Nice father-daughter bonding moment!
ohhh I got it! its like journey to the west and she is acompanied by her own monkey!
glass spires and burning the fire undead
The Subterranean Sun, a sun crow bonded to the Gu line. Probably the spirit beast of the Gu's founder, or bonded to whoever survived the death of the Purifying Sun. Likely to be Indigo tier, or Violet, at best; any higher, the Gu should have pulled up by now by simply following their ancestor's path. (I'd put them at Violet, since that'll fit with the Gu's struggle to elevate themselves. The threat of a Grade 8 White Tiger of the Han is part of the Han's struggle with the Guo, after all.)
So that's why he wanted a son so badly: his marriage agreements had his children being divided, by sex, in who inherits the traditions of each parent. All his daughters will follow the culture of the Celestial Peaks, and his non-existent sons will follow the native Golden Fields traditions.
Yanmei seems to be extremely good at self-control, and that might be reflected in her Way. Remember, she was the one advising Xiulan to pick up another element for her repertoire that would serve as a moderating influence. Yanmei comes off as a Tranquil Fury type (which matches their mother, who is a great example of discipline and poise), whereas Xiulan burns much more like her father's side apparently does: extremely powerfully and, often, out of control.
If that doesn't describe what our Mean Girl friend was like in the first year, nothing does.
MSS's screen tech doesn't need to be perfect, it's B rank and thus has a huge advantage against any C rank tech, and HDW being G3 means it will forever be at disadvantage in addition to that. Ling Qi actually has had her perception be disrupted all the time by G2/G3 in Cai parties, so there is no reason the same cannot apply with C rank tech in combat.
So the answer to vassal problems are apparently a lot of enthusiastic violence.
Then you produce the Wen or the Huang and who wants to hang out with those guys?
I mean, that's what CK3 is teaching me, so it must be true!
Knowing Xiulan she'll make it look both good while also prim and distinguished.
Unlikely, as the parent that seemingly discarded her verbally expresses regret and takes steps to show their care and attention by directly imparting their skills to them immediately after their reunion. So healing up the fractures that made Azula, Azula.
