To be reluctantly fair to the Regent, he has just lost his right-hand man and confidant, and even though it wasn't Shen Wei and ZYL's fault, they were involved in his death. So it's reasonable for the Regent to be in a mood.
Yeah, he's not having a good time! He's also just found out that his supposed right-hand man was working for someone else all along, and he didn't know. (I don't think he can have known?) No wonder he's pissed off.
I mean, as far as ZYL is concerned, he's spent the entire show trying to get closer and closer and closer to Shen Wei, but he has a meltdown at Shen Wei taking on the negative consequences of that closeness. That's a distancing thing, imo. It's like the reverse of a fair-weather friend: we can spend the good times together, but when there's pain and difficulty, I don't want you involved. When you choose to express your caring by taking on a burden, that's where I'm (furiously) drawing the line.
Oh! Yeah, I see what you mean, this is 100% true and an excellent point.
When it's combined with the tension in his manner and bearing, it feels to me like he's preparing to not be around much longer, and making the best of the time they have left. :-/ I think Zhao Yunlan reads it the way you say, though.
I don't think at this point he's actually expecting to not be around any more soon, but the possibility has to be on his mind - and if he's literally just decided on his plan, no wonder it weighs heavily ... (But I think the other reading is definitely also a part of what he's thinking.)
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Yeah, he's not having a good time! He's also just found out that his supposed right-hand man was working for someone else all along, and he didn't know. (I don't think he can have known?) No wonder he's pissed off.
I mean, as far as ZYL is concerned, he's spent the entire show trying to get closer and closer and closer to Shen Wei, but he has a meltdown at Shen Wei taking on the negative consequences of that closeness. That's a distancing thing, imo. It's like the reverse of a fair-weather friend: we can spend the good times together, but when there's pain and difficulty, I don't want you involved. When you choose to express your caring by taking on a burden, that's where I'm (furiously) drawing the line.
Oh! Yeah, I see what you mean, this is 100% true and an excellent point.
When it's combined with the tension in his manner and bearing, it feels to me like he's preparing to not be around much longer, and making the best of the time they have left. :-/ I think Zhao Yunlan reads it the way you say, though.
I don't think at this point he's actually expecting to not be around any more soon, but the possibility has to be on his mind - and if he's literally just decided on his plan, no wonder it weighs heavily ... (But I think the other reading is definitely also a part of what he's thinking.)