Episode 24 plot introduction

After Xie Yanfang's death, the Chu Chaotang finally ushered in the real Qingming.Xiao Yu re-edited the laws and regulations, abolished several old systems that had been used by powerful ministers for a long time, and re-divided the powers and responsibilities of the border army, imperial guards and arch guard.The Chu Dynasty did not take advantage of the situation to monopolize power, but gradually handed over many military and political affairs to Xiao Yu, who was already able to make independent decisions.Xiao Yu was uneasy at first, worried that he still couldn't support this devastated court.The Chu Dynasty told him that emperors are not born with the ability to make decisions, but learn not to leave the people to the mercy of others after each responsibility.

There are many rumors about the eldest princess in the capital.Some people say that she should continue to be regent, some say that she has great achievements and shakes the emperor, and some regard her as the foundation of the great rejuvenation of Chu.When Chu Chao heard these words, he just asked Mu Xiaoman to continue investigating the case that should be investigated.She experienced being blinded by love and the destruction of the Chu family in her previous life. She also experienced her parents dying in battle and Xie Yanfang being executed in this life.For her, power and position are no longer something to prove herself, but a tool to protect innocent people.Now that Xiao Yu can take charge personally, she should slowly let go of this burden.

Xie Yanlai also resigned from some military positions after recovering from his injuries.He once stepped from a soldier in the imperial army to the position of a general in charge of the country, relying on the blood and fire on the battlefield, and also relying on the Chu Dynasty to pull him out of the shadow of the Xie family time and time again.Now that the old case of the Xie family is over, the souls of the dead in Weijia Village have been exonerated, and Ah Xiang has been properly settled, he finally no longer has to live for anyone's chess game.Chu Chao asked him if he was willing to leave the court, but Xie Yanlai just smiled and said that if she wanted to return to Yunzhong County, he would go back with her.

On the day of leaving Beijing, Xiao Yu personally delivered it to the city gate.The young emperor was much calmer than when he first ascended the throne. There was still reluctance in his eyes, but he did not hold back.The Chu Dynasty gave him the last military assignment and told Mu Xiaoman to stay in the capital to assist the Imperial Guard.A Le cried a lot when she was packing for Chu Chao, but Chu Chao comforted her with a smile, saying that Yunzhong County was windy and sandy, and her eyes would hurt if she cried too much on the road.Everyone was amused by this sentence, and the haze that had been weighing on their hearts for many years seemed to finally dissipate.

Chu Chao and Xie Yanlai rode side by side to leave Chudu and return to the desert along the same road they came from.When passing by Wangcheng, the city wall had been repaired and people were selling in the market as usual; further on, people from Cangmu Village were also seeing each other off by the mountain road.The wind in Yunzhong County blew the hem of Chu Chao's clothes, and she thought of her father's war drum, her mother's fire, and the hatred she could not swallow before she died in her previous life.Now that the hatred has finally come to an end, the living must continue to move forward.She and Xie Yanlai slowed down their horses in the sunset. In the distance was their peaceful home.This time, they no longer have to be pushed by anyone's fate, and can live the rest of their lives how they want.

After Chu Chao returned to Yunzhong County, the first thing he did was to worship Chu Cen and Kapok Hong.She told her parents about the pacification of the capital, Xiao Yu's taking over, and Xie Yanfang's execution, and then placed the old ornament in front of the tomb.The wind blew through the desert and rolled up the fine sand. She seemed to hear her father's war drum and the sound of her mother's horse hooves before she rushed into the enemy camp.Xie Yanlai did not disturb her and just stood far down the slope.When Chu Chao stood up, he handed over the water bag.Neither of them mentioned the people they lost, but both knew they would carry them with them for the rest of their lives.

The reconstruction of Yunzhong County is not easy.After the war, the city walls, fields, and trade roads all needed to be restored, and the border troops also needed to be reorganized.The Chu Dynasty no longer used the power of the eldest princess to suppress others. Instead, he and Xie Yanlai visited various camps, villages and towns, reducing the corvee that could be reduced, and providing the pension that should be supplemented to each household.The people of Cangmuzhai no longer hide in the mountains as bandits. Some of them join the army, some open up wasteland, and some escort caravans.The places that had been separated by old grudges were finally reconnected bit by bit.Chu Chao stood on the tower and looked at the smoke in the distance. For the first time, he felt that the destination in this life was not just a blank space after revenge, but a home where he could truly start over.