#chengsu

[yunmeng-jiang]

jiang cheng is having simultaneous affairs with qin su and jin guangyao; both of them know about it and it actually makes things better because qin su assumes that jgy is gay and that's why he's not having sex with her, and jgy feels less bad knowing that his wife is getting it on with someone. jc is freaking out because he doesn't want to ruin their marriage and meanwhile they're both like "wow this is the best thing to happen to us in forever"

[lotuspiertopbi]

Now I gotta write that Qin Su finds and saves Jiang Cheng during the post-Chengxian separation post-Golden Core Surgery (ironically mirroring Meng Yao helping Xichen).

She, as the savior, in this permanently injects herself into Jiang Cheng's memory AND then she pursues him relentlessly the moment they reunite post-war giving both needed financial support with her dowry from her deeply loving father and an important emotional support as someone who sees Jiang Cheng as the Best AND her doting family who like this young man AND Qin Su herself who is a political powerhouse at schmoozing and soft power.

AND Jiang Yanli will absolutely adore a friend and sister-in-law who has the same kind of guts Qin Su has.

This probably does not prevent eveey tragedy in the ensuing years and war fallout, but damn does Jiang Cheng have a loving, happy home life and Qin Su a supportive loving husband (not her brother) and the ability to stretch her wings to pursue her own goals political/familial/personal etc. Plus, Qin Su's presence does have a positive and disruptive impact on the building tension in Lotus Pier.

Also, they have twin girls born seven months after the marriage because Jin Ling gets older cousins, and they manage to find a healthy parental dynamic. Mama Qin's story eventually comes out, leading to Jin Sibling Brigade introduction and Qin Su and Jin Guangyao become sibling friends with Jiang Cheng supporting any of his wife's extracurricular murder bonding with her sibling as this is a normal sibling bonding activity.

[lady-of-the-spirit]

I see a lot of Chengsu based on canon divergence where Qin Su ends up with Jiang Cheng after being married to JGY and I understand the appeal of that kind of dynamic but I would like to see an AU where Qin Su of "I understand this man is a bastard and son of a prostitute but goddammit I am going to be with that man whatever it takes" stubbornness is rescued by Jiang Cheng instead and decides she's gonna go for it. Who cares if his sect has been destroyed and they're politically weak and his brother is going off the rails? She wants that man.

[raine-hearts-art]

@qin-su-week Day 1: Arranged Marriage

The idea behind this one is lesbian Qin Su married to aroace Jiang Cheng. They serve as each other’s cover story and life partner.

[baxiabells]

For the ship prompt: Qin Su / Jiang Cheng please!

theyre cute! not much my cup of tea but ive seen some cute concepts for them ^_^

[morrifucking]

so i have somehow tripped and fallen headfirst into chengsu, which is wild bc i normally prefer jc with men. anyway here’s a snippet of a oneshot i’ll probably never finish

[yuziyuanapologist]

Chengsu #18???? 💕 - @yiling-who

ahhhhh oh my goodness hello lovely!!! i've missed seeing u around! (my fault entirely i havent posted on this blog in TOO LONG)

18: please, just for one night, will you lie down next to me?

Jiang Cheng says it with his eyes closed. With the corners of his mouth forced down, with his throat, his jaw, his whole body tense to breaking point.

As if he thinks she would refuse. (As if he thinks she could ever say yes.)

He doesn't mean it. (He does.) He doesn't, because he can't. Because they both know exactly what this is, and exactly what it will mean to go back to their lives tomorrow.

The problem is that Jiang Cheng is like an open book.

Thinks he's hiding himself oh-so-well, but with one touch of kindness, one hint of someone loving those that he does, and the veneer of anger shatters. There is so much fury in his chest and snaking down his arm that no one would brush him, even distant and feather-light.

Qin Su hasn't ever really considered herself a kind person. Nor is she soft. She is poised, deliberate, built for a life of duty and made to be the partner of a great leader. Good at what she does, her hands are strong for holding her child and for playing with her boisterous nephew; her smile is edged, guarded but fawning for her husband's sake; her heart is untouched, as yet, but by the children that she cares for. (But by another.)

What Qin Su is, is a liar. A denier. With a mask of her own making that she takes off for only her children.

That shatters, just as Jiang Cheng's anger.

It's twilight, in the pavilion on the edge of Lotus Pier. Underneath the roof is a collection of cushions, blankets, set there for stargazing, for river watching, for relaxing.

Neither she nor Jiang Cheng is good at that.

Qin Su stands at the railing, overlooking the water. Drifts her hand down to brush across the lotus leaves, imagining tenderness brushing elsewhere. She listens to Jiang Cheng breaths, shaking and heavy, over the sound of the water gently lapping at the wooden props.

He's not reclining, though he had alluded to it. He sits cross-legged, as if to meditate, but his forehead is far too creased for that to be the case.

She hasn't shown him kindness, not in a way that matters. And he hasn't touched her. (Not in a way that matters.)

"They will be wondering -" she starts, all the while wanting him. to stop her. In the end, she stops herself. The words simply cut out in her throat.

Silence passes, the rustling of leaves, lapping of water. Humming of insects and birds and the late evening air.

It takes minutes. Qin Su hasn't moved, still waiting to be told not to. "I know you can't," it comes out an angry whisper, Jiang Cheng's features tensed yet more. "I know I shouldn't want-"

He catches his own words. (Qin Su catches herself)

"No," she agrees. "Nor should I."

This side of Lotus Pier is deserted. Hidden away by mazes of walkways, and overgrown foliage. There are six paces between them, a turned back, and a pair of closed eyes. Not impossible obstacles to navigate, the physical ones. Nor the immediate ones, being as they are so hidden. No one would know. (They would know.)

No one would know.

Five paces, no backs turned, but all eyes closed.

Four, and intake of breath. Qin Su’s eyes downcast, but seeing.

Three, and Jiang Cheng’s hands uncurl from their tension. Open up spaces between his fingers, but does nothing with them.

Two, and their exhales are a synchronised sigh of anticipation.

One, she reaches out, and her fingers brush his cheek. His expression soften, and he leans against her hand.

He does not open his eyes, but perhaps that is for the best.

[drwcn]

awhile ago i said: what if jiang cheng was qin su's side piece, and as chaotic and tragic as that would be, i just think we should take a minute to appreciate the comedic value of the two most well dressed fashionistas of the cultivation world - jiang wanyin and lan xichen - BOTH being side pieces to the Jins.

it's like if qin su went oh husband you wanna jump on lan xichen's spiritual weapon? not a problem, i'll have jiang wanyin as compensation.

the world that wwx comes back to would just be... completely insane.

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jin ling is 100% over it

jl: they're not discreet. they think they are, but they're not. wwx: ? jl: jiujiu and shenshen - I know they're...uhm...paramours. wwx: ???????????? -- wwx to lwj: jiang cheng fucks? unacceptable. no brother of mine is allowed to fuck.

lwj: ...