I imagine there are some Dixingren who follow politics, but most people are just getting on with their lives and sometimes things happen at the palace for no obvious rhyme or reason. I'd absolutely expect An Bai and friends to be in the second group (though that said, they have opinions about the Envoy, hm).
Yeah, they're plugged in enough to have opinions on the Envoy! And negative opinions with a distinct Ye Zun inflection at that. They must have heard people under Ye Zun's sway talk - why did this stick, and not other things they might have heard?
(I know, I know, I'm taking this too seriously, *g*)
Or that could be an unofficial "I won't tell"?
I guess it could be.
Maybe the robes are a marker of nobility?
You know, that could be an explanation for the extremely different styles of clothing in Dixing!
maybe he's looking for a wig shop? ;-p
LOLOLOL!
When Zhao Yunlan asks about it, it's Shen Wei who says, "The moment he puts on the crown, he will keep on working till his last breath. This is Dixing's rule." So I think he must have known that much.
But that's after An Bai's ascension - we don't know what he might have learned from that. (I do think he knew that much, too. It's just not really clear to me in the episode.)
Ahh, that makes sense! I like it! Though it does seem like a pretty intricate logic chain to expect the viewer to figure out, especially on a casual watch. Maybe it doesn't matter...
There's a lot in this show that's all there that the casual viewer presumably isn't expected to figure out - all the foreshadowing, all the detail put into Shen Wei's side of things that only makes sense in retrospect. I think in the moment, all that matters for the casual viewer is Shen Wei's expression of disapproval, and the fact that Dixing really, really needs things to get better.
Either way, I feel like narratively it has to be related to Shen Wei's energy corruption in some way.
It definitely has to be related to the aftereffects of using the Sundial, and as a lead-up to the kitchen scene it definitely should be connected to that in some way. I just wish I had a theory that fully worked for me, rather than several interesting ideas, all of which have somehting going for them but none of which 100% convince me. :p
Oh, Zhao Yunlan's arm starts off across the other side of the bed, so maybe Shen Wei was using that as a pillow, so when Zhao Yunlan wakes, Shen Wei's absence is already obvious. And ZYL thinks it must be morning already because Shen Wei is up, so he checks his phone?
I guess that would work! Either way, he's used to waking up alone, even if that's because Shen Wei tends to get up before him. *g*
(Also, I just noticed the hourglass in the foreground, which someone (presumably Shen Wei) has just turned for Important Thematic Reasons. Heh.)
Heh. Yeah, the hourglass is very conspicuous! Oh, Shen Wei. ♥
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Yeah, they're plugged in enough to have opinions on the Envoy! And negative opinions with a distinct Ye Zun inflection at that. They must have heard people under Ye Zun's sway talk - why did this stick, and not other things they might have heard?
(I know, I know, I'm taking this too seriously, *g*)
Or that could be an unofficial "I won't tell"?
I guess it could be.
Maybe the robes are a marker of nobility?
You know, that could be an explanation for the extremely different styles of clothing in Dixing!
maybe he's looking for a wig shop? ;-p
LOLOLOL!
When Zhao Yunlan asks about it, it's Shen Wei who says, "The moment he puts on the crown, he will keep on working till his last breath. This is Dixing's rule." So I think he must have known that much.
But that's after An Bai's ascension - we don't know what he might have learned from that. (I do think he knew that much, too. It's just not really clear to me in the episode.)
Ahh, that makes sense! I like it! Though it does seem like a pretty intricate logic chain to expect the viewer to figure out, especially on a casual watch. Maybe it doesn't matter...
There's a lot in this show that's all there that the casual viewer presumably isn't expected to figure out - all the foreshadowing, all the detail put into Shen Wei's side of things that only makes sense in retrospect. I think in the moment, all that matters for the casual viewer is Shen Wei's expression of disapproval, and the fact that Dixing really, really needs things to get better.
Either way, I feel like narratively it has to be related to Shen Wei's energy corruption in some way.
It definitely has to be related to the aftereffects of using the Sundial, and as a lead-up to the kitchen scene it definitely should be connected to that in some way. I just wish I had a theory that fully worked for me, rather than several interesting ideas, all of which have somehting going for them but none of which 100% convince me. :p
Oh, Zhao Yunlan's arm starts off across the other side of the bed, so maybe Shen Wei was using that as a pillow, so when Zhao Yunlan wakes, Shen Wei's absence is already obvious. And ZYL thinks it must be morning already because Shen Wei is up, so he checks his phone?
I guess that would work! Either way, he's used to waking up alone, even if that's because Shen Wei tends to get up before him. *g*
(Also, I just noticed the hourglass in the foreground, which someone (presumably Shen Wei) has just turned for Important Thematic Reasons. Heh.)
Heh. Yeah, the hourglass is very conspicuous! Oh, Shen Wei. ♥