Saw this art about Jin guayao or meng yao I guess, In lotus pier purple and with a Yu sect whip like zidian, and actually you know what I want? Not only Jiang furen as meng Yao's mother. Jiang Furen as a hardcore womanizer. As prolific as sect leader Jin but with better morals at least regarding consent and recognizing her children. But that's about it. She keeps being a bitch like in cannon. Super demanding of yanli and wanyin but also worse because she doesn't just compare them to Wúxiàn she also compares her other children to them and always finds them lacking. Could you imagine the complex jiāng Cheng would have if meng Yao was his perfect little brother? He would have an aneurysm. And Yanli mothering a small army of little siblings? She would love them dearly ofc but she would break under the pressure a little.
I imagine fengmian as distant as always in this au, he recognizes some of her wife's kids by name but not all of them, still pays attention to Wúxiàn first, Jiang Cheng sometimes and Yanli almost never. He wouldn't mind the bastards or the blatant cheating, would accept them as disciples easily even, just never have the smallest desire to parent them at all.
Wúxiàn would be great with kids ofc and designated baby sitter for the school age kids who love him but he would have to be more responsible for that, so it's interesting to think about, because he can't act as freely as in cannon to show he is just a silly little guy, and not a threat to Jiang Cheng's position, so maybe he would forego training often?
At least lotus pier wouldn't fall here because if daddy issues make you a people pleaser and mommy issues make you a sociopath...
That's without even getting into the Yu sect whole assassin's skit and how powerful a cultivator she is which could theoretically be passed down or at least show a genetic predisposition to being a powerful cultivator too..
Just imagine for a second, the possibilities are endless
