Twin Jades and The Pearl of Gusu

Chapter 4

It was 5am in the morning that the first gong of cloud recesses rang indicating that it was the time to wake up although from their natural body clock the clan members had already woken up, and as such Lan Meng too had gotten up and was getting ready for the day in her quarters the Mengshi(梦室), dressing in her pristine gusu robes for the clan heir wearing her forehead ribbon and headdress.

She then sat for her daily meditation,after a shi had passed a disciple came to inform her that today she was asked to have breakfast in the Yashi with her shufu along with her siblings, and the disciple quite pleaded her to inform this to her brother too because no one dared to go near her brother's quaters jingshi if not necessary.

She smiled and nodded. Usually the siblings took their breakfast in their own quaters, only called to yashi if their shufu had to discuss or inform something to them about.

She took her sword and went towards her twin brother's quaters, not too far away from her own, actually mengshi situated right between the huanshi and jingshi, the quaters of the heirs and thein the inner part of the clan where only the family or the authorised disciples and people brought by themselves were allowed to come.

So she walked to the jingshi little away down from her quaters and when reached knocked twice and went inside, although she knew her brother would never mind her entering his quaters anytime she still wanted to give him some space as she knew how reserved he had become after the demise of their mother.

And as Meng entered she saw her brother still meditating and opened her eyes as she came , she smiled brightly towards her brother and joyfully greeted "Good morning ge" to which wangji nodded and though him being silent Meng could see the affection towards her in his eyes,she and Xichen no matter could always understand their silent brother,they knew that despite the cold aura and the expresson less face wangji was the one amongst the siblings with most feelings and the sensitive one.

"Ge, a disciple came to my quaters informing that we are asked to come Yashi for breakfast " Meng said.

And wangji nodded and stood up and taking his sword to go with her sister.

On the way they walked and as alone Meng was in her cheerful form and was happily chatting to her brother Wangji too was not his stoic but calm form listening to his twin sister with short replies of his own"Ge what do you think shufu want to talk to us today, may be it's about the coming lecture.. "

"Possible" Wangji answered. And as they reached they saw both their elder brother and uncle already sat, they bowed and sat Meng with a smile greeted "Good morning shufu and huan ge"

Both of them smiled with adoration even the cold strict master lan smiled and nodded and xichen in a sweet voice replied "A very good morning to my dearest meimei and didi"

Meng giggled her elder brother never got enough of teasing his younger siblings.

Wangji too greeted with a low good morning to both of them to which they smiled and nodded.

Lan Qiren who was watching all the while the rarely seen affectionate interaction of the siblings with a small smile then cleared his troat gathering the attention of the siblings " I asked your presence here today to discuss some things about coming lectures that you may have already known about "

All nodded "So as you know that heirs and disciple from several clans would be joining this lecture, and Wangji and Meng both of you are asked to join them this time"