Dance of the Phoenix Episode 20

Zhao Ge feels pity for Qing Luan as she knows her master will reprimand her for losing to Feng Wu. That is the kind of pressure Qing Luan faces ever since they were young. The Queen still thinks Qing Luan will make a valuable subordinate because of her determination to win at all cost. Lin Yuan is quietly gleeful that he has managed to secure approval to have Feng Wu as the Spiritual Princess. Ming Ye is observing Master Wu and suspicious of his behavior. Other students think Ming Ye is sneaky for being from the Darknight Court. The bird spirit informs Feng Wu that something big will happen soon. It senses a bad omen and reminds Feng Wu to be careful. Qing Luan is in a bad mood as she practices her martial art moves. Ming Ye warns her not to harm Feng Wu. Zhao Ge offers Xuan Yi the cakes that she has made. He appears angry that her cultivation is so low that she is easily beaten up by others. But Zhao Ge knows that it is his way of showing concern. For the Lantern Festival, Zhao Ge tells Feng Wu to write a love letter to the one that she loves and asks him for a date. However, Feng Wu finds it hard to be mushy. Ming Ye is feeling miserable when the Lord Demon shows up. He claims that he doesn’t like it when people slander the Darknight Court. The Lord Demon’s approach is to have real power and absolute control so that others will have no guts to slander them. His idea of not caring about others’ opinions makes Ming Ye uncomfortable. Feng Wu sees so many love letters for Lin Yuan and decides to withhold hers. Feng Xun mixes things up and thinks Zhao Ge’s letter is for him. Xuan Yi is disappointed but tries not to show it. Lin Yuan is also feeling the same for not receiving a love letter from Feng Wu. The King sways and faints in his room. Zhao Ge is disappointed that it is Feng Xun who shows up until she also sees Xuan Yi tagging along. Feng Wu is hoping Lin Yuan will come to see her despite the fact that she didn’t give him any love letter. Lin Yuan is about to do so when Qing Luan informs him that the King has fallen ill. Dean Ning pretends that the King is only fatigued in front of the Queen but privately tells Lin Yuan that his father’s condition is suspicious. However, he will need to investigate further. The King had been slowly fed poisonous pills disguised as medicine by a maid on the Queen’s orders. But the King took too many in a day which resulted in an overdose. The Queen signals to Gao Wei to kill the maid. The maid’s corpse is then hung from a tree to look like a suicide. The suicide note indicates that she had colluded with someone to spy on Junwu Academy. Lin Yuan wants further investigation. But the Queen orders him to take care of the King while she handles the case. She wants all senior-ranked cultivators to be summoned as she claims only they have the ability to be a spy. Qing Luan appears with the King’s medicine. Lin Yuan says that he doesn’t need her help. Her reaction makes Lin Yuan realize that the Spiritual Princess title is not what she is really after. (Source: DramaSlot)