"They already tried, Zizhen. 's why I told him to go." He hates that it worked out this way but Yuan's tea was poisoned just like his was. Yuan was attacked by the captain of his guard. He didn't want the protection for himself but he wasn't going to take any more risks with Yuan's life for his sake. What else could he do but send him away?
He wants to argue that Zizhen is annoyingly naïve. There is no 'strong enough to protect himself'. If Jin Ling can't do it with the might of the Jin clan, all of Jin Guangyao's old magic and resources, with having his name attached to the former fucking Yiling Patriarch and Hanguang Jun and Jiang Cheng, then just how the hell was Yuan, Jingyi, or Zizhen supposed to do it?
He closes his eyes as he thinks about the overwhelming odds and how far he's fallen. He had all those advantages and he still sunk to the bottom like the orphaned runt he was. He's just going to be one more weak chain in the Jin dynasty without any significance at all. As the tears betray him no matter how tight he tries to keep his eyes shut, he can barely hear the rest of what Zizhen is saying.
Except..
"Wait, what?" He blinks and looks up. "Jiujiu wrote to Wei-qianbei for help?" He really is dying..
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Lan Zhan tilts his head a bit to the side at the hesitation. He wants to celebrate that Yuan is accepting but, he's too 'Lan' not to read the quiet response too. "We'll help you find ways to honor being a Wen still. You aren't losing that where it matters, just like your baba has never lost his love of his family the Jiang clan. It's not fair, but Wen isn't safe. Neither is Wei. Lan is."
Pause.
"Even if some refuse to take the name." .. is that a smirk on his face and the quickest glance toward his husband?
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He wants to argue that Zizhen is annoyingly naïve. There is no 'strong enough to protect himself'. If Jin Ling can't do it with the might of the Jin clan, all of Jin Guangyao's old magic and resources, with having his name attached to the former fucking Yiling Patriarch and Hanguang Jun and Jiang Cheng, then just how the hell was Yuan, Jingyi, or Zizhen supposed to do it?
He closes his eyes as he thinks about the overwhelming odds and how far he's fallen. He had all those advantages and he still sunk to the bottom like the orphaned runt he was. He's just going to be one more weak chain in the Jin dynasty without any significance at all. As the tears betray him no matter how tight he tries to keep his eyes shut, he can barely hear the rest of what Zizhen is saying.
Except..
"Wait, what?" He blinks and looks up. "Jiujiu wrote to Wei-qianbei for help?" He really is dying..
~~~
Lan Zhan tilts his head a bit to the side at the hesitation. He wants to celebrate that Yuan is accepting but, he's too 'Lan' not to read the quiet response too. "We'll help you find ways to honor being a Wen still. You aren't losing that where it matters, just like your baba has never lost his love of his family the Jiang clan. It's not fair, but Wen isn't safe. Neither is Wei. Lan is."
Pause.
"Even if some refuse to take the name." .. is that a smirk on his face and the quickest glance toward his husband?