[A Patient, Scheming Courtier × A Frail Avenger]
Two powerful leads, cunning schemes, dark and brooding vibes, and a green-tea schemer.
His name is Le Wuyou, yet from birth to death, he never had a single carefree day.
After the previous dynasty fell, he was dragged from the heights into the mud under the identity of a prince of a fallen kingdom, then sent to Zheyulou and reduced to a plaything.
Born with a weak heart, he relies on potent medicinal brews every day just to stay alive, and could drop dead at any moment.
The only thing keeping him alive is his desire for revenge.
But he doesn’t know that the feud between nations and families is false, his identity as a prince is false, and even the revenge he would give his life to achieve is part of a lie someone else made up!
His name is Tian Bugu. He has endured a lifetime of hardship, rising to power after countless brushes with death, yet never once knowing a moment without suffering.
Orphaned and alone in the martial world, he was ten years old when the young Le Wuyou handed him a piece of pear paste candy and softly said, “It’s sweet, not bitter.”
Those three words became his name, and the obsession he carried for the rest of his life.
Years later, they meet again. He is Prince Jinghuai, the new emperor’s most trusted man, with the power of life and death in his hands.
Le Wuyou is a lowly pawn from a fallen kingdom, steeped in sin and shame.
Le Wuyou gets close to him, plotting at every turn, hoping to use his power to storm the inner palace and repay blood with blood.
“Tian Bugu, I can’t use you anymore, because I’ve already fallen in love with you.”
“Le Wuyou, I can’t give you what you want, but I will keep you alive.”
Using each other even as they fall deeply in love; drawing close even as they push each other away.
His heart falters again and again, his life hangs by a thread, deception lies in layers, and love and hatred are tangled together.
Named Wuyou, he lives a life of worry.
Named Bugu, he suffers all his life.
In the end, only these words remain:
In this world, there is neither joy nor carefree living, only making merry amid bitterness until death.
High angst and high sweetness throughout. Read with caution!
