Charge, Your Highness!

When He Xizhao first became the disgraced crown prince's study companion, everyone rejoiced at his misfortune, openly and secretly mocking him for boarding a ship with a hole in its hull. Sure enough, the fallen crown prince languished, just as expected. He was uneducated and useless, leaving everyone shaking their heads and sighing. The study companions of the other princes all waited to see He Xizhao make a fool of himself. But although the fallen crown prince did all sorts of outrageous things, he protected his little companion fiercely. He declared, "You can mess with me if you want, but try laying a finger on my Xizhao." He beat up the princes of the other palaces, drove off the Imperial Academy tutors, talked back to the emperor countless times, and did every brazen thing imaginable. After that... The fallen crown prince continued to lord it over the palace with his own soft and sweet little companion, while the companions who had taken the punishment in their princes' stead glanced in pain at their masters, who didn't dare utter a peep, and sighed deeply. But who could have guessed that the fallen crown prince, who slept through class instead of studying and bolted like a horse without reins the moment lessons ended, would spend his nights bent over his books by candlelight, cramming subjects ranging from math, physics, and chemistry to history, geography, agriculture, commerce, taxes, criminal law, and legislation... And his tutor? Why, none other than his little companion, who had shed his sweet, adorable rabbit disguise and revealed the cunning, sly tail of a fox. A quick heads-up: The male lead's mother is absolutely a white lotus: ambitious but incapable, with the maxed-out skill of claiming that being weak makes her right. She relied on her husband while he was alive, then on the male lead after he died. She's a parasitic vine who can't stand on her own... The gong in this story is the crown prince. He is expected to have a crown princess (a partnership, with each having someone they love; no romantic entanglements or physical intimacy, and naturally no children. They will soon announce to the realm that they are divorcing and pursuing their own loves). If that's not for you, feel free to click the X. Your happiness, mine, and everyone's, thank you! Please add my upcoming historical danmei novel to your favorites: The Little Friend Who Packs a Punch Pei Yuexing descended Mount Cang alone, carrying a sword in one hand and two letters in the other. One was from his father, saying he was gravely ill and wouldn't live much longer. The other was from the older boy next door he'd once had a crush on, saying he'd broken his leg and become disabled. Both wanted to see him. The older boy hadn't been doing well. His letter poured out the bitter tale of all these years: his father didn't care for him, his mother didn't love him, and his brothers tormented one another. Now he was even facing the misery of being kicked out of his home. Pei Yuexing's heart ached for him, and he wished he could use his lightness skills to fly over at once and comfort him. But in the end, he chose to visit his father first. That father had abandoned his wife and child to curry favor with a powerful family, a complete scumbag. But since he was about to die... Pei Yuexing had to fight for his inheritance. After all, the older boy had nothing, and was both destitute and disabled. If he had no money to spare, how could he support him? But once Pei Yuexing reached the capital, he learned that his scumbag father had lied to him! And so had the older boy! * Prince Zhao commanded a mighty army. The new emperor had relied on him to seize the throne, only to turn around and try to kill him. Prince Zhao saw through the plot. The officials pleaded for mercy, and the empress dowager threatened to take her own life. Remembering that they shared the same mother, Prince Zhao let the matter drop, but intended to take the eldest legitimate sons of every official of first rank and above into his service as leverage. The scumbag father happened to be a senior cabinet minister, a first-rank official. Pei Yuexing planned to take the older boy and run away with him. But the man standing before him with the token was none other than the damned Prince Zhao, tall and imposing, with the looks of a fine gentleman! Without another word, he turned and left with his sword, determined to get away from these two walking disasters. But somehow, word got around that a peerless martial artist was going to mete out justice on Heaven's behalf and assassinate Prince Zhao... That night, the captain of the guards watched Prince Zhao sitting in the pavilion, drinking and admiring the moon, while assassins stirred all around them. In his heart, he could only curse. "Your Highness, what exactly are you waiting for?" Xuan Chen: "For someone to come back and break my leg." Theme: