The Lament of Autumn episode 20 recap: A last goodbye in the snow

In short

Ye Pingjun defends Yu Changxuan in public, his secret plan to intercept Japanese tungsten clears him, and they say goodbye under fireworks.

What happens in episode 20

Chu Wenfu wants Yu Changxuan court-martialed. Ye Pingjun speaks up for him in front of everyone, and Yu Zhongquan and Chu Wenfu draw guns on each other.

Gu Ruitong produces the plan: Yu Changxuan was only pretending to work with the Japanese so he could seize tungsten they were smuggling home. Chu Wenfu has to let him go. In a corridor Yu Changxuan forcibly kisses Ye Pingjun, and she cries.

She finds out the smear story came from Jiang Xueting and breaks with him. Li Bowen arranges for the two to meet on the moon terrace of the Taifeng restaurant, where, amid fireworks and heavy snow, Yu Changxuan calls it their last goodbye.

Tao Xili now resents Ye Pingjun for his daughter's broken engagement. At home Ye Pingjun finds a jade pendant identical to his. At a temple Yu Changxuan sees a charm pouch she left and recognizes it as belonging to a girl he met as a boy, and starts checking the list of worshippers.

Why it matters

Two secrets surface at once: Ye Pingjun's link to Tao Xili and her past with Yu Changxuan.

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