Chalk it up to his inexperience, but he doesn't think of that risk. He should've but he's still learning where all the pitfalls are and the offer sounds so promising! It also seems so.. well, grown up, to be in charge of forming an alliance with another sect like this. He knows he needs help while his army is depleted and he can't really ask the Jiang clan to do any more. In fact, he'd like to be able to tell them to do less. So it would help if he could get aid from somewhere else- somewhere he isn't related to someone. It'd feel more like a true alliance and less like his family coming to his rescue.

It takes him a few moments as he considers this, trying to see the problems with it but not finding any. He glances at Zizhen and weighs out if it would make him look weak to ask his take on this. He decides he doesn't care. "Got any thoughts on this?" He prods his friend.

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Lan Zhan doesn't ask for permission as he steps closer when Yuan moves. He slips one arm behind his back and another under his thighs, lifting him effortlessly. He nods toward his husband to take care of anything that needs to be brought with them, pausing at the door. If Wuxian takes too long though, he uses his foot to open it like he did the one other time he was carrying a certain someone.

Either way, it's clear he's carrying his son and he doesn't pay any attention to protests.