Kill My Sins Episode 12 Recap
> Kill My Sins Recap
Li Zongxu was naturally suspicious. After discussing matters with Li Mu Yuan, he immediately went to the ancestral hall's secret room. Seeing that nothing had been disturbed, he felt relieved. Li Zongxu's sadistic tendencies toward women stemmed from his childhood, when he witnessed his mother being violently beaten by his father. The trauma twisted his psyche, but it did not change his cruel behavior toward innocent women, as well as his disturbing habit of drawing "blood women" images.
Yuan Shaocheng expressed his willingness to help the Mei faction, behind Hai Yiping, to remove the thorn in their side—Li Zongxu. Hai Yiping hinted that rather than getting involved himself, Yuan Shaocheng should make use of Ye Ping'an as a tool. However, after using her, they would need to clean up the situation. At Qi Tai D Fang, Ye Ping'an arrived uninvited.
She realized that Li Zongxu was cunning and difficult to deal with, so she came here to cooperate with Yuan Shaocheng. Rather than calling it cooperation, it was more accurate to say they were mutually exploiting each other. Smart people rarely waste words. Yuan Shaocheng took out two bags of salt to show Ye Ping'an. One contained high-quality salt, which was expensive, and the other had black-market salt, which was poisonous.
Ordinary people, unable to afford the high-priced salt, would sometimes buy the cheaper, toxic black-market salt, resulting in death after prolonged consumption. The skyrocketing salt prices were linked to Li Zongxu and the Li family's influence. Yuan Shaocheng had previously discovered that the flooding in Yangzhou, which submerged many salt fields, was not a natural disaster but a man-made catastrophe. Ye Ping'an also shared the clue she had found about the Shuo Dan letters in the Langyang Prince's residence.
She had not stolen the letters because she did not want to alert anyone. Soon, the Shuo Dan envoy, Apuna Haoji, along with Princess Jiayue, arrived in Shengdu. The Consulate arranged for them to rest, and they would meet with the Emperor the next day at the Chen hour. Wu Ankang was questioning Xu Qing about why he had failed to arrange for grain shipments from Jiahuai warehouse to relieve the difficulties of the Jin Yuan battle.
He soon realized that these decisions could not have been made by Xu Qing alone. Xu Qing suggested that Wu Ankang should directly ask Li Zongxu how much salt he had stockpiled at that time. Ye Ping'an was once again invited to the Langyang Prince’s residence. She stated that tonight was a good opportunity to drive away evil spirits, and if they missed it, they would have to wait for another two months.
Li Zongxu allowed her to arrange the formation, but secretly met with envoy Apuna and expressed his willingness to sell salt to Shuo Dan at 30% below the market price. He also suggested that the person to marry Princess Jiayue should be Wu Ankang. The princess was uninterested in the other princes and had only eyes for General Wu Ankang. This suited Li Zongxu’s plans.
Li Zongxu arranged for a few death-servants to disguise themselves as people from Mangou, planning to assassinate the envoy at the night banquet and frame Yuan Shaocheng for the crime. Lu Danxin, wearing a mask to cast spells, disguised herself as Ye Ping'an to deceive everyone, while Ye Ping'an secretly overheard Li Zongxu’s plan to frame Yuan Shaocheng. Apuna, along with Princess Jiayue, went to the palace to meet with the Emperor.
Apuna proposed that General Wu Ankang be made the prince consort, and the straightforward Princess Jiayue immediately expressed her interest in him. She had been captivated by Wu Ankang ever since he saved her from a pit in the grasslands when she was fourteen. The Emperor, in a gentle tone, said that while the proper rituals could not be abandoned, Princess Jiayue could meet other prince consort candidates at the banquet and decide afterward.
Yuan Shaocheng had originally planned to approach Apuna Haoji to find a way to break through Li Zongxu’s defenses, but Apuna was very cautious. Seeing the Shuo Dan people reminded Yuan Shaocheng of the battles he had fought on the battlefield, and he found it hard not to act on his anger. He decided to let it go. Ye Ping'an informed Yuan Shaocheng about Li Zongxu’s plan to frame him. They quickly came up with a countermeasure.
First, they obtained a white pheasant, which resembled a phoenix, and then devised a plan to get Li Qianzhao to agree to Cai Lian's proposal for the "Phoenix's Auspice" at the night banquet.
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