I think it's a lot of "do you really think you can be happy with Zhao Yunlan :)))".
*nodnod* That's what I meant by "abandon hope". :-)
I think he does realise that Dixing at the moment really sucks and that the treaty isn't exactly fair.
I had the impression that became more clear to him over the course of the show, starting when he took the Shadow Man back at the beginning of canon. When he tells Chu Shuzhi in ep 2, "Dixing is now a large prison of torment. Everyone has been tormented into having two faces." for some reason, I thought he'd only just discovered that. And there are subsequent moments when he progressively realises exactly how bad it is. (Insert usual disclaimers about needing a rewatch.)
Maybe he's focusing on the Hallows and bringing them back, in the theory that restoring resources is the most important first step, and political reform will follow?
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*nodnod* That's what I meant by "abandon hope". :-)
I had the impression that became more clear to him over the course of the show, starting when he took the Shadow Man back at the beginning of canon. When he tells Chu Shuzhi in ep 2, "Dixing is now a large prison of torment. Everyone has been tormented into having two faces." for some reason, I thought he'd only just discovered that. And there are subsequent moments when he progressively realises exactly how bad it is. (Insert usual disclaimers about needing a rewatch.)
Maybe he's focusing on the Hallows and bringing them back, in the theory that restoring resources is the most important first step, and political reform will follow?