Shen Qingqiu nods, thoughtfully. He's glad Nina has dropped the brother pretext. It was odd that Binghe wouldn't choose to marry her—if she'd shown up in PIDW, she would definitely have joined Liu Mingyan as his top favorite wives.

"I briefly thought it might be Claudius," he confesses, "but I'm afraid that's escalated beyond light bickering, and of course Binghe was only kissing him as part of his master plan." He considers. "Maybe Janet."