Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Episode 30

Diva and diviants

Lu and Su find themselves at the med shop looking to buy the illegal boahuang. They find the seller but he won’t have another batch available until the following day. Knowing this is too late for the Princess they head to the source…Li Yue’s quarters. They meet up with some guards on the way and have a couple thieves along with them to help hunt for the plants. They are digging up various flowers when the meteorite bear shows up. Our two heroes play dead and find themself bound and presented to the regent magistrate. He does not deny his distributing of the poisonous face flower and throws both of them in a secret arsenal room that grows both the poison face flower and the antidote plant. Another visitor shows up…the princess. It is now evident that she feigned her poisoning to test the loyalty of those around her. She is very pleased with Su seeking out the cure but is not as enthused that Lu was also with him. She requests Su to be brought out with the other officials already in the hall. These are the cowardly politicians that were trying to align with the prince when they thought Princess was dying. Su is annoyed that the regent is involved with all this and said so, but he is not surprised to see a healthy princess. His chat with the horse groomer revealed that the princess had plans to go home and have some ripe cherries since newly in season and her favorite. She is annoyed he already knows. She is a very odd diva. She wants things to revolve around her, but she had some real compassion for the children. However, she is also the same one not the least bit concerned about the women being disfigured by the face flower. He is a bit surprised at the officials there being found guilty of disloyalty. He is also noting who reports to the princess. I find myself sorry that the reporting of her death was exaggerated.😝

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