Lu Lingfeng, a middle-ranking general of the Imperial Guard, is famous throughout Chang’an for being as stubborn as a mule. Tell him to go east and he’ll head west; the more you forbid him from doing something, the more he’ll want to try it.
But this stubborn mule has a huge secret: he is Princess Taiping’s biological son.
The princess wants to put her own son on the throne, but he refuses to acknowledge her and thinks she’s “not right in the head.” He turns away the lamb soup she sends, complains that the embroidered purse she made is “missing a donkey,” and shoots down her attempt to reveal their relationship with, “I don’t believe you.”
The emperor is suspicious, the crown prince is calculating, and the court is full of people with hidden agendas. Yet with his stubborn temper and his habit of stepping in whenever something seems wrong, Lu Lingfeng somehow wins over everyone around him and blunders his way into the fight for the throne.
Su Wuming is on the verge of a breakdown every day, Pei Xijun keeps him firmly in line, and mother and son go from “You’re crazy” to “Mother, you’ve worked hard.”
The most stubborn man in the Tang dynasty is forced to ascend the throne.
