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The show never needs to fully confirm the theory for it to be dramatically useful.
Yu Qianqian feels like a bridge between genre modes. She carries enough modern-coded thinking, business instinct, and language oddity to keep the theory alive.
That ambiguity is the point: the theory remains fun because the show never turns it into a blunt exposition dump.
Her way of explaining systems often feels out of period.
She reacts to customs like someone interpreting them, not inheriting them.
The theory lets the show inject freshness without breaking the setting.
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Not outright. The ambiguity is one reason the theory remains popular.
Yes, because it helps explain why Qianqian feels tonally different from the court around her.