Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty Episode 33

Double date

Fenghua follows the directions of the princess and meets with Sass. What he doesn’t know is that the princess met with Lu on sky overlook floor and told Lu to monitor him. She said not to go easy on him just because Fenghua is her servant. The guards intercept Fenghua and Sass at a meeting and a fight breaks out resulting in the death of both of them. Lu is unconvinced this is Sass but the crown prince puts out a statement that Sass is dead and Lu was the court official that brought him to justice. Lu is upset with the proclamation and goes to official demanding to know why issued when there was no positive proof Sass was the deceased. His boss thinks Lu is a position climber since both royals appointed him. He has no confidence in Lu’s work or why he is there. In a second meeting with Lu the Princess thanks him for killing Fenghua. She even admits that he was a good officer and loyal subject. However, his grudge against crown prince and his determination to enact revenge was his downfall. The princess was tired of his machinations to cause problems between the royals. She then reveals to Lu that she is his mother and that her son would understand and forgive past wrongs. I am not sure how Lu is processing the information. She did not directly call him son, but gave very non subtle clues of his past that would strongly imply what their relationship is. I wonder what Su would think of this revelation? XiJun has completed the drawing of Sass based on the boys memories. It show Sass looking at sky terrified and back of ministry of justice flying at him through the air to complete a killing blow. They still do not know about the wooden bird. This is a Tang version of drone. The prince wants the magic show to take place without public disturbance. He thinks Sass is likely to show up since the majority thinks he is dead. Our two couples find themselves at dumpling place for cherry dumplings. They meet up and head back to Lu’s officer quarters. He can have Su and “wife” hide there as they all read the banned book. They are hoping there is enough information for XiJun to be able to draw Sass’ lover. It was cute watching the women eat dumplings while the men poured over the books. Di’s last case was about Sass and he died under mysterious circumstances. For this reason, Su is much more determined than usual to solve the case. At the end of the episode Lu is pretty convinced he knows the name of who they are looking for.

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