This is the recap for Chinese drama Goodbye My Princess: Episode 40. Ru Shuang feels sorry to Jin Er and tells her that it’s the order from Empress. She leaves. The bodyguards close the door. Jin Er is on knees and keeps calling Ru Shuang. Se Se passes out. Jin Er runs to Se Se and tries to wake her up.
Episode 40
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for Goodbye My Princess: Episode 40.
Li Chengyin yells at Empress why she did it to Se Se since she was degraded to be common people. She scold him and thinks he doesn’t treat her as his mom. He begs her to let him see Se Se, and reveals she passed out. She threatens to drive Se Se out of the palace if he asks her to forgive Se Se again.
Crown Prince gets on knees and tells Empress that he will be on knees all the time if she doesn’t take back her order. She is furious to tell him to be on knees, and walks away. He passes out.
Crown Princess smells the flowers and asks Yong Niang if it’s beautiful. But Yong Niang tells Xiao Feng that Li Chengyin passed away after getting on knees at Qingning palace. Xiao Feng asks Yong Niang why Li Chengyin got on knees since he did nothing at Empress’s palace. Yong Niang reveals Empress sealed Qingluan palace and only kept Jin Er.
Yong Niang says that Se Se passed out and Li Chengyin had gotten on knees for whole day for getting Empress’s forgiveness. Xiao Feng thinks it’s not her business. She adds that Li Chengyin acted to show it to Empress. Yong Niang persuades Xiao Feng to see Li Chengyin. But Xiao Feng thinks he will be find after a few days.
Li Chengyin lies in bed and coughs. The doctor reports to Li Chengyin that his old wound in the leg had after he had gotten on knees too long. Li Chengyin asks Doctor Wang if he heard that the person would lose his memories. Doctor Wang reveals the person forget what happened if he got hit in the short time.
Li Chengyin thinks the memory will be back if the time is long enough. He tells Doctor Wang to leave. Li Chengyin asks Pei Zhao to pay attention to Xiao Feng and make sure she doesn’t leave palace. Pei Zhao promises it.
Li Chengyin dreams that he was bitten by the wolf. Shi En wakes Li Chengyin up and reminds him that it’s the time to drink medicine soup. Li Chengyin swears to remember it. He tells Shi En to take the medicine soup away and not let anybody walk in.
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Xiao Feng plays chess with A Du. Yong Niang tells Xiao Feng that Li Chengyin refused to drink medicine soup. She thinks he worried that Empress would hurt Se Se if Empress knew it. Yong Niang thinks what he did was childish, and tells Xiao Feng to see him. But Xiao Feng thinks she doesn’t have any reason to go because Se Se and Li Chengyin love each other.
Yong Niang persuades Xiao Feng that nobody dared to get into Crown Prince’s palace because he has had a fever for three days. Xiao Feng agrees to what Yong Niang said that it’s fine that Li Chengyin is dead. Because she’s going to be a widow.
But Yong Niang persuades Xiao Feng not to say so outside. Xiao Feng comforts Yong Niang that Li Chengyin isn’t dead. She agrees to go to see the guy. Li Chengyin has a fever in his bed. He calls his mother. Xiao Feng puts her hand on his forehead. She finds out that it’s hot.
He grabs her hand and he mistakes her for his mother. She lets Yong Niang bring them the medicine. A Du helps Li Chengyin get up. Yong Niang tries to feed the guy the herb soup. But he refuses to open his mouth. Xiao Feng lets A Du pinch the guy’s nose. It makes him open his mouth.
Xiao Feng catches the chance to force Li Chengyin to drink the herb soup. She helps him sleep in the bed. Se Se is in her room. She lies in the bed. Jin Er brings the porridge to her. She reveals Se Se is sick. But Empress didn’t allow the doctor to come to see Se Se.
Jin Er cooks some porridge. She thinks it will be better if Se Se drinks the porridge. Se Se asks Jin Er if Crown Prince came to see her. Jin Er cries. Se Se asks Jin Er to go to tell Crown Prince that she’s sick. She believes that the guy will come to see her.
But Jin Er persuades Se Se to drink the porridge first. She believes that Li Chengyin will come to see her if she recovers. Se Se is furious to push away the porridge. She claims that she doesn’t want to eat it. She believes that Crown Prince will come to see her when she cries.
Se Se tells Jin Er that she wants to tell Crown Prince that she didn’t hurt Xu Niang. She thinks Xiao Feng set a trap for her. Xiao Feng falls asleep when she takes care of Li Chengyin. Yong Niang persuades her to eat something. Xiao Feng tries to get up but her body is paralysis.
She lets Yong Niang go to bring her some water. A Du tries to cut off Li Chengyin’s hand. Xiao Feng stops her. Yong Nian feeds Xiao Feng the water. Xiao Feng lies on Li Chengyin when she cries. Yong Nian reminds A Du that Xiao Feng and Li Chengyin are couples. She takes her away.
Xiao Feng wakes up. She summons Yong Niang. She tells her that she wants to pee. Yong Niang goes to take urine bucket. Xiao Feng tries to pee. But she finds out that Li Chengyin is awake. She’s scared to ask Yong Niang to block her. It makes Li Chengyin laugh. A Du rushes into the room. She puts her knife on his neck.