Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Episode 31

Family matters

Lu escapes the regent’s home and gets help. Li Yue is not Tang. He reveals his true colors and plans on killing all of them. She Lu shows up with reinforcements he calls out the bear. I hate that a noble creature was trained to be a killer. The crown prince is wounded and the princess finds out that she did indeed use the poisonous face flower and has two hours to live. After a very well choreographed battle amongst the guards and with the bear,Lu is fusing with Princess to Fei for the antidote. As typical with this group, she is healed just in time. I don’t like the Princess. She is a product of her environment but has no heart for the people. Even Su has told her that her nephew would be the better ruler. It is discovered that the Princess is actually Lu’s mother. That he was born out of wedlock and that his father was an enemy of the royals. He even planned on assassinating the princess’ mother but rather than be captured killed himself. I think all this time Su has be working out the mother’s traits in Lu. All his major faults are byproducts of his mother. That explains his arrogance and lack of concern for lower class. Su opts to talk the princess out of recognizing her son and she can’t get him to accept a job except putting XueHuan through school. She does not know that Lu was told his family was murdered by the princess and that his father had changed his age by two years to hide him. Because of the dynamics of royalty, Su pegged it right that he should never know. He needed the heritage he was told as his foundation. He did not think Lu would accept the truth and let himself live. I would like to think this would cause the princess to be more humane about the people she is responsible for. But she is horribly selfish and vain. It may not be possible. It seems our crew might be getting ready to part ways. I really don’t like this notion, so waiting to see what the writer has in store. However, Fei’s words of each going their separate ways so who should XueHuan follow rang too true, tho not what any wanted to hear.

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