Ashes to Crown Episode 4

Plans and counterplans wrapped in red

Xiao Xun won’t be an easy opponent, but I must say—the tension throughout the episode was insane! At first, we see her master plan trying to trap Xiao Xun and then come all his counter-traps… it’s a master-level chess game. Chu Zhao manoeuvres that game perfectly! And I really want to applaud the little emperor. He silenced them with such a powerful emperor aura! Amazing job!

Also, does the dominance of the colour red signify something? I know red is the colour of happiness, but it’s also the colour of war, right? Could that directly hint at the high-stakes political war that’s happening there?