Wrap Up

We are given a solid wrap up of Yin Xue's life and the direction changes towards the upcoming wedding between Flame Villa Feng'er and Top Blade City Miss D.

1)Our episode opens to the supremely evil Anye Luo telling Yin Xue that he should be grateful, that the woman he loves will never forget him once he dies.  He delivers a death blow and then flees the scene, leaving a very distraught Ge'er to find Yin Xue.  Shocked and upset, she takes him into her arms and accuses him of yet again joking, of lying to her, and then insists he tell her what to do so that he can be healed.  Yin Xue seems amused, even as he dies, and his body dissolves, his essence floats up to the heavens, and he is (thinking) he hopes she never forgets him.  She is left holding his clothes.

2)Youqin awakens and finds the hut abandoned, his mentor gone.  Die Yi arrives with soldiers, to find Ge'er inconsolable and shaking back and forth with Yin Xue's clothing.  MW Yu awakens wanting to know where Ge'er is.  He also wishes to thanks the King of Snowy Robe.  However, his men reluctantly tell him that Yin Xue is dead, which shocks Yu.  For the next few days, Ge'er is utterly depressed, still clinging to his clothes (it is somewhat reminiscent of BQ's struggle over Ye Hua's death).  The emperor is updated and he too is saddened to learn that Yin Xue has turned to snow and melted.  He will hold an elaborate funeral and erect an monument in his honor.

3) Everyone @ Blossom House mourns Yin Xue's passing.  Officers from the imperial court bust in and interrupt, insisting (after speaking to third prince) that they are looking for desciple of Thunderclap Sect because they led an attack to kill Yu.  They search Blossom House, but Madame Blossom doesn't seem to mind.  Everyone is leaving in droves now that Yin Xue is gone.  It will close down.

4)MW, Miss D continues to not eat.  She is visted by Wu Xia's mistress and learns the dreadful news that Yin Xue has died.  She is utterly devastated--

==Ahem, so audience, we can all agree that Ge'er has reaped what she has sown, and lost the person she loves the most based on her impulsive actions, afterall, was she not warned by Yin Xue to not get involved in this conflict??===

5)Master Lei seeks refuge at Yu's palace and is able to see Yu only after Die Yi vouches for him, that he was not involved in the attack.  Yu is skeptical of Lei's words but agrees to house him and keep him safe because he is Ge'er's friend.  Yu creepily watches Ge'er sleep, and Ge'er calls out for Yin Xue in her sleep.  She awakens and is terrified when she finds his clothes missing; Die yi explains she only put them up and this calms her considerably.  Yu expresses concern over her, and even gently reminds her that she has not asked about his health (jealous?).  Yu recalls what Yin Xue told him about the Dark Palace using this as a chance to kill him.  Ge'er fills him in on the events of the day, again verifying that Niang was involved in this.  Again it is repeated that Niang has a female senior (?). After this, Yu confirms the events of Yin Xue's death to the emperor however he leaves out the names of the enemies involved.  We also learn that Yin Xue apparently died and descended into heaven to be a deity (?)

6)3rd and 7th prince greet Yu as he leaves the emperor.  7th is polite, however 3rd, as usual, is a complete jerk and is creepily interested in the wedding (recall how he basically admitted to wanting to rape Ge'er and make her his woman).  Yu uses this as a chance to remind his brothers that everything is not always what it seems and that the Thunderclap Sect may not be involved in the attack and he will not be married until Yin Xue's murder is solved.

7)At Blossom House we are again reminded that it is closing and that Youqin has gone missing since his mentor's death.  Ge'er meets with Madame Blossom who reflects on her memories of Yin Xue: she explains that when she was 19, her husband recently dead, she arrived at the brothel because she feared being bullied.  Yin Xue asked her to manage the brothel, and similarly, Youqin was in a bad place when he arrived; he had been taking the imperial exam but was framed for cheating.  He arrived to kill the guy who did it, and Yin Xue told him it was better to triumph over your enemies and have them bow before you instead of killing them.  In this way, it seemed like Yin Xue did not really run a brothel but rather provided hope for lost people.  She said Yin Xue was always travelling and picking up people.  She always reveals that Yin Xue said many times he was an old man and had not died, he said, because he was waiting for someone.  She tells Ge'er that she should not dwell on the dead but live happily and move on because Yin Xue would have wanted that.  Ge'er tells her that while she won't be depressed forever she can't move on, not until she has justice.

8)MW, Miss Phoenix boldly requests an audience with Lei, who tries to make her go away with money. Ge'er listens to their dialogue, and Phoenix insists she wants what they discussed, and he says I can't protect you, let alone myself but she doesn't care (it seems evident that Phoenix is in love with him and is trying to be near him, and Ge'er seems to understand this).  

9)Yu and Ge'er discuss the upcoming wedding.  Ge'er no longer seems bothered by it and is even eager to give her wedding gift.  Yu says he is happy to see her happy and that they can leave at once for the wedding.

10)the episode ends with Miss D sending for her brother, Wu Xia.  She tells Wu Xia that he is right, that she should marry for Blade City, and Wu Xia is over the moon, promising her once flame villa is destroyed she will get a divorce.  Miss D looks DEAD.  

--I gave this episode a 9 because it very nicely wraps up everything

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