"Shen Yuan was my doing, more or less," Claudius says drolly. He likewise surveys the board -- now that Liu Mingyan's made more aggressive moves, he can better evaluate where the threats are, and which threats are opportunities. "He loved Luo Binghe from the beginning, of course -- but he would've denied it if asked, and denied it to me as soon as I spied love's signs in him. I offered it to Luo Binghe as a piece of intelligence, and had other parties confirm it, in case Shen Yuan still demurred. It seems to have gone well for them."