Winny Aye:
Yes. But he has one sided romantic feeling for her. the way he's jealous of Jing is something . But i think maybe if he is not too into throne or be with her at good timing , she may have reciprocate those feeling but then he would not become the Cang Xuan we know. I am YaoJing ultimate shipper. But i guess i have sort of attachment to his character maybe because he's most screentime ?
For me it's because CX never told her frankly and simply her true man's feelings. And also XiaoYao would have had aknowledge that they are not real Cousins/Gege power => much earlier.
Because when she meet her man's trio firstly when she was still a man - it was a close timing for them/all to get equitable a chance than. And it would have been a perfect timing for her too to learn her true parenting line at that moment somehow...To even take time to , while still in a man body, probe them all...
He would than have equitable chances to win her heart:):