Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

What I've Done Pt 3

Things at Lotus Pier settled into an oddly peaceful, but oddly tense routine. Madam Yu did her level best to run her home, make sure the disciples were up to the Meishan Yu satandards because clearly her husband could care less about the Jiang Standards. She also made sure her children were well looled after and started Ying'er on his lessons. She remembers how easily board he becomes and opted to have him learn reading and writing while he was on bed rest.

She made sure his hand writing was much better than previously, though she learned that the beautifully made plaquareds were his actual penmanship and not his usual chicken scratch to keep would be thieves out of his notes and ideas. It also forced her children to learn to read messy scrawls so he could pass on secret messages and info. His level of genius was frigthening at times. Yu Ziyuan kept her husband busy with office work and meetings whenever possible and made sure Ying'er was never alone with him. She did not understand why her husband made him so scared and uncomfortable. In her last life, the man practically doted on him from the get go.

She was trying to remember if their interactions were as they appeared or had her jealously and anger really blinded her to something more sinister and less innocent? Yinzhu and Jinzhu were having trouble recalling those moments as well since they made it a poin to avoid the child at all costs and when they did have to interact with him it was the rather severe and highly warranted punishments he suffered at Yu Ziyuan's hand. It made something bitter and acrid twist in their stomachs and no amount of vinegar and sugar could replace it.

So instead the three Meishan women set about making things better and safer where they can. And like that Ying'er recovered in under a year. Gained the much needed weight for a child his age, was well on his way to being a well learned young master. This time she and Fengmian agreed to adopt him into the house and she made sure he had plenty of his favorite items, but always accented with the Jiang colors and even a second master's guan was made so her boys matched even if Wei Ying was a week older. He was second because he was not the blood heir.

He took his lessons with a vigor she jad missed last time especially when she would take him aside and teach him things she recalled learning from his mother, as well as her own sect. Like last time he fourished in a way that her son had not, but this time instead of setting the boys against one another, she encouraged they work together, where one fails the other will pick up the slack and vice versa until the impossible was made manageable. Her boys grew close, mischievous and talented. Her daughter, she decided to keep her in training rather than letting her poor health and weak core be sins against her.

She remembers from her time deas that Jiang Yanli had learned warding and talismans from Wei Ying and while not very talented due to how late she learned them, she was surprisingly strong eoth defensive ones ans even those that meant to help heal. She was a nurtured by nature and thilus defense and healing were her strong suits so that is where Ziyuan focused. Her daughter would attend lessons woth the healers and talisman crafters with Ying'er, but all three would learn the sword and knife because they will need to learn to protect themselves and each other jist in case history repeats. Her son, she gave extra lessons to with whip training. He had been quite talented from having only ever watched his mother weild Zidian, but with formal training he would be near unstoppable.

By the time the children were presented their bells and swords, they were already heralded as the 'Three Petal Lotus of Yunmeng' and had a following. She could not be prouder! But still there was the unease with Fengmian and she was loath to let it fester anymore. So she decided to lay a trap of sorts. She Will have to beg forgiveness later from Wei Changze ans Cangse Sanren, but if what she believes is there happens, they will understand she only did it to nip it in the bud. She pretended to leave for Meishan for a few days, taking nearly her entire entourage with her, leaving only a few lower ranked maids to tend the children, who by now were capable of minding themselves and each other.

If what she thought her Husband's issue was in fact THAT, he will take advantage of her 'lack of guard' but she made sure to stress to three of her oldest disciples to keep close watch and subdue him without the children's notice. She would figure out what to do with him after that.

She also had ulterior motives for this. It was time she invited the Jades to meet her Ying'er. And perhaps the Dafan Wens as well. She Will need to also speak with Lang Meilong, the Madam Jin, about letting their son and daughter meet and get to know each other. Last time their happiness was nearly ruined and then cut short, she will not let that happen again nor will she allow Jin Guangshan to hold the marriage over her children's heads to indebt them to him in an attempt to capture her Ying'er. She just hoped she ws wrong and that Fengmian would not act on this. That he would remain spineless and listless as much as it irks her.