#someone (to remain nameless) also pitched 'librarian' at me while I was writing this

[robininthelabyrinth]

AU in which Jin Guangshan actually takes Meng Shi in as a concubine and Jin Guangyao grows up as Jin Ziyao, Second Young Master of Koi Tower. How does this affect things?

Presumably, Jin Guangshan - forced to accept the son who , with his mother alongside him, so boldly came to lay claim to his paternity - thought that he'd found a way to sideline the now-dubbed Jin Ziyao when he'd given him the job of librarian.

It was obviously a scam, since for all its riches the Lanling Jin had never really cared much for books or learning or knowledge. Their "library" was little more than a warehouse where they pitched all the books they'd received as gifts or bought along with other things. What harm could someone, anyone, do from there?

The answer seemed obvious.

The answer turned out not to be the obvious.

Jin Guangshan might not care for the secrets locked away in books, but his peers very much did. While the official sect heir tried (and failed) to make friends with other heirs his age, Jin Ziyao was already striking up correspondences with the likes of Wen Ruohan and Lan Qiren, coaxing them in with tantalizing suggestions of rare texts they'd never seen before. He sold some books for seed money (he'd never been told he couldn't) and used it to hire a ship, sending it to foreign ports to get - more books. 

Unusual music cultivation that sent the sects so inclined (not least of all the Lan) into lengthy debates; battle tactics both familiar and foreign, with some so ridiculous thar it got Wen Ruohan and Nie Mingjue, sworn enemies, to laugh together over them. Books of painted beauties for aesthetics like Nie Huaisang, who promptly connected Jin Ziyao with the wide world of local publishing...

In the blink of an eye, Jin Guangshan found that his forgotten second son was as in demand as his heir. At that point, he realized it was time to start worrying, thinking that it was time to start taking measures to confine Jin Ziyao before he was able to grow his power any further. Distracted by such thoughts, he waved his hand to encourage the new musican he'd had recommended to him from some source or another to start playing, and never realized that his fears and scheming thoughts were already too late...

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