#mengying

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Dragons are fiercely protective over their eggs.

That protection extended to Mengying when she was carrying. More than once she’d find herself with Ao Lie in his dragon form, curled around and death-glaring at anyone who dared look at her funny.

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Ao Lie being called beautiful just very bluntly and matter-of-fact (because he is, in-universe, that's canon) and people/dragons looking at him and Mengying and thinking it's clear who has the most looks between them.

Meanwhile Lie keeps surprise-hugging Mengying like "Everyone look at my beautiful wife, she's so pretty."

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The first night after Meihua is born…

Mengying: *asleep next to the swaddled infant*

Mengying: *wakes up for just a moment* ?!

Ao Lie: *staring at them both in the dark, eyes glowing*

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PrincessBrideshipping edits; farm version and palace version.

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When Meihua Is Born…

Head Midwife: “As is tradition, Her Highnesses will be isolated for one month, to be certain there are no-“

Ao Lie: *has been holding and staring at the sleeping newborn for a good minute now*

Ao Lie: “Meihua.”

Midwife: “I’m sorry?”

Ao Lie: “Her name.”

Ao Lie: “It’s Meihua, I just decided.”

Midwife: “Y-Your Highness, you must wait a hundred days to be sure-“

Ao Lie: “Now why would I wait a hundred days when we have a perfectly good name right now?”

Mengying: ”Beloved, please, it’ll hurt to laugh…”

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Okay but Modern PrincessBride, while Mei's happy for her many-greats-grandpa, is a tiny bit weird for her.

Mei: "Xiulan, how old are you?"

Xiulan: "Uh, 42..."

Mei: "Yesterday, Mengying told me she was 32."

MK: "Uh-"

Mei: "She's young enough to be my big sister but I guess now she's Grandma!"

*meanwhile, Mengying....*

Mengying: "....I'm skipping 'mother' and going straight to 'grandmother?' Dating an immortal dragon is weird."

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What happened after Ao Lie met Mengying in the modern day?

Modern dating happens.

Lie and modern Mengying interact and know each other for roughly a month before Lie - at SWK’s urging - asks her out. Mengying is surprised by how easily the “yes” comes out. Seriously though, she’s so comfortable around him, he’s cute and funny and sweet and it feels like she’s known him forever.

First date in the modern day is an aquarium. Mengying is a little surprised - her past dates took her to bars or clubs first. It’s fun.

The date goes so well, in fact, they agree to another one the very next weekend. And then end up getting boba together after work that Wednesday anyway.

Mengying finds out he’s a dragon when there’s an attack during one of their nights out. He told her to hide but she peeked out to see if he was alright and oh. That’s a dragon.

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When Mengying was expecting Meihua…

Ao Lie: “Aaand we need to tell Wukong as soon as possible.”

Mengying: “Well, that makes sense—“

Ao Lie: “No, you don’t understand—“