This is the recap for The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 4. Li Changge is chased by the bodyguards. A Dou saves Li Changge. He thrills that she fled with life. She asks him why he’s there. He says that he thought she would come to Friendship Palace if she wanted to take revenge.
The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 4 Recap
Note: From here on out there are specific plot spoilers for The Long Ballad Chinese Drama: Episode 4.
A Dou tells Li Changge that he’s very useful to her because he knows everything about Changan. He asks her to let him follow her. She tells him that he will die if he follows her. He tells her that he thinks it’s worth of it if he follows her to take the path in her heart. He says that he fears death but he doesn’t want to live like a dog.
A Dou notes that Li Changge smiled. He thinks she looks pretty when she smiles. She tells him not to hate her since he asks for death. He learns that she accepted him. Ashina Sun is surprised that Li Changge fled. He’s interested in him. He asks the follower Su Yishe if Li Jiancheng has any son. Su Yishe denies because all of Li Jiancheng’s sons got killed.
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Su Yishe thinks Li Changge is just a normal guy. The follower gets on knees to Li Shiming. He asks to take the bodyguards to catch the princess. Du Ruhui glares at the follower Fang Yi. Fang Yi is startled and calls Li Changge as escaped criminal.
Fang Xuanling asks Fang Yi why he talked nonsense. Du Ruhui asks Fang Xuanling about it. Fang Xuanling says that the followers of Li Jiancheng will flee if they search for them. He tells Du Ruhui that the melon won’t be sweet if they forces to eat them. He asks him to taste the melon.
Du Ruhui thinks Li Leyan wouldn’t release Li Changge if someone didn’t support her. Fang Xuanling tells Du Ruhui not to stare at him. He thinks it was reasonable that Li Leyan visited Li Changge because they’re best sisters. Du Ruhui asks if it was reasonable to steal Crown Prince Seal.
Fang Xuanling says that he didn’t expect that Li Leyan had guts. Du Ruhui is furious to ask Fang Xuanling if he wants to praise the girl. Fang Xuanling tells Du Ruhui not to wrong him. He says that it wasn’t related to him. He adds that he wouldn’t support Li Leyan to take away Crown Prince Seal.
Li Shimin stops the two. He thinks his daughter shouldn’t do that. He reveals that he punished her to think about her fault. He tells Fang Yi to go to arrest Li Changge. But he asks him not to kill her. Du Ruhui reminds Li Shimin that Li Changge has great martial arts. But Li Shiming says that he wants Li Changge to be alive.
Li Shimin mentions what Fang Xuanling said that the ministers are watching it. He asks him if he has any strategy. Fang Xuanling tells Li Shimin to use the wood Wei Zheng. Du Ruhui walks out of Li Shimin’s palace. Hao Du joins his father.
Du Ruhui thinks Crown Prince was too kind. He worries that his master will be hurt. Hao Du learns what his father means is Yongning Princess. He thinks it’s reasonable that Crown Prince didn’t want to hurt the princess because they had been close.
Du Ruhui scolds Hao Du. He mentions Li Changge had been trained as a crown princess. He adds that the girl tried to kill Crown Prince. He thinks they need to get rid of the scourge. Hao Du reminds Du Ruhui that Crown Prince told them not to hurt Li Changge.
Du Ruhui decides to give up his reputation for Crown Prince. He thinks he should kill Li Changge for the nation. He gives the task to Hao Du. Hao Du promises not to let his father down. Du Ruhui asks Hao Du to ask Chang He about the rumor. Hao Du goes to see Chang He. He gets a note from him. He smells a fish smell from the note.
Chang He catches the fish seller at the city gate. He asks him who asked him to put the note into the fish’s belly. The fish seller refuses to confess. Hao Du threatens the fish seller that he will take his life if he doesn’t tell the truth to him. The fish seller confesses that there was a man telling him to do that when he gave him some money.
Li Changge and A Dou eat pancake at the restaurant. A Dou offers to go to the south because he thinks the guards at the south are less. But Li Changge rejects it because she thinks the enemies would consider it. She sees the bodyguards of Prince Qin’s Mansion.
She stops A Dou from eating. She takes him to leave the restaurant. He tells him to meet with her at the bar after they flee. The bodyguard recognizes Li Changge. She flees. The fish seller is shown to the people. Ashina Sun’s follower sees the fish seller.
He returns to the hotel and he reports it to Ashina Sun. He worries that the fish seller reported them because the fish seller saw Su Yishe. Ashina Sun asks the follower to gather everyone for leaving. Because he knows the follower was exposed.
He thinks his enemies showed the fish seller on the street because they didn’t get any clue. He believes that the follower was tailed when he came back. Chang He takes the bodyguards to break into the hotel. They rush upstairs. Chang He sees someone jump from the second floor. The person gets on the horse and he rides away. Chang He orders the bodyguards to go to chase the person.
Ashina Sun rides the horse on the street. He runs into Li Changge. He mistakes that she’s tailing him as well. She pulls him off his horse. She thanks him and she rides the horse away. Chang He takes his bodyguards to chase Li Changge. Li Changge is surprised.
The two groups chase Li Changge at the same time. Li Changge climbs over the wall. She flees. Chang He sees the fish symbol Li Changge dropped. He steps on the fish symbol for concealing it. Commander Fang arrives. He asks Chang He if he saw Yongning Princess. Chang He denies it. He picks up the fish symbol after Commander Fang left.
Ashina Sun gathers with the followers. The follower is very happy after Ashina Sun was out of danger. Su Yishe reports to Ashina Sun that he found a way to leave the city. Chang He returns to the office. Hao Du scolds Chang He.
Chang He shows Hao Du the fish symbol. He reveals the fish symbol dropped from Yongning Princess. Hao Du finds Wei Shuyu. He shows him the fish symbol. He asks him to go to catch Li Changge. Wei Shuyu rejects it. Hao Du reminds Wei Shuyu that Li Changge used his fish symbol to sneak into the palace.
He mentions Li Changge tried to kill Crown Prince. He thinks Wei Shuyu is an accomplice. Li Changge meets with A Dou at the bar. She asks him to help her leave the city. He offers to disguise as Mongolian businessman. He takes her to the clothing store. But the store owner tells them that there’s no place.