, and Mu Zhuohua began to lose consciousness.

Liu Chen felt that Shen Jinghong had a good relationship with Mu Zhuohua. He asked Liu Chen what Mu Zhuohua’s hobbies were. Shen Jinghong was curious why he didn’t ask Mu Zhuohua in person. Liu Chen told him that he wanted to give Mu Zhuohua Zhuohua was surprised.

Shen Jinghong told Liu Chen that Mu Zhuohua’s favorite thing was money. Liu Chen asked him what else he had besides money, but Shen Jinghong couldn’t tell. Liu Chen thought he should think about it for himself. Guo Juli took Mu Zhuohua to the street to participate in the Qiqiao Festival. Mu Zhuohua was originally unwilling to go, but Guo Juli forced her to go. Mu Zhuohua saw Sun Yujun and Liu Yan, and Liu Chen and the others were together. She asked Guo Juli to go find Zhimo first because he had something to do.

Juli fed Zhimo a mouthful of sweets, and Zhimo said it was delicious. Zhijian heard the sarcasm and said that he didn’t like sweets, so he lied to make the girl happy. Mu Zhuohua went to put up the Kongming lantern. She wanted the lantern to represent that she once liked Liu Yan.

Liu Yan happened to come behind her and heard what Mu Zhuohua said. When Mu Zhuohua saw the situation, she admitted that she was happy with Liu Yan. But after Sun Junyun appeared, she knew that she could not help Liu Yan, but Sun Junyun could help him, and the two of them were a match made in heaven. Liu Yan told Mu Zhuohua that he was unwilling to marry Sun Junjun and that he had rejected the Queen Mother’s kindness.

Mu Zhuohua also knew that Liu Yan had done a lot for her. She felt that she was a very selfish person, and she had already made a decision. She didn’t want to be delayed by love in this life, and she couldn’t respond to Liu Yan’s feelings. Liu Yan and Mu Zhuohua made an agreement that if he didn’t marry and she didn’t marry, they would stay by each other’s side.