The Shadow Guard Won't Let Him Smell His Scent [Double Qian]

He said, "My lord was born to a noble house and deserves to be adored by all, surrounded by a profusion of flowers."

And so, for the long years that followed, Ji Jinzhuo's path was blessed with splendid blooms and brilliant stardom.

Dual Qian. The Qian-Kun setting is my own creation.

A prince seme and a shadow guard uke. Fixed pairing, no switching. A secret love comes true.

His Highness the Prince of Ling really doesn't like flowers, especially the national flower.

In Jiangyun, the Xinluola symbolizes nearly every fine quality: purity, carefree joy, blessings, hope, passion, gentleness, deep love, and vitality. It's also found everywhere.

When a young man receives the national flower during his differentiation awakening, it means he has received the most heartfelt blessing. Whether or not he awakens as Qian or Kun, the people of Jiangyun believe he is a child blessed by the earth, destined for a life of safety, health, and smooth sailing.

Ji Jinzhuo was almost at the tail end of his awakening when he finally made it through. But even after he became a Qianyuan, he never received a single Xinluola.

Still a boy with ambitions soaring to the heavens, he watched his peers surrounded by flowers, quietly hiding the envy and disappointment in his heart.

One night, more wondrous than anything in a storybook, he received the first bouquet of Xinluola in his life on his way home. It lay quietly on the ground, like a belated blessing from the earth upon his awakening.

After that, he no longer hated the national flower, or flowers in general.

Years later, someone held out a bunch of wildflowers gathered from here and there, blushing as he said, "I hope you don't mind them, my lord."

Many years after that, one perfectly ordinary morning, the same person carried a pot of wisteria in full bloom and carefully set it by Ji Jinzhuo's window. He asked, timidly,

"...My lord, have you calmed down? Could I please stop sleeping in the side room?"

Ji Jinzhuo leaned against the window frame and gazed at his manor, surrounded by flowers. He smiled.

"No. I'm going to punish you by making you bring me flowers for the rest of your life."

He had a piece of land, one that nurtured a sea of flowers grown solely for him.

This isn't a pure wuxia story. Any fantastical plot holes that don't make sense can be chalked up to the Qian-Kun worldbuilding.

Theme: Becoming an indispensable part of each other's lives