Li Qiuyuan × Chu Wei
Disgraced prince × Crown Prince's advisor
Former classmates turned enemies, pulling at and entangling one another.
Their deep bond from years ago became a sword, piercing the most vulnerable part of their hearts.
Chu Wei and Li Qiuyuan met when they were twelve. At thirteen, they became disciples of the same teacher. They spent eight years as classmates.
They rode horses through Qingzhou together, carefree and full of joy.
Until, eight years later, one entered the imperial palace and became the Crown Prince's tutor, poisoned and controlled, used and denounced by the whole realm as a treacherous lackey. The other was trapped in Chang'an by a scheme, drowning himself in wine and women as his will slowly faded.
By then, there seemed to be no way back.
Yet one day, the bedridden emperor offered Chu Wei a dagger in exchange for imperial power, ordering him to "kill" the prince, Li Qiuyuan.
He wanted him to "kill" the classmate from Qingzhou whom he himself had brought back to Chang'an, the one person he could not bring himself to harm and did not want to harm.
On one side was the Crown Prince's monthly antidote; on the other, the emperor's secret order.
He had only four years.
Either help him ascend the throne, or die without a proper burial.
Theme: Peace
