Episode 22 recap: At the time of abdication.
Ling Zhi knew that the Empress Dowager just wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to threaten Mu Xuan Jue, but she didn't know what choice Mu Xuan Jue would make. Soon the time came, and the eunuch came to fetch Ling Zhi, and she was asked to blindfold herself before leaving. Ling Zhi saw that Mu Xuan Jue did not come, and she thought that Mu Xuan Jue had given up on her.
At this time, it was snowing heavily, and Ling Zhi had just gone out when she saw Mu Xuan Jue, who said he had come to take her back. Ling Zhi didn't expect Mu Xuan Jue to give up the throne for her, and she scolded Mu Xuan Jue for being so foolish. Mu Xuan Jue kissed Ling Zhi's lips, and Ling Zhi's tears fell. The eunuch announced that the time had come, and Ling Zhi was taken away.
Ling Zhi could not go back to Mu Xuan Jue yet, she had to wait until Mu Xuan Jue had completely given up the throne. The Empress Dowager didn't expect Ling Zhi to be the best person to solve this situation. Ling Zhi said that no matter what, she would always be by Mu Xuan Jue's side.
Mu Xuan Jue announced the imperial edict, and the Empress Dowager thought Mu Xuan Jue would give the position to her, but Mu Xuan Jue only said that he had regretted his past mistakes. Ling Zhi didn't expect the outcome to be this way. The most merciless person in the palace was Mu Xuan Jue, and the Empress Dowager told Ling Zhi that true feelings were a person's fatal weakness.
At this time, Mu Xuan Jue had Ling Zhi's hairpin, and the Empress Dowager originally thought she could control the situation, but instead she was outsmarted by Mu Xuan Jue. Now Ling Zhi had completely given up on Mu Xuan Jue, and she was openly pretending to be executed, but in reality, she had become a person under the Empress Dowager's control.
The Empress Dowager even gave Ling Zhi to Mu Xuan Jue, and now Ling Zhi only had hatred in her eyes when looking at Mu Xuan Jue. At night, a subordinate came to ask the two for a strand of hair for a sacrificial ritual, and the Empress Dowager asked Ling Zhi to kill Mu Xuan Jue during the rain-praying ceremony. The Empress Dowager gave Ling Zhi a dagger, and Ling Zhi readily agreed.
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