This is the recap for The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 3. A Duo takes a look at Li Changge’s injury on her hand. He wonders why she was hurt, and thinks she encountered the enemies. He tells her to eat his breads, and thinks they’re good for her health.
The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 3 Recap
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 3.
A Dou thinks Li Changge has revenge, and asks her if she had a fight with enemies. She puts her dagger on his shoulder, and tells him that she will kill him if he continues to say a word. He’s scared and calls her master. He thinks he’s worth of dying if he can follow her.
The bodyguards surround the house. Li Changge is surprised that the bodyguards found her from Honor Temple. A Dou heard that someone poisoned the bodyguards in Honor Temple. He thinks it was Li Changge. He praises her. Fang Xuanling visits Du Ruhui. He’s surprised that he still works.
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Du Ruhui asks Fang Xuanling why he came. Fang Xuanling explains that he went to buy his wife pastries but he was stopped by the bodyguard. He notes that the house is burning. Du Ruhui asks Fang Xuanling if he wants to raise tiger. Fang Xuanling pretends to know nothing. He leaves because he needs to reply his wife.
Hao Du comforts Du Ruhui that he will look into the fire. Du Ruhui rejects it and thinks someone wants to protect Li Changge. Hao Du learns that the fire is set by Fang Xuanling. Du Ruhui thinks there’s nobody in Taste Store. Because the person didn’t want to get innocence involved.
Li Changge wants to leave the house. But the fire blocks her way. A Dou asks her what they can do. She climbs over the wall and takes him to flee. He asks what happened, and thinks someone prepared the ladder for Li Changge. She thinks someone helped her but she doesn’t want to accept the grace because her mom died in Honor Temple.
A Dou wants to follow Li Changge because he has no place to stay. She reminds him that he will live on the blade edge if he follows her. She tells him not to tangle with her. She runs away. Li Shimin summons Fang Yi and tells him to announce his order not to get innocence involved.
Ashina Sun tells the follower that Li Shiming resolved the rebel. He’s surprised that Li Shimin was so tolerant. The follower asks what they can do. Ashina Sun thinks he needs to go to You State. Because his brother will do something if he gets nothing.
Li Leyan runs into Fang Xuanling. She tells him that she’s preparing for visiting him. He calls her Yongan Princess. He tells her that Emperor have the title “Crown Prince” to her father. She asks him about Li Changge because she knows he cares for Li Changge most.
Fang Xuanling comforts Li Leyan that Yongning Princess doesn’t get caught. She says that she knows Li Changge would be fine. But he knows the princess will suffer. Du Ruhui meets with Li Shimin. He persuades him not to forgive all of the generals.
He mentions the commander of Tianjie Army Luo Yi was a good friend of Li Jiancheng. He worries that Luo Yi will rebel. Li Shimin stops Du Ruhui when Du Ruhui brings up Li Changge. He reminds his follower that he will take Emperor Suiyang’s path if he suspects his ministers.
He mentions Wei Zheng’s words. He reveals Fang Xuanling just recommended Wei Zheng. Du Ruhui takes a look at Fang Xuanling. He persuades Li Shimin that it will be hard to hire Wei Zheng because the guy is very stubborn. But Li Shimin thinks Wei Zheng is Du Ruhui’s dish.
Du Ruhui meets with the bodyguard outside. He asks him not to let the fish flee from the city. Li Changge tries to flee from the city gate. But she encounters a group of soldiers. She tries to avoid them but she bumps Ashina Sun. He wonders why she fled because he knows she’s a officer of East Palace. He mentions she scolded the soldier.
She recognizes him and she wonders why he tailed her. He points out that she bumped him. He wonders why she can be free to come and go since she didn’t surrender. He hugs her when the soldiers pass by. He tells her that he didn’t bully her. She flees. He walks out of the alley. He sees the general changing the guards. He learns that they cannot leave the city.
Du Ruhui visits Wei Zheng. But Wei Zheng refuses to see him. Wei Shuyu explains it to Du Ruhui that his father is sick. Du Ruhui reminds Wei Shuyu that his siblings will be killed if his father is broken. He persuades him to get long with his foster son Hao Du.
Li Changge arrives at Wei Mansion. She sees Li Shimin’s bodyguards. She worries about Wei Zheng. Wei Shuyu stops Du Ruhui from leaving. He promises to persuade his father. Du Ruhui is happy to give the fish symbol to Wei Shuyu. He reveals the fish symbol was given by Li Shimin. He tells him that he’s a person of Crown Prince Mansion from now on.
Du Ruhui takes the carriage to leave. Li Changge leaves after she witnessed Wei Shuyu betray her. She goes to see the notice. The guy reads the notice. He learns that Crown Prince forgave others because the main criminal Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji were killed. He thinks Crown Prince is kind.
Li Changge grabs her fist tightly. Wei Shuyu drags her to the alley. She thinks he wants to arrest her for promoting himself. He feels wronged because he thinks she knows he’s not such a person. She questions him why he joined Du Ruhui.
He explains it to her that he did it for saving his parents. He persuades her that it’s just a trick. He asks her to trust him. But she doesn’t believe anyone. He mentions Crown Prince forgave her. But she claims that she didn’t commit any crime.
He agrees to what she said. He persuades her to go to see Crown Prince with him. She rejects it because her mother is dead. She pretends to trip and she catches the chance to steal the fish symbol from him. She runs away. He finds out that she stole his fish symbol. He realizes that she plans to get into the palace with the fish symbol. He wonders why she wants to return to the palace. He goes to chase her. But she hides in a house and she gets rid of him.
Li Changge sneaks into the palace. She remembers the happy hour Li Shimin taught her to write. She takes the brush. Li Shimin returns to his palace. He finds out that his brush was touched by someone. Li Changge shows up behind him.
She carries a knife and she approaches him. She tries to kill him. But Du Ruhui interrupts it when he walks into the palace. He’s happy to bring the Crown Prince Seal to Li Shimin. Li Changge learns that Li Shimin killed so many people for the seal.