Some people only realize at the end of their lives that they have never truly seen someone for who they are. But they never thought, has he ever tried to look with his heart?
What he saw was merely what he wanted to see.
When Zhao Ji lamented about a decade being like a dream, aside from a few individuals, no one knew what Zhao Ji was sighing about.
Shen Yue knew that Zhao Ji was lamenting the ten years he was held captive.
Richness seeks cultivation, poverty shows one's morality.
But cultivation, something that most people struggle to find, and morality, which is something ingrained in one's bones. Zhao Ji always thought of himself as literate and cultured. Being captive for ten years allowed the Zhao Ji, who was once immersed in opulent dreams, to reluctantly see things more clearly.
In the harem, for a woman to reach the ranks of Noble Consort or Worthy Consort, it most often demonstrates the Emperor's affection for her.
