Wonderful Fate Episode 1 Recap
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In the impoverished land of Yun Lai, continually harassed by enemy states, the people suffered greatly. Despite the recent loss of two cities, Guo Shi, who commanded the military, delayed sending troops. Emperor Yun Yi, unwilling to marry Guo Shi's daughter, Ruan Qing, defiantly declared his intention to castrate himself.
Ruan Qing, attempting to appeal to the emperor, presented fabric choices for their wedding attire, but Yun Yi remained steadfast in his refusal, stating he would rather die than marry her. Ruan Qing countered that if he were to die, she would be buried with him. Enraged by her persistence, Yun Yi decided to remove his "root of filthiness" to sever their fated connection.
Meanwhile, in a modern-day classroom, high school re-taker Li Fuzhu was engrossed in Xia Xiaozhu’s comic book during a geography lesson. Her teacher, frustrated by Li Fuzhu's lack of focus, confiscated the book and loudly reprimanded her, calling her a "shit-stirrer" and dismissing both her and Xia Xiaozhu from class. After class, the teacher instructed the class monitor to search Li Fuzhu’s backpack for more unauthorized books.
Li Fuzhu resisted, leading to a struggle where she accidentally pulled down the monitor's pants, exposing his underwear. Mortified, Li Fuzhu fled into the school bathroom. As she desperately tried to evade the monitor who was banging on the door and demanding she open it, she tumbled into a toilet. Suddenly, Li Fuzhu found herself transported into Yun Yi’s lavatory in ancient Yun Lai.
Startled by the appearance of Yun Yi, who bore a striking resemblance to her class monitor, she instinctively apologized. Guards rushed in to protect the emperor, while palace staff gossiped about a "heavenly girl" descending from the sky, mysteriously landing in the lavatory during the emperor's visit, an event some deemed a blessing for Yun Lai.
The Tai Hou, believing the heavenly girl's arrival to be an auspicious omen for their long-impoverished nation, immediately ordered the Imperial Household Bureau to prepare fine clothes and adornments, ensuring the heavenly girl was treated with the utmost respect. Emperor Yun Yi, however, was convinced that the "heavenly girl" was a ruse orchestrated by Guo Shi to deceive the populace and insisted on executing her.
Overwhelmed, Li Fuzhu realized she had transmigrated into Xia Xiaozhu's comic book, finding herself on the very day Ruan Qing was pressuring Yun Yi into marriage, leading to his planned self-castration. Panicked, she tried to hit her head against a wall, hoping to wake up from what she believed was a dream, but her courage failed her. Just as Yun Yi was about to execute Li Fuzhu, the Tai Hou arrived, saving her.
The Tai Hou explained to Yun Yi that their personal belief in the heavenly girl was secondary to ensuring that the court officials and common people believed in her. She advised Yun Yi to win over the heavenly girl, suggesting that if Yun Lai failed to prosper, the blame could be shifted onto her, making her a convenient scapegoat.
She also reaffirmed Yun Yi's impending marriage to Ruan Qing as a state affair, despite his strong objections and threats of extreme action. The Tai Hou also dismissed Yun Yi's idea of distributing palace treasures to the poor, stating it would be insufficient and could be discussed later. Later, Lan Er, a palace maid who Li Fuzhu initially mistook for Xia Xiaozhu, helped her bathe and dress.
Afterward, Li Fuzhu was taken to meet Yun Yi, the Tai Hou, Guo Shi, and Ruan Qing. Still amazed by Yun Yi’s resemblance to her class monitor, Li Fuzhu blurted out to Ruan Qing that her "husband" was going to castrate himself that very night, leaving Ruan Qing bewildered. Upon meeting Guo Shi, Li Fuzhu, aware of his power from the comic, profusely praised him.
Yun Yi challenged Li Fuzhu to make Yun Lai prosperous and strong within a month, but threatened to behead her publicly if she failed to reveal her method by tomorrow noon. Li Fuzhu, perhaps overly confident, boasted that she could reveal how to make "every place covered with gold" by tomorrow noon. Feeling trapped, Li Fuzhu, remembering her entry point, asked Lan Er to show her to the lavatory, hoping to use it to return to her world.
Appalled by the unsanitary conditions and a wooden "sanitary stick," she requested the area be cleaned. However, her morbid curiosity about Yun Yi's self-castration, "the monitor turning into an eunuch," proved too strong to resist, and she decided to stay and witness the spectacle, heading towards Yun Yi's chambers. Inside, Yun Yi once again rejected Ruan Qing's marriage proposal, reiterating his resolve to "cut this root of filthiness" to end their "doomed relationship."
