Wonderful Fate Episode 8 Recap
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Li Fuzhu and Yun Li, determined to uncover the arsonist of the Imperial Garden, set up a trap using cloths imprinted with collected fingerprints. Late one night, as someone entered the room where the cloths were stored, Li Fuzhu and Yun Li rushed to catch them. To their surprise, it was Tai Hou, who explained she had come out of curiosity to see the "lines" after hearing the palace gossiping about the fingerprint collection.
Just as Li Fuzhu was about to explain their investigation, they heard someone quickly leaving outside the door. Li Fuzhu and Yun Li immediately gave chase. After an extensive search, Li Fuzhu and Yun Li found nothing. Li Fuzhu noted that the fleeing culprit was a woman dressed in cyan with patterned clothes. Yun Li remarked that the palace was vast, making it nearly impossible to find someone if they chose to hide.
Li Fuzhu, frustrated that the clue had vanished, felt disheartened. They even ventured into the cold palace, a creepy place rumored to be haunted by a former imperial concubine who was tortured to death. Yun Li initially tried to scare Li Fuzhu with the ghost story, only to reveal he was joking and had already searched the area himself. Meanwhile, Lan Er discreetly followed the Imperial Kitchen's food cart outside the palace walls.
She discovered Yun Yi and Chef Xue were secretly distributing surplus food from the palace to the impoverished common people, an act of great kindness that went against palace regulations. Lan Er was deeply moved by their compassion and promised to keep their secret safe, developing a profound admiration for Chef Xue. Chef Xue, after challenging Hong Yi to a duel which Hong Yi did not attend, fell into a well due to the cold while waiting.
As he was climbing back over the wall, Li Fuzhu accidentally threw a stone that struck and injured him further. Mistakenly believing Hong Yi was responsible for his injuries, Chef Xue angrily confronted Hong Yi the next day. Hong Yi, however, refused to fight, stating his duty was to guard the palace and he would not draw his blade for matters unrelated to its safety. Later, Lan Er helped the injured Chef Xue return to the Imperial Kitchen.
Grateful for her assistance, Chef Xue inquired about her favorite dishes. Knowing Lan Er usually dined with Li Fuzhu, he decided to prepare many sweet dishes for Li Fuzhu's meal that evening. At dinner, Li Fuzhu noticed the abundance of sweet food, but told Lan Er to enjoy it. Lan Er, however, insisted on maintaining proper boundaries between them due to their differing statuses.
Seeing Li Fuzhu's low spirits over the escaped arsonist, Yun Yi tried to cheer her up by offering to play archery or five-in-a-row. Li Fuzhu dismissed these suggestions as uninteresting. Thinking of something more engaging, Yun Yi decided to take her to the rooftop to watch the moon. Despite his fear of heights, he climbed up with her to make her happy.
From their vantage point, while drinking cola, Yun Yi spotted Hong Yi relieving himself and noticed eunuchs and maids engaging in illicit activities below. Enraged, he wanted to punish them, but Li Fuzhu persuaded him to relax and appreciate the "fun of common people" by using their imagination to guess what was happening. She even playfully improvised a dramatic breakup scene between a eunuch and a maid. Later, Yun Li arrived at Li Fuzhu's room with a Beggar's chicken.
The three of them—Li Fuzhu, Yun Li, and Lan Er—happily shared the meal. Shortly after, Yun Yi came bearing food for Li Fuzhu but paused upon seeing her laughing and conversing cheerfully with Yun Li. Feeling a surge of anger and jealousy, he turned and left without a word, immediately issuing an order to ban Beggar's chicken from the palace. The next day, Li Fuzhu informed Lan Er that she "had her period."
Lan Er, misunderstanding the modern term, thought Li Fuzhu's literal aunt had arrived and offered to respectfully welcome her. Li Fuzhu was given plant ash to use as a sanitary pad, a stark reminder of the primitive conditions in ancient times compared to her modern world. A physician explained that her menstrual pain was caused by obstructed qi and blood, and offered acupuncture at specific points and a ginger decoction to ease her discomfort.
Despite his earlier display of jealousy, Yun Yi had thoughtfully prepared a special bowl of congee for Li Fuzhu, knowing she was unwell. However, he childishly brought spicy food to her room and ate it in front of her, while she was restricted to only the plain congee. Li Fuzhu found his behavior immature. When asked later about the congee, she admitted that while Chef Xue's food was delicious, the congee was also very tasty, and asked for more.
The State Preceptor, having learned that Li Fuzhu had not facilitated Yun Yi's marriage to Ruan Qing, decided to send a warning. He dispatched a domestic servant of the Ruans to escort Li Fuzhu out of the palace to a grand house. Once there, in a chilling display of power, the State Preceptor had everyone in the residence massacred in front of Li Fuzhu, proclaiming that he had "cleared the obstacles" and the house now belonged to her.
The gruesome event left Li Fuzhu utterly distraught. Upon hearing that the State Preceptor had taken Li Fuzhu out of the palace, Yun Yi immediately rode out with Hong Yi to find her, desperately hoping she was safe.
