Oh My Lord Episode 13 Recap
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Chen Youyou's innovative approach to running Fortune Shop, featuring unique performances in each of the Sky, Land, Black, and Yellow booths, led to booming business. Her staff praised her clever ideas that attracted an endless stream of customers daily. One day, Gu Tianhe delivered a special plaque to Chen Youyou, indicating it was from his lord and inviting her to the Sky booth for a show.
Playfully, he kept the nature of the performance a secret, which Chen Youyou found endearing. Inside the Sky booth, Chen Youyou was surprised to find Bai Li, who should have been on duty at the Castellan's Palace. Bai Li expressed how much he missed her, claiming that "one day apart seems like three years." Chen Youyou was touched by his zither performance, especially a beautiful melody called "Please come back home while enjoying the flowers along the path."
Bai Li then offered her freshly made, unburnt glutinous rice cakes with yam and fruit porridge, asking her to return to Bai's Mansion to live with him. Chen Youyou agreed, expressing her desire to have his porridge every day. Without hesitation, Bai Li instructed Gu Tianhe to move all of Chen Youyou's belongings into the Wind Booth, which was his own bedroom. Gu Tianhe, surprised by this directive, confirmed it was indeed Bai Li's private chamber.
Upon Chen Youyou's return to Bai's Mansion, Jiang Bihan confronted her, questioning why she would leave her successful role as shopkeeper at Fortune Shop to come back. Jiang Bihan hinted at the divorce agreement Chen Youyou had signed earlier. Before Chen Youyou could fully respond, Bai Li arrived, greeted Chen Youyou, and directed her to check on her belongings in his room, completely dismissing Jiang Bihan.
Shortly after, Gu Tianhe presented Jiang Bihan with the title deed to her ancestral house, which Bai Li had redeemed. While her servant saw this as a special Valentine's gift, Jiang Bihan understood Bai Li's true intention: to encourage her to leave and make room for Chen Youyou. She defiantly declared that she would not leave.
Meanwhile, heartbroken over Chen Youyou, Qi Zhengwen poured his feelings into creating pastries, describing their bittersweet taste as the "flavor of protection" and reciting poetry about the endless sorrow of lovesickness. As the Qixi Festival, or Valentine's Day, approached, Chen Youyou prepared a special drawing as a gift for Bai Li, patiently waiting for him to return home. Bai Li, however, was busy with an urgent matter conveyed by a pigeon letter and arrived late.
When he finally appeared, Chen Youyou, despite being sleepy from waiting, eagerly presented her drawing. Bai Li, feigning indifference, criticized the quality of her drawing, but then admitted he loved it and that anything from her was "priceless." He then revealed his own gift: an "ice tank" filled with the sweetest core of a watermelon. He explained that he had given the less desirable parts to the servants, who were now complaining about being overwhelmed with watermelon.
On this romantic Qixi Festival night, Bai Li, as a heartfelt re-confession of his love, solemnly burned the divorce agreement Chen Youyou had previously signed, symbolizing their reaffirmed commitment. Later, under the starlit sky, Chen Youyou and Bai Li released a Kongming lantern. Chen Youyou shared a Fuxian City legend about lovers lighting a lantern on Qixi to ensure they grow old together and never separate.
As they watched their lantern ascend, Chen Youyou gave her name to Bai Li, promising to be with him forever. Their romantic evening was abruptly interrupted by Jiang Bihan's screams from the backyard, claiming she had fallen into the laundry pool while praying for Bai Li's safety. When Bai Li, worried, suggested making ginger soup and changing clothes, Jiang Bihan exaggerated her condition, insisting she was too frail for an ordinary doctor and requested an imperial physician from the palace.
Though Bai Li offered to send Gu Tianhe, Jiang Bihan's plea subtly manipulated him into going himself, effectively separating him from Chen Youyou. Alone with Jiang Bihan, Chen Youyou confronted her, pointing out that Jiang Bihan's shoes were dry, proving she had faked the fall. Jiang Bihan dropped her pretense, expressing her bitterness over Chen Youyou stealing Bai Li, whom she claimed was originally in love with her. She accused Chen Youyou of using seductive tricks to usurp her place.
Chen Youyou tried to reason with her, but Jiang Bihan vehemently stated that Chen Youyou was the one who needed to face reality. Jiang Bihan then revealed she knew Bai Li was not a real eunuch and was secretly investigating the Su family's injustice.
She pulled out Bai Li's razor, using it to underscore her knowledge of his true identity, and threatened to expose him to the Castellan for "deceiving the emperor," a crime punishable by death for his entire clan. Jiang Bihan gave Chen Youyou an ultimatum: leave Bai Li and Bai's Mansion immediately, or she would expose his secret. Chen Youyou was visibly shocked, inadvertently confirming Jiang Bihan's suspicions and revealing her vulnerability.
When Bai Li returned with an imperial physician, he noticed Chen Youyou's pale face, though she insisted she was just tired. Heartbroken and burdened by Jiang Bihan's threat, Chen Youyou knew she couldn't tell Bai Li the truth. That night, she tearfully packed her belongings and quietly left Bai's Mansion, forcing herself to suppress her pain and affection for Bai Li. The next morning, Bai Li woke to find Chen Youyou gone.
He frantically searched for her before confronting Jiang Bihan, demanding to know what she had said. Jiang Bihan feigned innocence, claiming they only had "girl's talk" and expressed surprise that Chen Youyou had "run away from home." Bai Li, disbelieving her, threatened Jiang Bihan, warning her to pray for Chen Youyou's safety, or he would make her pay.
Bai Li then rushed to Fortune Shop, where his servant and Xiao Tiao worried that if he couldn't find Chen Youyou, he might "destroy the entire Fuxian City." Inside, Bai Li found Chen Youyou surrounded by two handsome men, Chuyi and Shiwu, who appeared to be posing for a portrait. To protect Bai Li, Chen Youyou put on a cold act.
She dismissed Bai Li's attempts to assert his ownership over her, claiming she was tired of him and had found "new boyfriends" to alleviate her boredom. She bluntly stated that her past affections were merely "for fun" and a means to save her father and acquire Fortune Shop. Now that her goals were achieved, she no longer needed to pretend. Bai Li refused to believe her, reminding her of their promise of honesty.
But Chen Youyou cruelly insisted that she no longer liked him and that they should have an amicable breakup, saving face at the end. To further infuriate him and drive him away, she announced her plans to purchase a mansion where Chuyi and Shiwu could take turns accompanying her from the first to the fifteenth of each month. Enraged, Bai Li finally left.
As soon as he was gone, Chen Youyou instructed the painter to distribute the finished portraits of her with the two handsome men all over the city, ensuring everyone would see them.
