Master of obfuscation, Lan Zhan nevertheless sweats when his brother realizes the last time he was too far from Gusu was not nearly enough to have satisfied his brother. Lan Zhan folded his hands into his lap and began to think.

"I've gone further out for night hunts," he says, which is true. Now, distract with a question about a related issue that will make Lan Xichen think about something else: "Are you going to tell Uncle?"

Will he have to kneel with the implicit threat of the discipline whip in his hands some more?