A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Episode 9 Recap
> A Love Story of Oiled Paper Umbrella Recap
Du Fenglei ordered Guo Ji to investigate Nan Fengyi, Nan Sixu, and whether their mother might be a demon. Guo Ji expressed that he might not be able to handle it alone. Du Fenglei teased him, asking if he wanted Du Yuelian to accompany him. Embarrassed, Guo Ji smiled awkwardly. Du Fenglei warned him that Du Yuelian would never let a man interfere with her career and advised him to give up.
Guo Ji earnestly told Du Fenglei that he truly liked Du Yuelian. Du Fenglei replied that it was useless to tell him; even as her father, his words carried no weight with her. Du Yuelian was stubborn and wouldn’t be swayed by either persuasion or coercion. Hearing this, Guo Ji seemed to get an idea. He went to Du Yuelian's room and slipped something into the pulse-nourishing pills she often took.
Du Yuelian caught him and demanded to know what he was sneaking around for. Guo Ji denied doing anything suspicious, but Du Yuelian warned him that if he acted like this again, she would mistake him for a thief and kill him. After Guo Ji left, Du Yuelian took the pills and went to the prison. She told Nan Fengyi that his spiritual power was equivalent to that of a fifth-rank demon hunter, even stronger than hers.
Moreover, she pointed out that since the Crown Prince Beigong Shuo was protected by dragon energy, it was impossible for Nan Fengyi to have killed him in front of so many people. Hearing this, Nan Fengyi thought it was a relief that someone intelligent was analyzing the situation. He explained to Du Yuelian that the mirage-like scene they had witnessed that day was the key to everything.
Nan Fengyi drew what he remembered from that day and handed it to her. As Du Yuelian was about to leave, she hesitated, then gave the pulse-nourishing pills to Nan Fengyi. Meanwhile, Huo Ting and Huo Xiao came to Meng Xizhou to ask about Nan Fengyi’s situation. As they were talking, Du Yuelian arrived and stated that everything was deliberately orchestrated. Meng Xizhou quickly asked her how Nan Fengyi was doing.
Huo Xiao and Huo Ting chimed in, asserting that Nan Fengyi could not possibly be a demon. If they, as demons themselves, were certain about this, Nan Fengyi couldn’t be one either. Du Yuelian explained that it was the Emperor who ordered Nan Fengyi to be imprisoned in the Demon-Sealing Tower, and there was nothing they could do about it. Meng Xizhou pressed further, asking if Nan Fengyi had been tortured.
Du Yuelian dismissed the question as unimportant, stating that if they wanted to save Nan Fengyi, they should help her solve the case. She explained that the puppet spirit deliberately appeared on Meng Xizhou’s route so she would identify its demon form. This made Nan Fengyi trust her completely and led him into a trap where he was hypnotized and turned into the state the Emperor saw.
Huo Ting and the others wondered who could have known Meng Xizhou would return to the palace. Du Yuelian pointed out that everyone knew about Meng Xizhou delivering the umbrellas. Meng Xizhou concluded that she had indirectly caused Nan Fengyi’s predicament. Du Yuelian added that Nan Fengyi mentioned the mirage as the key to the mystery.
They recalled that the palace maids and guards around Beigong Shuo had witnessed themselves in the mirage, yet they had no memory of doing those things. Meng Xizhou speculated that the events might be from the future. Du Yuelian showed them Nan Fengyi’s drawing, and they all agreed that they should investigate the weaving chamber in the palace, where they might find clues. Huo Ting asked how they could possibly gain access.
Meng Xizhou suggested seeking help from Crown Prince Beigong Shuo. Beigong Shuo, meanwhile, was skipping his meal and pondering why Nan Fengyi had called him Situ Hanshan that day and threatened to kill him. While he was deep in thought, Meng Xizhou arrived and asked to visit the weaving chamber. When Beigong Shuo asked why, she explained that it was to help Nan Fengyi. Beigong Shuo took her to the weaving chamber, where they encountered Lord Li at the entrance.
Beigong Shuo pretended to need his waist measured to see if he had gained weight, creating an opportunity for Meng Xizhou to slip inside and investigate. However, Lord Li soon entered the chamber, forcing Meng Xizhou and Beigong Shuo to leave hurriedly. Meng Xizhou then visited Nan Fengyi, who told her that the patterns on the umbrellas Nan Sixu had made might hold a clue. Meng Xizhou asked Nan Sixu to redraw the patterns, but he couldn’t remember them.
Meng Xizhou dozed off briefly and dreamed of Renguang, who revealed that the patterns were part of a formation designed to suppress dragon energy and could only be broken by Meng Xizhou’s blood. On the day of Beigong Shuo’s coming-of-age ceremony, problems arose as expected. Meng Xizhou brought Nan Fengyi to save him. However, Meng Xizhou exhausted her inner strength, revealing her true form—a bird.
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