In the tenth year of the Yan Dynasty, Xie Qingzhu, the Chancellor's youngest son, woke from a coma and was horrified to discover that a demon had possessed him.
And the demon was terrifying! It came to him in his dreams every night and forced him to... study!
Learn to raise pigs, learn to farm, learn to build houses! If he couldn't learn it, he had to study it again every day! How could the son of the dignified Chancellor endure such hardship?
And if anyone found out that he was possessed by a demon, they would surely tie him to a pyre and burn him for three days and three nights.
So Xie Qingzhu didn't dare tell anyone. He spent every day in a state of dread, afraid that his secret would be exposed.
At the same time...
The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, the Crown Prince, the Chancellor, the General... All the great powers of the Yan Dynasty received a divine revelation in their dreams. The youngest son of the Xie family had been chosen by the gods, and would learn techniques in his dreams that could benefit the people and the nation.
They must not harm him, nor expose the truth. Otherwise, all these blessings would be taken back in an instant.
Everyone: ...Why did it have to be him!
And so began a tug-of-war in which everyone knew, but had to pretend they didn't.
The less serious blurb starts here
Everyone in town had heard that young Master Xie Qingzhu, the Chancellor's son, had been beaten again for being good for nothing. He had been unconscious for three days and still hadn't woken up.
Whenever people brought it up, they all felt sorry for Chancellor Xie. A fine bamboo had produced a rotten shoot. Even if the boy woke up, all he'd do was anger his parents. Better if he didn't wake up at all.
The real situation at the Xie residence:
Father, the Emperor has sent someone to ask again whether Qingzhu, whom he watched grow up and loves as if he were his own son, has woken up.
Father, the Crown Prince's adviser is in the front hall. He says he's here on the Crown Prince's behalf to check on Qingzhu, who grew up with him and is very dear to him.
Father, General Zhao has brought some famous doctor he found somewhere and climbed over the wall into Qingzhu's courtyard to treat his old friend, young Qingzhu.
Chancellor Xie, so worried that he pulled out three whiskers, sighed. "Alas, when will that rebellious son finally wake up? I'm still waiting for him to..."
Having caught the signal, Xie Qingyun turned pale with shock. "Father, you too?!"
He immediately cut him off. "Not a word! Not a word!"
Chancellor Xie: Alas!!! What in the world is going on!
Xie Qingzhu (drained by studying, eyes vacant): What in the world is going on!!
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