Top's perspective:
Being a prince with a different surname is tough. You're always on the verge of death.
In the eight years since Gu Jiping inherited his title, he has risked his life for Qu Jingzhou three times.
The first time, he helped him rebel, willing to bear eternal condemnation for it.
The second time, he defended the city gates to the death and was pierced by countless arrows.
The third time, he took a poisoned needle meant for him at a princess's funeral.
Each time, he could have died at the end of the story, but he stubbornly clung to life until the very end.
But this is nothing to be happy about, because the person he loves has long since gone from an innocent young man to a ruthless, heartless scumbag.
Gu Jiping: ??? Can you please just stay alive?
Bottom's perspective:
To seize the throne, I had to bear it and bring my former lover down.
Age seventeen: Help my father overthrow this tyranny and establish a new dynasty!
Age twenty: My brother loves me so much, he wouldn't want to see me sad, right? Besides, I had you guard the city for the sake of all the people.
Age twenty-three: Either the crown prince dies, or you do.
He truly won the world and lost him.
A gentle, reserved, frail but devoted top, skilled in both literature and martial arts x a ruthless, two-faced scumbag bottom who stops at nothing
Theme: Those who cling too tightly to an obsession will ultimately have nothing.
Ying Ying Ying I really like the crematorium!
I'm from Tieba, please support me!
This is from Tieba, looking forward to the follow-up!