Wei Wuxian turned 6 when he finally formed his golden core.

He surprised Jiang Qiong since usually golden cores were formed around the ages 9-12, even the Crowned Prince wasn't even halfway into forming his core.

"Listen here kid, I've never met anyone who formed a core this young, let's keep it a secret between the two of us hm?" He said and winked at the boy.

Wei Wuxian nodded and placed a finger infront of his mouth while saying "shhh"

Jiang Qiong chucked and ruffled the boy's hair.

"Go along now, you can help A-Fen separate the herbs she just got" Jiang Qiong said and Wei Wuxian nodded and walked out.

And he walked inside again "Can I tell Fen-Jiejie about this secret?" He asked.

"Yes kid, as long as no one other than the three of us knows"

Wei Wuxian smiled and made his way towards the Infirmary, specifically where Jiang Fen handles the area because there are e head healers and they control different parts of the infirmary.

"Jiejie" he knocked on the door and a woman opened it.

"Well if it isn't my favorite kid? What are you doing here?" She asked while crossing her arms.

"Grand Uncle said I can rest for two days, he told me to help you for now" Wei Wuxian explained.

"Aiiyoo, come in and tell me everything" She said after checking the area.

Once everything was clear, she places a silencing talisman on the door so that their secret would be safe.

"You can start by throwing out the bad herbs you see in that shelf, tell me how your training went" She said as she took her seat and watched the 6 year old grab his little stool so he could reach the shelf.

"Grand Uncle said that I formed my core completely today" Wei Wuxian said straight to the point.

Jiang Fen froze, that was near impossible but then again, this child is literally gifted.

She stood up and hugged him tightly "I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT! BETTER THAN THAT PRINCE WITH ANGER ISSUES!"

"J-jie!" Wei Wuxian croaked out trying to breathe "Tight!"

Jiang Fen seemed to realize she is suffocating the child so she immediately let go and just decided to squish his cheeks.

"This Jiejie is very proud of you! You know that right? I knew you could do it!" She laughed "You said you have a break for 2 days right?" She asked him and Wei Wuxian nodded.

"Great! After your morning training around the kitchen, meet me here and we'll head off for lunch! You can eat as much as you want for making me proud"

Wei Wuxian flushed at that and hid his face in her chest "Jiee" he huffed, face turning red.

"Oh don't be like that now, we all know you like to be spoiled like a baby!" She teased him.

Wei Wuxian got of her and went back to the shelf.

Jiang Fen just chuckled at him before having an idea "Oh my, Xianxian is growing up so fast, what will I ever do if he finds a wife?"

Wei Wuxian turned and stomped his tiny feet "Jie! I'm 6! Also girls are icky, don't like that bouncy things" he mumbled the last part.

Jiang Fen heard it then started cackling.

"BOUNCY THINGS! MWHAHAHAHAAH!"

Wei Wuxian was just fed up with her at that point, she's acting like a big toddler.

"Well then if you don't like girls, you could find a husband" She teased and Wei Wuxian wanted to throw that stool he's on towards her but settled into throwing some herbs on her face.

"Now, now, that's not nice!"

"Teasing me isn't nice either"

"Aigoo, when did Xianxian start talking like this?" She said and held her hand close to her heart.

Wei Wuxian just stared at her.

Jiang Fen rolled her eyes "Alright, alright, the herbs aren't going to separate themselves, let's get down to business"

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"Finally done! Let's get you back to your ro-" Jiang Fen stopped mid sentence when she saw Wei Wuxian sound asleep on the table.

She giggled and softly pinched his cheeks "This boy, even sleeping you had to look this adorable, no doubt the whole country would fall for you when you get older" She sighed fondly.

She cleaned up the table and arranged things quickly before carrying the boy in her arms and closed the doors of the room before checking in around her wing to see if anything is out of place.

"Well, this place is all cleared up" She said and walked out, meeting up with another head healer from the other wing.

"A-Xian's got a tough day huh?" The woman said and softly chuckled.

"Sure did, made me proud, he certainly is better than that grape" Jiang Fen said while rolling her eyes.

The two ladies chuckled "Well, I'll see you around, good night" Jiang Fen said and the other nodded and waved goodbye "Sleep tight you two"

The next day Jiang Fen woke up to a commotion.

JUST WHY DID HER ROOM HAD TO BE NEXT TO THE TRAINING FEILD!?

'A-Xian is lucky his room is somewhere peaceful' she groaned as she made herself decent and went to see what the commotion was about before she'll go and wake her favorite kid.

Turns out it was as she guessed, Yu Ziyuan yelling at Jiang Wanyin.

"YOUR CORE ISN'T EVEN HALFWAY FORMED!? DID YOU NOT HEAR THE NEWS THIS MORNING!? THE SECOND PRINCE ALREADY FORMED HIS CORE! HE FULLY FORMED IT YESTERDAY!" Yu Ziyuan's zidian was flicking brightly.

Jiang Fen wasn't too interested with the other nonsense she was spouting but hearing that the Second Prince of Lan formed his core around the same time Wei Wuxian formed his made her smirk inwardly.

'My oh my, I have a feeling Xianxian and that dear prince are soul mates! They have to meet sooner or later and fall in love-" her thoughts were cut off when she heard the screaming once again.

"YOU KEEP ON PLAYING WITH YOUR DOGS! DOGS! DOGS! DOGS! NO WONDER YOU'RE SLACKING OFF! SHOULD I GET RID OF YOUR DOGS SO THAT YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO MANAGE YOUR TIME!?"

Jiang Fen scoffed 'Wow...a year ago you were going to get mad at your husband if he ever threw away your son's dogs but here you are, threatening to throw it out yourself' she thought to herself.

"My Lady-"

Oh and finally the King arrives with the princess.

"WHAT NOW FENGMIAN!? YOU WERE THE ONE WHO DECIDED TO BUY HIM THOSE USELESS DOGS AND NOW HE CANT EVEN FORM HIS CORE PROPERLY BECAUSE HE KEEPS PLAYING AND IS STRAYING AWAY FROM HIS RESPONSIBILITIES!" Yu Ziyuan yelled out.

Jiang Wanyin flinched at that but just held his wooden sword tighter.

"My Lady, A-Cheng is doing fine, let him take his time forming his core, we're all built different" Jiang Fengmian tried to reason with her.

Before the lady would say anything else, Jiang Fen was going to share her own thoughts but was also cut off because Jiang Qiong came into the scene.

"It's 9 am! And you screaming is going to disturb the peace! Scream! scream! scream! That's all you seem to know! Would it be better if I permanently shut that mouth of yours!?" The old man snapped.

Yu Ziyuan was about to talk back but Jiang Qiong did not allow that.

"And you want your son to form his core right now? Shame on you! Fengmian has not formed a core until he was 9 and you, young Lady, did not form a core until 11! You are not to say when your children will form their cores! They will form it when they are ready!"

That seemed to shut the Queen up, she turned red and her Zidian started crackling up even more that she fled from the scene.

Jiang Fen whistled "Good job Uncle, still as strong as you used to be!" She clapped.

"Now excuse me, I have some things to take care of" she said and made her exit.

Jiang Fengmian turned to hus Uncle "Uncle, what you said was a bit out of line, my Lady only wants what's best for our children" he reasoned.

"Out of line? No one wanted you to marry her but you insisted and did so anyways! I'll tell you right now she will be the cause of our downfall and when that happens do not ever show your face to me" Jiang Qiong said before looking ad his Grand Niece and nephew.

"You both should not end up like your parents, be better than them" he harrumphed before leaving the grounds.

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Wei Wuxian was busy trying to tie his hair into a perfect ponytail while using his signature red ribbon.

But apparently it was too hard that he huffed and sat on the ground before crossing his arms together.

He heard someone laughing and turned to see his Jiejie.

He glared at her but that made her laugh even more.

"Jie.." Wei Wuxian huffed.

"Alright, let this jiejie help you hm?" She said as she entered his room and neatly tied his hair.

"There you go, now don't you look stunning?" She teased him.

"Hungry" Wei Wuxian said and Jiang Fen nodded "We'll eat our breakfast and lunch in the town, there are plenty of food to choose there" she said and held his hand and the two made their way towards town to have breakfast.

Once they were done, Jiang Fen took him towards a book shop.

"You can choose 2 books, don't worry about the price, I'll take care of it" She winked and nudged the boy "Go on Xianxian, pick whatever you want, I'll it right here"

Wei Wuxian nodded and looked around the shop, he didn't find anything particularly interesting until he found a book titled "Uno Reverse" and the writer had a strange name.

But the content was quite interesting he wanted to read it.

So he took the book and made his way towards Jiang Fen "Just this one please" he told her.

Jiang Fen saw the book and hid back her laugh. The boy chose a cutsleeve story, oh boy she was going to enjoy his reaction.

"Anything else?" She asked him and Wei Wuxian shook his head.

"Boring" was all he mumbled out.

"Alright then, let's go pay for it"

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Meanwhile....

"LAN WANGJI!"