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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While Nie Mingjue and Jin Guangyao are close to full reconciliation by the end, they aren't ''quite'' there yet, as it's only been a few days. Mingjue is still incensed when he finds out Guangyao was ordered to kill him, even if he'd not gone through with it yet.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Jin Zixun holds A-Yuan hostage briefly at the end, and manages to draw blood. The boy is okay, however.
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* RelatedInAdaptation: Wen Yuan is Wen Xu’s son and Wen Ruohan’s grandson.
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* RelatedInAdaptation: RelatedInTheAdaptation: Wen Yuan is Wen Xu’s son and Wen Ruohan’s grandson.grandson; in the original canon, whatever familial relationship they had was unclear.
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''Gold Poisons'' is a fanfiction by Linderosse based on ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''. After Lan Xichen collapses at a discussion conference of an apparent qi-deviation, it quickly becomes clear that it was artificially induced, and all signs point to his sworn brother Jin Guangyao.
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''Gold Poisons'' is a fanfiction by Linderosse based on ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''. After Lan Xichen collapses at a discussion conference of an apparent qi-deviation, it quickly becomes clear that it was artificially induced, and all signs point to his sworn brother Jin Guangyao. \n However, things are not as they seem. It quickly falls on Nie Mingjue to both work with Jin Guangyao to try and save Xichen and figure out what really happened.
It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24562501/chapters/59317831 here]].
It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/24562501/chapters/59317831 here]].
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- Related in Adaptation: Wen Yuan is Wen Xu’s son and Wen Ruohan’s grandson.
- Sex for Solace: Xichen and Mingjue had an encounter like this during the Sunshot Campaign. It was Jin Guangyao’s fault, as he’d written a letter warning Xichen he was in danger and Xichen had a hard time.
- Script Fic: The last chapter.
- Shotgun Wedding: Zixuan and Yanli are going to need one, as she is pregnant due to their insatiable affianced act
- Sympathetic Murderer: Poor Mo Xiulan, who only does what she does under orders from Jin Guangshan.
- Tampering With Food and Drink: Xichen’s drink is tampered with.
- Unbroken Vigil: Xichen is not left alone after passing out.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Xichen to Mingjue.
- Villainous Breakdown: Once he is revealed, Jin Guangshan starts screaming.
- War is Hell: Jin Guangyao has a few flashbacks to the Sunshot Campaign
- Well Done Son Guy: Jin Guangyao.
- All I wanted was a scrap of your affection.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite being very young, A-Yuan already has a concept of death. This is played tragically as a result of his difficult life.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jin Zixun holds A-Yuan hostage.
- Sex for Solace: Xichen and Mingjue had an encounter like this during the Sunshot Campaign. It was Jin Guangyao’s fault, as he’d written a letter warning Xichen he was in danger and Xichen had a hard time.
- Script Fic: The last chapter.
- Shotgun Wedding: Zixuan and Yanli are going to need one, as she is pregnant due to their insatiable affianced act
- Sympathetic Murderer: Poor Mo Xiulan, who only does what she does under orders from Jin Guangshan.
- Tampering With Food and Drink: Xichen’s drink is tampered with.
- Unbroken Vigil: Xichen is not left alone after passing out.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Xichen to Mingjue.
- Villainous Breakdown: Once he is revealed, Jin Guangshan starts screaming.
- War is Hell: Jin Guangyao has a few flashbacks to the Sunshot Campaign
- Well Done Son Guy: Jin Guangyao.
- All I wanted was a scrap of your affection.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite being very young, A-Yuan already has a concept of death. This is played tragically as a result of his difficult life.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jin Zixun holds A-Yuan hostage.
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* ShotgunWedding: Zixuan and Yanli are going to need one, as she is
- Sympathetic Murderer: Poor Mo Xiulan, who only does what she does under orders from Jin Guangshan.
- Well Done Son Guy: Jin Guangyao.
* WarIsHell: Jin Guangyao has a few flashbacks to the Sunshot Campaign, and it's made clear that none of the remaining participants particularly enjoy what happened.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Jin Guangyao.
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* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being very young, A-Yuan already has
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''Gold Poisons'' is a fanfiction by Linderosse based on ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
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''Gold Poisons'' is a fanfiction by Linderosse based on ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''. After Lan Xichen collapses at a discussion conference of an apparent qi-deviation, it quickly becomes clear that it was artificially induced, and all signs point to his sworn brother Jin Guangyao.
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- For Want of a Nail: What nail specifically does not become clear until chapter 18. Jin Guangshan decides to go after a different member of the Venerated Triad.
- Frame-Up: Jin Guangyao is blamed for Xichen’s poisoning by his father. Unfortunately, he’s a very convenient suspect, due to his suspicious past and the fact that he owns a vial of the exact type of poison used on Xichen.
- Has A Type: Jin Guangshan, though what that type is isn’t entirely clear. It’s stated that Mo Xiulan resembles Meng Shi, but not how.
- Hurt/Comfort Fic: As identified. Much of it centers on Xichen as he qi-deviates.
- Hypocrite: Discussed in-universe when Wei Wuxian, the only known core donor in-series, begs Wen Qing not to let Lan Wangji donate his core to save Xichen’s if it comes to that.
- Imaginary Love Triangle: Nie Mingjue thinks Xichen and Jin Guangyao are attracted to each other, and thus is unwilling to get involved with either one. Jin Guangyao is attracted to Xichen (and later Mingjue), but believes them to be interested in one another, and does not want to get involve. Xichen is attracted to both Mingjue and Guangyao (and has even had sex with the former), but does not think he’s reciprocated, and therefore does not want to get involved.
- I Never Said it was Poison: Jin Guangshan explodes at Nie Mingjue when he asks him to be reasonable, telling him that he was the intended target of the murder plot. Which he had no reason to know about.
- Insatiable Newlyweds: A variation for Yanli and Zixuan, who appear to be ‘’insatiable newly-engaged’’. Leading to their wedding date needing to be moved up.
- Lap Pillow: Mingjue briefly rests a very sick Xichen’s head in his lap while he’s teetering on the edge of consciousness
- Let’s Wait Awhile: Due to his traumas around sex, Jin Guangyao would like to wait a bit before moving beyond kissing. Mingjue and Xichen are fine with this.
- Look Behind You: Huaisang yells this to distract Zixun. It works.
- Loophole Abuse: Xichen is reminded of Rule 586: Gossip is Forbidden in the cloud recesses. He replies that he’s not there at the moment.
- Love At First Sight: Xichen fell in love with Jin Guangyao like this. Though he only realized this later.
- Love Confession: A very public one by Lan Xichen about Jin Guangyao and, more subtly, Nie Mingjue at Jin Guangyao’s trial. Jin Guangyao then follows it up with one of his own, which is very similar to the canon one Wei Wuxian makes to Lan Wangji. Nie Mingjue…doesn’t, but says they’ll discus this later
- Love Epiphany: Nie Mingjue realizes he still cares about Jin Guangyao as the latter, believing Xichen is dead, begs for him to kill him.
- Xichen realized he was in love with Jin Guangyao when he got a letter saying he was about to take a serious risk, and it made him realize how badly he wanted to see him again.
- Mercy Kill: Jin Guangyao killed people and then maimed the bodies to make it look like he’d been torturing them.
- Named By the Adaptation: Mo Xuanyu’s mother, Mo Xiulan
- Nice to the Waiter: Jin Guangyao is nice to the servants in Koi Tower. In turn, they are willing to assist him.
- Not Me This Time: Jin Guangyao has killed a lot of people during his time working for the Wens and then as the Jins, but has nothing to do with Xichen’s poisoning. Too bad he’s being set up as the fall guy.
- Offing The Offspring: Attempted by Jin Guangshan.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Huaisang investigating for Mingjue.
- Only Mostly Dead: Xichen is ‘’this’’ close to actually being dead after the antidote appears to not work. Thankfully, he’s just alive enough that they can give him qi.
- OOC Is Serious Business: Xichen, normally unflappable, showing pain is enough to show how bad the Qi-deviation really is.
- Please Don't Leave Me: Spoken to Xichen by Mingjue.
- Polyamory: 3zun, natch.
- Rape As Drama: Jin Guangyao has clearly been the victim of sexual assault. Including when he was underage in the brothel.
- [T]he next time it happens, Aunt Sisi is not there to open the door.
- Red String of Fate: While this is not mentioned in the fic, the cover-art features these
- Frame-Up: Jin Guangyao is blamed for Xichen’s poisoning by his father. Unfortunately, he’s a very convenient suspect, due to his suspicious past and the fact that he owns a vial of the exact type of poison used on Xichen.
- Has A Type: Jin Guangshan, though what that type is isn’t entirely clear. It’s stated that Mo Xiulan resembles Meng Shi, but not how.
- Hurt/Comfort Fic: As identified. Much of it centers on Xichen as he qi-deviates.
- Hypocrite: Discussed in-universe when Wei Wuxian, the only known core donor in-series, begs Wen Qing not to let Lan Wangji donate his core to save Xichen’s if it comes to that.
- Imaginary Love Triangle: Nie Mingjue thinks Xichen and Jin Guangyao are attracted to each other, and thus is unwilling to get involved with either one. Jin Guangyao is attracted to Xichen (and later Mingjue), but believes them to be interested in one another, and does not want to get involve. Xichen is attracted to both Mingjue and Guangyao (and has even had sex with the former), but does not think he’s reciprocated, and therefore does not want to get involved.
- I Never Said it was Poison: Jin Guangshan explodes at Nie Mingjue when he asks him to be reasonable, telling him that he was the intended target of the murder plot. Which he had no reason to know about.
- Insatiable Newlyweds: A variation for Yanli and Zixuan, who appear to be ‘’insatiable newly-engaged’’. Leading to their wedding date needing to be moved up.
- Lap Pillow: Mingjue briefly rests a very sick Xichen’s head in his lap while he’s teetering on the edge of consciousness
- Let’s Wait Awhile: Due to his traumas around sex, Jin Guangyao would like to wait a bit before moving beyond kissing. Mingjue and Xichen are fine with this.
- Look Behind You: Huaisang yells this to distract Zixun. It works.
- Loophole Abuse: Xichen is reminded of Rule 586: Gossip is Forbidden in the cloud recesses. He replies that he’s not there at the moment.
- Love At First Sight: Xichen fell in love with Jin Guangyao like this. Though he only realized this later.
- Love Confession: A very public one by Lan Xichen about Jin Guangyao and, more subtly, Nie Mingjue at Jin Guangyao’s trial. Jin Guangyao then follows it up with one of his own, which is very similar to the canon one Wei Wuxian makes to Lan Wangji. Nie Mingjue…doesn’t, but says they’ll discus this later
- Love Epiphany: Nie Mingjue realizes he still cares about Jin Guangyao as the latter, believing Xichen is dead, begs for him to kill him.
- Xichen realized he was in love with Jin Guangyao when he got a letter saying he was about to take a serious risk, and it made him realize how badly he wanted to see him again.
- Mercy Kill: Jin Guangyao killed people and then maimed the bodies to make it look like he’d been torturing them.
- Named By the Adaptation: Mo Xuanyu’s mother, Mo Xiulan
- Nice to the Waiter: Jin Guangyao is nice to the servants in Koi Tower. In turn, they are willing to assist him.
- Not Me This Time: Jin Guangyao has killed a lot of people during his time working for the Wens and then as the Jins, but has nothing to do with Xichen’s poisoning. Too bad he’s being set up as the fall guy.
- Offing The Offspring: Attempted by Jin Guangshan.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Huaisang investigating for Mingjue.
- Only Mostly Dead: Xichen is ‘’this’’ close to actually being dead after the antidote appears to not work. Thankfully, he’s just alive enough that they can give him qi.
- OOC Is Serious Business: Xichen, normally unflappable, showing pain is enough to show how bad the Qi-deviation really is.
- Please Don't Leave Me: Spoken to Xichen by Mingjue.
- Polyamory: 3zun, natch.
- Rape As Drama: Jin Guangyao has clearly been the victim of sexual assault. Including when he was underage in the brothel.
- [T]he next time it happens, Aunt Sisi is not there to open the door.
- Red String of Fate: While this is not mentioned in the fic, the cover-art features these
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* FrameUp: Jin Guangyao is blamed for Xichen’s poisoning by his father. Unfortunately, he’s a very convenient suspect, due to his suspicious past and the fact that he owns a vial of the exact type of poison used on Xichen.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Discussed in-universe when Wei Wuxian, the only known golden core donor, begs Wen Qing not to let Lan Wangji donate his core to save Xichen’s if it
- Imaginary Love Triangle:
- Let’s Wait Awhile:
*LetsWaitAwhile: Due to his traumas around sex,
- Love Epiphany:
* LoveEpiphany: Nie Mingjue realizes he still cares about Jin Guangyao as the latter, believing Lan Xichen is dead, begs for
- Rape As Drama:
* RapeAsDrama: Jin Guangyao has clearly been the victim of sexual assault. Including when he was underage in the brothel.
- Red String of Fate:
* RedStringOfFate: While this is not mentioned in the fic, the cover-art drawn by the author features
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''Gold Poisons'' is a fanfiction by Linderosse based on ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''.
!! ''Gold Poisons'' features the following tropes:
* AdaptationalJobChange: Mo Xuanyu’s mother is a servant instead of a minor noblewoman.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Immediately after the trial, Jin Guangyao is stabbed with a poisoned blade by a vengeful [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan]], kicking off one of these as those around him try to save him.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jin Guangyao’s survival at the end can be traced to the good he has done amidst his bad deeds: his saving of Mo Xuanyu from his abusive household gets the real culprit to come forward, clearing his name. His saving of Wen Yuan during the war means Wen Qing owes him. Finally, his giving Nie Mingjue both an antidote and a copy of the symbols to get the antidote to work as a gesture of trust allows Wen Qing to save him.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue in the first half of the fic. The latter does not want to be attracted to the former, but is despite himself. Jin Guangyao, meanwhile, is mostly just trying to egg Nie Mingjue on.
* BlessedWithSuck: Jin Guangyao’s perfect memory means he remembers all of his bad deeds perfectly.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mingjue goes “I don’t know, and I don’t know” at one point to respond to some questions, borrowing Huaisang’s famous catchphrase.
* CaptainObvious: Jiang Cheng slips into this when he helpfully states that “I think he just admitted to it” when [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan]] blurts out wanting Nie Mingjue dead near the end of the trial.
* ChekhovsGun: Jin Guangyao makes extra antidote to the gold poison. Useful, given he needs some later.
* CrocodileTears: By A-Yuan to get Wen Qing past a flirtatious Jin guard.
* DeathFakedForYou: Jin Guangyao faked A-Yuan’s death at the end of the Sunshot Campaign and smuggled him out of Nightless City, as in this A-Yuan was Wen Xu’s son and thus part of Wen Ruohan’s family. He likely would've been killed when the Wens were defeated if he hadn't been smuggled out.
* DeliriousMisidentification: While struggling with the poison, Xichen mistakes Wangji for their father. Justified, as the Twin Jades resemble their father closely.
* DramaticIrony: Yanli suggests A-Yuan call her “Aunt Yanli" while looking after him. She has no idea that A-Yuan is being raised by her brother, meaning she really is his aunt.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged. While [[spoiler: Mo Xiulan]] still goes to prison for some time after poisoning Lan Xichen, he immediately forgives [[spoiler: her]] for nearly killing him. It's justified, as [[spoiler: she]] was acting under duress and Xichen is very forgiving.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Takes place over three days.
* FixFic: Not a complete one, as the author’s last note says. However, with Jin Guangshan out of the picture and Jin Guangyao tentatively working towards redemption, it's at least likely that more characters will make it out of the canon events alive.
- For Want of a Nail: What nail specifically does not become clear until chapter 18. Jin Guangshan decides to go after a different member of the Venerated Triad.
- Frame-Up: Jin Guangyao is blamed for Xichen’s poisoning by his father. Unfortunately, he’s a very convenient suspect, due to his suspicious past and the fact that he owns a vial of the exact type of poison used on Xichen.
- Has A Type: Jin Guangshan, though what that type is isn’t entirely clear. It’s stated that Mo Xiulan resembles Meng Shi, but not how.
- Hurt/Comfort Fic: As identified. Much of it centers on Xichen as he qi-deviates.
- Hypocrite: Discussed in-universe when Wei Wuxian, the only known core donor in-series, begs Wen Qing not to let Lan Wangji donate his core to save Xichen’s if it comes to that.
- Imaginary Love Triangle: Nie Mingjue thinks Xichen and Jin Guangyao are attracted to each other, and thus is unwilling to get involved with either one. Jin Guangyao is attracted to Xichen (and later Mingjue), but believes them to be interested in one another, and does not want to get involve. Xichen is attracted to both Mingjue and Guangyao (and has even had sex with the former), but does not think he’s reciprocated, and therefore does not want to get involved.
- I Never Said it was Poison: Jin Guangshan explodes at Nie Mingjue when he asks him to be reasonable, telling him that he was the intended target of the murder plot. Which he had no reason to know about.
- Insatiable Newlyweds: A variation for Yanli and Zixuan, who appear to be ‘’insatiable newly-engaged’’. Leading to their wedding date needing to be moved up.
- Lap Pillow: Mingjue briefly rests a very sick Xichen’s head in his lap while he’s teetering on the edge of consciousness
- Let’s Wait Awhile: Due to his traumas around sex, Jin Guangyao would like to wait a bit before moving beyond kissing. Mingjue and Xichen are fine with this.
- Look Behind You: Huaisang yells this to distract Zixun. It works.
- Loophole Abuse: Xichen is reminded of Rule 586: Gossip is Forbidden in the cloud recesses. He replies that he’s not there at the moment.
- Love At First Sight: Xichen fell in love with Jin Guangyao like this. Though he only realized this later.
- Love Confession: A very public one by Lan Xichen about Jin Guangyao and, more subtly, Nie Mingjue at Jin Guangyao’s trial. Jin Guangyao then follows it up with one of his own, which is very similar to the canon one Wei Wuxian makes to Lan Wangji. Nie Mingjue…doesn’t, but says they’ll discus this later
- Love Epiphany: Nie Mingjue realizes he still cares about Jin Guangyao as the latter, believing Xichen is dead, begs for him to kill him.
- Xichen realized he was in love with Jin Guangyao when he got a letter saying he was about to take a serious risk, and it made him realize how badly he wanted to see him again.
- Mercy Kill: Jin Guangyao killed people and then maimed the bodies to make it look like he’d been torturing them.
- Named By the Adaptation: Mo Xuanyu’s mother, Mo Xiulan
- Nice to the Waiter: Jin Guangyao is nice to the servants in Koi Tower. In turn, they are willing to assist him.
- Not Me This Time: Jin Guangyao has killed a lot of people during his time working for the Wens and then as the Jins, but has nothing to do with Xichen’s poisoning. Too bad he’s being set up as the fall guy.
- Offing The Offspring: Attempted by Jin Guangshan.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Huaisang investigating for Mingjue.
- Only Mostly Dead: Xichen is ‘’this’’ close to actually being dead after the antidote appears to not work. Thankfully, he’s just alive enough that they can give him qi.
- OOC Is Serious Business: Xichen, normally unflappable, showing pain is enough to show how bad the Qi-deviation really is.
- Please Don't Leave Me: Spoken to Xichen by Mingjue.
- Polyamory: 3zun, natch.
- Rape As Drama: Jin Guangyao has clearly been the victim of sexual assault. Including when he was underage in the brothel.
- [T]he next time it happens, Aunt Sisi is not there to open the door.
- Red String of Fate: While this is not mentioned in the fic, the cover-art features these
- Related in Adaptation: Wen Yuan is Wen Xu’s son and Wen Ruohan’s grandson.
- Sex for Solace: Xichen and Mingjue had an encounter like this during the Sunshot Campaign. It was Jin Guangyao’s fault, as he’d written a letter warning Xichen he was in danger and Xichen had a hard time.
- Script Fic: The last chapter.
- Shotgun Wedding: Zixuan and Yanli are going to need one, as she is pregnant due to their insatiable affianced act
- Sympathetic Murderer: Poor Mo Xiulan, who only does what she does under orders from Jin Guangshan.
- Tampering With Food and Drink: Xichen’s drink is tampered with.
- Unbroken Vigil: Xichen is not left alone after passing out.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Xichen to Mingjue.
- Villainous Breakdown: Once he is revealed, Jin Guangshan starts screaming.
- War is Hell: Jin Guangyao has a few flashbacks to the Sunshot Campaign
- Well Done Son Guy: Jin Guangyao.
- All I wanted was a scrap of your affection.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite being very young, A-Yuan already has a concept of death. This is played tragically as a result of his difficult life.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jin Zixun holds A-Yuan hostage.
!! ''Gold Poisons'' features the following tropes:
* AdaptationalJobChange: Mo Xuanyu’s mother is a servant instead of a minor noblewoman.
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Immediately after the trial, Jin Guangyao is stabbed with a poisoned blade by a vengeful [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan]], kicking off one of these as those around him try to save him.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Jin Guangyao’s survival at the end can be traced to the good he has done amidst his bad deeds: his saving of Mo Xuanyu from his abusive household gets the real culprit to come forward, clearing his name. His saving of Wen Yuan during the war means Wen Qing owes him. Finally, his giving Nie Mingjue both an antidote and a copy of the symbols to get the antidote to work as a gesture of trust allows Wen Qing to save him.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue in the first half of the fic. The latter does not want to be attracted to the former, but is despite himself. Jin Guangyao, meanwhile, is mostly just trying to egg Nie Mingjue on.
* BlessedWithSuck: Jin Guangyao’s perfect memory means he remembers all of his bad deeds perfectly.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mingjue goes “I don’t know, and I don’t know” at one point to respond to some questions, borrowing Huaisang’s famous catchphrase.
* CaptainObvious: Jiang Cheng slips into this when he helpfully states that “I think he just admitted to it” when [[spoiler: Jin Guangshan]] blurts out wanting Nie Mingjue dead near the end of the trial.
* ChekhovsGun: Jin Guangyao makes extra antidote to the gold poison. Useful, given he needs some later.
* CrocodileTears: By A-Yuan to get Wen Qing past a flirtatious Jin guard.
* DeathFakedForYou: Jin Guangyao faked A-Yuan’s death at the end of the Sunshot Campaign and smuggled him out of Nightless City, as in this A-Yuan was Wen Xu’s son and thus part of Wen Ruohan’s family. He likely would've been killed when the Wens were defeated if he hadn't been smuggled out.
* DeliriousMisidentification: While struggling with the poison, Xichen mistakes Wangji for their father. Justified, as the Twin Jades resemble their father closely.
* DramaticIrony: Yanli suggests A-Yuan call her “Aunt Yanli" while looking after him. She has no idea that A-Yuan is being raised by her brother, meaning she really is his aunt.
* EasilyForgiven: Zigzagged. While [[spoiler: Mo Xiulan]] still goes to prison for some time after poisoning Lan Xichen, he immediately forgives [[spoiler: her]] for nearly killing him. It's justified, as [[spoiler: she]] was acting under duress and Xichen is very forgiving.
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Takes place over three days.
* FixFic: Not a complete one, as the author’s last note says. However, with Jin Guangshan out of the picture and Jin Guangyao tentatively working towards redemption, it's at least likely that more characters will make it out of the canon events alive.
- For Want of a Nail: What nail specifically does not become clear until chapter 18. Jin Guangshan decides to go after a different member of the Venerated Triad.
- Frame-Up: Jin Guangyao is blamed for Xichen’s poisoning by his father. Unfortunately, he’s a very convenient suspect, due to his suspicious past and the fact that he owns a vial of the exact type of poison used on Xichen.
- Has A Type: Jin Guangshan, though what that type is isn’t entirely clear. It’s stated that Mo Xiulan resembles Meng Shi, but not how.
- Hurt/Comfort Fic: As identified. Much of it centers on Xichen as he qi-deviates.
- Hypocrite: Discussed in-universe when Wei Wuxian, the only known core donor in-series, begs Wen Qing not to let Lan Wangji donate his core to save Xichen’s if it comes to that.
- Imaginary Love Triangle: Nie Mingjue thinks Xichen and Jin Guangyao are attracted to each other, and thus is unwilling to get involved with either one. Jin Guangyao is attracted to Xichen (and later Mingjue), but believes them to be interested in one another, and does not want to get involve. Xichen is attracted to both Mingjue and Guangyao (and has even had sex with the former), but does not think he’s reciprocated, and therefore does not want to get involved.
- I Never Said it was Poison: Jin Guangshan explodes at Nie Mingjue when he asks him to be reasonable, telling him that he was the intended target of the murder plot. Which he had no reason to know about.
- Insatiable Newlyweds: A variation for Yanli and Zixuan, who appear to be ‘’insatiable newly-engaged’’. Leading to their wedding date needing to be moved up.
- Lap Pillow: Mingjue briefly rests a very sick Xichen’s head in his lap while he’s teetering on the edge of consciousness
- Let’s Wait Awhile: Due to his traumas around sex, Jin Guangyao would like to wait a bit before moving beyond kissing. Mingjue and Xichen are fine with this.
- Look Behind You: Huaisang yells this to distract Zixun. It works.
- Loophole Abuse: Xichen is reminded of Rule 586: Gossip is Forbidden in the cloud recesses. He replies that he’s not there at the moment.
- Love At First Sight: Xichen fell in love with Jin Guangyao like this. Though he only realized this later.
- Love Confession: A very public one by Lan Xichen about Jin Guangyao and, more subtly, Nie Mingjue at Jin Guangyao’s trial. Jin Guangyao then follows it up with one of his own, which is very similar to the canon one Wei Wuxian makes to Lan Wangji. Nie Mingjue…doesn’t, but says they’ll discus this later
- Love Epiphany: Nie Mingjue realizes he still cares about Jin Guangyao as the latter, believing Xichen is dead, begs for him to kill him.
- Xichen realized he was in love with Jin Guangyao when he got a letter saying he was about to take a serious risk, and it made him realize how badly he wanted to see him again.
- Mercy Kill: Jin Guangyao killed people and then maimed the bodies to make it look like he’d been torturing them.
- Named By the Adaptation: Mo Xuanyu’s mother, Mo Xiulan
- Nice to the Waiter: Jin Guangyao is nice to the servants in Koi Tower. In turn, they are willing to assist him.
- Not Me This Time: Jin Guangyao has killed a lot of people during his time working for the Wens and then as the Jins, but has nothing to do with Xichen’s poisoning. Too bad he’s being set up as the fall guy.
- Offing The Offspring: Attempted by Jin Guangshan.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Huaisang investigating for Mingjue.
- Only Mostly Dead: Xichen is ‘’this’’ close to actually being dead after the antidote appears to not work. Thankfully, he’s just alive enough that they can give him qi.
- OOC Is Serious Business: Xichen, normally unflappable, showing pain is enough to show how bad the Qi-deviation really is.
- Please Don't Leave Me: Spoken to Xichen by Mingjue.
- Polyamory: 3zun, natch.
- Rape As Drama: Jin Guangyao has clearly been the victim of sexual assault. Including when he was underage in the brothel.
- [T]he next time it happens, Aunt Sisi is not there to open the door.
- Red String of Fate: While this is not mentioned in the fic, the cover-art features these
- Related in Adaptation: Wen Yuan is Wen Xu’s son and Wen Ruohan’s grandson.
- Sex for Solace: Xichen and Mingjue had an encounter like this during the Sunshot Campaign. It was Jin Guangyao’s fault, as he’d written a letter warning Xichen he was in danger and Xichen had a hard time.
- Script Fic: The last chapter.
- Shotgun Wedding: Zixuan and Yanli are going to need one, as she is pregnant due to their insatiable affianced act
- Sympathetic Murderer: Poor Mo Xiulan, who only does what she does under orders from Jin Guangshan.
- Tampering With Food and Drink: Xichen’s drink is tampered with.
- Unbroken Vigil: Xichen is not left alone after passing out.
- Victorious Childhood Friend: Xichen to Mingjue.
- Villainous Breakdown: Once he is revealed, Jin Guangshan starts screaming.
- War is Hell: Jin Guangyao has a few flashbacks to the Sunshot Campaign
- Well Done Son Guy: Jin Guangyao.
- All I wanted was a scrap of your affection.
- Wise Beyond Their Years: Despite being very young, A-Yuan already has a concept of death. This is played tragically as a result of his difficult life.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jin Zixun holds A-Yuan hostage.
