The Princess's Gambit Episode 17

Episode 17: Feelings Tangled by Distrust

Every unspoken word carries a flaw in understanding. And the trust that seemed to begin, falls into deep distrust. And we see the pain in Shen Zai Ye's eyes. It seems that he fell in love first, but now he won't give his heart easily. The moment she says that she remembers the promise she made (she will keep it), surprisingly he looks her in the eye and says: I believe. (And she, when she says to her female bodyguard: A kind-hearted person like him does not deserve to be deceived. (Does she already recognize his qualities?). This will all break down from now to the next episode), although the teasers show us that there will be twists and turns that will finally make him say: That he will protect her until the end, that from now on he will clean up her messes. This, in the teaser, because something traumatic is going to happen, which will make him take a 360-degree turn in his attitude towards her.

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Race to save 4th prince

The princess decides to keep a backdoor rescuer and goes out with the sis to a rouge shop. This is under the guise of teaching her how to be appealing to other suitors. That makeup🫣😂😝 she then ditches her to leave while a true makeup artist saves the sis’ face. She heads to the library and lights incense but as she is registering, she notes 4th prince’s name and location, so runs upstairs and gets rid of incense and clears room. As she leaves, she comes face to face with chancellor. She even had the red string bracelets for cover story for sis and 4th prince. She truly thinks ahead. The chancellor knows something is off but chooses to trust her. He knows, that in spite of the evidence, this is one oath she would keep. He understands what family means to her. She returns home but the boutique is now being closely monitored by the chancellor. The sis has another adventure with a scholar. It seems she has a type.😂 The prince gets jealous and makes himself the third wheel. Sis is far from happy and strongly encourages the prince to leave. However, the scholar is reading the 4th prince’s book and they discuss it. Turns out for sis the guys like each other’s kindred spirit over her.🫣😂 They are quoting lines back and forth and are very happy to have met. Sis didn’t know she had a talent for matchmaking scholars.😂 I hope there is some future with this friendship other than being a vehicle to tick off sis. The princess is warned to not leave and specifically asked about her tattoo. She disregards chancellor’s warning and goes to get other half of antidote, assuring her handler she will not fail killing the prince once she has the physical strength to do so. She tells her bodyguard she has no intention of carrying it out but needs time to devise a plan. She opens the door and chancellor is waiting for her. She admits what she is but also that she made a promise of who she would protect and meant it. He believes her but is still cautious. The episode ends with b boutique owner taking things into her own hands. She must fear the third prince as much as empress. No pity for her aligning herself with two vipers. But somebody needs to show up now. I really want antidote handler taken off the play grid. She needs to go. Just need to be sure to have antidote so they can figure out recipe.

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