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The Lament of Autumn episode 22 recap: Fire
Ye Pingjun leaves with her mother, Yu Changxuan lets her go, then a fire kills her mother and leaves Ye Pingjun in a coma.
What happens in episode 22
Ye Pingjun decides to go south with her mother, and Jiang Xueting goes with them. She leaves Yu Changxuan a painting of maple leaves.
He chases her to the dock and tells her she is the girl who comforted him at the Guanyin temple years ago. She still says no, and he lets her go.
Soldiers set a fire. Before she dies, Shu Wan gives her daughter a button from a Yu army uniform. Yu Changxuan runs into the flames and gets Ye Pingjun out, but she falls into a coma. Jiang Xueting tumbles down a slope in a fight and goes missing.
Yu Changxuan takes her back to Fengtai to nurse her and tells his parents he will marry her. Mou Linsen and Kuang Bingwen plot to kill her; Liang Wenbo spreads revolutionary ideas. The episode ends on a nurse acting suspiciously.
Why it matters
The mother's death is the turning point the official synopsis builds the rest of the story on, and the uniform button points at the Yu army.
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