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[shangba]

( By midday, in the heat of Lotus Pier, when Hanguang-Jun finds himself swarmed by the teenage and youthful nobility of Yunmeng: )



Youths surround from each side. Chattering.

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[shangba]

...play the flute for me?

[emperorssmile]

I’d love to. Want to skip eating out tonight? We can grab food from the kitchens and it won’t be long, but it could be just us for a little while.

[shangba]

My love. Yes.

[emperorssmile]

Great! I just have one stop left and I’ll start back.

Unless you want me to turn around now. I don’t mind coming back another day.

[shangba]

Finish your work. I dare not steal you.

[emperorssmile]

I won’t take long. I’ll drop off Liang with the nursemaid on the way back to our rooms.

[shangba]

Might we be peaceful?

Perhaps in the gardens.

[emperorssmile]

Sure. Let’s find a quiet place to take a walk. I know a few places that might work.

[shangba]

Have I not bored you?

[emperorssmile]

I’m not bored being with you.

[shangba]

You would tell me, if you were?

[emperorssmile]

I would! You know how much I hate being bored.

[shangba]

I adore you.

[emperorssmile]

It’s because I’m so adorable, isn’t it?

I love you, Lan Zhan.

[shangba]

And I you, beloved.

[emperorssmile]

I can’t wait to see you. It feels like it’s been days when it’s only been half of one.

[shangba]

Perhaps we are too bound.

[emperorssmile]

We’re just making up for lost time.

[shangba]

Do the juniors think us folly?

[emperorssmile]

Not that I’ve heard. I suppose Sizhui would know better than me, though.

Wouldn’t they just be glad to see their Hanguang-Jun so happy?

[shangba]

We may be, as the youth say, overbearingly in love.

[emperorssmile]

Maybe it’s overbearing for them, but it doesn’t feel that way to me. It feels just right.

[shangba]

Wei Ying is uncaring for his reputation?

[emperorssmile]

Should I care about it? The world isn’t trying to kill me, isn’t that good enough?

[shangba]

Oh, my love.