Brothel meme continued

[lastjinstanding]

Continued from here

Jin Ling had really hoped he'd have A-Yuan at his side for this, but he didn't blame the sweet man for being ill one bit. In fact, he really enjoyed holding him as they finished traveling up to Lotus Pier. He sends servants off the boat to arrange a discreet delivery of his ill and subdued guest to private chambers following Ling's disembark. He instructed only Fu Geming to carry A-Yuan with Liling.

Sadly, after that, he had to leave his pets in his servants care. Squaring his shoulders, he stepped onto the pier. He bowed humbly to all of his relatives and gave them each a proper greeting- or in Wei Wuxian's case, a cheeky one.

He was brought into the main hall and given the seat next to Jiang Cheng's throne. Wei Wuxian was seated beside him with Lan Wangji at the next seat. And yes, Wangji had been offered the throne but had chosen to stay at Wuxian's side. It was Jiang Cheng's wedding, after all.

Jin Ling is happy sitting to a nice cup of tea and some wine after a long day of travel with promise of dinner coming.

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"Jin-Guniang, is the young master Zheng in this room?" A young, unfamiliar male voice asks. "I have some medicine I wish to offer if you'd announce me."

"Of course. Let me ask for you," Liling says in a warm tone. She knocks on Yuan's door and peeks in. She smiles when she sees him awake. She comes in and shuts the door behind her. "Zheng-gongzi? How are you feeling? A friend of Jin-zongzhu from the Lan Clan is here to offer you some medicine. Would you feel up to seeing him?"

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Yuan is just sitting up and inspecting his surroundings properly when there's a knock on the door and he looks over to see Liling peering in. He smiles softly in greeting, and when she comes inside he nods.

"Oh, that's very kind of him. Yes, I can manage a visitor, thank you."

In truth he's feeling much better after his long sleep and now that he's on solid land again, but what he does feel is guilty for having slept so long and apparently entirely missing their arrival, leaving Jin Ling to do it all himself - but he doesn't want to just spring out of bed and declare himself well again, because that might make things look even worse. If he allows this visit, takes a little time to recover, it makes it more obvious that he was ill, which he thinks will hopefully save Jin Ling some face.

It doesn't make him feel any less guilty, but it's something he can do to try and make up for his mistake.