Key to the Phoenix Heart Episode 7

More plot twists, some expected reveals, and the chase for happiness

He is the Crown Prince Wenxi! I knew it! 😏😊 And all the respect to him for how he refused to just choose between the token and Jiayu. He might as well be her happiness, you know? 🥹❤️The way they worked together to clear her name, how Wuyi made the Empress Dowager agree to his conditions, and how they opened Jiayu's shop for her crafts was perfect. That made this episode especially satisfying. 🤗👍But they are not stopping at that, and every single episode keeps dropping these bombshells... This time, it's Jiayu's words that she's not a lady of a noble family and was just taken in by her mother and father... Which might only mean one thing — her mother is not her real mother! 😲 So, who are her parents then? 🤨The way Wuyi looked at Jiayu when she just put her arms around his arm while they walked the street.... His heart was probably leaping! 🤭P.S. I know this is a very risky and thin line to express joy over the romance between the leads, because of all the discussions around the lead actress's age, but I still wanted to do it for the story's sake.

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Military reforms, Miraculous crafts established and a mother’s love and support

This episode has the Empress dowager and WuYi going toe to toe strategy. He has done his best to keep JiaYu out of it but fate chose differently. Her best friend got to stay out of it but she questioned if WuYi could keep them both safe. He is sidelined by seeing one from his past and meets JiaYu’s mother. She has the Phoenix heart token and will give it to him if he will divorce her daughter and keep her from Mao. Here we learn that WuYi is crown prince WenXi. The fake XiaoSheng is still alive and the monument had to be destroyed because it was falling and would have crushed WuYi’s brother. For all the seriousness the bet between the wife and friend funny. Wu Yi and JiaYu responding in sync humorous too. 🤣The Beifu army is now questioning WuYi’s leadership as Empress dowager planned and she is using this to cause friction with the imperial guard and impeach WuYi. The one thing master strategist crown prince did not take into consideration is what the Creator of Miraculous Craft logo meant to JiaYu. This was her self made image of herself and his stunt with her label trashed it. He had become just another user to reduce her to pawn status. Tutor Xie is trying to mentor his son in the art of politics. He deftly maneuvered away from the direct question of his son about his part in 30k deaths to enticing him to the power of ruling. It all sounds reasonable but I had to note the piece he put in his son’s hand was the black one. I don’t see him teaching his son to posture for justice near as much as the path of least resistance to gain power and position. WuYi asks JiaYu to accompany him to the Beifu camp after promising her he would help her untarnish her logo. At the camp the rebel soldiers siding with the Imperial guard were punished accordingly. Yue’s head and fake XiaoSheng was delivered to Empress Dowager’s carriage where master strategist WuYi had her accept Beifu’s military reforms. At the camp he had JiaYu show the difference between a toy crossbow compared to one for military use. Knocking off the brazier with first shot made quite an impression. She did not deny her hunter design was the culprit for their loss, but it was also noted that officials were required to have them mass produced and provided to their army through the armory director. This was such a massive blow to the power play Empress dowager thought she had succeeded at accomplishing. JiaYu’s proving what the memorial was made from and how it would collapse with heat demonstrated the Empress dowager’s treachery with her magnanimous gift of hundreds of lanterns. Her treachery has been made obvious for those that have eyes to see. I am waiting to see what happens to the impeaching officials that had info used prior to it being released to the public. He has declared peace on northern border with envoys wanted to form a treaty. This job came to Mao and WuYi to accomplish because Empress dowager wanted no part of it. This seems typical for those wanting to ensure their own power rather than true help for the people. I think Mao sees his friend in a new light and can compare this strategy for peace and reform compared to Tutor Xie’s position of everybody is a pawn if in the way to ambition’s height. WuYi purchased a shop for her to hang her logo and be offially used for arms improvement as well. It was a touching moment when she cut the sign in half to label it Miraculous Crafts only making it clear women could contribute. JiaYu’s mother thinks she offers WuYi an offer he can’t refuse. He will only agree that JiaYu deserves choice and that nobody else should make that for her…not even him. She gives him the phoenix heart tokens and promises her allegiance and to find the last token holder. What was interesting is we now know Mao is Tutor Xie’s son but what we don’t know is who JiaYu’s parents really are because neither her mother or father are her biological parents. WuYi has become more and more sad that he is falling in love with a wife who wishes him happiness and success while she runs off with Mao to see the world. He has not promised divorce but knows this is very well the option JiaYu will choose. Her mother agrees and that is why she pledged allegiance. I love that he let her know he would not be manipulated by anybody. I don’t think she expected that strength in character. I am not sure how he will convey all this to JiaYu, but it will inevitably cause him increasing heartbreak to watch this play out. I hate that this causes him suffering, but I am so content to see a mother going all in for her daughter without using her as a pawn. She only wishes her daughter happiness and the right to decide what path best gets her there. I cannot fault her for paving the way for her daughter’s freedom.

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