Weaving a Tale of Love Episode 12 Recap
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Pei Yan suspected that Li Ming would take the opportunity of transporting student paper rolls to smuggle armor. Pei Xingjian wanted to report Li Ming's rebellious behavior, but he was of little importance. Pei Yan suggested he find Su Dingfang, but Su Dingfang was not in Chang'an. Pei Xingjian wanted to report this matter to Li Zhi. The more Zhuo Jinniang thought about it, the angrier she became. She decided to go to Chamberlain Pan to thoroughly investigate Xiaodouzi's whereabouts.
Zhuo Jinniang believed that Sun Decheng knew about this, so she sent Deng Qiniang to notify Wei Lin, instructing Wei Lin to keep a close eye on Sun Decheng's every move. The Ruyi Dyeing Shop won first place at the Hu Merchants Conference, successfully securing orders from the Hu merchants. Since the Hu Merchants Conference, the Ruyi Dyeing Shop's reputation spread far and wide, with an endless stream of customers visiting every day. An Silang and Ni were extremely busy.
Kudi Wuniang heard the news and rushed to the Ruyi Dyeing Shop, wanting to meet the painter. An Silang lied, saying the painter had already resigned and left. Kudi Wuniang had no choice but to leave dejectedly. As she stepped out, she ran into Cao, ignoring her. Cao hurriedly caught up to greet her. Kudi Wuniang sarcastically ridiculed the Cao Dyeing Shop's clothing making techniques. Cao, feeling indignant, casually mentioned the Ruyi Dyeing Shop's painter, then hesitated.
Kudi Wuniang immediately grew suspicious. She then heard passersby say that the painter was a Hu person and lived with Ni in the An family old house. Kudi Wuniang suspected the painter was Kudi Liuli, and she wanted to confirm it herself. Ni saw Kudi Wuniang as she went out and quickly went home to tell Kudi Liuli to hide. Kudi Wuniang knocked on the door relentlessly. Ni had no choice but to open the door.
Kudi Wuniang rushed directly into the house, searching everywhere for the painter. Ni lied, claiming the painter had already resigned and left. Kudi Wuniang didn't believe it at all and pressed Ni hard. Kudi Liuli had no choice but to let Kudi Wuniang in to meet her. She dressed up as a palace attendant, claiming she was there to order clothes for the palace, then found an excuse to leave. Kudi Wuniang believed her.
Kudi Liuli strolled leisurely on the bustling street, where there were stilt walkers, magicians, and acrobats. Kudi Liuli was captivated and overwhelmed by the sights. Pei Xingjian arrived outside the palace to investigate the situation and found the palace gates heavily guarded; only those with a waist tag could enter. He was at his wit's end and had no choice but to ride back. In the crowd, he recognized Xiaodouzi from the reward poster, shouting "Physician Dou!"
Kudi Liuli was so frightened that she fled in panic, but she was still arrested by Pei Xingjian, who forcibly took her to a private room in a nearby tavern for negotiations. The tavern keeper saw a fake Pei Xingjian bringing a person dressed as a palace attendant into the private room, felt that she resembled Physician Dou on the reward poster, and hurried to report to the authorities.
Pei Xingjian scolded Physician Dou for faking her death and making his cousin anxious. Pei Xingjian repeatedly explained that he had not stolen the valuables from the package and asked Physician Dou to explain clearly to his cousin. Kudi Liuli, worried about being exposed, hastily agreed, also falsely claiming that she was bored staying in the palace, so she hid in a coffin and secretly slipped out.
Pei Xingjian believed her, wanting to borrow her waist tag to enter the palace to see Li Zhi. Kudi Liuli had no waist tag at all, so she could only make various excuses to procrastinate. The officers suddenly arrived at the tavern to arrest Physician Dou, who had escaped from the palace. Pei Xingjian quickly pulled Kudi Liuli to escape. The two of them came to an empty room. Pei Xingjian forced her to hand over the waist tag.
Kudi Liuli lied, claiming it was with her cousin. The officers came to smash the door. Pei Xingjian had a sudden idea to swap clothes with Kudi Liuli, hoping to cover her escape. Kudi Liuli was worried about exposing her female identity, so she firmly refused to take them off. Pei Xingjian had no choice but to take her out through the window. Pei Xingjian rode off with Kudi Liuli, galloping all the way. The officers pursued them relentlessly.
Pei Xingjian took her to hide in a nearby courtyard, successfully evading the officers' pursuit. In a moment of desperation, Pei Xingjian held Kudi Liuli tightly, only then discovering her female identity. Pei Xingjian was instantly stunned and wanted to take her to the yamen to clarify things. Kudi Liuli promised to explain slowly to him. Kudi Liuli changed into women's clothes. She fully recounted her experiences to Pei Xingjian.
Zhuo Jinniang, in order to seize her mother's precious golden needle, tried every means to harm them mother and daughter. Her mother was murdered, and she narrowly escaped, forced to disguise herself as a man and serve on duty in the palace. To help her escape the palace, Shun was arrested. Kudi Liuli promised to withdraw the complaint as soon as possible to clear his name. Pei Xingjian forbade her from risking herself for the complaint.
Ni came to Kudi Liuli with the reward poster from the street, repeatedly urging her not to reveal her life experience to avoid bringing disaster upon herself. Kudi Liuli, however, advised her not to worry. Pei Xingjian was disappointed to learn that Kudi Liuli did not have a waist tag. Kudi Liuli was curious who he wanted to see in the palace and promised to help him with all her might.
Kudi Liuli was also worried about Sun Decheng and Shun and wanted to return to the palace to see them. Pei Xingjian disagreed with Kudi Liuli risking herself, admitting that he wanted to see Crown Prince Li Zhi. Kudi Liuli guessed that he had something important to report and found it inconvenient to ask further. Sun Decheng came to the prison to see Shun. The jailer, following Chamberlain Pan's orders, firmly refused him entry.
Sun Decheng had no choice but to leave the food, which was then secretly eaten by the jailer. The jailer brought Shun plain food and drink. Wei Lin had been following Sun Decheng and was soon discovered by him. Sun Decheng quickly hid. Sun Decheng returned to the Mortuary. Hearing that wanted posters for Xiaodouzi were posted all over Chang'an, he was extremely anxious.
That night, Sun Decheng could not sleep, thinking of taking the opportunity to go outside the city to see if Xiaodouzi had left any marks when he went out of the palace for procurement the next day. Wei Lin came to see Zhuo Jinniang early in the morning and reported Sun Decheng's whereabouts to her.
