Pledge of Allegiance Episode 17 Recap, Plot

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Shu Tang and Li Wu left Zhang Ji Silk Shop. Zhang Junqing put a coat on Shu Tang and she took off her hairpin and handed it to her. Then she left with Li Wu. At the prefectural yamen, Lu Zheng asked Lu Yulin if someone who held power in the prefectural yamen was secretly communicating with rebels, should they be killed if there was a reason behind it. Lu Yulin said that even if they shouldn’t be killed now, there would come a time when they should be killed. Lu Zheng shed tears and said he would rather wait for that day to come. Perhaps that day would never come.

At the city gate, Li Wu led Shu Tang away in a carriage. They arrived in the mountains and as soon as they got off the carriage, they saw Lu Zheng riding towards them. Li Wu drew his dagger and stabbed Shu Tang before pushing her into the river. However, Li Wu’s hand was shaking slightly with blood.

In the evening, Li Wu went to the river to look for Shu Tang. Shu Tang was unconscious and had a high fever after choking on water and falling by the river. Li Wu carried Shu Tang onto a carriage. Surprisingly, Sister Meng and Mei Dou were also there. The four of them took the carriage to a cave. Sister Meng gave Shu Tang medicine while Li Wu watched over her. Shu Tang kept coughing and Li Wu left in a hurry.

At Zhang’s silk shop, Zhang Junqing said she was willing to give up her position as the commander-in-chief of Nanjing to Li Dongfang. Her only request was to maintain the current situation of war. She then told Li Dongfang how she would use a boat to deceive the emperor and the Jinyiwei guards. Only if Li Dongfang was imprisoned in the Zhenfu Si prison would this matter be considered successful.

In the morning, the city gate opened and Li Wu was awakened by the city gate guards while sleeping on a haystack. The guards wanted to drive away the hungry refugees in front of them, but Li Wu stopped them and said that he would invite the refugees in front of the city gate to have a meal in the city today. Everyone thanked him.

At the Zhenfu Si yamen, Lu Zheng gave Li Wu a military order that could mobilize troops with the official seal of Zhenfu Si and said that he would help him. Si Xiangnan came to question Li Wu. Boss Shen wanted to take valuable goods to the north. If these goods became military expenses for the rebels, then the entire Zhenfu Si would be implicated. Li Wu immediately prepared his horse and took them to the pier together.

At the wharf, Boss Shen said that he was ordered to go to sea for trade, but the Jinyiwei still refused to let him pass even after seeing his documents. Li Wu followed him into the cabin when Boss Shen said that there was an important guest on board. At this moment, a group of Night Raiders appeared and Li Dongfang held Li Wu hostage. Li Wu asked the Jinyiwei to step back and let them pass. While both sides were deadlocked, Lu Zheng appeared with the Jinyiwei and killed the other Night Raiders before arriving in front of the two. While Lu Zheng was fighting with Li Dongfang, Li Wu used a chain to tie Li Dongfang’s feet. Li Dongfang was restrained and stabbed by Lu Zheng. Lu Zheng saw that Li Wu had fainted and quickly carried him away.

At night, Lu Zheng was taken by the Jinyiwei to Zhao’s ancestral hall, but everyone inside had already fled. Lu Zheng wondered why they were willing to tell him the truth again. It turned out that Lu Yulin asked them to tell Lu Zheng the truth.

Inside the mansion, Li Wu and the Jin Yi Wei are holding a funeral for Shu Tang. Suddenly, Li Wu faints and when he wakes up, he expresses his desire to become a monk. Later, Li Wu takes Shu Tang’s tablet and Mei Dou to the Jianchu Temple. It turns out that Li Wu wants Shu Tang to fake her death so that she will no longer be restricted and can make her own decisions.

Two days later, Lu Zheng arrives at Jianchu Temple and says that Li Wu’s memorial has been rejected. Due to the case of the rebellious party, many people have been implicated for no reason and Li Wu is not allowed to quit. A month later, Lu Zheng brings a group of matchmakers to Jianchu Temple. A young monk asks Li Wu to sweep the fallen leaves in the courtyard. Mei Dou says that she has already swept them away. As soon as they leave the courtyard, a matchmaker comes forward to introduce Li Wu. Not long after, the young monk comes again and asks them to sweep another courtyard. When Li Wu walks into the courtyard, there is another matchmaker who wants to introduce him. After Mei Dou sends off the guests, Li Wu secretly sees Lu Zheng kicking a big tree in the courtyard.

At night in Jianchu Temple, Li Wu was surprised to see Lu Yulin’s arrival. Lu Yulin took out Li Wu’s resignation letter and said that he could not accept it. Seeing that Li Wu did not respond, he said that he felt the same way as Li Wu did now when he killed Song Heming in the Hongwu year. It turned out that ten years ago, Lu Yulin questioned Song Heming about the whereabouts of the Yu Ming Suo before the imperial prison and pulled out the arrow from Song Heming’s body, causing his death.

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