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Episode 4:“This Isn’t Hate Anymore”

He kissed the bruise he left. And for once, there was no war in his voice.
Prince’s inner chambers, bathed in quiet dawn. After the storm — Jiuchen lies bare beneath silk, Ziyan is still dressing in silence
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Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
If it was just hate, why are you still here?
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
…I should go.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
You already stayed too long.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Then why do you look disappointed?
Ziyan looks away—but only for a breath. Jiuchen sits up slowly. His robe falls open. Faint bruises lace his hips, neck, shoulder.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
You left marks again.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
I didn’t mean to.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
You always say that.
A pause. Ziyan steps closer. Then kneels at the bed’s edge. Fingers ghost over the bruise on Jiuchen’s throat… then his lips press to it.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
I didn’t mean to… but I did.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Your mouth is warmer when it apologizes.
Their eyes meet — tired, raw, but unflinching. Jiuchen leans into his touch. Ziyan doesn’t pull away.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Do you remember the lake?
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Don’t.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
I kissed you there first. You were trembling then too.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
That was ten years ago.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
But it never stopped, did it?
Ziyan’s voice is a whisper.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
I hated you. I still do.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Then why did you touch me like I was yours?
A long silence. Ziyan lowers his head against Jiuchen’s bare thigh — like a man exhausted from war. Jiuchen brushes his hair back.
Qin Ziyan (ML)
Qin Ziyan (ML)
…This isn’t hate anymore.
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
Yan Jiuchen (MC)
I know.
A breath. Shared. Lingering.
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Episodes
1 Episode 1: "You Dare Touch Me Again?"
2 Episode 2:“The Taste of Blood, The Heat of Lips”
3 Episode 3: “Pinned Against the Wall of War Council”
4 Episode 4:“This Isn’t Hate Anymore”
5 Episode 5: “I Should Kill You, But I’d Rather Bite”
6 Episode 6: “The Night You Left Me Bleeding”
7 Chapter 7:“Tied to the Bedpost”
8 Chapter 8: “He Held Me After I Broke Him”
9 Episode 9: “The Emperor Sends for Him”
10 Episode 10: “Lies in the Throne Room”
11 Chapter 11: “The Letter He Left Under My Pillow”
12 Episode 12: “The Man Who Followed Me From Court”
13 Episode 13: “Ziyan in the Rain, Outside My Gate”
14 Episode 14: “He Kissed Me Like the Rain Would Never Stop”
15 Episode 15: “I Let Him Sleep in My Arms”
16 Episode 16: “They Dragged Me from His Bed at Dawn”
17 Chapter 17: “The Throne Asked If I Loved Him”
18 Episode 18: “The Crown Prince Smiled As They Took Me Away”
19 Interlude: “The Empress Spoke to the Emperor That Night”
20 Interlude: “The Crown Prince and the Spymaster”
21 Episode 19: “He Found Me in Chains”
22 Episode 20: “We Escaped Through the Fire Tunnels”
23 Episode 21: “They Saw Our Shadows in the Smoke”
24 Interlude: “The Empress Sends a Message”
25 Interlude: “The General Reads the Message”
26 Episode 22: “The River Wouldn’t Let Us Go”
27 Episode 23: “We Woke in a Stranger’s House”
28 Interlude: “Qiluo Watches the River Burn”
29 Episode 24: “The Map He Unfolded Beside My Bed”
30 Episode 25: “Before We Leave, I Want to Touch You” —
31 Episode 26: “The Empress and the Old General”
32 Episode 27: “The Road to Yong Pass Was Never Quiet”
33 Episode 28: “Qiluo’s Envoy Wears Red”
34 Episode 29: “You Were Never My Enemy”
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Episodes

Updated 34 Episodes

1
Episode 1: "You Dare Touch Me Again?"
2
Episode 2:“The Taste of Blood, The Heat of Lips”
3
Episode 3: “Pinned Against the Wall of War Council”
4
Episode 4:“This Isn’t Hate Anymore”
5
Episode 5: “I Should Kill You, But I’d Rather Bite”
6
Episode 6: “The Night You Left Me Bleeding”
7
Chapter 7:“Tied to the Bedpost”
8
Chapter 8: “He Held Me After I Broke Him”
9
Episode 9: “The Emperor Sends for Him”
10
Episode 10: “Lies in the Throne Room”
11
Chapter 11: “The Letter He Left Under My Pillow”
12
Episode 12: “The Man Who Followed Me From Court”
13
Episode 13: “Ziyan in the Rain, Outside My Gate”
14
Episode 14: “He Kissed Me Like the Rain Would Never Stop”
15
Episode 15: “I Let Him Sleep in My Arms”
16
Episode 16: “They Dragged Me from His Bed at Dawn”
17
Chapter 17: “The Throne Asked If I Loved Him”
18
Episode 18: “The Crown Prince Smiled As They Took Me Away”
19
Interlude: “The Empress Spoke to the Emperor That Night”
20
Interlude: “The Crown Prince and the Spymaster”
21
Episode 19: “He Found Me in Chains”
22
Episode 20: “We Escaped Through the Fire Tunnels”
23
Episode 21: “They Saw Our Shadows in the Smoke”
24
Interlude: “The Empress Sends a Message”
25
Interlude: “The General Reads the Message”
26
Episode 22: “The River Wouldn’t Let Us Go”
27
Episode 23: “We Woke in a Stranger’s House”
28
Interlude: “Qiluo Watches the River Burn”
29
Episode 24: “The Map He Unfolded Beside My Bed”
30
Episode 25: “Before We Leave, I Want to Touch You” —
31
Episode 26: “The Empress and the Old General”
32
Episode 27: “The Road to Yong Pass Was Never Quiet”
33
Episode 28: “Qiluo’s Envoy Wears Red”
34
Episode 29: “You Were Never My Enemy”

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