That scene with all the suitors and the subtext of the conversation flowing about them. When Ling Bu Yi states clearly he will save his fiancée first, we get a very clear picture of what will happen when/if he wins Shao Shang. He will always put her first. And he is very sure and decisive in this matter. No flowery words from him and this is where Yuan Shen loses out.
And that scene when he escorts them into the city - I am not sure whether Shao Shang understood his actions but her parents clearly do. This stoic young general, ruthless to many and not prone to tender-heartedness has made way for them to enter the city and it looks like a guard of honor with horsemen on both sides (I thought of Moses and the Red Sea reference). This meant that whoever he was escorting is of great importance and that started the worry machines in her parents.
To meet a man multiple times (and half-dressed, tended to his bare-chested wounds) is not the right thing for a young lady to be doing. But it was through that scene that emphasised how suitable she would be to be a general's wife - starting bravely as a rebel swings his sword, tending to wounds that no young lady should be seeing and having a quick mind in working out what is really going on with the rebels.
I am sure Ling Bu Yi (and Yuan Shen) have not given up. Ling Bu Yi will still try to find ways to win her favour. However, it doesn't bode well (seeing the Ep 19 previews!)
I've watched all the available previews so I know what's coming to some degree. I think Ling Buyi already has done all that he can and it's really up to her to put it all together. Her parents have put it all together.
I agree with all your comments especially about her showing early signs of being a general's wife and laughed out loud at the Moses and the Red Sea reference. I think it was definitely a grand gesture and signalled all kinds of things to the parents. There's no doubt that Niaoniao is flattered on some level but doesn't really compute all the ramifications of what he says or does because she hasn't been schooled in all the conventions and etiquette of her time. This works to both their disadvantage in this instance. Despite her intelligence she is still both immature and uneducated.
I agree with the two scenes.
That scene with all the suitors and the subtext of the conversation flowing about them. When Ling Bu Yi states clearly he will save his fiancée first, we get a very clear picture of what will happen when/if he wins Shao Shang. He will always put her first. And he is very sure and decisive in this matter. No flowery words from him and this is where Yuan Shen loses out.
And that scene when he escorts them into the city - I am not sure whether Shao Shang understood his actions but her parents clearly do. This stoic young general, ruthless to many and not prone to tender-heartedness has made way for them to enter the city and it looks like a guard of honor with horsemen on both sides (I thought of Moses and the Red Sea reference). This meant that whoever he was escorting is of great importance and that started the worry machines in her parents.
To meet a man multiple times (and half-dressed, tended to his bare-chested wounds) is not the right thing for a young lady to be doing. But it was through that scene that emphasised how suitable she would be to be a general's wife - starting bravely as a rebel swings his sword, tending to wounds that no young lady should be seeing and having a quick mind in working out what is really going on with the rebels.
I am sure Ling Bu Yi (and Yuan Shen) have not given up. Ling Bu Yi will still try to find ways to win her favour. However, it doesn't bode well (seeing the Ep 19 previews!)
I've watched all the available previews so I know what's coming to some degree. I think Ling Buyi already has done all that he can and it's really up to her to put it all together. Her parents have put it all together.
I agree with all your comments especially about her showing early signs of being a general's wife and laughed out loud at the Moses and the Red Sea reference. I think it was definitely a grand gesture and signalled all kinds of things to the parents. There's no doubt that Niaoniao is flattered on some level but doesn't really compute all the ramifications of what he says or does because she hasn't been schooled in all the conventions and etiquette of her time. This works to both their disadvantage in this instance. Despite her intelligence she is still both immature and uneducated.