Nirvana in Fire Ep 13 Reaction

Aww, that's a shame about the footage :( but listening to your theories was also wonderful this episode ♥ Sooooo, to get some clarity on the relations of the people (as we found out so far in this episode): The current Emperor, Marquis Yan and Lin Xie were best friends in their youth and none of them are blood related. Noble Consort Chen (who commited suicide 12 years ago) is the mother of Prince Qi, Xiao Jingyu (who was forced to take poison 12 years ago, as he was accused of treason against his father) and she is the sister of Lin Xie. So Prince Qi is Su Zhe's (Lin Shu's) cousin. Prince Jing and Prince Qi are half brother's. Consort Jing (Prince Jing's mom in white robes) prayed to Consort Chen's spirit last (?) episode to protect Prince Jing in his endeavor to win the throne, so we can assume they were quite close. Mu Nihuang has no blood relations to Prince Jing or Su Zhe. She is the Duchess of Yunnan and has earned the title of Princess through her prowess in battle. She is not blood related to the Emperor. Now, I don't remember if it is ever explicitly stated in the show, so the next bit is a little bit SPOILERY, concerning the blood relation between Prince Jing and Su Zhe: (*(*(*Lin Xie was married to a sister of the current Emperor, so Su Zhe (Lin Shu) and Prince Jing (Xiao Jingyan) are cousins in a way, but not neccessarily all that closely blood related, because I don't know if Lin Shu's mom was a direct sister of the Emperor. (All these consorts and side wives complicate things....)*)*)*) I love how affronted Su Zhe is about Marquis Yan's revenge plan :D He's like: "You had 12 years and this is all you came up with? Amateur. Now, stop ruining *my* 12 year revenge plan and take care of your son instead!" Also, also: yeah, our BL hearts are beating faster everytime Prince Jing and Su Zhe are in a room together ;D Princess Nihuang can join in, really. ♥ OT3's exist for a reason :DDD Despite the missing footage, a wonderful reaction. Thank you ♥♥♥

Lisa Kleine