#the public narrative is that wwx's behaviour is a jin-jiang family affair and this is a test run for seeing if he can be reintegrated into

[winepresswrath]

It’s sad because they wanted to introduce Wei Wuxian to his nephew together as a family.

[calamitouscynic]

#the untamed #jiang cheng #jiang yanli #this whole sequence is really interesting because it is also the last time you see lan wangji really aligning himself with the jiangs 

#it doesn't happen often but he will occasionally make Good Inlaw overtures #though he does i think get a little scared away when wei wuxian catches him talking to yanli #assumes the worst #and tells him to fuck off and never speak to the jiangs again #he takes it back thirty seconds later but i can see how that might make an impression 

#anyways i am endlessly curious about who knows what re: the bring wwx home plot they're all participating in that goes sideways #lan wangji is obviously a major instigator #i think there is a 0% chance that ms. soup for everyone #hasn't been actively working on zixuan #i will go so far as to say i think there's a good chance yanli and jiang cheng read zixuan in on the fight being a ruse at some point 

#the public narrative is that wwx's behaviour is a jin-jiang family affair and this is a test run for seeing if he can be reintegrated into #polite society so i assume jiang cheng had to be publicly open to reconciliation at s #ome point which also tracks with him waiting with yanli and lan wangji asking him if wei wuxian is there yet #i don't think they'd trust him far enough to actively include him in their scheming but he's the one who writes the invite 

#so it's actually kind of possible #and even if lan wangji doesn't know about the fight being faked he does know that wwx and jc are on good enough terms #without it that wwx is surprised and hurt that jiang cheng wouldn't tell him that yanli is getting married 

#incidentally wwx should stop doing schemes just because he's very bad at them #this is just like that time he held out for thirty seconds before telling jc and nhs everything about his top secret romantic road trip #or the time his cover story for why he's not carrying his sword is i'm contrary and don't care about your feelings #or the time his cover story for infiltrating the jin was that he was a disgraced jin disciple who got kicked out and is now attending #a cultivation conference with lan wangji who is apparently widely know to not attend cultivation conferences (via @winepresswrath)

It’s sad because they wanted to introduce Wei Wuxian to his nephew together as a family.