Most of the characters in the drama took the name Cuique 翠雀 literally to mean emerald sparrow or a small blue-green bird. Only those knowledgeable in botany or medicine would know it actually is means delphinium or larkspur, a poisonous flower. As grandpa Lin later points out, it is a pesticide and that is what Ms Du really is!!!

In Chinese colloquial context, 翠雀花 (cuì què huā) delphinium flower colloquially is used as a pun or homonym for 娶妾花 (qǔ qiè huā), which means "flowers for marrying a concubine".

The wordplay:

• 翠雀 (cuì què) sounds very similar to 娶妾 (qǔ qiè) in Mandarin.

• 娶 (qǔ) means "to marry/take a wife," and 妾 (qiè) means "concubine"

So 杜翠雀 (Du Cuique) used a hair ornament shaped like a delphinium flower to subtly hint that she wants Jinqi to take her as his concubine (娶妾), playing on the homonym of her own name and the flower and announcing that to everyone present at the gathering.

While he did not bust her, Jinqi is on to her and will be guarded and rebuff all her advances from now on because he knows exactly what she was after. His sister's ambitions should be the cause of the rift that develops between Du Zheng and Jinqi.