Sui Xi has never once gotten a fortune-telling prediction right. But his family has served as royal diviners for generations, predicting good and ill fortune for the rulers. To keep his entire family's heads on their shoulders, he has no choice but to grit his teeth and do his best.
"We will win the war. Heaven protects Dachang!"
"The Crown Prince will bloom late, but one day he will surely be a wise ruler."
"I will become rich."
They lost the war, but the enemy emperor fell gravely ill and died. His more than ten princes then fought among themselves for seven years, and in the end, Dachang won without lifting a finger.
The Crown Prince grew more and more crooked, riding recklessly through the streets and injuring people. The emperor flew into a rage, deposed him, and named his youngest son heir instead. Once he took the throne, that son really did become a wise ruler.
Sui Xi was troubled.
Why wasn't he rich yet?
Sui Xi's fame spread far and wide, and the Heir of the Prince of Runan traveled a thousand miles to ask him for a reading.
"What do you want to ask about?"
"Love."
Sui Xi held his forehead. "This reading says you'll divorce three times."
The Heir of the Prince of Runan looked at his childhood friend and former husband, whom he hadn't seen in two years since they split their property in half, and laughed in exasperation. "You want to dump me two more times?"
Reading guide:
A carefree, optimistic fortune-teller who doesn't take things to heart x a childhood friend who has secretly loved him since they were young, and an heir who calls himself a sucker but is hopelessly in love
1. The protagonist is the sole focus; all plot serves him.
2. There is a reason for the divorces. The childhood friends are each other's first love, and they only have eyes for each other.
3. Lots of delusional interpretations and metaphysical content.
Theme: We were in love, and we still are.
