Resumo do episódio 10 de Rebirth
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Since recovering, Yan Xun has been consumed by a frantic search for Chu Qiao, spending his days in the hunting grounds drowning his sorrows in alcohol. He has lost the ambition he once possessed, even remaining indifferent when his generals bring urgent intelligence regarding the Yong army. Despite reports that Xintai Pass is currently vulnerable and the Yanbei army has sufficient supplies for an eastern expedition, Yan Xun ignores his military duties entirely.
During an evening of revelry, a dancer performs a Yanbei war dance with movements so strikingly similar to Chu Qiao’s that Yan Xun is moved to tears. Mistaking his longing for interest, the dancer later sneaks into his tent to seduce him. However, Yan Xun is not fooled; he knows no woman can compare to Chu Qiao. He violently seizes her by the neck, questioning how a lowly performer could afford such expensive jewelry.
He quickly deduces she is the niece of Elder Pale, sent by the Pale Tribe to secure a royal heir and a path to the throne. After a chilling warning that she will not leave alive if they attempt such a scheme again, the terrified woman is cast out. Meanwhile, Zhuge Yue has taken on his second task for the King of Ximeng to earn the medicine he needs.
Disguised behind the King’s mask and accompanied by the Queen of Lingyue, he travels to Biantang. Upon his arrival at the palace in Tangjing, Chu Qiao—acting as "Princess Fu"—is among those greeting the delegation. Despite the mask, she recognizes his familiar stride and posture immediately, her hands trembling at the sight of the man she has thought of every day and night. At the welcoming banquet, the Empress of Biantang is intentionally hostile.
Citing local etiquette, she demands that the King of Ximeng remove his mask. When he refuses, citing facial disfigurement from war, the Empress threatens to beat a maid to death for every moment he remains masked. To prevent bloodshed, Chu Qiao intervenes, suggesting that only someone of equal status, like Crown Prince Li Ce, should view the King’s face privately.
Behind a screen, Zhuge Yue reveals himself to Li Ce, who already knows him and has received his help in the past. To protect Zhuge Yue’s identity, Li Ce runs out feigning terror, claiming the King’s face is too horrifying to behold, which convinces the court to drop the matter. Still seeking to provoke the visitors, the Empress organizes a martial arts demonstration.
After first mocking the physical weakness of Ximeng’s soldiers, she pits the Queen of Lingyue against Chu Qiao. The Queen of Lingyue fights with lethal intent, while Chu Qiao, hampered by unhealed injuries and barely able to wield a weapon with one hand, struggles to keep up. When the Queen nearly throws Chu Qiao from a great height, Zhuge Yue leaps forward to catch her. After setting her down safely, he sternly commands the Queen of Lingyue to stand down.
The Empress notes the strange connection between the King, the Prince, and Chu Qiao, sensing a history they are not disclosing. Later, as Li Ce and Chu Qiao travel in a carriage, Li Ce wonders aloud how Zhuge Yue became the King of Ximeng. Chu Qiao, equally curious about why a man who once sought a quiet life is now embroiled in tribal politics, decides she needs answers and slips away that night to infiltrate Zhuge Yue’s residence.
In the Ximeng camp, a fire breaks out in the stables as a distraction. During the commotion, the Queen of Lingyue confronts Zhuge Yue, revealing her resentment over him using the rare Bone-Piercing Herb to treat Chu Qiao. It is revealed that she was the former Queen of the Lingyue Tribe who betrayed her own people to follow the King of Ximeng after he slaughtered her husband.
Zhuge Yue warns her that if she ever threatens Chu Qiao again, he will ensure neither of them leaves Tangjing alive, indifferent to the success of their mission or his own life. In another part of Tangjing, Yuan Chun lives in a state of quiet despair, still haunted by thoughts of Yan Xun. Wei Shuye tries to comfort her, even winning a rabbit from an archery stall to keep her company.
However, Yuan Chun’s trauma has left her volatile; in a fit of self-loathing, she kills the rabbit, declaring that she is cruel and that all men are liars who will eventually hurt her. Wei Shuye holds her, promising to protect her for the rest of her life. Back at the palace, the Empress continues to brood over Zhuge Yue’s arrival, certain his presence signals a much larger plot.
