BTW, I can't be bothered to find the earlier thread we had about Dan Heng's age possibly being around 30-50 years old... but today I was reading some threads and someone brought up this resource.
Notably, the 2nd letter is a request from the Preceptors to Jing Yuan demanding to release Dan Heng to them. The contents say that they've already tried writing to the Ten Lords Commission for a long time to no effect. And then, the footnotes from Jing Yuan's advisor say:
This "这几百年间" seems to indicate Dan Heng's age in to be at least 200+ years minimum, if not more. Because obviously, the Preceptors obviously couldn't have been demanding him back before hatching, or when he was still Dan Feng.
Secondly, there's a lyric "睁开眼，一人九万余夜" in Dan Heng's character OST《长梦应觉》, which if taken literally, equals ~250 years. Though...I'm not totally sure canon this song is.
Anyway, even just going by the first item, then it's highly unlikely that Yunhua's dosing Dan Heng with the memory recovery drug shouldn't have all that much to do with her exile. I mean, maybe it was old laundry brought up during her trial (under the table-wise, for her student not to know about it). But it shouldn't be anywhere near the primary reason for it.
Actually, maybe it's possible that Jing Yuan also didn't know about it at the time it happened, or at least, didn't know that Yunhua did it. And then it was when she was being attacked by her political rivals 30 years ago, that this matter actual came to light (for JY)?
Of course, there is also the possibility that the writers just forgot (or are retconning) the above lore, and have now decided that Dan Heng's age is in mere decades. *shrug*
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Date: 2024-09-16 07:44 (UTC)Notably, the 2nd letter is a request from the Preceptors to Jing Yuan demanding to release Dan Heng to them. The contents say that they've already tried writing to the Ten Lords Commission for a long time to no effect. And then, the footnotes from Jing Yuan's advisor say:
这几百年间，持明族递上来的请愿书得有上千份了…属这一封措辞最严厉，他们的耐心是到极限了吧。 青镞 留」「流放令已受十王司允准。既然丹枫已再世为人，不问前愆，为何龙师不能接受他远离这片是非之地…？耐人寻味。」
This "这几百年间" seems to indicate Dan Heng's age in to be at least 200+ years minimum, if not more. Because obviously, the Preceptors obviously couldn't have been demanding him back before hatching, or when he was still Dan Feng.
Secondly, there's a lyric "睁开眼，一人九万余夜" in Dan Heng's character OST《长梦应觉》, which if taken literally, equals ~250 years. Though...I'm not totally sure canon this song is.
Anyway, even just going by the first item, then it's highly unlikely that Yunhua's dosing Dan Heng with the memory recovery drug shouldn't have all that much to do with her exile. I mean, maybe it was old laundry brought up during her trial (under the table-wise, for her student not to know about it). But it shouldn't be anywhere near the primary reason for it.
Actually, maybe it's possible that Jing Yuan also didn't know about it at the time it happened, or at least, didn't know that Yunhua did it. And then it was when she was being attacked by her political rivals 30 years ago, that this matter actual came to light (for JY)?
Of course, there is also the possibility that the writers just forgot (or are retconning) the above lore, and have now decided that Dan Heng's age is in mere decades. *shrug*