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[shangba]

Pledge you do not sleep in the vanquished cave.

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[emperorssmile]

We’re a team, Lan Zhan. I’ll walk in confidently, but it’ll be because it belongs to both of us.

[shangba]

Let it be so. Guide me.

[emperorssmile]

Even when the sect can see?

[shangba]

Have I ever appeared ashamed of you?

[emperorssmile]

Never, but you’re the acting sect leader. You don’t mind if people see your wife leading you?

[shangba]

Did I not marry my wife for his virtue?

[emperorssmile]

Okay, that’s fair. We’re equals in everything but title.

[shangba]

Not equal. Wei Ying is prettier.

[emperorssmile]

And Lan Zhan is more handsome.

[shangba]

Partisan.

[emperorssmile]

So are you.

It’s hard to feel like the jingshi is as much mine as it is yours. When we’re in the new house, it’ll be easier.

[shangba]

Cruel of me to have offended my wife, kept in my bachelor house.

[emperorssmile]

It’s not offensive. Just cozy with the three of us sharing space.

[shangba]

In other words, my wife wishes privacy.

[emperorssmile]

Privacy to share intimacy with my husband. Especially now that A-Liang’s mobile.

[shangba]

I too... wish greater intimacy with Wei Ying.

Past bed play. To hold his hand. Read him poetry.

[emperorssmile]

Me too! I want to rest my head in your lap while we read. And to be held in general.

[shangba]

My sweet, loving wife.

[emperorssmile]

Is it weird that this is making me miss you more than when we talk about making love as soon as I get home?

Loving you makes me miss you too, though.

[shangba]

Not strange.

We bide more of our time away from bed. Natural to crave such connection.

[emperorssmile]

At least we can still talk like this.

Wen Ning wants me to send his regards.

[shangba]

My own, in return. He guards half of my soul.

[emperorssmile]

You know what he told me? He told me that he was glad we found each other because it’s the happiest he’s seen me.

[shangba]

He has missed you, all this time.

[emperorssmile]

I haven’t asked him about the time he spent imprisoned by the Jin. I don’t know how much of it he was aware of.