The Gusu Lan

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Little Jiang cheng woke up after getting a good sleep from the long journey. He rubbed his eyes, he looked around, his mother who was hugging him was now not there, he was alone in the room with no colors. He got up and walked till the end of the room, he took a deep breath and slid open the door. He got out just to see a garden full of blue petunia flowers. He smelled them, haah refreshing. He walked bare foot in the garden, the he found that same boy which talked too much, 'what was his name again? Zichen? Or Xichen? What so ever it is lets go to him' he thought. He walked quietly and reached him, he pat on his shoulder, the boy  looked at him with a confused look, and said "who are you?" me? Jiang cheng asked, "you knew me an hour ago, we talked i mean you talked about lots of things" no! He denied, "I never met you" Liar! Jiang cheng exclaimed, "lying is prohibited in gusu lan" the boy replied coldly. "and you still lie, big liar" jiang cheng said angrily (his angry voice is shrill, kawaiii!). "I don't lie!" the boy also said angrily, then continued "you intruder!" "I am not intruder! you liar!" they both started to fight saying intruder and liar, the real xichen saw the commotion between his brother and guest he walked fast and reached there, he tried to stop them. "a-zhan! jiang cheng! stop fighting!" he said while getting between them. "you!" jiang cheng pointed at xichen the pointed at wangji" if he is he then who are you?" wangji hmphed then said "I am Lan Wangji and who are you intruder!" "how dar-" xichen stopped him then looked at wangji "a-zhan he is our guest, weren't you excited to meet him a few days ago?"  wangji mnned in annoyance though no one could detect his expression but his brother did he said "Wangji! say sorry to him" " but gege, he called me liar first!" he exclaimed but jiang cheng cuts in between and said "he called me intruder! liar!" you! they started to fight again but xichen interrupted and said "no fighting in gusu lan" At that time a disciple came and called the three boys in the Lanshi.

In Lanshi~~

Lan Qiren, Yu Ziyuan, Lan Wangji, Lan Xichen and Jiang Cheng were sitting on separate mats. Qiren spoke up "Jiang cheng right?" jiang cheng nodded, he then continued "you, are going to live here for now and let me tell you, we have rules in gusu lan, called the Wall of Discipline, you have to obey them till you stay here. And yes, you will be given a separate room where you can study and practice and train but you will be not allowed to go out of that room, you will be provided with everything there any questions?" jiang cheng looked confused he then asked "will a-niang also stay?" Qiren looked at him soft eyes maybe pitying the boy's love for his cruel mother "yes, but in a different room, she will meet you whenever she wants but whenever you want" jiang cheng nodded then okayed dryly. qiren looked at him thought for a second then addressed his nephews "a-huan and a-zhan you both also could not meet him. Basically jiang cheng no one can meet you think it as of seclusion where you are trained by your mother for next 10 years." with that qiren looked at ziyuan then dismissed them all. A disciple showed jiang cheng his room and helped him to settle his things. 

At Ziyuan's room~~

Lan Qiren entered with Ziyuan, she started to unpack her thing when qiren said "ziyuan you are doing wrong with that kid, he is just a kid how can you make me do such a sin!" Sin! she exclaimed, "I am doing it correct qiren, he needs to be trained and good enough than that bastard fengmian's son. He will be the next Yunmeng Heir!"

10 Years Later~~
In Jiang Cheng's Room~

Jiang Cheng was sleeping, I would rather say tossing and turning like he usually does in his sleep. He suddenly woke up, finally end of the nightmares. He panted then looked at the window 'it still 4' he thought. He got up slipped into his warm winter robes and socks. He walked till the end of the room, like he did once before he was free to go out, free to play, free to talk, free to do anything, not getting tied in a schedule. He slid open the balcony door, same petunia garden with almost no petunias, it was not the blooming season. He wore his shoes got out and took his wooden sword to practice his strokes.

After hours of practice finally the sun showed up. His mother entered his room. He heard it from the balcony, the room was small. He sat in front of his already sitting frowning mother. She finally started a conversation, "Jiang Cheng so you know the reason why i always call you Jiang Cheng?" he answered back "yes mother, it is because you plan to make me the next yunmeng heir"  she nodded  once then said "can you become a king without a sword?" No jiang cheng declined she again continued "here, take this sword and practice your strokes with it." She handed him the sword lying next to her. "Her nane is Sandu and you become the Sandu Shengshou. Cherish her with your life" she remarked the last statement with hint of proud and love for that small boy which now become a big one.

He hugged the sword tight with his chest, didn't bothered about his bleeding finger tips. Then kissed the swords tip making it his own. "Okay Jiang Cheng just a few more days and you will be 15 to go out" he talked to his inner self. He went out in the field again to practice.

Days went by Jiang Cheng turned 15 and now it was first in the 10 years he saw Lan Qiren. His mother always told him to respect that man as he provided them with the space to live. 'Always call him Master Lan' he remembered his mother's words. He dressed lightly formal as it was now spring the season of petunia's blooming, the season of light warmth which allowed him to wear only 2 layers.

He wore his shoes and opened the sliding mahogany door which seemed to be oiled recently. He took his first step out. A sensation of heat in his whole body, he got adrenaline rush over his body, a strange type of energy. He got out of his room. Walked a few steps, his mother's room was right in front of him. He  knocked it twice. A voice came from inside "Who?" he replied back "mother its me" come in she commanded.

He entered in, the room was quite spacious than his, much pretty, coloured and fragnant. The room had unnecessary ornaments like lotus made up of glasses, peonies of rose gold, dried petunias, various swords, some paintings, some boxes made with silver and amethyst, a crown made up of gold and last but not least her zidian. The bed was neat, with white sheets with two white pillows with cloud patterns, a bedside table with a wooden lamp. As compared to his room, this room was luxurious, it had various things to do while in his room, he had only a bed with two pillows, a blanket and a sheet, an almirah with papers books and brushes and a wardrobe.

He looked at his mother, made eye contact then said "mother, the petunias have bloomed it is the spring now, can I go out?" "Wait, wait for Qiren, he will be coming today" she responded. They both waited for an hour or two in silence when Qiren enetered.

"It's good you both are here, Jiang Cheng let me tell you straight, you will be given a new room today and tomorrow, you will be going out and meet a lots of students of your age. And if they ask you name tell them 'Yu Wanyin' and sect, you don't belong to any sect, you are invited to study because of your talents. Any question?" No sir he responded, "Good, now cone with me to your new room." They both were about to leave when Yu Ziyuan said "Don't embarrass me there."

Jiang Cheng's new room was quite big but the same, bed, a larger one, pillows, sheets, blankets, lamps, this time more than that old room, wardrobe with different robes, i mean same robes with light blue cloud patterns of his size, an almirah with papers, books, brushes and a study table and a chair. This room had a window and only one door which leaded to the gallery. The window showed the sun rising and mountains of gusu. And not to forget the petunia garden.

End of the chapter~~~~~
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