XHY was so sad when he learnt the truth, hugging SXH for the entire episode, zoning out and trembling. What a tragic character, tomorrow's eps will be even worse
All I kept seeing in the beggining was "ML is begging", "FL too cold" but that is the whole point, to see SXH's cold heart slowly melt and fall in love. MZY totally nailed that, you can literally see her gradually care about the crown prince until today's episode when she confessed.
In the scene where Shen Xi He is talking with Xiao Changqing, we see a maple leaf in the background. In ancient times, maple leaves were all about expressing sadness. There is also an even deeper symbolism there based on a famous Chinese poem: In "Chu Ci · Zhao": "The deep blue waters flow, with maples above." This piece is traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan. That riverside with "maples above" is actually King Huai of Chu's hometown, and the room with the maple? That's Gu Qingzhi's old place. So Xiao Changqing's basically hoping Gu Qingzhi will come back home, just like Qu Yuan hoped King Huai of Chu would.
Zhenzhu (the maid) asks Tian Yuan if he has any family and he responds âA younger brotherâ. And then she jokes âHis name isnât Di fang right?â
In the scene where Shen Xi He is talking with Xiao Changqing, we see a maple leaf in the background. In ancient times, maple leaves were all about expressing sadness.
There is also an even deeper symbolism there based on a famous Chinese poem:
In "Chu Ci · Zhao": "The deep blue waters flow, with maples above." This piece is traditionally attributed to Qu Yuan.
That riverside with "maples above" is actually King Huai of Chu's hometown,
and the room with the maple? That's Gu Qingzhi's old place.
So Xiao Changqing's basically hoping Gu Qingzhi will come back home, just like Qu Yuan hoped King Huai of Chu would.
Zhenzhu (the maid) asks Tian Yuan if he has any family and he responds âA younger brotherâ. And then she jokes âHis name isnât Di fang right?â
The joke is based on the idiom 怩ćć°æč (tiÄn yuĂĄn dĂŹ fÄng), which literally means âHeaven is round, Earth is square.â
So basically each is half of this phrase lol