The Love by Hypnotic Episode 12 Recap
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Following their martial arts contest, Yunsi unexpectedly intruded upon Li Qian's bath, brazenly entering the tub himself. When Li Qian moved to leave, Yunsi challenged him for being stingy, compelling Li Qian to reluctantly return to avoid appearing petty. Yunsi remarked that while Li Qian's swordsmanship was slightly superior, he was thinner than expected. He then explained the Xiyue custom that after competing and bathing, warriors must share a drink to prove the fight was without reservation.
Annoyed, Li Qian offered to let Yunsi have the bath to himself. Just then, Li Mingyue appeared outside the curtain, claiming she was only there to announce that the food and wine were ready. However, her lingering gaze on the scene prompted a warning look from Li Qian, and she quickly departed, privately concluding that Yunsi's physique was better. Li Qian and Yunsi proceeded to their drinking session.
Li Qian offered a Beixuan wine, which Yunsi dismissed as tasteless, demanding his own stronger Xiyue liquor. Yunsi declared that he would always be wherever "Aimaila" was, regardless of the distance. Li Qian thanked him and Kaierbi for their care of Mingyue in Xiyue, which led to their marriage. Yunsi described Aimaila's spirited and just nature, worrying that Beixuan's rigid rules would stifle her.
Li Qian countered that Mingyue was thriving and that as his consort, he would protect her from any disrespect. Dissatisfied with small cups, Yunsi insisted they drink from large bowls. Li Qian's tolerance for alcohol proved no match for Yunsi's, and he succumbed to intoxication first. Before passing out, Yunsi announced his plan to take Aimaila to the market the next day, taking Li Qian's drunken silence as consent. In his drunken state, Li Qian stumbled into Li Mingyue's room.
He pulled her hands to his waist and recounted their first meeting on a snowy night, declaring how beautiful she was. He possessively stated that only he was allowed to see all of her different sides. Stunned by this sudden confession, Mingyue tried to question him about his previous claim that she was merely a chess piece, but he had already fallen asleep. Meanwhile, Li Xun, still in seclusion, worried that Li Qian was gaining too much control.
When a minister reported that the Emperor wanted to quell a rebellion, Li Xun saw an opportunity. His followers suggested they recommend him for the command, but Li Xun devised a more cunning plan. He instructed them to recommend Li Qian instead, knowing the Emperor was suspicious of his own growing influence.
Li Xun correctly predicted that since Li Qian could not leave the capital with the Xiyue envoy present, the Emperor would have no choice but to send him, thereby granting him the military command without arousing suspicion. That night, Li Qian had another sleepwalking episode, in which he mimicked Yunsi, speaking of traveling the world with Aimaila and disparaging Beixuan's wine.
The next day, Li Mingyue toured the city with Yunsi and Kaierbi, but she was distracted by Li Qian's drunken words, wondering if she truly was just a pawn to him. During the outing, Yunsi suggested that she should leave Beixuan with him. Kaierbi immediately scolded Yunsi, warning him not to overstep the boundaries of propriety and to remember his promise not to harbor any delusions about Mingyue.
An attendant overheard Yunsi's proposition and reported to Li Qian that the Left General intended to take the queen away, implying elopement. Agitated by the news, Li Qian, accompanied by Sikong Zhen, rushed to the market. He arrived just as Mingyue nearly stumbled. Both Li Qian and Yunsi reached out to steady her, but in the confusion, neither succeeded, and Mingyue fell to the ground.
Afterward, a message arrived that the Emperor had appointed Li Xun to lead the campaign against the rebels. Li Qian’s attendant urged him to fight for the command, but Li Qian refused, stating that his brother leading the campaign would be good for morale. The attendant correctly inferred that Li Qian's true reason was his reluctance to leave Mingyue, which earned him a sharp rebuke and a punishment of squatting in a horse stance for four hours.
Before his departure, Li Xun visited a distraught Qiao Huixin. He informed her that he was leaving for a dangerous campaign and wanted to finally confess his feelings in case he did not return. Although she tried to stop him, Li Xun gently asserted that she knew what she meant to him and urged her to do nothing foolish and wait for his return. Later that evening, Yunsi found Mingyue in the garden, still upset with Li Qian.
He pushed her on a swing, reminding her of a time in Xiyue when he had built and pushed a swing for her. Mingyue, however, only recalled Tanli and her brother Kaierbi pushing her, believing Yunsi was mistaken. Sensing her distance, Yunsi told her that with Li Qian absent, she didn't need to pretend to be his wife or just a sister to him. Confused, Mingyue insisted that he was her best brother and could be nothing else.
Frustrated, Yunsi embraced her, desperately pleading with her to remember their past. At that moment, Li Qian appeared and pushed Yunsi away. He declared that the night was too deep for him to sleep alone and that he had come to escort Mingyue back to rest, much to her bewildered protest.
