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Love Like the Galaxy (2022) 星汉灿烂·月升沧海 Episode 3 Recap & Review
Episode 3: Xiao Yuanyi teaches her daughter harshly
According to the investigation by Liang Qiuqi and others, it was discovered that the person who bribed Uncle Dong was Xu Jinzhong. This man lived in Feng Ling County and had made a living by blacksmithing for generations. For some reason, he suddenly became an official. Later, Xu Jinzhong was promoted to Shang Fangling, who was in charge of weapons. Uncle Dong did not know where the weapons were transported.
As Cheng Shaoshang gradually recovered, what was waiting for her was the sudden arrival of letters. In this pile of letters, she could only recognize three or four characters, and her level of knowledge was comparable to that of an illiterate. Xiao Yuanyi tried every means to train her daughter to be a well-educated and well-known lady, but Cheng Shaoshang had a poor foundation and was slack and passive in studies, which gave her a headache.
Although Uncle Dong could escape the death penalty, he could not escape the crime of living. In the end, he was sent to the frontier. Before leaving, he could go to the Cheng family to say goodbye. The daughter of the second wife, Cheng Shanshan, arrived late. She is very different from Cheng Shaoshang. She shows everyone’s style in every gesture, but she is introverted and not good at talking.
Hearing Uncle Dong’s cry outside the door, a group of women filed out. Unexpectedly, Uncle Dong became angry because he refused to save Mrs. Cheng. He and his eldest son scolded him inside, and intermittently revealed that Mrs. Cheng was dead. He disliked Xiao Yuanyi, and Ge Shi deliberately prevented Cheng Shaoshang from reading and literacy, and even greedily swallowed the money Cheng Shi sent home.
These words made Mrs. Cheng panic, and made Ge Shi blush with anxiety and refute Uncle Dong’s empty slander. Ling Buyi witnessed the whole process from a high place. The Liang brothers reported to him that Xu Jinzhong’s whereabouts were unknown and that he had no family, wife or children to check. Finally, at Ling Buyi’s signal, he thought of the only place to go.
After finally sending Uncle Dong away, Mrs. Cheng finally felt relieved and pretended to scold Ge’s family a few words. On the other hand, when the sisters-in-law mentioned the right to live in the main house, Geshi naturally refused, but she could not get angry in front of Mrs. Cheng, and that night she cursed the second master, Cheng Cheng.
After all, in the eyes of everyone, Mrs. Cheng had three sons. The eldest brother fought as a general, and the third brother studied and became an official. Only the second son, Cheng Cheng, spent all day reading slips and accomplishing nothing. The more Ge Shi thought about it, the angrier he became, and he threw the letter into the brazier in anger. Fortunately, his daughter Cheng Shuo appeared in time to protect her father, but this made Ge Shi dissatisfied.
Under Xiao Yuanyi’s urging, Cheng Shaoshang bent down at his desk and raised a lamp to read. He only felt that the pressure doubled. In the past, lack of food and clothing was due to Jun Gu and others making things difficult, but now his mother has to face corporal punishment when she returns. Listening to Cheng Shaoshang’s confession, Xiao Yuanyi’s cold face once again showed a complicated expression. She was determined to expose what Cheng Shaoshang had done before, saying bluntly that such behavior was bad and would surely harm the entire family if not restrained.
However, Cheng Shaoshang didn’t think she was at all wrong. After all, in her opinion, Xiao Yuanyi had tolerated it for decades, and in the end, Ge took over the main house. But after thinking about it carefully, Cheng Shaoshang felt suspicious, so he took the initiative to find Ge, deliberately revealing that he had a bad relationship with his mother, and implying that if she wanted to continue living in the main house, she should use “heir” as an excuse.
Sure enough, Ge Shi listened to Cheng Shaoshang and relied on the old lady Cheng’s preference for ghosts and nonsense, saying that the old fairy asserted that the main house was beneficial to the son’s health, so he decided to continue living in the main house until he was pregnant and gave birth to his son. Mrs. Cheng originally had a bad relationship with Xiao Yuanyi, not to mention that the matter concerned the heirs, so she readily agreed.
Because of this, Ge thought he had the limelight and mocked Xiao Yuanyi for being betrayed by his biological daughter. But she didn’t know that Cheng Shaoshang guessed that the reason why Xiao Yuanyi didn’t compete for the main house must be related to the imperial reward, and he thought he would have a new place to live. Xiao Yuanyi’s eyes were still a deep pool, but there were waves in her heart. Cheng Shaoshang’s intelligence also made her more and more uneasy, and warned her daughter to take care of herself.
On that day, the imperial edict was delivered to the Cheng Mansion. Because Cheng Shi had repeatedly made military exploits, he was granted the title of Marquis of Guan Nei, a fief of Quling, hundreds of acres of fertile land, and dozens of boxes of treasures and jewelry. Mrs. Cheng was overjoyed and praised her son profusely. Cheng Shi knew that his second brother liked to read, so he gave the letter to him and let Mrs. Cheng choose the jewelry he liked.
When Ge Shi heard that the emperor had rewarded him with a large house, Xiao Yuanyi did not deny it and claimed that he would move the whole family to a new house. Only Ge Shi stayed in the old house until she gave birth to her son. Cheng Shi and Xiao Yuanyi sang in harmony, and Zhijiao Ge made a speechless rebuttal. After all, she made the oath on the pretext of a god, and even Mrs. Cheng saw it.
Because Ge was defeated in front of Xiao Yuanyi, he rushed into the boudoir full of resentment and scolded Cheng Shaoshang for his evil intentions. He pretended to be good and offered advice, and did not hesitate to slander his biological mother. In fact, he wanted to seduce her to stay in the old house. Cheng Shaoshang was still calm and composed, pretending to be innocent, and his words made Ge Shi talk nonsense. Xiao Yuanyi saw that his daughter had deliberately set a trap for him, so he simply followed the plan.
