Ge'er and Lei escape

In this episode, Ge'er explains her case in an effort to prove Lei's innocence.  But even with good evidence, it still is not enough to clear his name.  Ge'er decides to leave the villa, and personally escorts Lei out, but not after confronting Zhan Feng and making it clear what she really thinks of him.

1)Ge'er breaks down into giggles and applauds Yi Li for his well staged play.  She then asks Murong to name her personal maids, which he does,  She admits that she does not recognize this maid at all and believes she must clean her rooms.  She urges Yi Li to think more of the details in the future when he decides to stage events, and then she summons Huang, whose status as a personal guard to Yu, gives her a lot of leverage, who verifies this information as true.  She then turns to Yi Li who looks less confident and orders him to address her as Madame, not mistress, and asks him if he would like to change his story.  He admits he must not have seen the person who attacked him very well, and she dismisses the maid from the Villa for her safety, and delivers her defense.

2)Ge'er throws a bomb onto the floor and everyone takes cover but it does not detonate.  She explains to them that there is only one way to detonate a Quilin bomb.  She invites them to the river for a demonstration, and shows them that it can only be detonated if someone were to pull the pin.  Hence multiple people had to be involved, and Yi Li insists that this does not absolve Thunderclap, so she challenges him, why does the killer have to be from Thunderclap?  She then says that whoever makes these bombs might be persuaded to (questioning the testimony of the witnesses they procured) and could easily mass produce these types of weapons for a profit.  Unfortunately, what she does not know is that even with the formula, the final step requires a master maker to do something, hence they cannot be mass produced, and this is more than enough to make her seem like she is ignorant--and shakes the confidence in those around her.  Yi Li wants Feng thrown in the dungeons while they investigate but Feng has him sent to Maple Court (his own quarters) for safety.

3)Xun Yi visits Miss D and delivers an invitation to see Ge'er.  She tells her that she will personally escort Lei out of here, because no one would dare harm her.  She will then rejoin Yu and figure out how to get some justice but right now she can't stay here.  Miss D thanks her.  Xun Yi packs her bags and Ge'er begs her to come with her, to rejoin Ji and disappear from the pugilist world.  She says she can't because Ji believes that Feng is confused right now and will return to the villa so she will wait for him here.

4)Feng, MW, is getting hammered.  He cuts him down and wants to know why he appeared, because now Ge'er has to save him.  If he had not come, she would continue to just fake her illness and all would be fine.  Lei says that she did this because of what he did (so he is basically throwing a tantrum).  Ge'er arrives to get Lei, but first she visits with Feng.  She joins him for a drink and tells him that she remembers a drinking contest when they were little.  He states that he won.  She tells him that he didn't, that she cheated so that he would win because Ji, if he loses, laughs it off, but Feng takes it personally because he is a perfectionist.  She lists examples of when he was furious when he lost and worked hard to surpass his fellow disciples, and she tells him that the reason she always loved him was because he was like a hero and always did his best.  However, she was wrong about him (Feng's face is just crumbling beneath her judgment) because he is not a hero, but instead an unscrupulous man who would do anything to win, regardless of the consequences.  He must have wanted to be the Master very badly, and she thanks him for not killing her but tells him it is also a mistake not to.  She wants to know why he picked Thunderclap--is it because he needed someone to frame for his crimes, or because with Lei did they would not have an heir (which means less competition/more power) or both?  He passes out after asking if she poisoned him and she says she would never poison someone.

5)Miss D helps her move Li, and they leave together, while Wu Xia and Wu Hen discuss this latest problem.  Wu Xia wants Lei dead yesterday, and when he learns that a carriage was seen leaving, unescorted, he goes after it.  His sister is there, and she is able to send him away.  She says goodbye to Lei and promises that next time, no matter what, she will leave with him.  This is also where he learns Die Yi was killed, and the others learn that she was his sister.  

6)Wu Xia, Wu Hen, and Li Yi wait fro Feng to awaken.  They all tell him his wine was drugged.  Later, Miss D asks Feng if he intentionally planned to release Lei or if it was an accident.  He does not answer and tells her that her assistance in helping them escape means she will never be able to move freely because her brother will not allow it again.  They then 'spend the night together' I guess so she can avoid Wu Xia, and so that everyone thinks that they are sleeping together.

7)Li confronts Murong and the uncles and basically says that Ge'er is the enemy for helping Lei escape. They insist she is only doing what she believes is right, but Li says she is helping the enemy, so she is the enemy.  Feng refuses to allow her to be hurt and issues a decree that Lei kidnapped Ge'er and that she is to be brought back at once.  

8)The team finds their way back to Elder Yin Xue and he gives his condolences.  She learns about Youqin's predicament--having lost his powers--

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