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[shangba]

( Midday, past lunch observed with Xichen: )


How fared the children this morning?

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[emperorssmile]

We’ll do it together, Lan Zhan. There has to be a way for both of us.

[shangba]

My husband is a crafty man.

[emperorssmile]

I won’t give up on us!

All this time, I’ve been saying we’d have forever together… when were you going to tell me?

[shangba]

Had assumed... Wei Ying understood. Demonic cultivation cannot be my path.

I must forge another.

[emperorssmile]

Well, we’re on the same page now. We’ve still got a few years to figure it out. Unless we want to be shriveled old men forever.

[shangba]

My husband would be a bright, younger thing.

[emperorssmile]

Don’t worry, Lan Zhan. I would still love you even if you got old and I didn’t.

[shangba]

If I too were as a worm?

[emperorssmile]

In any form you take. Even if you were a dog!

[shangba]

...do not disgust yourself with the thought.

[emperorssmile]

I won’t. I just want you to know that I love you that much.

[shangba]

Love Wei Ying more.

[emperorssmile]

Impossible. Maybe just as much!

[shangba]

Just as much.

[emperorssmile]

You love me lots, then!

Sizhui and Jingyi are going to stay in Caiyi for a little while longer. Liang and I are on our way home! I should be back with enough light for archery, but we can always light some lanterns if it gets too dark.

[shangba]

...he cannot be betrothed and linger overnight with another.

[emperorssmile]

But they’re friends.

Do I need to send him a butterfly and wait until they catch up?

[shangba]

...uncertain.

Would we be at ease with each other alighting in but one other person's company, beyond duress?

[emperorssmile]

I trust you 100 percent, so I wouldn’t have a problem with that.

But I guess it doesn’t look good and Jingyi already gets on Jin Ling’s nerves.

I don’t think they’re going to spend the night in Caiyi, so we could let them hang out this once and talk to Sizhui about it later?

[shangba]

...would not enjoy knowing Wei Ying lone with another.

My husband is too handsome. He would be harassed and pursued.

[emperorssmile]

I’ll spend time in groups when we’re not together, then.

So… what about Sizhui? I doubt he’s thinking about what it looks like from the outside.

[shangba]

Mmmmm. In truth, mere fledgling courtship, not betrothal.

Jingyi, a childhood friend.

Perhaps...

[emperorssmile]

Would you feel more comfortable if I bring them home now?

[shangba]

No. Perhaps I merely overthink.

[emperorssmile]

Let’s talk to him together, then. Maybe he’ll talk to Jingyi about his courtship now that I’m not there.