The Queen - Vol. 2 Ch. 12 - The Human World (Part II)
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So I am sort of confused with the translators note during the very heart breaking scene.
Li was fighting against the Emperor about how he used the people in order to figure out who in his minister party was loyal to him. As a "bonus" he also was able to take out a child trafficking group? The Emperor states that reality is harsh and that people will go into dark times even when they are staving and that Li should just harden her heart and kill those who are against her. Instead she counteracts that statement by saying that the time she spent with the people was wonderful and so peaceful than her time scheming and lying and fighting her way through political plots, now she has to go back to it and she hates it.
So I'm guessing the translator notes are telling us Li is an ungrateful noble? Like she thinks her small volunteering will help the masses in the long run? Or that maybe she puts herself on a high horse because of volunteering?
I have no idea, but dang was this story really impactful. If anyone has a better idea of what the story and the translator was trying to come across go and explain it. Cause man did I re read that section like 10 times.
Li was fighting against the Emperor about how he used the people in order to figure out who in his minister party was loyal to him. As a "bonus" he also was able to take out a child trafficking group? The Emperor states that reality is harsh and that people will go into dark times even when they are staving and that Li should just harden her heart and kill those who are against her. Instead she counteracts that statement by saying that the time she spent with the people was wonderful and so peaceful than her time scheming and lying and fighting her way through political plots, now she has to go back to it and she hates it.
So I'm guessing the translator notes are telling us Li is an ungrateful noble? Like she thinks her small volunteering will help the masses in the long run? Or that maybe she puts herself on a high horse because of volunteering?
I have no idea, but dang was this story really impactful. If anyone has a better idea of what the story and the translator was trying to come across go and explain it. Cause man did I re read that section like 10 times.
I feel like it is heavily implied from the person who told Ling that “there is only one way for people who starve like that to survive” and she shouldn’t get close to that type of person, that her quote-on-quote “best friend” cannibalised the corpses of the other villagers in order to survive her excruciating starvation. This ties in later to the people selling their children for rice. It is my interpretation that others wouldn’t be buying those children to be slaves, as it is an extra mouth to feed, but rather to be eaten by others people. It shows the darkness of humanity in desperation.
Ling countered by asking how the king could bare to send these children to such unfortunate fates without letting their families know. The King helped her realize through his stark observation that the other adults selling them knew of their fates. He said something along of the lines of “They knew what they were doing. They sent the smallest of the children.” To be honest, I’m not too sure what he means. I’m guessing it is something along the lines of less meat on their bones and more meat for the people selling in case they need to start sacrificing others.
I could also just be overthinking it and they’re just selling the weakest ones knowing they will be worked to the bone and inevitably die. Idk I’m sleep deprived.
Ling countered by asking how the king could bare to send these children to such unfortunate fates without letting their families know. The King helped her realize through his stark observation that the other adults selling them knew of their fates. He said something along of the lines of “They knew what they were doing. They sent the smallest of the children.” To be honest, I’m not too sure what he means. I’m guessing it is something along the lines of less meat on their bones and more meat for the people selling in case they need to start sacrificing others.
I could also just be overthinking it and they’re just selling the weakest ones knowing they will be worked to the bone and inevitably die. Idk I’m sleep deprived.
This woman is still naive and is calling the kettle black at this point. It a game of survival whether within the court or outside of it. There will always be someone taking advantage of someone else to gain something. She can be mad all she wants but didn't she trample on Saya and her clan to get to the top.
Get off your high horse.
Get off your high horse.
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The translator’s note was insightful. I think for the first time Ling is actually pitying herself and that has been out of character for her until now. She sees herself in the dirty sick starving children but also wants to blame the Emperor for everything bad she herself had participated in at court. She’s oscillating wildly, thinking she has limits to her ambition while believing the Emperor himself incapable of such human limits. This dynamic has been very interesting to watch and remains fraught with complication.
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