Song Qinglan was an unloved prince of Dayong. His greatest dream in life was to become an idle prince.
But one day, he dreamed that he would become a puppet emperor.
He would have the title of emperor, but not a shred of real power.
All the power would be in the hands of the powerful minister Gu Huaishen.
Even the three thousand beauties of his harem would all belong to Gu Huaishen.
After Song Qinglan woke up, he figured that while this was someone he couldn't afford to offend, he could certainly avoid him.
He planned to fake his death and escape from the imperial palace he despised.
But before faking his death, he remembered how, in the dream, he had been cheated on beyond belief. Still furious, he decided to turn that powerful minister gay as revenge.
Fortunately, the minister had lost his memory.
The first time the shou saw him, he said tearfully, "My dear wife, I've had such a hard time finding you."
Gu Huaishen looked at the peerlessly beautiful man with tears in his eyes and raised an eyebrow on his handsome face. "Wife? Who?"
Late at night, under the faint moonlight, the powerful minister stroked his fair neck and said, "Since we're already married, isn't it only natural that we consummate our marriage? Why are you hiding?" Then he continued to get down to business.
Song Qinglan was so overwhelmed by his words that tears fell from his eyes. He ranted inwardly, Can't I hide? (horrified.jpg) I was the husband! How did I become the wife?!
He'd managed to turn the man gay, but at the cost of taking a thousand blows while dealing only eight hundred!
Song Qinglan decided to cut his losses in time. He pretended to have a tryst with someone else, put a shiny green hat on Gu Huaishen, then took a fake-death pill and slipped away to enjoy his freedom.
Rumors spread throughout the capital that Chancellor Gu Huaishen had been injured and lost his memory. During that time, a man had tricked him into marrying him.
That man had also put a huge green hat on Gu Huaishen.
When Gu Huaishen found out, the man supposedly died in a lovers' suicide with his sweetheart.
Gu Huaishen became a cuckolded widower. His mind twisted, and his methods grew increasingly cruel, until he became the perfect cure for children who refused to sleep at night.
Song Qinglan laughed until tears came to his eyes when he heard the rumor.
He was living a carefree life and had almost forgotten about the powerful minister when
soldiers surrounded his house in the dead of night.
The powerful minister was waiting beside his bed.
When Song Qinglan opened his eyes, Gu Huaishen's handsome face was more terrifying than a ghost's. He said softly, "My dear husband, you've certainly made me look hard for you."
Theme: Good intentions gone awry, and blessings and misfortunes intertwined.
