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likealeafonthewind) wrote2019-04-07 12:31 pm
likealeafonthewind) wrote2019-04-07 12:31 pm
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Sunday Six - a snippet from the concubine!Shen Wei fic
I realized I haven't posted a snippet from this one for awhile, so here's a bit from the less-angsty fic.
Shen Wei takes a seat on a bench in one corner of the room. There’s no telling when the Crown Prince will come by, so he uses the time to focus on his breathing and steady his nerves. This is a little different than his usual missions but it’s well within his abilities to complete. Certainly he’s a better candidate for this than his brother, whose flair for the dramatic would get him into trouble from the outset. His insistence that everyone, including his own twin brother, call him only by his self-proclaimed title of Ye Zun for the duration of the war is evidence enough of that.
Some time later, a gentle knock against wood brings him out of his reverie. He can see three shadows through the screens on the doors to the guest pavilion that they’re waiting in. One of those is one of the Empress’ ladies, who announces softly, “Empress Shen, the Crown Prince Zhao Yunlan is here.”
Shen Wei takes a seat on a bench in one corner of the room. There’s no telling when the Crown Prince will come by, so he uses the time to focus on his breathing and steady his nerves. This is a little different than his usual missions but it’s well within his abilities to complete. Certainly he’s a better candidate for this than his brother, whose flair for the dramatic would get him into trouble from the outset. His insistence that everyone, including his own twin brother, call him only by his self-proclaimed title of Ye Zun for the duration of the war is evidence enough of that.
Some time later, a gentle knock against wood brings him out of his reverie. He can see three shadows through the screens on the doors to the guest pavilion that they’re waiting in. One of those is one of the Empress’ ladies, who announces softly, “Empress Shen, the Crown Prince Zhao Yunlan is here.”
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(Though a note on terminology: Shen Wei isn't married to the Emperor, so he's not the Empress. The Crown Prince's official wife would be Crown Princess Consort, but Shen Wei's just a concubine so it's Concubine Shen for now. Though perhaps in the future, he can get a promotion.)
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Re: the terminology - Ah, I should have clarified. Empress Shen is referring to Zhao Yunlan's mother, whose name is Shen Xi, not Shen Wei. But good to know what Shen Wei's title would be once he and Zhao Yunlan are married because that may or may not be in their future. ;)
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(That's already crossed my mind, lol.)
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ETA: I have an even more hilarious idea! We never hear Ye Zun's name, so it could maybe have been something similar to "Shen Xi", and after death, he transmigrates into a girl's body and ends up married to Zhao Xinci, raising Zhao Yunlan. While this idea has little merit other than its shock value, one of those merits is that it'd make Zhao Xinci very, very upset.
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The Ye Zun idea certainly would be a shocking crackfic and lol, it definitely would make Zhao Xinci very upset! I can't imagine it going well for ZYL, though.
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Zhao Yunlan would definitely need a drink after discovering that actually, the evil villain was his mom and he's been fucking his uncle...