The Spoiled, Stubborn Prince: Master, Please Stop Hitting Me

[Scheming, Stern Emperor's Tutor Top vs. Spoiled, Headstrong Prince Bottom] The whole capital was waiting to see how Song Qingyan, the cold-faced Emperor's tutor, would drag the lawless young prince down from his pedestal. They saw the prince begin paying his respects at set times morning and night. They heard the sharp crack of the ruler coming down. They watched him go from gritting his teeth and stubbornly talking back to pleading for mercy with red-rimmed eyes. But they would never see this: when rebel forces reached the city walls, the usually stern tutor would shield him with his own frail body and say softly, “Don't be afraid. Your teacher is here.” In this conquest that began with discipline, who fell first, and who surrendered first?