Cao Xuanxuan's Love Journey Episode 9 Recap
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Guo Zilu was drinking when Cao Xuanxuan arrived with He Chun to see him. Guo Zilu, who disliked Cao Xuanxuan, maintained a cold expression, but Cao Xuanxuan was unfazed. She sent He Chun and Guo Zilu's servants away, intending to discuss how to investigate clues with him. However, Guo Zilu claimed he had already caught the woman who cursed his father that day.
Cao Xuanxuan did not believe a curse could cause someone's death, but since Guo Zilu was insistent and clearly uninterested in finding the real culprit, Cao Xuanxuan decided to investigate on her own. She planned to visit the woodshed with He Chun to question the girl who had cast the curse, Ruo Hui, only to find that Ruo Hui had already escaped.
He Chun examined the elder Guo's body and found that the fatal wound was a stab in the waist caused by a dagger. This puzzled Cao Xuanxuan because the Second Madam had died from poisoning, while the elder Guo was stabbed. The differing causes of death made the case more complex. Cao Xuanxuan decided to search for clues in the elder Guo's room and summoned Sun Weiyan for assistance.
She suspected the elder Guo’s death might be connected to earlier cases involving locked-room assassinations. Meanwhile, Du Juan and Zhang Yuan secretly met at a designated location, where Du Juan urged Zhang Yuan to leave quickly because Cao Xuanxuan had started investigating the case. Zhang Yuan reassured Du Juan that everything would be fine and sent her away. Surprisingly, Zhang Yuan went to Cao Xuanxuan himself and took full responsibility for the crimes.
However, his reasoning was unconvincing, and he couldn’t explain the source of the poison. Cao Xuanxuan realized Zhang Yuan was taking the blame for someone else but refused to reveal who. Cao Xuanxuan questioned the butler about who had conflicts with the Second Madam. She learned that Du Juan and Guo Zilu’s servant had been caught by the Second Madam in the past, leading to grudges. Cao Xuanxuan concluded that Zhang Yuan was covering for Du Juan.
However, to avoid alerting anyone, she advised the butler not to expose this suspicion. Du Juan, filled with anxiety after the Second Madam’s death, rushed to find Guo Zilu, only to be caught by Cao Xuanxuan, who also discovered poison in Du Juan’s room. Guo Zilu, seeing that Du Juan’s involvement had been exposed, immediately distanced himself and left. Du Juan, however, insisted to Cao Xuanxuan that Zhang Yuan had nothing to do with the case.
She admitted that she had asked Zhang Yuan to buy the poison but claimed she never used it and didn’t know why the Second Madam was poisoned. At that moment, Guo Zilu entered and, without giving Du Juan a chance to explain, demanded she be imprisoned and executed immediately. Finding the situation suspicious, Cao Xuanxuan decided not to act hastily. She detained Du Juan and took the poison to the shop where it was purchased.
The shopkeeper confirmed that the poison Du Juan bought had not been used. Ruo Hui, while eating, heard that the elder Guo had really died. Believing that the magic taught by Zhang Daxian had worked, she went to find him. However, upon learning that two people had died in the Guo household, Ruo Hui suspected a mistake had been made. Zhang Daxian used this opportunity to extort money from her.
Sun Weiyan and He Chun located Ruo Hui and brought her back to the Guo household, along with the poison Cao Xuanxuan had been looking for. Through analyzing the events of that night, Cao Xuanxuan deduced the true cause of the Second Madam’s death. The poison had been placed in the well. Due to its density, it sank to the bottom. As the host, the Second Madam was served last, so she drank the poisoned water.
Du Juan and Zhang Yuan were expelled from the Guo household. Ruo Hui was brought before Cao Xuanxuan, who uncovered the root of Ruo Hui’s hatred for the elder Guo. Years ago, Ruo Hui’s father and the elder Guo had been friends. When they encountered bandits, Ruo Hui’s father, who had difficulty walking, gave up his chance to escape so that the elder Guo and the butler could flee.
Despite explanations, Ruo Hui continued to blame the elder Guo for her father’s death. Cao Xuanxuan learned that Zhang Daxian, a con artist, was behind Ruo Hui’s actions. Suspecting a deeper connection between Zhang Daxian and the elder Guo, she devised a plan. Using a tactic of “releasing to catch,” she let Ruo Hui go, giving her a significant amount of money to lure out Zhang Daxian.
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