My Destined Consort Episode 19 Recap
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Concubine Zou, who had caused great harm, was thrown into prison but remained unrepentant. She even urged Shen Qilan to rescue her as soon as possible. Shen Qilan promised her mother that she would do whatever it took to get her out. Back in their room, Shen Jiangli and Lu Jingming reflected on everything that had just happened at her maiden home. Shen Jiangli couldn’t help but feel disheartened.
Concubine Zou was so vicious, and now Shen Qilan had also played many tricks behind the scenes. It turned out that in the face of power and status, many people could become blinded by greed and keep changing. That night, heavy rain began to fall. Shen Qilan came crying to Shen Jiangli’s residence, pounding on the door and begging for mercy.
She clutched Shen Jiangli’s sleeve, pleading bitterly, hoping that for the sake of their sisterly bond, she would spare her mother. Shen Jiangli brushed off her sleeve, helped Shen Qilan to her feet, and sincerely asked whether, when she wanted others to understand a mother’s love, she had ever considered that her own mother had been framed early on and that she herself had lost her mother at a young age. Who could truly understand that pain?
If she wanted others to cherish the bond between mother and daughter, then who could repay Shen Jiangli for the loss of her own mother? Shen Jiangli asked the maid to see the guest out. Shen Qilan thought of the eldest young master and immediately ran to him to plead. Seeing her kneeling and begging, he couldn’t bear it. But considering that a life must be repaid with a life, even the governor would not accept any excuse.
He lifted Shen Qilan up and said there was truly nothing he could do. For the last time, Shen Qilan brought a carefully prepared dish to the prison to visit Concubine Zou. Knowing she was guilty, Concubine Zou hanged herself that very night. After hearing the news, Shen Qilan locked herself in her room for two days and nights. Lu Jingshu came to the door to comfort her.
Shen Qilan, speaking through the door, said she didn’t blame him—it was all due to Concubine Zou’s own wrongdoing. Yan Yan was brought back to the Lu residence by Yulan. Shen Jiangli was overjoyed to see him return. Now that Wang Danling had also been sent to the ancestral tomb, Lu Jingming told the child to call him “Father” directly.
As he was still young, Yan Yan didn’t immediately change how he addressed him, but asked Lu Jingming to tell Shen Jiangli. The father and son planned to stage a little act. Lu Jingming had the child falsely report that he was suffering severe stomach pain. When Shen Jiangli heard this, she rushed over in a panic. Seeing almonds on the table, she immediately assumed that Lu Jingming must have accidentally eaten them and gotten sick.
Yan Yan went off to find a maid, leaving Lu Jingming and Shen Jiangli alone. Lu Jingming wanted Shen Jiangli to tell him how she had lived these past five years, and she asked him what he had experienced while she was away. In truth, Lu Jingming had visited her during those five years, but was spotted by Wang Danling’s spies.
Shen Jiangli had been drugged, and under the influence, said disrespectful things that were intentionally let slip to Lu Jingming. He mistook her for a crude and wicked woman and gave up on her. Looking back now, he realized he was at fault. When they first got married, he didn’t understand what kind of person Shen Jiangli was and was framed multiple times. Lu Jingming told Shen Jiangli about his five years of military campaigns.
Once, out of pride and underestimating the enemy, he ignored his mentor’s warnings and suffered a defeat. Not only did he lose his mentor, but also his loyal junior sister in the battle. Every time he thought of it, his heart ached. It was the recurring nightmare that haunted him. Shen Jiangli couldn’t help but feel sorrowful.
She had always resented Lu Jingming for abandoning her on their wedding night, but it turned out he had military duties and no choice. After they laid everything out, all misunderstandings were cleared. Lu Jingming even vowed to make it up to his wife. That day, the Lu family held a family banquet. The governor once again urged his three sons to hurry up and think about having children.
All three were already married, yet there was still no good news. As the head of the family, he couldn’t help but worry. At the banquet, Lu Jingxing and Yaoyao were urged to have children. They immediately replied that seniority should be respected. Since their elder brothers hadn’t had children yet, they weren’t in a hurry. But Lu Qingqing was the fastest to speak and nearly spilled that she had seen Yan Yan at Lu Jingming’s residence earlier that day.
Lu Jingxing and Yaoyao quickly gestured for her to stop. Lu Qingqing swallowed her words just in time. After the banquet, Lu Jingming’s mother went to Tingyuxuan and took Shen Jiangli’s hand, earnestly asking her to bear a child for Lu Jingming as soon as possible, treating it as doing her a favor. Seeing how much her mother-in-law longed for a grandchild, Shen Jiangli couldn’t bear to refuse. However, as for whether or not to reveal the child, she decided to discuss it with Lu Jingming first before making a decision.
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