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[shangba]

Pledge you do not sleep in the vanquished cave.

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[emperorssmile]

I thought only I could be your wife, too, but you were talking about a new one.

[shangba]

...different. Only Wei Ying may bear my children, join my bed or fill my heart with gladness.

[emperorssmile]

Then what would a new wife be good for?

I feel the same about you, you know. The only one to move my heart.

[shangba]

To weave warm socks for the old wife.

[emperorssmile]

For when your first wife wants to spend all day playing in the dirt on the other end of a long journey?

What a sweet husband I have.

[shangba]

...understood. No second wife.

[emperorssmile]

Ah, but there’s the second husband of Gusu Lan. I wonder how we could fashion a second wife for Lan Zhan.

[shangba]

You make frequent use of your husband?

[emperorssmile]

You know about all the times I have.

[shangba]

Then, I require no second wife.

[emperorssmile]

If I used the second husband more, would you want a second wife, then?

[shangba]

It would be a joyless relief of the flesh without you.

[emperorssmile]

I think you’d be sexy pleasuring yourself thinking of me.

It might make you feel more comfortable when you have to sleep alone, too.

[shangba]

Is that your wish?

[emperorssmile]

Not really. You told me you don’t like doing it without me, right?

But if you change your mind, I’d like to know that you’re taking good care of my favorite person.

[shangba]

...thank you.

I do not find true pleasure without you. It is... tepid. Unsatisfying.

[emperorssmile]

I always like it better when we’re together, too.

[shangba]

I am not... offended. If Wei Ying yet enjoys his distractions.

[emperorssmile]

It’s both. I enjoy it alone, but I like it better with you.

It’s a good way to get to sleep when the bed’s empty next to me.

[shangba]

I enjoy knowing you pleased and at ease.

[emperorssmile]

Then I’ll make sure I’m pleased tonight before bed.

I like a lot of things better when it’s with you.

[shangba]

Such as?

[emperorssmile]

Most things, really. Eating, reading, night hunting, bathing. I just like being with Lan Zhan.

[shangba]

And spending time with disciples?

[emperorssmile]

Yeah, I like when you’re with me then, too. But I do like spending time with Sizhui and his friends. And the littler ones, too.