Xiao Songchen, the illustrious regent who had long held power, was framed and became a drunk wandering the streets overnight.
He decided to play along, planning to use the opportunity to root out the person behind it and all their accomplices in one fell swoop.
He never expected the first villain to show up would be a blind man, riddled with illness and likely to die at any moment. The man took him back to an inn, bandaged his wounds, and then did nothing else.
Xiao Songchen decided to wait and figure out the blind man's motives before making a move, so he started doing odd jobs around the inn to pass the time.
He had a bad temper. He'd break bowls or kick tables, and inevitably get scolded by the landlady. Every time, the blind man would stand up for him.
As time went on, Xiao Songchen started to wonder: Could he know I want to kill him and be trying to win me over? It won't work.
But when Xiao Songchen first decided to make his move, the blind man was washing his old clothes. His pale, delicate fingers, clearly unaccustomed to hard work, were red from the cold.
Blind man: Your wounds haven't healed, and you're weak.
Xiao Songchen lifted up the clothes, now full of holes: …
The second time he prepared to act, the blind man was patiently apologizing to a guest Xiao Songchen had offended.
Xiao Songchen: …
The third time, he'd even drawn his knife, but then the blind man came over with a steaming bowl of longevity noodles, smiling as he wished him a happy birthday.
Xiao Songchen: …
After completing his mission, a subordinate went looking for his master, who'd been missing. But when he tracked him to the inn, he found his own mighty, valiant regent, a man who could cut down three wolves with one slash, calmly holding out his hand to a sickly scholar.
"That bucket of water was too heavy. Look, it's rubbed my hand red."
A younger top, a mad dog with power over the court
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A seemingly noble and refined, scheming, fallen beauty of a bottom with a chronic illness
The top is strong, and the bottom is no pushover either. A story of two crazies hiding behind secret identities, playing the pig to eat the tiger, outwitting one another and recognizing each other's worth. (Revised 23-04-28)
Theme: To be added
