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  1. Rec 4

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    When his army is defeated at the border, Wei Ying - a former General of Dazhi - is taken as a prize by the victor nation Beicui. He's resigned to a life of hard labor and an early death when a chance encounter alters his fate - he ends up in the manor of Prince Qing as a concubine instead.

    Wanting nothing to do with the fights of an inner courtyard, he takes pains to avoid the attention of the prince's legal wife and the other concubines. But all his efforts go to waste as the petty struggles for favor that consume the inner courtyard overflow, leaving death in their wake.

    Throwing himself headfirst into treacherous water, Wei Ying struggles against the current to create a future where he belongs and thrives, survive a present where danger hides in beauty, and tear down the powerful to get justice for the dead.

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    21 Oct 2025

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    Xue Xiurong shares a bottle of wine with her soon-to-be son-in-law.

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    Apologies and conversations.

    (100 ships prompt #19, wine)

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    19 Oct 2025

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    “I will design you a talisman,” Wei Wuxian vows with tears in his eyes, “that will allow you to feel drunk. It will be even better, because it will not make you puke, and you will not have a hangover the next day.” He pauses for a second, pensive. “Actually, that sounds like something a lot of people would want. Maybe we could sell them in the Yiling marketplace, so we could afford more potatoes…”

    “It’s fine, Master Wei, I’ve never been a big drinker anyway.”

    Wei Wuxian narrows his eyes at him. “How do you do it, then?”

    Wen Ning frowns. “Do what?”

    “Dull the pain of existence. Make it bearable, when every day you wake up in the same world, with the same life, and the same failures.”

     

    What if Wen Ning had escaped Carp Tower much, much earlier?
    A story in three parts
    -Postmortem Love Song: Ningxian pining in the Burial Mounds.
    -The Worst Kept Secret In The Cloud Recesses: Wangning healing in Gusu.
    -The Final Piece Of The Puzzle: Wangningxian coming together at last.

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    17 Oct 2025

  4. Rec 35

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    Everyone else knew Wei Wuxian as the enemy of the Cultivation World. Wen Ning and Lan Wangji had known him as the man they love. They did not know each other.
    Yet.

    Or alternatively: Wen Ning escapes his captors, runs into Lan Wangji, and they get to know one another in a way that only two men who were hopelessly in love with a dead man could.

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    17 Oct 2025

  5. Rec 53

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    Hanguang-jun (32) has been fired from his job as Auror for the Ministry of Magic. Not deterred by this would-be end to a mediocre career at best, Lan Wangji has taken on a job as Hogwarts teacher for Care of Magical Creatures instead. Another brave choice in a series of brave choices by Headmaster Nie Mingjue, who has long been known for (…).

    “He wasn’t fired,” Nie Huaisang says.

    “Of course he wasn’t fired,” Wei Wuxian says confidently. “What would he get fired for? Lan Zhan is the best.”

    “Apparently,” Nie Huaisang says, leaning in and continuing in a dramatic whisper, “he quit."

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    16 Oct 2025