I imagine Ya Qing heard it from Zhu Jiu going on a lengthy rant about the evils of the Envoy, after Zhu Jiu found out. Zhu Jiu really hates him, after all. *g* But she could also have discovered it on her own, from spying, and would likely have sooner or later if she hadn't known already.
Ying Chun and Fourth Uncle both are very respectful towards Shen Wei when they first meet him on screen, and it definitely gave me the impression the Yashou hold him in high regard. As for Ya Qing, she did to some extent buy into Ye Zun's and Zhu Jiu's revolutionary spiel about wanting things to be better, and they definitely would have painted Shen Wei in a bad light. Either she believed that and dismissed traditional Yashou attitudes based on that, or if not, she likely extrapolated from the Envoy enforcing the treaty she had already decided was holding the Yashou back. She likely thought of the Envoy as someone who's actually invested in the status quo - and, like the Snake and Flower tribes, maybe well-intentioned but still wrong.
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I imagine Ya Qing heard it from Zhu Jiu going on a lengthy rant about the evils of the Envoy, after Zhu Jiu found out. Zhu Jiu really hates him, after all. *g* But she could also have discovered it on her own, from spying, and would likely have sooner or later if she hadn't known already.
Ying Chun and Fourth Uncle both are very respectful towards Shen Wei when they first meet him on screen, and it definitely gave me the impression the Yashou hold him in high regard. As for Ya Qing, she did to some extent buy into Ye Zun's and Zhu Jiu's revolutionary spiel about wanting things to be better, and they definitely would have painted Shen Wei in a bad light. Either she believed that and dismissed traditional Yashou attitudes based on that, or if not, she likely extrapolated from the Envoy enforcing the treaty she had already decided was holding the Yashou back. She likely thought of the Envoy as someone who's actually invested in the status quo - and, like the Snake and Flower tribes, maybe well-intentioned but still wrong.