Storm Over the Shen Family Episode 1: A Trap in the Capital
Regent Gu Changjue returns from three years at the frontier and walks into a trap. Someone drugs his tea, and he chooses Shen Zhiwei, the overlooked daughter who served it.
- Series
- Storm Over the Shen Family
- Length
- About 4 min
- How to watch
- free to watch
- Episode 1: A Trap in the Capital · Free · About 4 min
Regent Gu Changjue returns from three years at the frontier and walks into a trap. Someone drugs his tea, and he chooses Shen Zhiwei, the overlooked daughter who served it.
- Episode 2: Defying the Decree · Free · About 5 min
Punished and whipped, Zhiwei still brings him a list of the Grand Princess's spies. When the emperor orders him to marry the Shen family's legitimate daughter, Gu refuses: he will marry only Zhiwei.
- Episode 3: Breaking Down the Gate · Coins or membership · About 5 min
The crown princess, who broke off their engagement three years ago, comes to him at night and is turned away. When the Shen family forces Zhiwei to leave through a side door, Gu sends siege engines to smash the front gate.
- Episode 4: Through the Front Gate · Coins or membership · About 5 min
Gu carries Zhiwei through the front gate in a grand wedding procession. She warns him with a hidden needle, while the Grand Princess sees that the regent finally has a weakness.
- Episode 5: Turning the Tables · Coins or membership · About 5 min
The Grand Princess offers him the whole realm, and herself, if he will cast Zhiwei aside. It was all a trap set by the couple, and proof that she stole three hundred thousand in military pay comes to light.
- Episode 6: Trouble on the Visit Home · Coins or membership · About 5 min
On her visit home, the Shen family tries to punish Zhiwei under family rules. Gu declares that anyone who touches her will lose an arm, but that night someone fires a hidden arrow.
- Episode 7: The Hired Assassin · Coins or membership · About 3 min
Gu traces the assassin back to Crown Princess Shen Qingxue. He storms the East Palace, she is stripped of her title on the spot, and her pleas for mercy fall on deaf ears.
- Episode 8: The Late Emperor's Edict · Coins or membership · About 3 min
A late emperor's edict reveals that Zhiwei is the eldest princess, lost among commoners and unrelated to the Shen family. Refusing to concede, the Grand Princess summons three thousand loyal fighters that night.
- Episode 9: The Night Attack · Coins or membership · About 3 min
The Grand Princess's fighters strike in the night and a deadly battle follows. When someone is wounded in the fighting, Gu sends for doctors at once.
- Episode 10: Laying Down the Sword · Coins or membership · About 4 min
With the dust settled, Gu returns his military command and steps away from politics. He asks for only one thing: to guard Princess Zhiwei's door for the rest of his life.