Ya Qing's development at the end is wonderful and I was so excited she was able to change her mind! (The Zhu Hong twist is one of my favourite non-Weilan-related things anyway.)

We know he can get stuff wrong. He isn't the magic solution to all plot problems.

Yes! And just because he says a thing it doesn't mean it's automatically The Truth. I mean, I want to pet him because he's been making hard decisions for so long and with so little emotional support, but I also really like that he isn't always right and the narrative is aware of it.