#Meng yao

[evilhasnever]

It is proof of his torturous but steady ascent in the Wen ranks that Meng Yao is allowed time with the prisoner. Even more so that he gets to visit alone, dismissing the guards with a tip of his chin.

The moment they are alone, the chained dragon uncoils, abandoning any pretense of sleep. Lan Xichen opens his maw and his long tongue unrolls like a silk carpet, producing a shining beacon of light on its tip. “Please,” he speaks urgently, without moving his mouth, “I need A-Yao to swallow this.”

From its glow, the light had seemed as big as a lantern, but upon receiving it in his palm Meng Yao sees it is a pearl no bigger than a common oyster prize.

He suspects this is exactly what he has been sent to torture out of him. The urge to drop it wars with the desire to bask in this undeserved, unfathomable trust.

Lan Xichen likely senses his hesitation. “A-Yao won't be in danger from my favor,” he whispers, “It cannot be taken from you by force.”

Meng Yao knows that Wen Ruohan would have him cut open from sternum to navel, like cattle to the roast, if he knew he had swallowed Lan Xichen’s pearl. He will simply have to lie better than usual, won’t he?

The moment he places the pearl on his tongue, it melts like a raindrop down his throat, tingling chill spreading across his body and into his limbs. When it reaches his belly, the bird-flap of his golden core turns into a feverish buzz, warmth setting in his deepest crevices as if the cold had been only a prelude.

“How will I return this to Zewu-Jun?” he whispers, breathless with the experience of it. He thinks of a lizard tongue as long as a waist sash, of the human tongue Lan Xichen used to speak softy with.

The dragon squints in what, perhaps, is as close as he can get to a smile with such a fearsome maw. “When the war ends,” he says, sounding slightly breathless as well, “there will be time.”

[ber-go]

Piece I did for the MDZS Autumn With You zine

[nakimochiku]

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[florencziya-blog]

[airplanecrashingtowardstheground]

MDZS onion headlines part 1?

[oh-dameron]

AU where Meng Shi was just a bit more cynical and spent her hard-earned on buying Meng Yao study materials for the Imperial Examination instead of dodgy cultivation manuals. Cultivation is for his father to teach him, after all.

Meng Yao fucking blitzes the exam, because of course he does, and the first time he arrives at Koi Tower it's with an imperial mandate to audit the shit out of them for tax purposes.

[littlesmartart]

@guqin-and-flute sent me this post, saying it was JZX and JGY talking about MXY, and obviously I just HAD to draw it 😆

[pillow-boi]

AND IT WAS A TIME TRAVEL FIX IT ALL ALONG!!! part 2/2 -› part 1

[thatswhatsushesaid]

he is attentive to your dietary restrictions, chifeng-zun, don't make it weird

[keyjamm]

Just some nieyao text posts idk

[ineffectualdemon]

MXTX really said: if you write a villian who has suffered abuse and trauma but also does cruel and evil things, the audience is going to divide into people who either say his trauma means his actions were 100% justified or people who say he deserved his trauma because of his later evil actions. When the truth is the villian is both a traumatised victim and guilty of their very evil crimes in equal measure. In fact I'm giving you a specific example so you understand what I'm talking about

And the audience proceeded to prove her point exactly

[benevolenterrancy]

xiyao shipping vs nieyao shipping

love that for them u.u

[poorlittleyaoyao]

He is not asking next time.

[evilhasnever]

When you bring two unexpected last-minute guests to the banquet…

(original)

[nadiasna7]

Skeletons in the closet, literal and metaphorical

[hermesmoly]

i think about huaisang's rage a lot. it's not loud or boisterous like his brother's, not escalating or expeditious like jin guangyao's. it's like a breeze, silent, almost untraceable, but there. it's a rage that waited over a decade to age into fine wine, a rage to not only hurt but destroy.