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(Fate of Southern Love)

(Episode 17)

(East Hall)

Move.

Jin Zhu, I can't believe you lied to me.

You kept saying you didn't want to marry Nan Zhi.

But now, you're the Princess Consort of Ning.

Who are you playing victim for?

Say something.

Were you forced into this?

Then you should fight back.

If you really don't want to marry him,

how about

I help you run away?

I'll get you out of Jingdu.

I'll send you to Great Chu.

Let's pack your stuff right now.

I'll even get you a big house when you arrive.

As long as you never come back,

I don't care what you do.

Come on.

No, that's not necessary.

None of this means anything anymore.

What do you mean, it doesn't matter?

Fate

has already decided my ending for me.

No matter how hard I try,

I still can't escape this fate.

No matter what I do,

how I do it,

the story always ends up the same.

You broke your promise today

and made a fool out of me.

Lou Si Yi.

You'd better remember your place.

When did I ever...

His Majesty still hasn't

appointed a crown prince.

Lou Si Yi.

You can't produce an heir.

You have no children.

The only one you can count on is my son.

If Nan Yan becomes the emperor,

you'll be the emperor's uncle.

But if Zhou Nan Zhi takes the throne,

what do you think will happen to us?

I don't need to spell it out, do I?

See?

Nothing has changed at all.

(Host, in the next part of the story,)

(the Empress is worried that Lou Si Yi will switch sides to Prince Ning.)

(So she asks Lou Si Yi to come assassinate Zhou Nan Zhi)

- (to prove his loyalty.) - But Lou Si Yi fails the assassination.

He decides to take me hostage and escape.

And after that, he completely falls for me. Right?

(Yes, Host.)

I now wonder

if you're still loyal to me.

What do you think, Your Highness?

Prove it to me.

Show me you won't betray us for Zhou Nan Zhi.

What I mean is...

Your Highness.

The plot

seems to have changed.

What are you even talking about?

Where's Lou Si Yi?

And where's Zhou Nan Zhi?

What's going on?

Lou Si Yi.

You want to kill me.

(Lou Si Yi is the eldest prince.)

Lou Si Yi is actually the eldest prince.

How is that even possible?

So that mongrel

impersonated Young Master Lou and returned.

But...

But I checked it myself before.

Chancellor Lou didn't seem suspicious at all.

If he wanted revenge,

he'd definitely have a perfect plan.

Your Highness, can we really trust this?

We still don't know where this note came from.

It was just left on the steps of Shengkun Palace.

What if someone is trying to stir up trouble?

It's better to be safe

than sorry.

That pouch probably belongs to Lady Liu.

Jin Zhu and Lou Si Yi

actually put on such a big show

just to fool me.

If that's the case,

then why did Chancellor Lou

call off the wedding at the last minute?

I don't care about the answer.

Lou Si Yi is still in his act.

Clearly, he still wants to hide the truth.

So I'll have him kill Jin Zhu

to keep Zhou Nan Zhi from allying with the general.

Then I'll accuse Lou Si Yi of trying to assassinate the Princess Consort

and have him executed right there.

Killing two birds with one stone.

- Why? - No reason.

You have to die.

Talking won't change anything.

Go ahead.

Lou Si Yi.

You merely lost your memory.

But I bet your heart

is more honest than your memory.

- Lou Si Yi. - Don't move.

Don't let the story control you.

Zhou Nan Zhi.

Come with me.

According to the plot,

Lou Si Yi leaves through Zhuye Gate, right?

(Yes.)

Then he has no reason not to show up this time.

I need to go check what's going on.

Prince Ning, where are you taking me?

I've asked Father for permission

to take you back for the wedding.

I know what I'm doing.

No need to trouble yourself.

The Empress wants Lou Si Yi dead.

It's out of your hands.

Everything is fine.

Why would the Empress want Lou Si Yi dead?

This whole thing,

how did you find out about it?

Aren't you and the Empress sworn enemies?

Regardless, just come with me first.

Unless you're the one stirring things up.

You want the Empress to get rid of Lou Si Yi.

But why would you do that?

Feng Yan.

Feng Yan.

Feng...

It's me.

What exactly did you do?

How did the Empress find out Lou Si Yi's true identity?

That should happen later in the story.

Everything's a mess now.

Lou Si Yi and I are political enemies, so anything I do is justified.

Wait.

You shouldn't even do that in this part of the story.

How did you know that the person just now was Lou Si Yi?

You didn't even fight him this time.

Jin Zhu, just come with me first.

You used to

refer to yourself with your honorific title.

But today,

you keep saying 'I'.

Zhou Nan Zhi,

what do you really know?

Who are you?

Are you the author?

Only those who are awakened

can see the creator of this world.

Could it be

you've awakened too?

Jin Zhu, the price for defying the script

is more than either of us can bear.

As long as Lou Si Yi dies,

the wedding plot

will go just as planned.

So that's how it is.

No wonder when I said I wanted to call off the wedding,

you rushed back to Jingdu.

No wonder even though you like Luo Li,

you insisted on marrying me.

No wonder you kept telling me

to follow my fate.

It turns out you knew everything.

You just want this story

to play out exactly as it was written.

Zhou Nan Zhi,

you're already awakened.

Why aren't you fighting back?

Why are you trying to stop me instead?

Tell me.

Explain yourself.

Jin Zhu, I'm doing this to protect you.

I don't need your protection.

Lou Si Yi won't die either.

And I definitely won't just accept my fate.

There's one more thing you got wrong.

It's not Lou Si Yi's existence

that changed my story.

The change

has always come from me.

Jin Zhu.

How would I know?

Just because you're the author's consciousness

doesn't mean you can act arrogantly in front of me.

To be blunt,

you're just another made-up consciousness.

You're just something from a fictitious world.

Even if the whole story collapses,

the worst that happens is that I can't return to the real world.

But what about you?

If the storyline disappears,

that means the author's consciousness is gone for good.

So tell me, which one of us should really be worried?

Lady Luo, you are right.

No matter what,

you and I have to work together

to make sure the story follows its original path.

We can't let Lou Si Yi ruin the wedding.

Once Jin Zhu finishes her storyline,

I'll use this Blade of Fate

to erase her completely.

This blade

can erase comic characters.

Once Jin Zhu is erased,

a new Jin Zhu will appear.

One with no self-awareness,

who won't mess up the story.

Why are you so nervous?

This can't hurt me anyway.

Why make things so complicated?

- Just kill her for me right now. - No way.

For named characters,

they can only be erased

after their storyline is complete.

Too early or too late, and the story falls apart.

As long as she disappears,

all the story's variables vanish for good.

Everything and everyone that changed after Jin Zhu had awakened

will return to their original settings.

There will never be another awakened character in this world.

Remember, you have to find a way

to let me appear in the wedding night scene.

Then I'll erase Jin Zhu myself.

System. Gather and disperse.

Blade of Fate!

So long-winded.

It's easier to just kill her.

(Host, you cannot go against...)

- Shut up. - Lou Si Yi.

Lou Si Yi.

Come with me. I'll get you out of here.

Let's go.