Lost Track of Time 覆流年 Episode 22

On the night of the bridal chamber, Lu Anran wiped away her tears and dealt with Mu Ze. Mu Ze gave Lu Anran the jade pendant from the beginning again, expressing that he wanted to live a good life with Lu Anran. Lu Anran knew that Mu Ze never touched alcohol, but he never knew why. Mu Ze said that when he was eight years old, he personally handed a glass of poisonous wine to his biological mother that killed her. At that time, Concubine Liang was raising him, and in order to test him she would let him hand the poisonous wine to her biological mother. Since then, when he sees the wine in the glass, he will think of the tragic death of his biological mother. The emperor knew all of this, but did nothing. No matter how hard Mu Ze worked, he was a disgrace to the emperor in his heart.

Mu Ze told Lu Anran that he had no other secrets in his life. He hoped that they could share weal and woe as husband and wife from now on. Lu Anran drank a glass of wine with Mu Ze, but she did not express her sincerity. Mu Ze said frankly that although there were many misunderstandings between the two before, but now that Lu Anran has married him as his concubine, he will keep his promise to protect the old and young of the Lu family, and hope that Lu Anran can accompany him to accomplish his great cause.

Lu Anran thought that as a concubine she was naturally at the mercy of King Qing, and willingly to served him in bed, but seeing Lu Anran who was like a corpse, Mu Ze left angrily. Although Xiao Jingque has become Princess Qing, what she cares about is always Mu Ze's love. Seeing Mu Ze come to her own courtyard, she was even more delighted. Because Mu Ze was angry with Lu Anran, he did not stop Xiao Jingque's plan to stand in front of Lu Anran.

The Anxin Rice that Mu Chuan had meticulously cultivated, saw a bumper harvest but was infected with dryness. Mu Chuan burned all the rice in order to keep the field healthy. Whether it's love or rice, it needs to be broken when it is broken. Seeing that Anxin rice was burned, Mu Chuan also bid farewell to his relationship with Lu Anran in his heart.

Lu Anran wanted to drink the sterilization medicine, but Dan Qing hoped that Lu Anran could leave a way out for herself. But Lu Anran thought that she and Mu Chuan have no future, so in order to succeed, she would not leave any way out for herself. Lu Anran drank the sterilization medicine and planned to end the grievance with Xiao Jingque on the first seven days of Lingxi.

Early the next morning, Lu Anran came to serve tea to Xiao Jingque, Xiao Jingque embarrassed Lu Anran in every possible way, but she did not know that Lu Anran was more ruthless, and she knelt down on the broken tile without fear of being injured. Lu Anran knew that Xiao Jingque's move was also Mu Ze's plan. She ran into Mu Ze showing her bloody injuries, and took the opportunity to show weakness to Mu Ze, and her words also brought out the truth that Lingxi was killed by Xiao Jingque.

Xiao Jingque admired the congratulations everyone gave to her to be promoted to Princess Qing (main wife of Mu Ze), and when she saw the beautiful jade bracelet, she put it on her wrist. After hearing from the housekeeper that Lu Anran used a bitter trick to win Mu Ze's attention, Xiao Jingque went to the Lu Mansion to teach Lu Anran a lesson. When she came to the Lu Mansion, Xiao Jingque, as a princess, asked his servants to whip Lu Anran, but she didn't know that Lu Anran asked her servants to invite Mu Ze in advance, and just saw this scene. In front of Mu Ze, Lu Anran understood that Xiao Jingque was dissatisfied with the fact that there was one more woman in the palace, but she knew the difference between high and low. Even if Xiao Jingque pushed Lingxi to the ground and died of blood loss, she still endured it.

Before leaving, Lu Anran pointed out the value of Xiao Jingque's bracelet. Seeing that Xiao Jingque was so greedy for money, regardless of the reputation of the Qing Palace, Mu Ze ordered her to kneel under the grape vine where Lingxi died tragically.