#man i love the cinematography in this series‼

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Can I just say...

This entire episode is incredible through and through, but I just want to talk about this scene in particular (because my brain wouldn't shut up about it)

Throughout EP27 Hongniang seemed out of sorts, even if we take to consider her more serious personality she seems particularly tense this time

Which was very much by design; Hongniang was supposed to seem suspicious, and this scene in particular does an incredible job at highlighting that

In the manga, Hongniang seems to be just her usual self; serious and collected. When Maomao points out that it was unusual for her to speak harshly of someone, she immediately covers her mouth, aghast by her own behaviour.

But in the anime? She acted as if she was doing that on purpose, not even bothering to think about her callous attitude of mocking a consort as a maid. If anything, her voice dipped in even more venom the more she talked about Consort Jin

To further highlight the differences in the anime and manga, when Hongniang goes on to explain Consort Jin's poisoning attempt on Gyokuyou she seemed panicked in the manga, trying to reason why she's acting the way she is when it comes to Jin. In the anime, she doesn't seem apologetic in the slightest; she spoke very matter-of-factly, as if she was trying to justify something that wasn't just her rude behaviour

Throughout this entire exchange, Hongniang's face never left the shadows. Her eyes reflected nothing as she spoke about Consort Jin, and her expression was fixed in an unreadable poker face

The biggest factor of why this scene shook me so much was definitely her voice; her voice doesn't shift, doesn't hold an ounce of sympathy for the deceased woman, the consort, she was talking about. And yet her tone changes ever so slowly, from merely impassive to almost downright vile, if you manage to pick it up

All in all a fantastic episode, very thrilling; I loved 'Cold' playing in the background of this scene (and by god if the other osts in this episode are also from S1 PLEASE tell me their names)