Shen Bijun is the little prince who is the direct descendant of the queen. He does not fight for anything and is a low-key person. Xiao Shu is the only remaining son of the general Xiao family, who lost his parents. He entered the palace and was raised under the Queen's knees. The two of them eat and live together, like a pair of bamboo horses. He called him "Brother Jun" and said, "I will protect you forever."
The prince died in battle, the Xiao family was destroyed, and the queen died of illness. As soon as the old friends dispersed, the palace showed its cannibalistic teeth. Shen Bijun was framed for treason, and the two were sent to prison together. They did not torture Shen Bijun, but only locked him in front of Xiao Shu. The whip fell on Xiao Shu and the torture instruments were used on him, but it was Shen Bijun's life that was really on trial.
"Do you recognize it?"
"No."
They spent countless days and nights in the dark cell, counting the sound of water dripping. One uses his body to withstand all the torture, and the other uses his soul to hold on to the final bottom line. The only light in despair is that both of them are still alive. Until the old friend risked his life to escape from prison and sent them to the grassland. There, Xiao Shu spent more than four months crawling out of his disability, and Shen Bijun woke up from his nightmare. They hugged each other in the wind of the grassland and agreed to go back together.
Go back, fight for this position, and overturn this rotten chess game.
From the sweets for the children, to the blood in the prison, to the wind on the grassland, and finally back to the capital. Shen Bijun finally understood: There is no position in this world that is more worthy of fighting for than Xiao Shu's side. And Xiao Shu finally dared to say: I don't want the country, I want you.
"Being in prison with you" means not being locked up together, but being in the same room with you from the age of seven to old age, whether in prison or on a throne.
Their story starts from Tianlao and ends at the end of the world, but it never really ends. Because the real co-prison is when two people sit side by side in the dark and extend their hands to each other. From now on, no matter where you are, you are home.
Intention: True bravery is not about being invulnerable to all kinds of poisons, but about not kneeling even when your weakness is pinned to the ground.