Jiang Cheng watches as she leaves before sitting back down and finishing the rest of the wine stewing over the strange turns his life has taken. Eventually, he gets up and goes back to the Fragrant Palace, Jin Ling's bedchamber, to find Zizhen in his usual place. It's a mix of emotions to see, but he's ultimately glad there's someone else watching over the young man. It's not exactly proper how he's curled up against his friend but, Zizhen doesn't seem to mind.
He steps a little closer, just to see if the Ouyang heir is awake or not. If not, he'll leave and finally get a good night's rest alone. If he is, he asks if he needs anything quietly.
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"Yeah! Let me show you our personal rooms. We have a room of bunk beds on the top floor that we share but we also have these personal room for studying, meditating or.. there's a few shy boys who sometimes even sleep in their own rooms. They're just not very big. They were modeled after a monastery." He knocks on the first room and introduces another boy, who seems more friendly than the first two. He steps aside and lets Sizhui peek in. It has two desks, a small set of shelves, an incense burner, a wooden chest for personal items for each of them and that's about it.
As they keep going, they come to the end of the hall and Jingyi opens his room. It's a corner room and larger. There are two desks, but only one is being used. He has his own qin which the first boy didn't seem to and there's a couple small personal items around the chamber and some charms/ talismans. There's also a small painting.
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He steps a little closer, just to see if the Ouyang heir is awake or not. If not, he'll leave and finally get a good night's rest alone. If he is, he asks if he needs anything quietly.
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"Yeah! Let me show you our personal rooms. We have a room of bunk beds on the top floor that we share but we also have these personal room for studying, meditating or.. there's a few shy boys who sometimes even sleep in their own rooms. They're just not very big. They were modeled after a monastery." He knocks on the first room and introduces another boy, who seems more friendly than the first two. He steps aside and lets Sizhui peek in. It has two desks, a small set of shelves, an incense burner, a wooden chest for personal items for each of them and that's about it.
As they keep going, they come to the end of the hall and Jingyi opens his room. It's a corner room and larger. There are two desks, but only one is being used. He has his own qin which the first boy didn't seem to and there's a couple small personal items around the chamber and some charms/ talismans. There's also a small painting.
"What do you think?"