天官降灾 (heaven official's calamity) mdzs x tgcf (mxtx crossover)

Sounds of Guqin as White Robes Ascend

*A/N: this story will mostly be told from Xie Lian and Lan WangJi's perspective. There will be no storytelling from Hua Cheng or Wei WuXian's perspective.

"Your highness!"

Xie Lian turned around and gently put down the rag he was polishing Fang Xin with.  Feng Xin was standing by the doorway, hands placed on the doorframe.

"What do you need?" he asked.

"Your highness, someone-someone just ascended!" Feng Xin shouted through exasperated breaths.

"No need to be so hurried about that. Come on, I'll go see him or her." 

Xie Lian smiled and put down Fang Xin as well, heading out the door with Feng Xin.

"No, no, you don't understand. It's-it-." Feng Xian's voice trailed off. "You'll see when we get there."

Xie Lian was confused at what the big deal was, but all that confusion disappeared when he saw a tall, handsome man in red robes standing right outside.

"San Lang!" he yelled as he leaped into the man's arms.

"Gege," Hua Cheng said as he looked down and patted Xie Lian's hair. Xie Lian looked up and cupped Hua Cheng's face in his hands and then pressed his lips onto his. Feng Xin gagged and backed away as quickly as possible. He wasn't eating dog food today.

"San Lang, you're back?"

For the past couple of days, Hua Cheng said he had some business to take care of in ghost city, but by now it should already be dealt with, and Hua Cheng was back. Even though it was only a separation for a couple of days, it felt like forever to Xie Lian.

"Mn, I'm back. Did gege miss me?" Hua Cheng asked teasingly.

"I missed you so much!" Xie Lian exclaimed as he pulled Hua Cheng into a tight embrace once again. Hua Cheng smiled and kissed his forehead.

"Your highness..." Feng Xin couldn't take it anymore. 

Xie Lian whipped his head around to find Feng Xin staring at them, disgust visible on his face. Xie Lian's cheeks flushed red as he realized Feng Xin had been watching them this whole time. 

"Ehem." Xie Lian cleared his throat. "I think it's time we should be going. I want to see who this new heaven official is." 

The three of them set off once again toward the rebuilt great hall. The closer they came, the more people they noticed, surrounding the new heaven official so tightly that Xie Lian couldn't see a thing. He tried jumping, standing on his toes, and even levitating, but there were so many people that he couldn't see a thing. The last time an ascension was this big was when he had ascended 800 years ago!

"Gege, if you can't see, do you need me to carry you?" Hua Cheng asked, looking down at Xie Lian.

"There's no need," Xie Lian replied.

"Excuse me sir, can you move a little bit?" Xie Lian turned around to ask the heaven official in front of him.

"Ah-your highness!" the heaven official exclaimed.

"Everyone, make way for your highness!" he shouted. Everyone diverted their attention toward Xie Lian's direction. Xie Lian was a little bit flustered at all the attention, and only smiled.

"Thank you, thank you," he said to all of them. As Xie Lian passed through the crowd, he felt a strange soothing feeling the closer he got to the center. There was a slight scent of sandalwood that Xie Lian wouldn't have even been able to notice if it wasn't for his heightened senses. A suspicion rose in Xie Lian's mind at who this new heaven official was. Could it be him?