#and i suppose once they were there fan xian didn't want to back down. but he could have avoided the confrontation altogether

[coquelicoq]

rewatching the first prince's intro is fun because the first time around you maybe don't realize that he falls for the princess two sentences into their conversation and has become a fan xian stan by the end of the encounter because you are understandably influenced by the ominous background music and menacing snorting of his warhorse et cetera. but in retrospect that guy has been fully won over, to the extent that he has already mentally scrubbed the arranged marriage escape plan he spent weeks setting up and is about to go to rancid vibes family brunch and try to convince the emperor to be nicer to the court gremlin, his new best friend fan xian. also the last thing he says to the princess is "i'll come pay you a visit in private later." okay sir keep it in your codpiece.