“Ain’t that just it?! The Kingdom of Xianle had fallen, so he had to ruin Yong’an too. The Yong’an people killed his own royal parents, so he had to murder the royal parents of the Crown Prince of Yong’an. An eye for an eye. It’s pure vengeance!”
i don’t remember if this line was just altered in the anime or if the line i’m thinking of is just later in the story but tai hua’s accusation against xie lian is nearly a one to one situation of what jun wu actually did to xie lian in a more subtle way