A sunny, resilient shou who seems spoiled and domineering but is actually brave and clever, even in adversity X a gong who seems vicious, calculating, and deep-hearted but is actually considerate, protective of those he loves, and clear about whom he loves and hates
Sikong Che was spoiled and overbearing. He fought tooth and nail for the throne, using any means necessary, and made countless enemies.
He had thought this was the only way to live up to his mother's expectations.
Only when he was dying did he learn that his mother was a fake, and that she had used him as a shield to draw fire away from her real son.
Her past expressions of hope and tearful complaints had all been meant to ruin him.
The person he loved, whom he had forcibly taken into his manor, loathed him for his past behavior and sent him to his death with a single sword strike.
Reborn at sixteen,
he appeared spoiled and domineering, but his heart was full of compassion, and he worked everywhere to win the people's support.
He seemed to be locked in fierce conflict with the other princes, but in secret he had already joined forces with them, and they treated each other like brothers. Together, they brought down the fake empress's son.
He forcibly brought Xie Zhiyu into his manor, but gradually won his admiration and affection.
He put himself in the middle of the scheme, pretending to be the culprit behind the use of Gu to bring disaster upon the people. In the end, he exposed the enemy state's plot and saved the people from catastrophe.
Later, people no longer saw a spoiled prince ruining the country. They saw a wise ruler, remembered in the annals of history, whose light shone across the land.
[Xie Zhiyu's perspective]
Xie Zhiyu was born to a poor family. He once witnessed his mentor being persecuted to death by the great clans for helping poor students find a path into government service. Xie himself was implicated and exiled.
After falling into the mire and being forcibly taken into the manor by a notorious, spoiled prince, he thought he could only spend the rest of his life wandering in darkness.
But he unexpectedly discovered that this prince, who seemed arrogant and overbearing, had a compassionate heart and shared his vision for helping the poor.
Then he watched as the prince, surrounded by darkness and trapped in adversity, drew his sword and fought his way into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
He became the light of the world.
And dazzled the whole world, too.
Content warning:
1. Both leads are devoted only to each other.
Core message: A sharp sword is forged through hardship, and plum blossoms grow fragrant in the bitter cold.
