The Princess Royal Episode 34 Recap, Plot

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As Su Rongqing said, during the heyday of the noble families, Li Chuan executed more than half of the Shangguan clan members, including his own uncle, and exterminated the entire Su clan, thereby intimidating all the noble families. For Li Chuan, the court and the palace were just a chessboard, and his life's mission was to maintain the balance of this game.

However, since then, the noble families secretly allied and plotted rebellion, until Li Chuan suddenly announced his retirement to the palace to cultivate immortality, and Li Rong took control of the power. This pacified the noble families, but Li Rong remained a potential threat to them. If they ever clashed with Li Chuan, Li Rong would undoubtedly turn against them. Likewise, Li Chuan no longer trusted her and harbored murderous intent.

As a result, Li Rong was poisoned by Li Chuan, her health deteriorating daily with the toxin seeping into her bones and organs. Despite Su Rongqing and Shangguan Ya knowing about this, they didn't directly detoxify her, but used sachets to delay the poison, observing the situation. If she truly stood with Li Chuan against the noble families, killing her would be easy.

Later, as Li Chuan's illness worsened, he summoned Pei Wenxuan to the palace at the last moment, drafted a will, and issued an order for Li Rong's death. After Li Chuan's death, Pei Wenxuan and Qin Lin were ordered to support Li Ping and oppose the noble families led by Li Xin. Only through a bloody struggle could balance be achieved, ensuring that the next monarch would not face obstruction upon ascending the throne.

Su Rongqing told Li Rong that as the Grand Princess, her high status and power made it impossible for the new monarch to tolerate her existence, and she also wouldn't tolerate a new monarch who restrained her. Even without that alchemist, both she and Li Chuan were destined to die.

Even if they were reborn, Su Rongqing believed Li Chuan would repeat his mistakes, as his recklessness and stubbornness once led to his dethronement as the crown prince, eventually relying on the military power of the noble families to ascend the throne. Yet, even then, Li Chuan's grand ambitions led to a northern expedition, leaving the national treasury empty.

When floods hit the south and there was no silver for disaster relief, the people were destitute, and the dead were everywhere. He blamed the noble families, blindly instigating uprisings and making reforms everywhere, causing widespread chaos. During his decade-long reign, Li Chuan favored Concubine Qin in the harem, suppressed noble ministers in the court, killed his uncle, imprisoned his mother, and framed the Su clan.

In fact, Su Rongqing had planned to depose Li Chuan from the beginning, just as he waited for the emperor to depose the crown prince in the previous life, obstructing the noble families from accepting Pei Wenxuan's persuasion, and trying to convince his father to accept Li Cheng's ascension. Now, at fifteen years old, Li Cheng was weak and incapable, Concubine Rou was greedy and shortsighted.

Therefore, they planned to install Li Cheng as a puppet after his ascension, and once he had heirs, he would lose his value. At that time, Su Rongqing would support a young emperor to regain control and welcome Li Rong back to the capital. Su Rongqing didn't tell Li Rong the truth about the poisoning because he didn't want to see her sad.

He also revealed a shocking secret: Li Xin was actually the child of Shangguan Ya and Su Ronghua's illicit affair. Li Rong was shocked and finally understood why Su Ronghua wanted to kill Qin Zhenzhen, and why Li Chuan framed the Su clan and imposed palace punishment on Su Rongqing. The past events flashed before her eyes, intertwining into a web reeking of stench, tightly wrapping around her.

Recalling the relationships of the previous life—father and son, siblings, couples, and friends—it felt like a rotten swamp, with disgusting pus flowing above and more hideous human hearts and flesh below. At this moment, Pei Wenxuan's voice came from outside the cave, and Su Rongqing left first. Pei Wenxuan took Li Rong back to the princess mansion.

Li Rong, still unsettled, remembered how he had poisoned the chess pieces they played with, suddenly unsure how to face him, and could only wrap herself in blankets to restrain her emotions. On the other hand, Su Wang's poisoning was too deep, and the doctors were helpless. The emperor urgently summoned Concubine Rou.

The imperial physician reported that the poison in the incense was colorless and tasteless, only triggered when mixed with other medicine leads, and such a potent poison was strictly forbidden in the palace. The emperor, furious, immediately ordered an investigation into the poisoner. Soon, the princess mansion received news of Su Wang's critical condition. Li Rong recalled Su Rongqing's warning, worried that the demon deep within Li Chuan would eventually break out and consume his loved ones, repeating the tragedy.

Thus, Li Rong summoned Shangguan Ya and clearly stated that she would not completely rely on Li Chuan, but instead decided to ally with the Shangguan family to support a puppet emperor together. Shangguan Ya was greatly shocked, finding it absurd and argued with Li Rong. Since learning Shangguan Ya's true nature, Li Rong no longer treated her kindly.

Pei Wenxuan unexpectedly learned that Li Rong was pregnant, overjoyed yet worried that Shangguan Ya would affect Li Rong's mood, so he asked Shangguan Ya to leave and personally cooked for her. Shortly after Pei Wenxuan left, Li Rong secretly sent Jing Lan to bring Su Rongqing without alerting others. Meanwhile, the Su brothers were besieged by assassins, and Su Ronghua fought desperately to carve a path for his younger brother.

Su Wang couldn't survive until dawn, and Concubine Rou was heartbroken. To avenge Li Cheng, she deliberately incited Hua Le to deeply resent the emperor. At this moment, Xiao Ming suddenly came to the harem and brought a mysterious young man in a black cloak.

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