[ the cultivation world understands that wei wuxian cannot be allowed to run freely, trampling the structure and integrity of their long and illustrious pursuits with his own, perverse brand of study. short of eliminating yiling's patriarch at the source, there is the whispering from the capital itself, an emperor that had long since been no threat to the cultivators and their dealings beginning to speak of a campaign of consolidation. of central power. a greater threat than even yiling could present, in the long run.
instead, they decide to dangle the threat over yunmeng. the young master of the lotus pier, so battle-hardened and set with his teeth permanently sharpened against all that could threaten his own, is instructed to bring yiling to heel once and for all. to do so in a way that even the wild wei wuxian would concede to. the political peerage instructs yunmeng to wed to yiling, citing that their long childhood spent in one another's presence as grounds enough - as a long and oft-arduous courtship. they are to wed before the year is out, binding yiling to yunmeng and thus to the cultivation world.
should jiang cheng accomplish this task, he will be rewarded and yunmeng will be permitted to prosper for several generations, uncontrolled and supported by the other great cultivation clans that had solidified their power in the wake of the sunshot campaign. the right to rebuild, the money and goods freely flowing into the lotus pier -- surely they would be well-worth the marriage to wei wuxian, however ill-suited for yunmeng's brilliance he might have become. they instruct him to begin upon wei wuxian's next visit to yunmeng, and to succeed before the year has concluded -- court, wed and affix yiling to the jiang clan's name once and for all. it should not be any more difficult than collaring a stray dog or wild horse, and breaking it. surely madam yu's son can manage it, surely jiang fengmian would approve of the match, they whisper. ]
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instead, they decide to dangle the threat over yunmeng. the young master of the lotus pier, so battle-hardened and set with his teeth permanently sharpened against all that could threaten his own, is instructed to bring yiling to heel once and for all. to do so in a way that even the wild wei wuxian would concede to. the political peerage instructs yunmeng to wed to yiling, citing that their long childhood spent in one another's presence as grounds enough - as a long and oft-arduous courtship. they are to wed before the year is out, binding yiling to yunmeng and thus to the cultivation world.
should jiang cheng accomplish this task, he will be rewarded and yunmeng will be permitted to prosper for several generations, uncontrolled and supported by the other great cultivation clans that had solidified their power in the wake of the sunshot campaign. the right to rebuild, the money and goods freely flowing into the lotus pier -- surely they would be well-worth the marriage to wei wuxian, however ill-suited for yunmeng's brilliance he might have become. they instruct him to begin upon wei wuxian's next visit to yunmeng, and to succeed before the year has concluded -- court, wed and affix yiling to the jiang clan's name once and for all. it should not be any more difficult than collaring a stray dog or wild horse, and breaking it. surely madam yu's son can manage it, surely jiang fengmian would approve of the match, they whisper. ]