Thread by @iliacquer

i realise this isn't where my 'courtesan warprize lwj' thoughts should be going, but what if yllz tries to abscond with wrh's favourite courtesan and grabs the WRONG ONE

everyone knows wrh adores his favourite courtesan, has written rhapsodic love poetry about his unblemished skin and midnight hair etc etc, so wwx sees lwj and goes 'yeah that's definitely the right one'

meanwhile, lwj is the Worst Courtesan Ever. definitely not the favourite.

cw ref to non/dubcon

lwj is handsome, yes.but he is forbidding, and palpably fucking hates everyone. he was roped into the life at the fall of cr/the whims of wrh, and he's not going to pretend to be happy. being bad at his job is his rebellion.

when yllz takes him he expects more of the same and continues to be The Worst. surrre, he performs on his guqin. he wears delicate robes. he serves tea. but his guqin performances are infused with 'fuck you' energy and yllz's followers are genuinely worried the tea is poisoned.

and all the time wwx is like, this courtesan is 😍😍 so perfect 😍 lan zhan is really the most handsome 😍😍😍😍 the best courtesan in the world 😍💕

but i must not touch 💔 he is at my MERCY 💔 everyone knows he adores wrh 🖤💔 etc etc

wwx genuinely plans to keep the courtesan hostage to use as leverage but ofc safe, unharmed, untouched - he's not the monster people make him out to be. so there's so. much. pining.

lwj: *calmly eating dinner*
wwx, dreamily: even the way he eats is erotic
all wwx's followers: uh.

of course eventually wwx finds out lwj is NOT wrh's favourite

wwx: ....lan zhan is not wen ruohan's favourite courtesan?
wwx:
wwx: ....how DARE he not favour lan zhan 🔪🔪🔪