[He doesn't look pleased in the slightest, despite his smile. It's only when Jing Yuan gets within earshot that his eyes finally soften, volume quiet.]

It wasn't necessary. Had I know he was going to react quite like that, I would not have sent you to begin with.

[He genuinely meant for a rise, nothing more. Oh well. He can't take it back now.]

Your points to him echo my own, Jing Yuan. But you really were meant to be a participant in a simple game, not an unwilling spokesman to our greviances beyond it... and I wasn't expecting you to use my name so brashly.

I'm sorry. I have no desire to use you as a pawn. [...] I'll handle his poison. For now... just do not ask me to choose for you again.