china_shop: Two Chinese men (the Envoy and Kunlun) in historical dress sit facing each other. Blue background with a pink heart sketched in it. (Guardian - bb!Envoy/Kunlun heart)
The Gauche in the Machine ([personal profile] china_shop) wrote in [community profile] sid_guardian 2023-02-26 09:20 pm (UTC)

Caveat: I have no idea what I'm talking about!

In the novel She Who Became the Sun, the phrase "ten thousand years" came up several times, too, and I just checked wikipedia, which says it's a common saying in various east Asian languages to wish long life (historically to the emperor, but now more generally). So it might not, in itself, seem particularly suspicious to YOHE!Shen Wei? It might just seem like a figure of speech? I think the "you've already repaid it" is more telling...

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