‘Princess Pearl 2’: Ep. 14 Recap — Ziwei Needs Room to Breathe!

EPISODE 14

Basically, Qing’er says that the fabric used to make the voodoo doll is the expensive kind that only noble Ladies in the palace got, so all they have to do now is to find out which Lady has this fabric and investigate from there.

The emperor and Yongqi are pretty proud of Qing’er’s deduction.

Yeah… don’t smile, Yongqi, be ashamed that you and Erkang’s entire detective team didn’t think of this first.

Looks like we’re pretty close to getting rid of the empress and Nanny Rong this time. Well, not really, Ziwei just has to be a spoilsport and ask the emperor to let the whole thing go. She doesn’t want conflict in the “family”. A happy family is the foundation of a good government, she implies. Fine, girl, don’t come crying when this comes back and bites you in the butt.

For once, the dowager grows some wits and insists that the investigation go on, the emperor supports this too.

Everyone goes home, Ziwei’s hands aren’t doing very well. The gang and the emperor are so worried that they surround her bed while the physician tries to heal her.

Not only that, Erkang even stands on the side and keeps reminding the poor physician to “be gentle”.

Anyway, this incident once against raises concerns about the security around Shufang Palace. The emperor asks Erkang and Yongqi if they have any suggestions to ensure the girls’ safety.

Erkang considers switching out the current guards and placing in new ones, but Yongqi is not shy about it this time, he’s like: you know what, enough with rules and propriety, Erkang and I are gonna do it ourselves.

Surprisingly the emperor agrees to this, he too has had enough of people trying to kill his daughters. Plus, it’s not like Erkang and Yongqi have anything better to do.

Now they have license to walk in and out of Shufang Palace anytime they want.

After the emperor leaves, Erkang goes back inside to make a love speech to Ziwei, as usual. He cries and even hits himself on the head for not being able to protect her 24/7.

Ziwei is particularly exhausted this time, combined with the terrible wounds on her hands, she passes out. Or it could be Erkang’s speech that suffocated her, who knows.

Anyway, it doesn’t look good. The whole gang rushes in to see what the yelling is all about and finds Ziwei unconscious. Get ready for an Erkang meltdown.

The emperor pays the empress a visit and lets her know that he knows everything she has done, and that he’s only letting it go because he still values their time together as husband and wife; also, their son is still little, so beheading his mom doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Ziwei still doesn’t wake up from her coma. This time, they bring in a whole team of physicians and surround her bed again.

You know what, people, if you’d give her some room to breathe, maybe she’d wake up.

Now, the bad news is: Ziwei has always been fragile since she took a knife in her chest back in season 1, her immune system is weakened, so this time, she may… you know… PASS.

Erkang screams, Xiaoyanzi screams, Jinsuo, surprisingly, does not scream. She directs the maids to prepare to tend to Ziwei.

Erkang drives everyone out and decides to bombard the unconscious Ziwei with another teary speech. It’s so cheesy moving that tears come out of Ziwei’s eyes even though they are still closed. Great, now Erkang will think that his method works and repeat it in the future.

When the emperor comes and receives the news, he and Lady Ling rush into Ziwei’s room and shout ANOTHER speech at her.

And NOW Jinsuo starts crying.

Ziwei begins to talk in her sleep. She recites that poem she and Erkang made up to honor their love or something.

And Erkang is like: nonsense, it’s all nonsense now. Well, I’ve been telling you that since Season 1, Erkang.

At this time, Hanxiang comes in. Since Chinese medicine is failing Ziwei, Hanxiang figured she could give Ziwei her own tribe’s medicine and see what happens. What could they lose anyway?

EXPRESSION OF THE DAY