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The night of the signed treaty was uneventful. Wangji was too tired when he returned from a busy day so they cuddled in bed and he fell asleep instantly. Wuxian waited for a few minutes then slowly started peeling Wangji's tight grip on him. For a seemingly serious man, Lan Wangji sure likes to snuggle.. a lot. After a few failed attempts, Wuxian was able to extract himself from Wangji's octopus hands, got up, got dressed and sneaked out of the room.
He hastily made his way to the Silent Room. He went in and found Nie Huaisang waiting for him. The man with short hair huffed: "What took you so long?"
Wuxian sits at the table and chuckles awkwardly: "I was kind of trapped."
Nie raised an eyebrow: "How?"
Wuxian uncovers a tile of wood from the ground and takes out a few jars: "Believe me.. You don't want to know."
Jiang Cheng enters the room and looks at the two: "You started without me? Traitors!"
Wuxian waves him off: "I just got here. Calm down, Princess."
Cheng points his finger at Wuxian: "Don't call me Princess. I resent that!"
Wuxian: "Ok, Princess."
The door opens to reveal Yuxio, carrying more jars of wine than humanly possible: "Let's get this party started!"
Wuxian glares at his brother: "You invited the pervert?"
Cheng smirks: "She's your senior disciple."
Wuxian groans then points a threatening finger at Yuxio: "Behave!"
Healer Shi enters behind Yuxio and says: "I'll keep her off of you."
Nie leans to whisper to Wuxian: "You invited the stranger?"
Wuxian smirks: "She is going to be family soon. Get used to it."
Healer Shi smiles at them all, after glaring at Nie and takes out a jar from her robes: "I have outdone myself."
Wuxian covers his mouth in shock: "You didn't?"
Shi smiles widely at him: "Oh.. I did. I even tried it on your soul-brother. It was hilarious to watch."
Cheng looks between them: "What are we talking about?"
Zewu Jun enters the room: "They made strong alcohol to get me drunk."
Wuxian and Shi were taken aback. Wuxian: "YOU KNEW!"
Shi: "I didn't tell anyone! How could you know?"
Zewu Jun sits gracefully next to Healer Shi and winks at them: "I know everything."
Wuxian whispers under his breath: "Damn snitches!"
Nie points his fan at Zewu Jun: "I have to warn you, last time we got drunk they chopped off half of my hair and I lost my shoes."
Cheng drinks his first cup: "You did that to yourself."
Wuxian: "Calm down, drama queens. Lan Zhan, is not here. We have no weapons so it should be safe."
Healer Shi pours Zewu Jun a cup and adds a few drops from her concoction to it: "Have at it, tough guy."
Zewu Jun smiles at her and takes a sip. Nothing happened.
Healer Shi throws her hands in the air: "HOW!"
Before anyone else chimes in, Zewu Jun's head slams into the table and Wuxian bursts out laughing: "That's exactly what happens to Lan Zhan every time he drinks! I think it's a Lan Clan thing."
Jiang Cheng pokes the older man: "He's out."
Wuxian drinks another cup and says: "He will go through stages. It will get interesting soon. Just wait for it."
Wuxian turns to Nie: "So, how is Meili?"
Nie answers instantly: "We're getting married."
Wuxian spits out what he just drank. Cheng almost choked.
They both looked shocked. Wuxian screams: "WHAT?"
Nie: "I like her. She likes me. So, we're getting married. What's confusing about this?"
Wuxian turns to point a finger at his brother: "Princess, you should learn from Brother Nie."
Cheng screamed: "Why are you lecturing me? And stop CALLING ME PRINCESS!"
Yuxio chuckles behind her cup: ".. princess."
Cheng throws his cup at her but she dodges: "I will chop off your legs!"
Yuxio pokes her tongue out at him.
Wuxian groans: "You guys suck at flirting."
They both turned and yelled at the same time: "FLIRTING?"
Wuxian pours another cup and says: "We all know you both like each other. Just learn from Brother Nie and get married already!"
They both blushed and looked away.
Healer Shi pokes Zewu Jun one more time: "How long is he going to be out?"
Wuxian counts under his breath: "3..2..1.."
Zewu Jun sits up at his mark and looks around, clearly dazed. He stood up and started walking around and touching things like he was discovering a new room. Wuxian shook his head: "Typical.."
They all watched the older man go from one corner to another, picking up things, examining them then putting them down. Nie: "How long.. whatever this is, going to last?"
Wuxian sighs: "Half an hour or so. Then comes the fun part."
Healer Shi stood up to steady the swaying man: "What's the fun part?"
Wuxian smirks: "You'll see.."
The door opens to reveal a sleepy Hweiru, followed by an equally sleepy Wangji. The little girl found her target and once again crawled into Wuxian's lap and fell asleep while Wangji looked around confused: "What's going on?"
Nie offers him a cup: "Drinking party."
Wuxian leans across the table and slams the cup from his hand: "No!"
Cheng chuckles: "Calm down, man wife! Let your overbearing husband loosen up a little."
Wuxian glares at his brother then points at Zewu Jun: "We can only handle one drunk Lan at a time."
At the mention of his brother, Wangji stares at him and says: "What is Zewu Jun doing?"
Healer Shi, who has been following the wandering man: "Rediscovering this room.. I guess."
Wangji sits next to Wuxian and whispers: "You got him drunk?"
Wuxian smiles mischievously: "We did. Now you can see what you look like when you drink."
Wangji frowns: "Surely, I'm more composed than that."
The men in the room all said at the same time: "No!"
Wangji flinches: "I will never drink again."
Nie fake bows: "My hair thanks you, your Excellency."
Wuxian chuckles: "Is that why you have no shoes on?"
Nie covers his face with his fan: "I'm a smart man. I learn from my mistakes."
Cheng whispers loud enough for them all to hear: "That's why you suggested we get drunk again.. in the same room.. with the same people.."
Nie shrugs: "Wangji will stay sober. He will keep us in check."
Wangji sneakily puts his hand around Wuxian's waist and the smaller man smacks it away: "No!"
Wangji gives him a desperate look. Wuxian whispers: "We're in company. I'm holding your sleeping child. It's not an appropriate time for your possessiveness. Behave yourself!"
The taller man was not happy. He pursed his lips and kept his hands to himself.
Yuxio slams her hand on the table: "I got it! Jiang Cheng Leader, let's get hitched!"
Cheng tsks: "Shut it, you drunk goblin! I can do better!"
Wuxian shakes his head: "From what I hear, she looks pretty in a red dress."
Yuxio gasps: "WHO TOLD YOU?"
Cheng laughs hard: "She wore a dress? Why? Did she lose a bet?"
Wuxian chuckles: "I would've sacrificed a goat to see that."
Yuxio folds her arms: "For your information, I own a lot of dresses!"
Cheng smirks at her: "Prove it!"
She slams her cup on the table and stomps her way out while glaring at Jiang Cheng. Wuxian stares at his brother: "You will have demon princess babies if you marry her."
Cheng screams: "I AM NOT MARRYING HER! STOP IT!"
Wuxian pulls his daughter closer and punches Cheng's arm: "STOP YELLING! You'll wake up my baby!"
Nie: "You're both yelling and she's sleeping like a log."
Wuxian leans over the table and punches Nie's arm: "Don't call my baby a log!"
Nie rubs his arm: "I said 'LIKE' a log!"
Wuxian glares at him: "I still don't like it!"
The door opens and Yuxio enters, wearing a dress over her robes that was clearly not her size: "See! Are you happy now?"
Wuxian holds his laughter and says in a flat voice: "Wow, you look super pretty."
Cheng whispers under his breath: "More like a troll.."
Nie and Cheng snicker while Yuxio huffs and takes off the dress, throwing it on the ground: "You guys are the worst!"
Wuxian pinches his brother's thigh under the table then leans over and pats her back: "Don't listen to them. They're just jealous that you're a better fighter and better looking than them."
Cheng rubs his leg: "Why are you defending her? I'm your brother!"
Yuxio punches his shoulder: "Don't yell at him! He's too precious for your loud voice!"
Cheng throws his hands up, clearly frustrated: "Why are you all assaulting me! I'm a clan leader dammit!"
Nie pats his back to comfort him: "Not while we're drunk."
Cheng huffs and chugs one more drink.
Wangji takes advantage of Wuxian's distraction and tries again to snuggle closer to his soul-bond. Wuxian elbows him: "I said behave!"
Wangji purses his lips and steals Wuxian's filled cup from his hand and drinks it.
Wuxian was about to say something but was cut off by Healer Shi: "Guys.. something is happening."
They all turn to look at Zewu Jun as he dazedly makes his way to the table and stares blankly ahead.
Wuxian whispers excitedly: "It's truth time.."
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