About the Frail Prince I Took In

Elders have three great qualities: they know how to annoy you, how to dupe you, and how to get away with it.

Yu Xiaolin got played by Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan said he'd find her a beautiful bride, and she believed him.

Instead, he brought her a bunch of flamboyant male courtesans, making her sneeze nonstop.

Ye Yuan said he'd find her a strapping young man, and she believed him.

Instead, he brought her a crowd of burly, muscle-bound men, making her lose her appetite.

Ye Yuan said he'd give up the search. She believed him, and nearly kowtowed to him in gratitude.

Then the next day, Ye Yuan kidnapped a sickly young man and practically delivered him right to her mouth.

Yu Xiaolin: First, I haven't provoked any of you. Second, I haven't provoked any of you. And finally, I haven't provoked any of you.

Ming Zhi, the third prince of Chu, volunteered to join the army on campaign to escape an arranged marriage decreed by his father, the emperor. Unfortunately, fortune was not on his side, and he was captured along the way.

He thought he could buy his freedom by handing over some money, but instead he ran into a general with a taste for abducting men. Before he could scrape together enough money, he'd been stripped bare and tossed into a tent.

It looked like the general planned to rape him, then kill him!

Ming Zhi felt wronged and wanted to cry. Ming Zhi lamented his miserable fate.

But nobody had told him the young general was handsome, young, and gentle with people.

Ming Zhi: You disgusting pervert! You abducted me and ruined my chastity... I'll never forgive you, even as a ghost!

Yu Xiaolin: I didn't touch you.

Ming Zhi: I can no longer show my face in this world. I can only prove my innocence by dying.

Yu Xiaolin: I didn't touch you. Really.

Ming Zhi: You're lusting after my body. You shameless creep!

Yu Xiaolin: Yeah, you're right! You there, behave yourself. Take off your clothes and lie down! Don't make me do it myself!

1. A taciturn young general who disguises herself as a man x a goofy, fussy, life-loving, obsessive third prince

2. Gender-bender romance, with no role reversal. The heroine deliberately hides her sex at first. Later, her sex is discovered, but she lacks the ability to take the lead.

3. Nothing stays serious for more than thirty seconds. Everyone's been handed a tragic romance script, but everyone is a total goofball. They're useless at everything except faking their deaths. After they fake their deaths, the rest is history.

Theme: Be self-reliant and strong, and keep on thriving.