Go East Episode 27 Recap, Plot

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Kang Yunhai took A Shilan to Honglu Temple to officially declare her as Princess Yule, asking for the temple's recognition. An Yuandao pointed out that just a day ago, A Shilan was a criminal of Dayong, who had been kidnapped during transport and suddenly turned into a princess. Dayong would need time to verify this. However, Kang Yunhai gave them only five days. If Dayong couldn't produce evidence by then, he would personally escort A Shilan back to Yule.

Wang Kunwu couldn’t understand why Kang Yunhai didn’t expose A Shilan, but Yuan Mo explained that Kang Yunhai must have his reasons and was likely following Long Tuqi’s plan for the greater good, to avoid raising suspicion. Moreover, A Shilan didn’t yet know that Kang Yunhai was A Shu’s uncle behind the scenes. A Shu couldn’t comprehend why A Shilan would impersonate a princess, so she went to the distribution site to ask directly.

A Shilan took A Shu to a secluded courtyard, ordered soldiers to guard the outside, and revealed the bitter reasons behind her impersonation of the princess. Years ago, when A Shu hastily left the village, Long Tuqi's cavalry came and interrogated the villagers about her whereabouts. Since the villagers knew nothing, they were massacred by the cavalry.

A Shilan had been hidden in a haystack by her parents and narrowly escaped, but she witnessed the brutal death of her parents and villagers. All of this, she believed, was caused by A Shu. From that moment on, she vowed to seek revenge. The White-Clad Guest promised to help her achieve this goal, so A Shilan joined the Faceless Men and eventually became a princess through a series of schemes.

Because A Shilan had secretly met with A Shu, the White-Clad Guest appeared in the room to inquire about the reason. A Shilan explained that the hatred in her heart was too overwhelming to contain. The White-Clad Guest did not scold her but encouraged A Shilan to always keep the fire of revenge alive. A Shu asked Yuan Mo to help her prove her identity as the real princess.

She could have ignored this matter if she hadn’t learned about the tragedy she had brought upon the villagers. But now, knowing the disaster she had caused, A Shu couldn’t continue to avoid her responsibility. Yuan Mo urged A Shu to recall any more details from the night she was sent away from Huangsha Village. A Shu remembered that Kang Yunhai had quietly appeared that night and given her a wooden box.

He had told her that the box must never leave her side, and that pressing a button on the box in times of danger could prove her identity as the princess of Yule. For many years, A Shu had nearly forgotten this detail, but she had always carried the box with her. Yuan Mo noticed that the box was unusually heavy. After pondering over it for a whole night, they finally managed to open it.

The next day, Kang Yunhai brought A Shilan to Honglu Temple for the formal handover of the escort document. With the five-day deadline up, An Yuandao had no choice but to recognize A Shilan’s identity. Just as they were preparing to hand over the document, Yuan Mo suddenly entered the hall and stopped them, declaring that the real Princess Yule was someone else.

A Shu, dressed in princess attire, walked into the hall and accused A Shilan of stealing her identity and life story. She presented the private seal of the late King of Yule as evidence. When the five nations' emissaries examined the seal, the Moonshadow envoy remarked that he had accompanied his mother on a diplomatic mission to Yule as a child and could confirm that the private seal belonged to the late King of Yule.

Yuan Mo also explained that his father’s writings had documented this fact. With the truth revealed, An Xiuyi declared that A Shilan would be imprisoned in the Jingzhao Prefecture jail, awaiting further punishment. An Yuandao and Yu Deshui discussed how to protect A Shu. Suddenly, A Shu approached the two of them, requesting a pardon for A Shilan.

She then went to visit A Shilan in prison, presenting the pardon and stating that if A Shilan revealed the true identity of the White-Clad Guest, she would be granted clemency. A Shilan, filled with anger, retorted that A Shu didn’t truly care about her and only wanted to ease her own conscience. She declared that only the White-Clad Guest could help her get revenge. Now that the truth had come to light, she no longer wished to live.

With those words, A Shilan ended her own life using a hairpin. A Shu, recalling how A Shilan was the only one who played with her in their childhood, broke down in tears. Honglu Temple, representing Dayong, officially recognized A Shu as Princess Yule and rewarded her with a mansion. Ji Mingli and Shen Bailian, reflecting on their experiences with A Shu, couldn’t help but feel deeply moved.

Wang Kunwu reminded them all to show proper respect to A Shu from now on. Yuan Mo accompanied A Shu as she paid tribute to A Shilan. A Shu vowed to fulfill A Shilan’s unfinished wishes and threw the bamboo dragonfly that A Shilan had given her as a child into the sky, hoping that A Shilan could finally find peace.

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