Yang Xijian really has had a terrible run of luck.
Born into a distinguished family of meritorious officials spanning three dynasties, he had barely lost his baby teeth when his father, the top scholar, died.
Luckily, he had a real talent for studying. He could always take the third place in the imperial exams himself. Just as he was full of confidence and preparing for the exams, an imperial edict sent him to serve as the Crown Prince's study companion. The Crown Prince was wonderful in every way, except that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. On the very first day, he told Yang Xijian two important things: 1. His Majesty was planning to depose the Crown Prince. 2. His Majesty planned to have the two of them spend their whole lives as pretty ornaments, far away from the affairs of state.
Before Yang Xijian had time to accept reality, a longtime friend of his father's returned to the capital. After meeting Yang Xijian, the man was thrown into prison.
In less than two years, the Crown Prince was deposed even faster than expected.
The new Crown Prince hadn't even ascended the throne before revealing himself to be an idiot. He caused his uncle's death, angered his grandfather to death, and nearly ruined the country, too.
Fortunately, the deposed Crown Prince, who had been Yang Xijian's study companion since childhood, proved himself worthy and turned the situation around, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.
Well, what are we waiting for? I'm done playing along. Flip the table, flip it over!
So they helped the deposed Crown Prince ascend the throne. Just as Yang Xijian was about to fulfill his lifelong ambition of giving the people a better life, his father's longtime friend and his mentor died unjustly.
Yang Xijian looked up at the sky and sighed, wondering if he was cursed to bring misfortune to everyone around him. Then he realized:
Oh, was he actually the longtime study companion's deposed Crown Prince's unattainable first love?
Huh? Since when?
It's no big deal, no big deal. Don't panic, don't panic~
Your Majesty Li Xianyou, have you figured out how you're going to die?
Theme: To give the people a better life and bring peace to the world for generations to come
