[Zhongli X Xiao] Can a Political Marriage Bring Peace to Liyue?

In ancient times, when Liyue was turbulent and without a ruler, the best known figure besides Morax, the Geo Archon revered by all the people of Liyue as the “Geo Lord,” was Phoenix, the “Unwilling King,” both respected and feared by Liyue’s people. No one knew that the solitary king, who had clashed with Morax on the battlefield time and again without once being bested and always appeared behind a fearsome mask, had a remarkably youthful face beneath it. The Yaksha Jinpeng had endured and suppressed his feelings for more than two hundred years. At last, he killed the Dream Archon who had enslaved him. On the day he was reborn from the flames, he named himself Phoenix, gathered the Dream Archon’s forces, and occupied a corner of Liyue, standing in opposition to Morax from afar. When two kings meet, one of them must fall. So, could a political marriage bring peace to Liyue? # Three-thousand-year-old Archon: “Young people these days have no honor. You’re here to deceive and swindle an old comrade of mine, three thousand years old, out of his feelings. Is that right? No, it isn’t. I advise you, comrade, to know what’s good for you and hurry up and make a contract with me. Don’t drag this out. Don’t make this old comrade kneel and beg you.” PS: This story includes many personal headcanons, a heavily modified plot, and serious OOC! OOC! OOC! If you don’t mind, thank you so much. orz Theme: May Liyue enjoy lasting peace and stability.