The Princess Royal Episode 40 (Ending) Recap, Plot

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The two forces stood separated by only a door. Li Rong waited for a long time and finally saw Pei Wenxuan enter unharmed. She threw herself into his arms, and they embraced tightly. Xun Chuan and Li Chuan arrived soon after, reporting that Qin Lin had successfully killed Xiao Su and had taken command of his troops, who would arrive in Huajing immediately.

At this moment, Su Rongqing was rummaging through the imperial bedchamber, searching for the imperial seal. Concubine Rou, clutching a dagger, threatened the emperor to reveal the seal's location. The emperor found her madness both laughable and pitiful. Ultimately, she lost control and stabbed the emperor in the chest, feeling a strange sense of relief.

Unable to bear the pain, the emperor revealed that the seal was hidden in a mechanical box. Hearing this, Su Rongqing quickly retrieved the seal and stamped it on the edict. Just then, the door to the bedchamber burst open, and Li Rong led her men in. Su Rongqing grabbed the edict and escaped through the window, with Pei Wenxuan in hot pursuit.

In the bedchamber, Li Rong and her siblings confronted Concubine Rou and her son. Concubine Rou threatened the emperor with a blade, demanding that Li Rong let them go. Princess Hua Le, crying uncontrollably, begged her mother to stop and pleaded with Li Rong for mercy. However, Concubine Rou, in a fit of rage, tried to kill Li Rong. At the critical moment, an arrow pierced through the window, striking Concubine Rou.

Li Rong, unable to attend to Hua Le and the others, ordered the imperial physicians to care for the emperor and then hurriedly left. Hua Le, having lost her loved ones, wandered out of the palace like a madwoman, laughing and crying, which deeply pained the fake Li Cheng.

Pei Wenxuan pursued Su Rongqing into the dark recesses of Weiyang Palace's bedchamber, which was separated by embroidered screens. Unable to see each other, they relied on sounds to gauge each other's positions and attacked blindly, both sustaining injuries.

Although neither Pei Wenxuan nor Su Rongqing were top swordsmanship experts, their equal skills led to a fierce and relentless battle, with each move aiming to kill the other without any mercy. Both admitted they had wanted to kill each other for a long time, and this was their first direct confrontation after decades of covert and overt conflict.

Pei Wenxuan angrily accused Su Rongqing of having a choice from the beginning. He could have proposed marriage to Li Rong and supported Li Chuan together. But Su Rongqing, as the young master of the Su family, chose a path opposite to Li Rong's. Thus, Pei Wenxuan warned Su Rongqing that since he made a mistake, he must accept it; Li Rong loved him, and he should leave.

The sound of swords clashing echoed through the bedchamber as Pei Wenxuan and Su Rongqing fought fiercely, destroying the screens and furniture. In the end, Pei Wenxuan's sword pierced through Su Rongqing, just as Li Rong witnessed the scene. Despite his miserable state, Su Rongqing used his remaining time to confess his love to Li Rong, saying that his love for her was as deep as his current despair.

Seeing Li Rong find happiness brought Su Rongqing peace. He struggled to reach an ancient zither and played a single note. The sound of the zither intertwined with the crackling of the flames, and Pei Wenxuan understood that Su Rongqing intended to end his life this way. He forcibly took Li Rong away. By the time Su Ronghua and Shangguan Ya arrived, it was too late; the fire had consumed the entire Weiyang Palace.

That day, the emperor, gravely ill, was on the verge of death. In his final moments, he advised Li Chuan not to end up like him, a free man in this world but not a free person. The emperor apologized to Li Chuan and closed his eyes. Eunuch Fu Lai loudly announced the emperor's death, and Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan led the ministers in bowing outside the hall.

Three years later, on the day Li Chuan was to ascend the throne, he suddenly announced that he would seclude himself in the Shangqing Temple and no longer concern himself with state affairs. He conferred the title of Regent Princess to Li Rong, made Pei Wenxuan the Right Chancellor, Shangguan Ya the Minister of the Secretariat, and Cui Yulang the Minister of Rites, to assist Li Rong in governing the country.

Li Rong understood that her brother Li Chuan had always longed to escape the palace's constraints. Now he could finally live for himself and spend his life with his beloved. Li Chuan left a letter for Li Rong, entrusting the kingdom to her, wishing her to be the sword bearer, govern the land, and fulfill the expectations of the people.

From then on, Li Rong became the first princess in the Daxia dynasty to hold the throne. She governed diligently, bringing prosperity and happiness to the Daxia nation, fulfilling Li Chuan's hopes. In the first year of De Xu, Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan remarried, their love spanning two lifetimes and three lifetimes, walking hand in hand into their future together.

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