#and today is short enough for Yizhi to grab him by and pull him down to stare panting into his face

[nimblermortal]

Wu Zetian: I am not falling for Li Shimin’s ‘misunderstood boy with a tortured soul’ routine

Yizhi: I am. I spent two weeks researching him and he. is. Hot.

Zetian: You spent two weeks researching my captor?

Yizhi: Yeah, to infiltrate the system so I could be close to you. I thought I could, er, befriend Li Shimin?

Zetian, tearing up: You, my unacknowledged boyfriend, are willing to befriend the terrifying Iron Demon who I am fake dating, just to be by my side?

Yizhi: Yeah! We’ll have a fake friendship! It’ll be great! I’ll be near you, I’ll be near Shimin...

Shimin: I’M GOING TO KILL HI - ...oh, you’re saying this boy saved my work partner from murder? Um... thank you.

Yizhi: <stares up at him, chest rising and falling>

Zetian: He was mentally unprepared for how imposing Li Shimin is in person.

Yizhi: It’s - it’s no problem! I’m a fan, you know. Read a lot about you.

#Nimblermortal liveblogs #Iron Widow #Yizhi is the only one who knows what's going on here #and those last four lines are canon #though a bit paraphrased for context #bear in mind that There Is Only One Bed #oh hey I missed that Shimin is wearing a collar and chain that yesterday was long enough to throttle someone with #and today is short enough for Yizhi to grab him by and pull him down to stare panting into his face #while he demands Shimin... get sober #Zetian: hoooooooooottttt