Episode 13 recap: Shangguan Yan thanked Pei Xun.
Liu Yueqing also expressed her willingness to marry Pei Xun again, and Mr. Yu urged them to leave quickly. Pei Xun came to find Liu Yueqing and asked her when she would marry him again. He wanted to be close to her, but Liu Yueqing slapped him and drove him out. After returning, Pei Xun immediately sent Han Zhen to propose to the Liu family.
Liu Yueqing's father was pleased to see the betrothal gifts and said they were all for him. However, Liu Yueqing insisted on returning everything. Han Zhen had no choice but to take the items back, but Pei Xun asked him to go and deliver them again. After going back and forth twice, Liu Yueqing's father said that three times was enough, and they couldn't return the gifts anymore.
Liu Yueqing had no choice but to go to Pei Xun herself. Coincidentally, Shangguan Yan came to see Pei Xun and he asked Liu Yueqing to wait in the back. Shangguan Yan expressed her gratitude to Pei Xun for saving her life, saying that it was Pei Xun who arranged a substitute at the hunting ground, and she had already died. Pei Xun said that his father had entrusted him to protect the envoy, so it was his duty to do so.
Liu Yueqing thought she was the substitute arranged by Pei Xun for Shangguan Yan and became very angry. Shangguan Yan gave her veil to Pei Xun as a token of gratitude, and Pei Xun asked Han Zhen to put it away. Liu Yueqing came out and smashed a vase, questioning Pei Xun. Pei Xun explained that he had arranged another substitute, and if it weren't for him saving Liu Yueqing, she would have died long ago. Liu Yueqing didn't know what to say.
Liu Yue Qing, in her previous two lifetimes, was the concubine of Prince Yi, but due to his failed rebellion, she was implicated and given poisoned wine.
In her third life, she is reborn before her marriage.
In order to rewrite her fate, she decides to stay away from Prince Yi, Pei Xun. However, just after their separation, Pei Xun is appointed as the Crown Prince.
Despite her intentions to distance herself, she and Pei Xun are still entangled due to various fateful encounters. On one hand, there is the shadow of being given poisoned wine in the previous two lifetimes, and on the other hand, there is the growing affection she feels towards Pei Xun.
It remains to be seen how she will ultimately decide.
Qing Qing, despite being young, has a great set of values. For example, even when Liu Liu rebelled and drank the poisoned wine, she didn't complain. She simply hoped that they wouldn't meet in the next life.
In the second life, knowing that Liu Liu was a resolute person and couldn't be persuaded to give up on rebellion, she chose to escape and resorted to unconventional methods to make him give up (tying him up).
In the third life, she voluntarily cancelled the marriage and avoided Liu Liu. Even when Xiao Yu made a mistake, she made her decision to give up after clarifying things on her own.
In Qing Qing's heart, there is no such thing as being a backup option for either of the two men.
In the world of love, there are no substitutes. I wish Liu Liu and Qing Qing happiness. By the way, I'm buying a house. Hurry up with the second season!