Love of Nirvana Episode 20 Recap, Plot

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Jiang Ci had been waiting anxiously for several days when finally, an elderly woman came to meet her. Jiang Ci's master, knowing how dangerous the martial world could be, was worried she might be deceived, and had instructed her to use a small clay cat as a signal. Jiang Ci had crafted a small clay cat herself, but it had been taken by Wei Zhao. After arriving at Yuzhou Island, she asked him to return it.

Jiang Ci intentionally used the clay cat she had made as a signal during the meeting, but the elderly woman immediately recognized it. Left with no choice, Jiang Ci showed her the real clay cat. The elderly woman, pretending to be honest, told Jiang Ci that her master had gone to Yue Luo City to find her, and Jiang Ci believed her.

In reality, this woman was a contact arranged by Wei Zhao, who had instructed her in advance on how to distinguish between the real and fake clay cats, successfully deceiving Jiang Ci. Jiang Ci then gave the clay cat she made to Wei Zhao, and he agreed to take her to Yue Luo City. Meanwhile, Emperor Xie Che of Daliang sent Wei Zhao a secret letter, ordering him to go to Liangzhou to monitor Lu Yu.

Wei Zhao, however, did not want Jiang Ci to reunite with her master and secretly switched the real clay cat with a fake one. He then broke the one Jiang Ci had made. Early the next morning, Wei Zhao took Jiang Ci out. He deliberately caused someone to bump into her, causing her bundle to fall. When she picked it up, she noticed that the clay cat had shattered. Wei Zhao offered her some comforting words.

Meanwhile, Pei Yan had knelt outside in the rain for a full day and night before Rong Yudie finally agreed to see him. Eager for answers, Pei Yan pressed her to explain why she had hidden treasures and weapons at the Biheshan Manor. Rong Yudie revealed her desire for Pei Yan to become emperor so that they would no longer be at the mercy of Xie Che, the Emperor of Daliang. However, Pei Yan was unwilling to betray the court.

Rong Yudie then presented the bloodstained battle armor that Pei Zijin had worn in his final battle. After years of loyal service to the court, Pei Zijin had died on the battlefield. Rong Yudie did not want Pei Yan to follow in his father’s tragic footsteps, so she laid out the consequences, explaining why Pei Yan needed to seize the throne. Pei Yan was heartbroken.

Rong Yudie, determined to push him toward the throne, went so far as to claim that he was the illegitimate son of Emperor Xie Che. Although Pei Yan had no interest in wealth or power, Rong Yudie was convinced she could change his mind. Meanwhile, Lu Yu had stationed his army at the border of Liangzhou. He had heard that the account books of the Foundry Bureau had been handed over to the court by Pei Yan.

Emperor Xie Che sent someone to take Lu Yu’s eldest son out for a countryside outing, where he caught a cold. Lu Yu knew this was Xie Che’s way of intimidating him, and he grew increasingly anxious. If his eldest son were not being held as a hostage in Qingkang, Lu Yu would have already rebelled. Lu Yu’s final trump card lay in Yue Luo City, where he had planted a spy.

As long as this person succeeded in becoming the city lord, Yue Luo City would be under Lu Yu’s control, and he could use the military power of Weiguo to overthrow Emperor Xie Che of Daliang. Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci continued their journey to Yue Luo. Jiang Ci was enchanted by the beautiful scenery along the way and felt a sense of joy at the thought of soon seeing her master.

She casually mentioned that her master had been to Yue Luo before and had fond memories of a dish called "Bitter-Free Porridge. " Curious, Wei Zhao inquired about her master, but Jiang Ci didn’t know many details. As they approached Yue Luo City, Elder Ping Shu came to greet Wei Zhao, informing him of Lu Yu’s spy within the city. Wei Zhao and Jiang Ci changed into Yue Luo attire, and the three of them entered the city on foot.

They were welcomed by A Le, who took them to his home for a meal. A Le’s grandmother, who was blind, read Wei Zhao’s fortune by feeling his bones and warned him to proceed with caution. A Le, however, quickly noticed that Jiang Ci was from Daliang. Since many Yue Luo citizens had been sent to Daliang as slaves, they harbored deep hatred for Daliang.

A Le forcibly threw Jiang Ci out of the house, but his grandmother intervened and stopped him. Angry, A Le stormed out of the house. Wei Zhao urged Jiang Ci to enjoy her meal, but soon after, Yu Lian arrived with a message for Wei Zhao, prompting him to leave with Ping Shu.

Yu Lian had discovered that Lu Yu was attempting to install his own ally as the city lord of Yue Luo, but without the white jade hairpin left behind by the old city lord, this ally could not claim the position. Wei Zhao decided to use the white jade hairpin as bait to lure out the spy in Yue Luo.

Yu Lian recognized Jiang Ci as the person who had thwarted her assassination plan at Fanglin Court and wanted to kill her. However, Wei Zhao, claiming that Jiang Ci was needed to track down Yan Shuangqiao, convinced her to hold off for now. Meanwhile, A Le’s grandmother told Jiang Ci about how Wei Zhao had saved A Le.

A Le had been captured and sold as a slave in Qingkang, where he fought fiercely against his captors and was nearly beaten to death by government soldiers. It was thanks to Wei Zhao’s intervention that A Le was saved. The grandmother then read Jiang Ci’s fortune and predicted that she would find a lover with whom she would share a deep, mutual affection. A Le accidentally discovered soldiers sent by Lu Yu in Yue Luo.

He set up a large net to trap them, but the soldiers outnumbered him and managed to capture him. A Le was beaten by the soldiers, leaving Wei Zhao furious. He planned to disguise himself and rescue A Le, but Jiang Ci quickly grabbed some heart-grass flowers, chewed them up, and smeared the juice on a firewood knife.

She ran over to A Le, scolded him harshly, and pretended to stab him with the knife, pleading with the soldiers to release him. The soldiers, however, were distracted by Jiang Ci’s beauty and began to harass her. Jiang Ci spat out the heart-grass juice onto one of the soldiers' hands and claimed it was poison, telling them they needed to wash it off with bixi immediately or they would die. Terrified, the soldiers fled in a panic.

Wei Zhao pulled the knife out of A Le’s chest, and Jiang Ci helped bandage his wound. Wei Zhao ordered Ping Shu to focus on finding the spy within Yue Luo and to put the search for Yan Shuangqiao on hold for now. He also had Yu Lian keep a close watch on Jiang Ci.

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