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My wife drank the wine,

and... just morphed.

Her eyes went scarlet,

her nails too,

with horrible marks all over her face.

I was terrified.

I wanted to get away.

So I dove into the camp and hid in a trunk.

Your Highness,

I swear I meant no ill.

Tell me: after you got that mark,

how did you feel

about your wife?

I became uncontrollably obsessed with her.

Worst of all,

on every full moon night,

my blood would surge and churn.

Her every frown and smile,

every single breath,

was like a serpent burrowing into my heart.

Ah, every full moon night.

What a wicked snake.

Your Highness,

please don't lock me up.

I'm just a humble scholar,

a fool tempted by beauty.

Your Highness!

If you weren't so damn handsome,

and hadn't saved me as a kid,

I wouldn't have come back with you.

What did you slip me?

Are you up to scheme again?

Right now,

tell me how to break this curse.

Lo...

Longing to the bone, not the blood,

requited love eases the pain,

unrequited, you pine away.

First thing you need

is my blood.

But you can't hurt me,

and I hate pain more than anything.

So don't even think about it.

What if you wound yourself

willingly?

What again?

Where is it?

Look.

That person,

do you know him?

No, I don't.

How come Your Highness

let me out so easily?

Why is my Ninth Aunt here too?

My wife?

How did she find out?

I figure your Aunt

is here to rescue your Uncle.

What are you after, really?

Strain those eyes of yours.

Over here

and there,

this whole street

is lined with archers.

At the snap of my fingers,

they'll lose every arrow

and send them at your Ninth Aunt.

- Damn... - A candle in the wind

as your Ninth Uncle is,

he's the last one to save her.

Well then,

wait till they're riddled with

a storm of arrows

through the heart.

Seventh Aunt, you're right about

how good-looking men

are like Death Caps:

the prettier, the viler.

What...

What the hell have you been through?

You risked your life to save me when we were kids,

how did you end up like this?

Enough. Give me the blood.

Then at least untie me first.

Remember the last time you tied me up?

At a ruined temple in Luoxia Forest?

It was the second day

after the full moon.

Why bring that up?

What else could it be for?

To let you

relive that night.

With one snap of my fingers,

the love curse inside you

will flare up,

awakening your lust.

How

do you

feel?

Nonsense!

I would never...

Kicking in, huh?

Move.

Your face

is on fire.

Ears flushed too.

You're letting

your mind run wild.

Feels familiar, doesn't it?

Don't run.

Your heart's racing,

your breath is short.

The way you look at me now

is exactly like that night.

Stop that damned curse,

right now.

The night's still young.

Tough it out on your own!

Jiangzhu,

Royal Uncle's return to the city is most odd.

Instead of stopping by Jianxiang Studio,

he brought with him a woman.

If the intel is credible,

just a while ago,

he assembled a squad of archers.

Who's that?

Auntie, come with me!

Miss.

Auntie is provided for all her life.

She can't possibly have calluses.

Shen Miu,

how dare you trap me with my family?

That's what Lianhua's portrait for.

I want a portrait of that half-ghost,

half-witch wife of yours.

Stop the curse.

The whole curse thing was a lie!

Understood? You Death Cap.

How dare you use my family?

This can't be true.

Give me the blood,

Or else he's

gonna die a nasty death.

This is between you and me. Don't drag him in.

Help! Someone's got shot!

Don't panic. I'm strong.

I'll get you to the clinic.

Hurry, show me the way.

Come with me.

Your Highness...

Qingniang, I told you not to

fit the arrows with heads.

How did someone get hurt?

We did swap them out.

Have someone

take this scholar back.

You'll be escorting Shen Yuheng

to my residence for treatment.

Yes.

The rest of you, come with me.

Yes.

Your Highness,

please bear with it.

I never meant my personal affair to

victimize anyone else.

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Eyes off her.

Do your job.

Yes.

Yes, Your Highness.

Stop the bleeding first.

What's wrong with you?

Are you alright?

What's the matter?

What happened?

Rose...mary.

Rosemary.

Rosemary?

Got it.

Here.

How do you feel?

So here it is.

You truly are dodgy.

That was a trick.

So what?

You tricked me first.

You've never seen a Jadeling.

And you're forbidden to chase after our kind.

Understood?

Understood.

You've changed a lot since we were little,

haven't you?

But it's okay,

you still can't bear to see me die.

Once I fulfill the promise from our childhood,

we'll be square.

Finally, a giant loose end tied up.

So this is why you stayed by my side.

Rest assured.

I'm gonna search the world for Jadeling.

Is there more rosemary?

Why isn't my sound spell working?

I've been feeding myself on this

heart-burning herb

over the past twelve years.

It's long since seeped into my blood.

I'm a Jadeling, not a beast!

Why do you have to tie me up?

Your Highness, the Grand Heir...

has had his wounds treated.

It's worse than it looks.

He wants to see you.

Understood.

Watch her closely.

Keep her mouth shut.

Yes.

You see,

His Highness is usually very even-tempered.

This time, though,

he must have run into something serious

and got a bit agitated.

Don't take it personally.

It's nothing.

He saved my life, after all.

I can put up with it.

Your Highness isn't injured in the arm.

Do you seriously need my help?

Last night was nightmarish.

My wrist still shivers from the shock.

If I spill the medicine you brewed for me,

my dear Uncle,

I would resent myself.

Then go back to the palace.

The physicians

would kill to feed you.

I shudder to show up wounded

and weigh in on His Majesty.

May I stay here with you for a couple of days?

How smart of you!

I assume that's a yes, Uncle?

Coincidentally,

yesterday was Zhaohua's mother's death anniversary.

I have repaired her mother's heirloom.

Just about to give it to her.

My being bedridden now,

I wonder if you would be so kind

as to deliver it to her for me?

After all, you asked royal grace for her

to be your fiancée before you went to war.

Ah, I can't stand the bitterness.

Could I trouble Imperial Uncle

to fetch me some candied fruit?

Zhaohua?

Why are you here?

I...

I heard there was an assassin in the marketplace,

and came to check you out.

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

The one in trouble is him.

Zhaohua.

Recently, there's been a lot of unrest in the city.

You should avoid

going out alone as much as possible.

If you need help at the clinic,

I'll have Qingniang send some staff

to run errands for you.

Zhaohua,

I was injured last night,

and lost a lot of blood.

Could you examine me again?

My sound spell doesn't work on him.

He seems

to have forgotten who I am.

If that's the case,

I should hurry back to the Mirage Realm.

A life-saving favor dwarfs everything.

The childhood promise I made

I have to fulfill it, right?

Never mind.

I'll stay here for now.

Darn it!

Zhaohua,

You've been attending to him. You know best.

Check him out.

How are you gonna check me out,

standing planted there?

Shen Miu,

do you realize you

look like you're gonna eating me alive?

Give me...

Be civilized!

Have some decency.

I can't give it to you...

His Highness has a new secret.

Gotta tip the Grand Heir off about it.

I heard you plan to stay here to recover.

Your wedding with Uncle is coming soon.

You'll be going back and forth a lot.

Wouldn't it

make things more convenient

for us?

I'll see myself out.

Zhaohua!

I want you.

Not here, too!

How many more secrets are there here?

Why must I be decent?