Are You the One Episode 23 Recap, Plot

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Liu Miantang devised a plan to lure Sun Yuner into a cave. Although Sun Yuner was ruthless, her intelligence was no match for Liu Miantang's. With ease, Liu Miantang used a dagger to deceive Sun Yuner, finally uncovering who had ordered the killing of the brothers at Yangshan, including the midnight attack on Cui Xingzhou and the massacre of the escort agency. It turned out that these orders came from Prince Sui.

Sun Yuner had been acting as a lackey, secretly committing many vile deeds, all while Ziyu remained in the dark. After obtaining the answers she sought, Liu Miantang shot an arrow to break the oil jar tied to the cave wall, then wounded Sun Yuner with another arrow, igniting the oil. At that moment, Cui Xingzhou arrived with reinforcements. Through the flames in the cave, he saw Liu Miantang holding a crossbow.

The once gentle and delicate woman now stood before him, resolute and determined. Their eyes met, and Liu Miantang pointed the crossbow at him. With just a slight release of her hand, Cui Xingzhou would have surely met his end, but Liu Miantang hesitated. Instead, she shot an arrow at a bag of oil beside Cui Xingzhou. By then, reinforcements had arrived, and Cui Xingzhou ordered them to retreat.

Standing before the waterfall, Liu Miantang asked Cui Xingzhou if he had already known she had regained her memory, as she hadn’t seen a trace of surprise in his eyes. Cui Xingzhou made no attempt to hide that he was aware Liu Miantang had been investigating the truth in her own way. Liu Miantang told him to forget the Liu Miantang he once knew and everything that happened during her period of amnesia.

As she spoke, she resolutely drew the hairpin from her head and stabbed it into Cui Xingzhou's chest. But Cui Xingzhou remained unmoved; he couldn't disregard the deep affection he had for Liu Miantang. He calmly pulled the hairpin out of his body, wiped the blood off with his sleeve, and placed it back in Liu Miantang's hair. Tears rolled down Liu Miantang's cheeks as she turned and walked away. Three months later, a coup occurred in the capital.

Empress Wu was deposed, and a new emperor ascended the throne, with new laws being issued one after another. Zhao Quan shared drinks with Cui Xingzhou at a tavern, discussing the recent events in the capital. Zhao Quan couldn’t help but marvel at how the plot unfolded like a storybook—once a bandit from Yangshan, then conscripted by the imperial court, and now revealed as a royal bloodline. The situation changed faster than the weather.

However, Cui Xingzhou wasn't concerned about the weather. He had heard that Qiulin was now in the capital, a person who was always with Liu Miantang. This led Cui Xingzhou to believe that Liu Miantang had also arrived in the capital. Moreover, the new emperor had recently issued an edict summoning all vassal kings to return to the capital. With that, Cui Xingzhou immediately packed his belongings to head for the capital.

When Cui Xingzhou met the new emperor, it was indeed Ziyu. Back in Xizhou, Cui Xingzhou had nearly captured Ziyu, but Shi Yikuang intervened, allowing Ziyu to escape. Thus, Ziyu could not easily forgive Cui Xingzhou, especially since there was also a woman between them. Ziyu bluntly pointed out that Cui Xingzhou had rushed from Qingzhou, not to set an example for other factions, but because he feared Liu Miantang had made a choice.

The new emperor, upon his ascension, naturally wouldn’t start a killing spree. It seemed that their accounts would be settled slowly. After returning from the palace, Cui Xingzhou first visited his elder sister in the capital. From her, he learned that the position of empress was still vacant. Although Shi Xueji had once been betrothed to Ziyu, it now appeared that the new emperor might favor someone else.

She also advised Cui Xingzhou to pay close attention so they could win the new emperor's favor. Cui Xingzhou felt a bit melancholic—Ziyu seemed to still be thinking about Liu Miantang. Liu Miantang was indeed in the capital. She hadn't been idle; instead, she disguised herself as a foreign merchant, using exquisite and unique jewelry to attract the attention of the Princess of Sui.

The Princess of Sui frequently visited her shop, and during important festivals, she even had Liu Miantang bring the jewelry to the palace to help with her adornment. By chance, Cui Xingzhou visited the Prince of Sui's residence and happened to encounter Liu Miantang.

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