The Princess's Gambit Episode 12

Tales of my impending death exaggerated

The third prince seems interested in the princess. That is swiftly blocked by the chancellor for her to freshen up before meal. The chancellor gets to sit between wife and consort. Since her family is present, I’m somewhat surprised that he flat out ignores his wife. Oldest brother not happy about it. The toasts are started with improv poetry and crown prince left out of it. He sits there sulking for most of it. Our couple does a decent job acting impaired by the wine. They go off to explore and find the poorly hid mine entrance. The 4th prince is hiding from all of them to bury himself in book reading. He is still reflecting on ideals vs reality. The sis comes in and forces him to stop wallowing and do something. He needed the kick in the pants and hopefully she will stay out of trouble. Chancellor and princess go into mine and discover an actual silver mine. They both have clearer pictures of what their respective royals are up to. Eldest Meng son sets his trap of flooding the mine and covering entrance with heavy boulders. He considers plan full proof and gives Prince directions and timetable so that the couple will be found dead and ghosts reason to avoid area in future. What was not expected was for emperor looking for something and chancellor strolling up with lost item. The Princess is going to a tent with a mysterious bundle and crown prince can’t stop himself from being the bully first and engage brain after the fact. After ordering everybody out he grabs the bundle from her and it turns out to be royal consort’s robe. She gives him a nice resounding slap and immediately debunks the missed pendant story eldest Meng son tried to generate. This time the prince takes his own lashes tho only ten. The princess comments that Lian’s revenge has started. The two pour over the map and figure out where the miners have been stashed. The chancellor hopes to find them soon. The princess rolls her ankle and the chancellor carries her in his arms watching the royals complain of his lack of propriety. He ends up sleeping on floor beside her but I think is to guard her more than be close for his assigned duties from emperor. Counted down a point because again their escape is mentioned not shown. This is third time getting out of tricky situation explained in a sentence as afterthought.😝 This is lazy from writer or editor or both. The actors, both main and supporting cast, are doing an excellent job and the tension between the couple is very believable. There are trust issues of each other , but both willing to cooperate to fulfill their agendas. As long as they are headed in same direction they will support each other to complete the mission. What happens after their goals are met will be interesting.

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