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stiltonbasket · 7 months

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Could we see some of Sizhui's point of view on the whole "my dad just got 'gifted' a new concubine and now he has to send me to war" thing? He's so sweet, always, and Im wondering what he's feeling + what he sees watch LWJ and WWX interact.

Wen Sizhui wasn't quite sure what to think when he heard that a new concubine would be coming to the Wei-fu.

In fact, he hadn't known what to think when his father took Yu-shushu and Li-yiniang in as concubines some six months earlier. Diedie had never been married, and he was far too virtuous to put one foot over the threshold of a brothel or take one of his servants as a tongfang; but one morning, Yu-shushu and Aunt Li simply appeared, as if his father had woken up at the advanced age of seven and thirty and decided that he must have both a shu wife and husband at once, if he couldn't have a legitimate spouse.

Sizhui couldn't imagine what to make of it. At first, he believed that his father had actually fallen in love, though it hardly seemed reasonable that Fuqin could fall in love with two people at once when he had entertained no suitors or bridal candidates over the past eighteen years—but Yu Zhenhong behaved as if he was Father's lover, and Wen Sizhui did not learn otherwise until his Qing-ayi announced that Li Shuai was with child.

The sounds of Li Shuai being ill in the night began scarcely eight hours after she arrived at the High General's manor; and Sizhui had been taught enough about the care of ladies in their confinement to understand (once he knew why she was sick so often, and why she didn't seem frightened about it) that her child couldn't possibly belong to his father.

Judging by the haggard look on Yu Zhenhong's face whenever Aunt Li had one of her bad days, it was likely that he didn't belong to Diedie, either.

And then, at the turn of the winter, Hanguang-jun arrived. This made some modicum of sense to Sizhui, because Wen-zongzhu was determined to mete out some form of punishment that would make Yu-shushu miserable without physically harming him: and also because Hanguang-jun was difficult to control, whether he had the use of all four of his limbs or not. Before his hasty removal to the High Genera's manor, it was evident that he would be less of a threat under Fuqin's care than the jailers'—so Wen-zongzhu freed Hanguang-jun from the underground dungeon, and warned him to keep his head down lest he provoke a manhunt for his young nephew, Lan Jingyi.

Now, nearly half a year after Father and Hanguang-jun's wedding, Sizhui finds himself wondering if his stepfather's kindness towards him is due to his love for that nephew, whom Hanguang-jun will likely never see again unless Wen Ruohan manages to capture him.

"Is that what you think?" Hanguang-jun asks, when Sizhui visits his courtyard on the day before his regiment's scheduled departure to Langya. "I understand why, of course: but you and Jingyi are wholly different to me."

Sizhui puts his head to one side like a curious bird. "Why?"

"Because you give me thrice the amount of heartache that he does, if not more," his stepfather says drily. "I never had to fear for my nephew's life until the night I was captured, when I saw your father's men fighting their way towards Jing'er on the battlefield. Before that, he was so well-protected by my brother and Nie-zongzhu that he rarely suffered so much as a nosebleed in my presence. To know that you will be going to war—a child like you—"

His voice stutters.

"Father managed to get permission for me to go as a medic." Sizhui says quickly. "If General Dai agrees with Wen-zongzhu, I can stay behind the front lines and keep away from the fighting altogether."

"En. Good," Hanguang-jun nods.

He turns away and wheels himself towards the chest of drawers on the other side of the room; and once there, he opens the bottom drawer to reveal the sandalwood box Diedie gifted to him that New Year's.

"Come here," he says quietly. "Hold out your arm."

Hanguang-jun reaches into the box and withdraws something long and shining from its depths. At first glance, it seems to be a skein of silken thread: but when Wen Sizhui looks closer, he realizes that the object is a fine lock of his stepfather's hair, braided into a smooth, dark rope and reinforced with eight minute silver clasps.

"What is it?" he asks, as Hanguang-jun pulls him closer and loops the lock of hair thrice about his wrist. "Did my Fuqin..."

"Your father had nothing to do with this," Hanguang-jun replies at once, as if he were afraid of being overheard. "The hair is mine, and I have strengthened it with my spiritual energy, so that it will not break or fray—and the silver clasps were made from the cloud ornament on my mo'e.

"This will keep you from coming to harm at the hand of any soldier trained in the Lan school of cultivation, but it is not infallible. No spiritual blade forged in the Cloud Recesses will be able to touch you while the bracelet is on your wrist, but it will have no effect if you are attacked by a Nie cultivator, or a Lan whose cultivation is too poor for anything but a common sword."

He grasps Sizhui's hands and looks up into his eyes: and suddenly, Sizhui remembers the steady gaze of his late grandmother, who passed away just after Father was last elevated in Wen-zongzhu's service.

"Go to Wei Ying," Hanguang-jun says roughly, nearly five minutes later. "You and he will be parted in the morning, and you have not yet said farewell to your yima and Yu Zhenhong."

Wen Sizhui nods and makes his way to the door. He pauses on the threshold and turns back to look at Hanguang-jun, who is still staring bitterly at the spot of red carpet Sizhui was standing two minutes ago.

"I'll be all right," he says, trying to smile. "After all, yifu—even your Jing'er made it back from Hejian, didn't he?"

At the mention of Lan Jingyi, Hanguang-jun looks positively wretched.

"He had his father with him. I was there, too," he murmurs. "And if that arrow had not touched Wei Ying, you would have never had to ride to war without your father at your side."

#wangxian #the untamed #mo dao zu shi #mdzs #lan wangji #lan sizhui #wrh raises wwx au #my fic

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wangsejabin · 1 year

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Chapter 93

The matter of the Prince's falling out with the one from the Spring Couple's Cottage had long been noticed by the Crown Princess.

In fact, not only her, but also Hu Liangdi knew about it.

The Crown Prince had moved from the Spring Couple's House to the small room in the Jade Bamboo Forest, wasn't it obvious?

Hu Liangdi couldn't help but gloat and wonder what it was that had made the crown prince angry with her, and it was certainly nothing trivial.

Ruohua said, "Let me tell you, there must be many people who want her to fall out of favour, and maybe there will be others who will step on her."

This person, naturally, referred to the Crown Princess.

"Come on, our Crown Princess is not that shallow, she is so intent on raising the Grand Duke right now, so she won't do such a thankless task." Hu Liangdi ate her grapes and glared at her.

"If she really annoys the prince and loses favour since then, master, you say-"

"What are you thinking, whose turn it is, it's not your master's turn either." Hu Liangdi looked like she was smiling and chiding, but her eyes darkened.

It would be false to say that she did not want favour, but Hu Liangdi knew in her heart that this was all she could do.

She had already had three children, and was the only one who could compete with her, she had the family, the status and the position, if she had more children, the Crown Princess would have been squeezed out by her.

At first, even she did not expect that the Prince would give her another child. Since she gave birth to Zong Xuan, she doesn't want anything else. Don't look at her and say that about the Crown Princess, but in fact she is not like that.

In fact, Hu Liangdi was not surprised that Pan'er was in favour, as she was the most suitable from her status, being from a lowly background, yet being the Crown Princess's person, without a maternal family, equated to having to rely on the Crown Prince. In a situation where she and the Crown Princess were at odds, it was best for her to step up.

In the end, it was really her who came out on top.

So it's true that sometimes people's lives are predestined by God and you can't demand it, but what's yours is yours.

But deep down, Hu still wanted to see Su Liangdi take a hard fall, because that would be in line with the common sense of the palace.

It was only four days.

Four days later, Hu Liangdi snorted, unable to say whether she was laughing at others or at herself.

"All be honest, don't get yourself into trouble for nothing."

In Pure Yi Zhai, the Crown Princess received the news that the Crown Prince had gone to Spring Coupling Zhai.

"My lord." Fu Chun hesitantly said.

The Crown Princess' brows lowered as she sipped her tea, "I've told you to stop prying into these matters, there's no need to get upset, it's only right to think more about what to give the Queen Mother for her birthday."

Seeing that the Crown Princess was reluctant to talk about it, Fu Chun said, "I think the embroidery with a thousand longevity characters is good, you have already prepared it and it suits Jing'er."

"It's good for the scenery, but it's a bit too plain."

At that moment, Fu Qiu came in and reported that the Grand Duke and the Second Prefect had arrived.

In a short time, the two entered.

"Mother."

The Crown Princess put down her tea and smiled, "Why have you come over at this time?"

Wanshu and Zong Duo exchanged glances unobtrusively before smiling and saying, " Daughter has made a pair of shoes for Imperial Grandmother and brought them to Mother for her to see, just that daughters' craftsmanship is poor in shoes, and I don't know if it will work as a birthday gift to Imperial Grandmother."

The Crown Princess took them and looked at them very carefully, saying as she did so, "Not bad, you're only old enough to make shoes for your grandmother, it's not the craftsmanship that matters, it's the thought.

Wanshu sighed with relief and said with a smile, "Since Mother says so, my daughter will be relieved."

A few more words were exchanged between mother and daughter, during which the Crown Princess did not forget to ask Zong Duo about his homework and urged him not to miss his homework even if he came to the Western Garden.

"You can't miss your homework, and you must also take care of your health. Mother has asked the grandmother to make a tonic soup for you, so you must remember to drink it every day."

"Mother, don't worry, son remembered everything."

The Crown Princess looked him up and down with great relief and patted him on the shoulder again, "Just remember, and know that if you are well, your sister and I will be well too."

Zong Duo was a bit on the verge of saying something, but in the end he didn't say anything as Wanshu interrupted him.

"Mother, don't worry, my brother is fine."

When the two came out of the main room, they looked at each other helplessly.

"I just saw that Mother is quite well, she doesn't seem to care about how things are going over at the Spring Couple's Cottage." Zong Duo hesitated for a moment and said.

"Can it be bad? Even if it's not good, it won't be for us to see." Wanshu whispered.

"Sister, don't worry, I'll definitely do my homework properly."

Wanshu put away her low mood and revealed a smile as she looked at her brother, "Sister knows you will do your homework well, Mother is right, as long as you are well, Mother and I will both be well, as long as you are well, no one can get past you."

As she said this, her eyes looked in the direction of the Spring Couple's Cottage.

Zong Lin was so precious about his little fish that he had to put the little bucket aside when he took his meal.

Usually he was always idle, but today he was fine, hovering around his little bucket with nothing to do. Seeing that he liked it, Pan'er thought that the fish could not just be kept in the bucket, so he asked someone to find a large blue and white bowl, put water in it, put a few pebbles in the bottom, and put the fish in it.

Now he was not hovering around the bucket, but around the blue and white bowl.

Aunt Qing said that the bowl would not be able to keep the fish, as the water was stagnant and too shallow. Having grown up around water, Pan'er naturally understood this, but for the moment it would have to do.

She intended to make an artificial fish pond for her son, not too big, so that when she returned to the Forbidden City she would have a place to put it, and even if she did not come to the Western Garden, she would still have fish to look at.

In fact, there are not many people who keep fish in the palace, most of them use big tanks to keep them, but Pan'er disliked the rigidity of big tanks, there is only a little space, the key is always to change the water, one improper service will kill the fish. She used to keep them for a while, but she saw that they died three days a week. Although the fish were not worth much, she grew up in the waterfront of the South China Sea and did not like this kind of scene, so she did not keep them anymore.

She concluded that fish die easily because the water is stagnant. If she wanted to have more fun, she had to borrow from the garden rocks in Jiangnan.

As she thought about it, many ideas came to her, and she asked Xiang Pu and the girls to help her lay out paper and make ink.

The rocky hill should be covered with moss, and a small stone bridge should be made to fit the idea of a small bridge and a rocky hill.

The mood of the rockery. The vase below is, of course, a vat of blue and white, too fancy to be carved out of stone.

After scrapping several sheets of paper, Pan finally drew up a rough design.

But what about the water? How could the water be circulated so that it would be living water?

When the prince walked in, he saw this image - she was wearing a low butterfly bun, with a few strands of hair hanging down at her temples, her black hair, snowy skin and red lips, and the light coming in from the window seemed to give her a golden edge. She was wearing a lotus green shirt, which made her complexion even more crystal clear, and she was not wearing much jewellery, only a green jade bangle on her wrist.

"What are you doing?"

Pan'er was lost in thought, so she said what was on her mind.

The prince looked at her and said to himself, "She is not a good writer, but she is a good painter. This was only good in the sense that it was a drawing of something in its original state, not so good that the Prince did not recognise it.

"Why do you want to make this?"

"Lin'er likes it. It's rare that he likes them so much, and he won't be naughty when he has a fish to look at, so he'll have something to occupy his time when he returns to the palace."

It was well thought out. And she paid a lot of attention to the children, an attention that was a little surprising to the Prince. For example, the women in the palace never fed the children themselves, but she did; for example, the children in the palace were brought up by the nursemaids and eunuchs, but she always liked to do it herself.

Although she didn't do everything herself, she would always ask about everything, including what they had eaten and what they were wearing for the day.

When the children were a little older, she would take them to bed with her and tell them strange and unusual stories about the countryside. The two older ones were not so bad, but Zong Lin was particularly clingy, especially when he could talk and walk, and would often go to his mother's bed at night and not come down.

For this reason, the prince often told Zong Lin, behind Pan'er's back, some specious things, such as that a man should not always sleep with his mother and that a man should sleep alone. This was the reason why Pan'er could not understand why his youngest son always talked about being a man.

"You can add a waterwheel here." The prince said as he took the brush from Pan'er's hand, and with just a few strokes, a small, lifelike waterwheel appeared on one side of the rockery in the painting.

"A waterwheel needs flowing water to move, but this one needs exactly that." Pan objected.

"If you make the waterwheel move, you can use the buckets on the waterwheel to carry the water into the air and down the rockery. This one should be able to be made by the Inner Creation Bureau, and I'm afraid the big ones are still a bit difficult, but yours is so small."

To put it bluntly, it was just a gadget to coax children, not a problem at all, and the prince had seen it before before, which was why he spoke with such certainty.

Since the Prince said it would work, it would work.

Afterwards, the Prince said that he would have the drawing sent to the Bureau of Internal Affairs, but Pan'er thought that the paper was not very good because she had stained it with ink and said that she would draw a new one, but she had some difficulty when it came to the waterwheel.

Although she had seen the waterwheel, she had not looked at it in detail and had only a general impression of it in her head.

She didn't say anything, she just held her brush still.

The Prince sighed and walked over to her, squeezed her hand from behind and drew on the paper with his brush.

The faint fragrance of Canaan enveloped her, and Pan'er, being so perceptive, naturally noticed the sigh he sighed and the uncharacteristic stiffness of the last few days when they were together, at least not as cordially as before.

It was because he hadn't asked the question, and she hadn't given an explanation, had she?

But how? She didn't know, so she had to pretend she didn't.

As she drifted off, the painting was finished.

Although he had squeezed her hand, it was clear that two people had drawn it, one an adult and the other a child.

She was the child.

This was going to humiliate her to the Bureau of Internal Affairs!

"What are you drawing so well for?" She grumbled.

The Prince was stunned and laughed again, "It's not that I'm good at drawing, it's that you're so bad."

His breath sprayed against her ear, making her ear hot for no reason, and gradually burning.

"Why are your ears red?" The Prince's eyes were extremely keen and he soon saw it.

"You're standing too close and it's heating me up." She snapped, going to push the Prince again.

The prince reached out and scratched at her ear, and she was busy covering it again. Like children, the two of them were just messing around, and an unintentional glance met, and they both froze for a moment.

It was Pan'er who broke the silence, "Now that the painting is done, hurry up and take it to the Bureau of Internal Fabrication."

The Prince nodded his head and called out to Fulu.

--.

The Empress Fu's birthday banquet was arranged on Qionghua Island.

This Qionghua Island is not in the Southern Sea, but in the Northern Sea.

Qionghua Island is in the north and Yingtai is in the south, and the two places are exactly opposite each other across the Golden Ao Yu rainbow Bridge and the Centipede Bridge. Qionghua Island is made of mountainous soil and has the Guanghan Hall, the Renzhi Hall and the Yuexin Hall, where large banquets are usually held in the Western Garden.

The island's rocky outcrops and caves form a kind of pavilions and pavilions among the rocks, and the palaces are stacked with rocks, making them as beautiful as the sky. On the north side of the island, an arc-shaped corridor has been built along the water, with many pavilions and water pavilions, making it a good place to enjoy the scenery.

So the view from Qionghua Island is no less beautiful than that from Yingtai, if not more so.

On the first day, Qionghua Island was very busy, and all the people of the Eastern Palace were present.

The Prince naturally stayed put, and after congratulating Empress Fu on her birthday, he went to Emperor Cheng'an's side, while the ladies of the Eastern Palace accompanied Empress Fu and presented her with birthday gifts.

The Crown Princess presented a set of 1,000 different shapes of birthday characters embroidered in gold thread on a black satin background, and lined with a rosewood screen. It was a magnificent and elegant gift, and most importantly, the embroidery was said to have been done by the Crown Princess herself, so it was an extra special token of appreciation.

Empress Fu accepted it with a smile on her face.

At first glance, the white jade Goddess of Mercy was not very attractive, but when Empress Fu held it in her hands, she realised that it was made of warm jade.

Pan'er's gift was an ancient zither called Hai Yue Qing Hui, which was not a particularly famous zither, so outsiders were surprised to see it and wondered if Su Liang Di had given her a gift too casually.

But Empress Fu gave Pan'er a meaningful glance, knowing that it was her son, the Crown Prince, who had suggested it, and that very few outsiders knew that she liked the guqin.

So when the three birthday gifts were compared, it was clear which was more important and which was less important.

#mtl #yingchong

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heavenboy09 · 1 year

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kungfuwushuworld · 2 years

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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010) Li Bingbing plays Shangguan Jing'er, a highly skilled martial artist, who serves as Wu Zetian's maid and right-hand woman. The character is loosely based on Shangguan Wan'er, who was a poet, writer and politician of the Tang Dynasty.Director Tsui Hark decided to change the character, feeling that a more fictitious character would provide more room for creativity: "There're some things that Wan-er couldn't do, like being a top-notch martial arts expert."

#wuxia #wuxia lady #wuxia girl #martial arts #martial arts girls #kung fu #kung fu cinema #kung fu girl #kung fu world #li bingbing #sword girl #warrior

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awu-wangxuan · 2 years

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"only my death will protect jing'er. a'wu, i was wrong to you in the past. don't blame me. please take good care of jing'er for me from now on. teach him how to speak and write for me. have him stay far away from state affairs. it's fine if he's a mediocre person, as long as he lives well. [...] this is probably karma. i committed quite a few bad deeds. i've schemed here and there. they have finally caught up with me. however, i never thought you would be protecting my jing'er this whole time. i only hope that heavens will punish only me and won't give my jing'er a hard time. [...] a'wu, i trust only you. i can entrust jing'er to only you. starting from today, you are jing'er's mother. [...] jing'er will repay you on my behalf"

empress wang - the rebel princess | episode 52

#the rebel princess #shangyang fu #ode of shangyang #shang yang fu #xie wanru #empress wang #zuo xiao qing #chinese drama #cdrama #上阳赋 #episode 52 #chinese drama edit #chinese drama gifs #cdramanet #cdramagifs #cdramaedit #cdrama gifs #chinesemedia

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haljathefangirlcat · 7 years

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I live and die for Your Majesty.

#detective dee #the mystery of the phantom flame #detective dee and the mystery of the phantom flame #wu zetian x shangguan jing'er #wu zetian x jing'er #femslash #my edit

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smylealong · 3 years

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My AU- Rebel Princess

It is not a secret that I have actively detested the second half of The Rebel Princess. As my nerd gang would attest, I complained to no end about the lazy writing.

Left to me, this is what I would have done with some of the characters. Kept under "keep reading" for spoilers.

Zilong: He doesn't take the wtf decision to kill wanru with himself, instead negotiates with his mom to let Wanru take Jing'er and run.

Wanru: After Zilong's death, she takes Jing'er and goes into hiding. Discovers Zitan's trechery and later joins Wang Lin in his coup to overthrow Zitan. She becomes queen regent. Zitan: After realizing that A'Wu has given him up, he actually takes some decisions as an emperor. Terrible ones, but at least he takes decisions. Decisions that necessitate a coup. Empress Wang: After discovering Zitan's treachery, she is kept under house arrest. She escapes and attempts to kill Zitan. Gets killed by Zitan instead.

Helan Zhen: Dies in that fall from the cliff. It is Helen Tuo (who is actually a bigger baddie) who presumably kills Xiao Qi.

Huai'en: He is presumed dead and traitor after his capture and torture. After Xiao Qi's troops kill Zilu, Zilong declares Huai'en a traitor. Xiao Qi is the only one advocating against it, but he doesn't manage to clear his name. When Huai'en escapes and returns, he comes back angry and hellbent on revenge. He doesn't believe that Xiao Qi actually did try to save him. What happens after that is his misguided revenge on Xiao Qi. Su Jin Er: Actually harms A'Wu in some way, not that stupid Helan arc. Xu Gugu: She tells A'Wu of the contraception thing that Xiao Qi did and thereby creating a huge problem. Maybe someday if I was not being lazy, I will write this.

#the rebel princess #My AU

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orsuliya · 3 years

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I tend to think that Su Jin'er told Awu about stealing the imperial seal for Asu during their last meeting. Jin'er knew a lot (about the only thing she didn't know was about Awu's father and Jing'er). This (tin-foil hat) idea also makes me happy because Awu didn't just take Aunt's word. In the show, given what she knows about her Aunt, even though she thought Aunt was disturbed, it seemed odd that she just accepted Aunt's word. Also I think the confrontation at with Asu came just after...

The truth is that I love tinfoils hats. I find them rather chic and thus I am a great believer into unfolding and refolding them for one’s entertainment and education. That said, I cannot quite puzzle out how this particular one is supposed to come together.

There are only two pieces of useful information that Awu gets from her supposedly disturbed Aunt. In episode 63 the Empress Dowager points Zitan out as the culprit behind the Hunt of Doom and then in episode 67 Awu visits her Aunt to confirm her own theories about the Great Wang Plan of World Domination. There are other visits, but they are devoid of any actual information sharing, maybe except for Awu telling her Aunt of Miracle Baby’s survival.

So I am not sure what you are referring to, my dear Tinfoil Nonnie, when you say that Awu didn't just take Aunt's word. If you mean her Aunt’s word about Zitan’s guilt, then Awu pretty much immediately goes to confront Zitan in his cabinet and does so long before Su Jin’er gives birth. By the time of Awu’s final meeting with Seagull, she is not only sure of Zitan’s guilt after their confrontation, but has almost probably already shared her knowledge with Xiao Qi. That suspicious cut after Awu comes back from her meeting with Turnip is really suspicious and pretty much the only place where Awu’s confession slots in this perfectly. The only thing Awu is missing is actual tangible proof, which Song Huaien will deliver soon after Su Jin’er goes into exile, but that is neither here nor there.

I guess that what you meant was not Zitan’s guilt but rather the Great Wang Plan. See, the problem is that Awu confronts Turnip earlier than Su Jin’er gives birth. The night before, to be exact, since Awu wears the same dress. It goes like this: Su Jin’er gets blackmailed, steals the seal, then Auntie Xu dies and is subsequently found and buried. Xiao Qi tells Awu about Turnip’s possible involvement on Auntie Xu’s grave, after which Awu confronts Turnip in the same place (same dress, too). Turnip tells Awu pretty much everything she needs to know about the Wang Plan, so she goes home and immediately starts plotting with Xiao Qi. Thus the Yuzhang Acting Company is born - and this is also where I think Awu tells Xiao Qi about Zitan’s guilt - and Awu goes to the palace only in the morning at the earliest. She visits her Aunt, receiving no information this time, saves Su Jin’er and has that final conversation with her. Then Song Huaien deliver his stack of incriminating papers, Awu and Xiao Qi stage their great performance, Xiao Qi leaves, Yuxiu finally confirms Song Huaien’s involvement and then and only then Awu goes to talk to her Aunt again. By which point Awu pretty much has already pieced everything together from Turnip’s behaviour and all the other clues. And she has already staked everything on being right by sending Xiao Qi away.

So could Su Jin’er have told Awu anything about the Great Wang Plan? Sure, she could have said something, at least about the seal, because other than that she knew nothing that Turnip hadn’t already blabbed out over Auntie Xu’s grave. It also has no bearing on anything; Turnip’s behaviour and words, suspicious rumours about Xiao Qi’s supposed ambitions and Song Huaien’s weird movements have already told Awu the whole story sans Daddy Wang’s involvement. The seal itself is of no particular importance at the moment, since to Awu’s knowledge there are no potentially counterfeit edicts in play.

But you know what? It’s a neat theory all the same, since it would mean that Su Jin’er decided to make an actual - if rather tiny - attempt at redeeming herself in Awu’s eyes. Personally, I remain rather dubious, but it totally could have happened!

#ask and answer #the rebel princess #and now I miss the feeling of tinfoil in my hair #time to come up with a theory of my own I guess

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