Weaving a Tale of Love Episode 22 Recap
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Pei Xingjian's injuries gradually recovered, but Kudi Liuli was still worried, so she came to the Eastern Palace to see him and congratulate him on becoming the Guard Leader of the Left. Pei Xingjian asked her to personally sew a nightgown as a gift. Kudi Liuli readily agreed and measured Pei Xingjian on the spot with her arm. Pei Xingjian was curious if she measured Li Zhi for clothes in the same way.
Kudi Liuli explained that the Wardrobe Service already had Li Zhi's clothing measurements. Pei Xingjian forbade her from measuring other men like that; he would be jealous. Consort Yang was very dissatisfied with the clothing patterns provided by the Wardrobe Service. Zhuo Jinniang severely reprimanded the embroiderers. Kudi Liuli suggested catering to Consort Yang's preferences. Songtao and Guard Lang were deeply in love. The two secretly met behind the rockery. Guard Lang couldn't help but tightly embrace Songtao.
This scene was caught by Consort Yang's personal maid A-jian. A-jian coerced Songtao into doing something for her and also revealed that Guard Lang cooperated with her to arrange a meeting with Songtao. Songtao slapped Guard Lang hard and reluctantly agreed to help A-jian with the task. Li Zhi obtained a bottle of excellent wine and sent Retinue Wang to invite Pei Xingjian and Kudi Liuli to taste it.
Retinue Wang took the opportunity to inquire about Yu's identity from Pei Xingjian. Pei Xingjian quickly found an excuse to cover it up. Kudi Liuli arrived first at the banquet. Upon learning there was wine to drink, she couldn't help but recall the amusing story of secretly drinking the wine her mother brought home when she was little. Li Zhi was amused and couldn't help but laugh. Pei Xingjian arrived shortly after.
Li Zhi raised a glass, thanking them both for saving his life. Kudi Liuli, unable to refuse the kind offer, lifted the glass and drank it all. She repeatedly praised the wine for being delicious and mellow, but still felt that stolen wine tasted better. Li Zhi wanted to penalize Kudi Liuli with three cups of wine.
Kudi Liuli complained that he was using his status as the crown prince to pressure her and wanted to penalize him with three cups of wine as well. Li Zhi voluntarily accepted the penalty. Pei Xingjian offered to drink Kudi Liuli's penalty wine for her. Li Zhi was insistent and also penalized him with three cups. The three of them each drank three cups of wine. Kudi Liuli became happier the more she drank.
She started pouring for herself and drinking and quickly became drunk. Pei Xingjian worried that Kudi Liuli might reveal her Female identity after drinking, so he asked Li Zhi for leave to Escort Kudi Liuli back to the Wardrobe Service. Li Zhi found him to be Disappointing. Pei Xingjian quietly reminded Kudi Liuli not to expose her Female identity. Kudi Liuli used the excuse of being worried about being punished upon returning and left with Pei Xingjian.
Pei Xingjian repeatedly reminded Kudi Liuli not to drink too much in the future to avoid exposing her Female identity. Kudi Liuli then sobered up. Pei Xingjian warned her not to get too close to Li Zhi, fearing she might be transferred to be Li Zhi's personal guard. After all, men and women are different, and there would be many inconveniences then. Kudi Liuli then realized the seriousness of the problem and thanked Pei Xingjian for always thinking of her.
Pei Xingjian wanted to know about her mother's wrongful suffering and promised to investigate it thoroughly, but Kudi Liuli could not tell him yet. Today was The first day of the lunar month. The embroiderers were all eager to eat the monthly awarded meal, but Kudi Liuli remained unmoved. After everyone had left, Kudi Liuli began to design dress patterns for Consort Yang. Deng Qiniang delivered a meal to Zhuo Jinniang.
Zhuo Jinniang learned that Kudi Liuli was drawing, so she sent Deng Qiniang to gather information. Kudi Liuli drew a 'hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix' pattern for Consort Yang. Deng Qiniang was amazed and praised Kudi Liuli profusely. Kudi Liuli felt that the 'hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix' perfectly matched Consort Yang's unique status in the harem and also aligned with her thoughts. Zhuo Jinniang overheard Kudi Liuli and Deng Qiniang's conversation.
Zhuo Jinniang mistakenly thought Kudi Liuli wanted to bypass her to gain credit from Consort Yang. She severely reprimanded her. Kudi Liuli repeatedly explained that she didn't want to steal credit and intended to hand over the clothing pattern to Zhuo Jinniang after finishing it. Only then did Zhuo Jinniang cease. Kudi Liuli quickly completed the pattern. Zhuo Jinniang immediately presented it to Consort Yang for review.
Consort Yang was very satisfied and even asked her to personally sew the dress. Kudi Liuli brought several dress patterns for Cairen Wu to choose from. Cairen Wu chose the peony pattern. Songtao took the opportunity while delivering ginseng soup to come and eavesdrop on their conversation.
