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(Fate of Southern Love)

(Episode 11)

So you're the new Chancellor,

Lou Si Yi?

You must be Prince Ning.

Your Highness, greetings.

Prince Ning.

I've already been with another man.

I can't marry you.

I humbly ask you

to find someone else.

That doesn't bother me.

Don't let it bother you.

I'm sure he didn't mean it either.

It was just an emergency.

I totally understand.

You're right, Your Highness.

It was just an accident.

What's up with everyone?

We're at Qingxiao Pavilion.

Why's everyone so uptight?

How about some music?

Or maybe taste some fresh wine?

You sure know how to have fun.

I'll take my leave.

Lou Si Yi's been allergic to hawthorn since he was a kid.

He nearly died from it once.

Father even made me go check on him.

As the legitimate daughter,

Your Highness still remembers this.

It shows how kind you are.

But what Father didn't know

was that I hated having so many siblings around.

So I kept asking the kitchen to spike his meals.

After that,

he kept breaking out in rashes.

Looks can be faked.

But an allergy you're born with

can't be faked.

Your Highness, what if Chancellor Lou didn't have any rashes?

If he drank wine with hawthorn and nothing happened,

then...

Jin Zhu.

What are you trying to achieve?

Running to Father and spouting nonsense?

That's not like you

at all.

Now that you say that,

I actually think

you are also different now.

You never cared about me before.

So you want me to care about you more?

Is that why you said you wouldn't marry me?

You're overthinking it, Prince Ning.

No matter how you treat me,

I still won't marry you.

Honestly, it's better for you this way.

Didn't you

bring another woman with you?

She's just...

Luo Li?

System, isn't Lou Si Yi pretending to be impotent for revenge this time?

Hurry up and tell me his storyline. I want to help him.

(Host, this is the second male lead's own storyline.)

(Everything will play out as planned.)

But what if Jin Zhu gets to Lou Si Yi first this time?

The same thing is going to happen again.

(What do you want, Host?)

I want

Lou Si Yi to fall for me first this time.

We haven't even listened to the music

and you're already trying to get me drunk?

Of course not.

I'm just trying to help you

enjoy the music more.

(The Empress suspects Lou Si Yi's real identity.)

(So she purposely used wine with hawthorn juice)

(to see if he'd break out in a rash.)

(She even sent assassins to wait for the right moment.)

(If Lou Si Yi doesn't have any rashes,)

(the assassins will strike...)

It's too late!

Don't drink it!

Was she planted by Lou Si Yi?

I saw that person sneaking around just now.

She is suspicious.

Good thing I got here in time.

- But I think you should check - Strike now?

If someone is trying to harm you.

- Do it. - You're welcome.

She is not from Great Jing either.

Chancellor Lou.

Regardless,

you held me in front of everyone.

You must have regard for our reputations.

Yet you still show up at places like Qingxiao Pavilion.

This is completely inappropriate.

Why is there another woman here?

What do we do now?

Her Highness will know what to do. Let's go.

All of you, get out now!

Jin Zhu, you remember everything.

You remember everything, don't you?

You don't have to pretend anymore.

Whether you remember or not,

it doesn't matter.

You just need to know,

this is my story.

It's the main character's story.

Got it?

Without the supporting roles,

how can the main character

even be the main character?

Besides,

be it the main character

or the supporting role,

aren't those just things from stories?

I don't care if you remember or not.

You just need to know

that in this world,

what you want to change

will never change.

Madam, Chancellor Lou didn't drink it.

Chancellor.

Madam Yan Ran is here.

That entertainer

knows I didn't drink.

But your rash has already...

(Madam, Chancellor Lou didn't drink it.)

There was only one cup of wine.

It was all spilled.

He refused on purpose?

I did some digging.

Someone named Luo Li, whom Prince Ning brought back,

purposely broke the wine cup.

So he shouldn't get a rash.

Hurry.

Yan Ran is here. She knows you didn't drink.

You need to hurry.

It's too late.

General...

Madam Yan Ran.

What brings you here?

Chancellor, why do you have a rash?

Today is the day of Jingzhe.

Her Highness specially sent some pear soup for you.

Her Highness is always so thoughtful.

She knows you can't have hawthorn.

But I wonder.

You haven't eaten anything today, Chancellor.

- How come... - Hawthorn?

You're allergic to hawthorn?

I bought these snacks on West Street today.

I just ate a bunch of them.

But I didn't know you were allergic to hawthorn, Chancellor.

So just now, did I...

Well, that's quite a coincidence.

Lady Jin, you're an unmarried woman,

yet you show no modesty at all.

I'm the daughter of the General of the State.

Since I've already had physical contact with you,

I can't just ignore my reputation.

But as for today,

I was indeed too forward.

But you are also to blame.

You can't shirk from your responsibility.

The Chancellor's rash

should really be checked by the resident physician.

I'll take my leave now.

Chancellor Lou, can you trust me now?

I truly mean you no harm.

I just want to change...

Who told you

that I carried a pouch with me?

How did you know there were hawthorn pills inside?

It was you.

You told me yourself.

This pouch

is the only thing in this world

that truly belongs to you.

What a lie.

What are you really after?

(Today's performance is)

(Trial of the Red Ribbon.)

(You're all welcome to come watch at You hour.)

Come with me.

I'll tell you everything.

Chancellor Lou, do you know

what this shadow play is about?

After Chen Sheng passed the imperial exam,

he finally married Miss Ying.

It sounds like a happy ending, right?

But that happiness only belongs to the two of them.

Chen Sheng's childhood sweetheart, his cousin,

was ruined by Chen Sheng.

Chen Sheng's colleague fell for Miss Ying.

To ensure Miss Ying's happiness,

he was forced to take the blame.

In the end, he was executed.

What if I tell you

that you and I are the cousin in the story

and the colleague who loved the wrong person?

We're just extras in someone else's happy ending,

side characters whose fates are decided by the author's whim.

In this fictitious world,

we can't control our own fate.

What if I tell you that only when you and I get married

can we actually change this fate?

With such a huge favor,

Lou Si Yi will definitely notice me this time.

Jin Zhu?

Why are those two together again?

Lou Si Yi shouldn't even remember her this time.

System, what's going on?

(Host, Lou Si Yi can handle)

(his own storyline.)

(Stop interfering with the plot.)

(If the plot gets messed up, )

(you'll never earn points again.)

But she was supposed to die on her wedding night with Zhou Nan Zhi.

She's just a disposable character.

Why does she keep messing up my story?

Lou Si Yi.

I don't want to be the side character

who completes the main character's story.

You shouldn't have to die at the hands of the one you love

and allow your life to be used

as the stepping stone for their love.

It's a shame

we don't hold the strings of fate.

If we want to change any of this,

we have to risk everything.

So you're saying,

if I marry you,

in this story,

we can control our fate?

This might be our only way.

You think making up a story like this

will make me believe you?

Once you marry Zhou Nan Zhi,

given the intricate forces behind,

His Majesty would never let the General

ally himself with the Lou family.

The Empress doesn't want my power to grow too strong

that she can't control me.

Because of you, I'd become everyone's target.

But all of this is just part of the plot.

I want to change my fate.

And I don't want you trapped in a dead end either.

If we get married,

we can change all of this.

We can break free from these constraints.

Tomorrow is Zhou Nan Zhi's birthday

where His Majesty will grant the marriage.

If you propose before His Majesty does,

- then all of this... - Fate?

What gives you the right

to decide my fate?

What are you doing?

My fate is mine alone to decide.

If we were really just puppets being controlled by someone else,

then I'd destroy anyone who stood in my way.

Let me give you a piece of advice, Lady Jin.

You'd better get your head checked.

Just because you watched a couple of plays,

now you think you're the main character in one,

talking nonsense.

(If the stage is gone, )

(what's the point of leaving?)