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(Fate of Southern Love)

(Episode 13)

This pouch...

It belongs to me.

I wouldn't dare lie.

Yesterday, on the street,

it was crowded and chaotic.

I thought I had lost it.

I never expected

it would end up with Your Majesty.

Is that so?

But hawthorn flowers are clearly white.

So why did you stitch them red, just like that wretched woman?

This pouch

was indeed embroidered by my own hand.

Most noble ladies prefer white.

I just thought

red hawthorn flowers

are more unique.

That's all there is to it.

Please, Your Majesty, see the truth.

These stitches are impressive.

For someone so young,

your embroidery is remarkable.

The maids at Shengkun Palace should learn from you.

Tell me,

how should the needle be worked?

This is the velvet stitch technique.

Raw silk is used for the warp.

Velvet thread is used for the weft.

The first layer crosses four threads.

Then pick up one thread.

The second layer...

Go on.

As long as you finish the embroidery and don't change your story,

I'll believe you.

Cross one thread.

Pick up one thread.

Then cross four threads.

Pick up one thread.

Evenly pick up one thread and hang four threads.

The third layer...

Cross one thread.

Pick up one thread.

Then cross four threads and pick up one thread.

These hawthorn flowers, dyed red with fresh blood,

must be truly unique.

I'm tired.

Report back when you're done.

Lady Jin, you'd better just tell the truth.

Do you want to die here?

Speak up.

(This has nothing to do with court politics,)

(nor with personal gain.)

(It's all because in our past life,)

(you risked everything to save me from danger.)

(So this time,)

(I'm determined to change our doomed fate.)

Chancellor, give Lady Jin a quick death.

The Empress is dead set on making her talk.

Killing her will end all future trouble.

Chancellor.

Are you planning to save her?

But the Empress will never let this go.

Going against the Empress now

won't do us any good.

As long as the pouch and Lady Jin disappear,

you'll have nothing left to worry about.

Who is that?

- Leave no survivors. - Yes.

Come with me.

Chancellor Lou, have you really thought this through?

Chancellor, we need to hurry and take the side path to Zhuye Gate.

Our contact is waiting outside.

The needle was poisoned.

There's no time.

We have to detoxify right away.

In just a moment, the Empress will realize Lady Jin is gone.

But in this palace,

where could we possibly hide?

Tonight is Nan Zhi's birthday banquet.

I have to be the prettiest one there.

That Flowing Cloud hairpin from Great Chu, you must find it.

Yes, Princess.

Princess, why aren't you going inside?

I...

I'm tired.

- You may go now. - Alright.

Chancellor Lou, are you really

planning to harm the Princess of Great Chu?

Jin Zhu?

You...

What are you all...

You'll get the antidote

once we're safe.

- Has she confessed? - Your Majesty, Jin Zhu is missing.

The other palace maids were all killed.

Your Majesty, what should we do now?

Find her.

She can't have gone far.

If her poison isn't cured,

she'll die anyway.

Yes.

Someone dared to rescue her right under my nose.

How interesting.

You...

How did you end up like this?

You two...

Are you having an affair?

Wait, that can't be right.

Isn't he

supposed to be ill?

Why did you come to me in the first place?

No one would ever think she'd hide in your palace.

Besides, you're a princess from a vassal state.

No one would dare barge in here.

Her wound needs to be treated right away.

Otherwise, the poison will spread.

You guys...

Wait.

If you two really get married,

then you won't have to marry Nan Zhi, right?

You're so noisy.

Feng Yan will bring the imperial physician soon.

That's one of my people.

Earlier, did you give her a hawthorn pill?

It's highly poisonous.

There's no antidote.

She'll die as her body rots away.

Your poison is no ordinary one.

The Empress never planned

to let you leave there alive.

Why didn't you betray me?

The Empress promised you

exactly what you wanted most.

Saying yes to her would have been the smartest choice.

I don't want to marry Zhou Nan Zhi.

It's because I refuse to accept a fate chosen by someone else.

But I never said

I'd do anything just to survive,

no matter the cost.

Betraying me

is the price you pay.

Everyone else is just collateral.

That's what the weak say.

This world is all about survival of the fittest.

If you don't hurt others,

they'll end up hurting you.

So to get what you want,

you have to let go of everything.

Anyone can die for your goal,

even me.

Are you sure this cold, selfish version of you

is really who you are?

Are you sure you're willing

to give up everything for a made-up story?

Are you sure being on top

is really all there is to your life?

In this storybook world,

none of us get to choose our fate.

You and I are no exception.

That nonsense storybook again.

It's getting late.

I have to leave before the birthday banquet.

Your wound needs to be treated.

Our fates

have nothing to do with each other.

That's what you said yesterday.

Isn't it?

We're even now.

Is Princess Jing Yun here?

Who is it?

I'm Yan Ran from Shengkun Palace.

The Empress's kitten has gone missing.

Princess, did you hear anything unusual?

No.

The kitten might hurt you.

The guards should check your palace

to ensure your safety, Princess.

Search.

What are you doing?

Search.

I'm going to rest now.

None of you are allowed in.

I'm sent by the Empress.

Princess. Are you really going to defy the Empress's order?

You may be close to the Empress,

but at the end of the day, you're just a palace maid.

Let me teach you

what it means to know your place,

and there's always a line between master and servant.

If you want to enter my Fengchun Palace,

bring the Empress's decree.

Hong Ye,

kick them all out for me!

Get out!

Let's go.

Of all people, you had to mess with the Empress?

Get out of here now!

And...

Also,

hand over the antidote.

Who are you people? What do you want?

Take them all away.

We can't get out now.

No one's getting in or out, right?

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

Both gates of Fengchun Palace are surrounded.

Then we'll just wait for them to come out.

I'm actually curious

who dared to rescue someone right under my nose.

Well,

it shouldn't take long.

What's that smell?

There's a fire!

They're trying to smoke us out.

There's a fire! Princess, you need to get out!

Princess!

No one is allowed to come any closer!

They actually set Fengchun Palace on fire!

No way. I have to get out of here now.

I'm not dying here with you.

Wait, Princess.

I'm poisoned anyway.

Today, the Empress won't stop until she sees me.

If you go out with me,

you'll definitely get dragged into this.

So let me go out first,

then you guys find a chance to leave on your own.

Alright, hurry up.