Qi Mo was adored by everyone from birth. Anyone who saw him had to scoop him up and give him a kiss. When he was twelve, the Gong family was convicted of treason, and their entire clan was executed.
That year, Qi Mo and his mother were sent to the Cold Palace. She was assaulted and killed that same year.
After that, there was no charcoal to keep him warm in winter, only cold leftovers. He had to kneel at the feet of the princes and beg for food and his monthly allowance.
Once he got his allowance, the Fourth Prince would head straight to the brothels. Every time, he came back bruised and battered, and every time, dead drunk. Everyone thought Qi Mo had gone mad, that he was a hopeless fool who could never amount to anything.
Leng Junyan took the little drunkard home. Everyone said the great general was too kind, treating even a stand-in so well.
The Sixth Prince pushed Qi Mo into the water, and the Sixth Prince lost both hands.
The Crown Prince sent Qi Mo to the imperial prison, and the Crown Prince was deposed.
The Third Prince tried to have Qi Mo assassinated, and the Third Prince was dismembered.
“Does everyone have the wrong idea about what it means to be kind?”
The crowd sighed, convinced that the great general had been bewitched by the Fourth Prince, that little fox.
After using the great general to get his revenge, Qi Mo faked his death and disappeared. Everyone thought the Regent had turned love into hatred, and that he loved hearing people curse Qi Mo’s ancestors for eighteen generations.
When Qi Mo returned from faking his death, he was forced to join the chorus of people insulting himself.
Qi Mo: “Don’t stoop to arguing with a dog.”
Reborn, Qi Mo wants to keep his distance from Leng Junyan, but he gets pushed into a substitute marriage right from the opening chapter.
Everyone: “You’re only a stand-in. Know your place.”
Qi Mo lets loose: “Another stand-in? Are we never going to get past this trope?”
