Yun Shi was the emperor's youngest child, beautiful and clever, and doted on by everyone.
Recently, he'd gotten a new toy: a homeless beggar.
He had the beggar washed, his hair combed, and fine clothes put on him until he looked like a mighty personal guard.
When Yun Shi went to school, he used every threat and bribe he could think of to make his guard do his homework for him.
On snowy, freezing nights, Yun Shi refused to let his guard leave. He cuddled up to the warm guard and slept soundly.
Yun Shi didn't like eating. Behind his father's, mother's, and brothers' backs, he'd secretly feed the food he disliked to his guard.
Yun Shi was afraid of falling off a horse, so his tall, imposing guard knelt down to fulfill the little prince's wish to ride a horse.
Wherever Yun Shi went, he took the guard along, showing everyone how capable and obedient his guard was.
Until one day, Yun Shi had a nightmare and dreamed that this world was a book.
His elder brother was a foolish, incompetent villain, and he was a willful, obnoxious little cannon fodder.
His guard was the true protagonist of the book.
After the rebels stormed the capital, the guard, who had always seemed obedient, would first raise his blade and cut his master in two.
Yun Shi woke up in a fright.
He stared at the guard, who was earnestly helping him get dressed, and thought, This man is really good at pretending.
Thinking about what the guard would do in the future, Yun Shi angrily kicked him out.
A long time passed, and the guard never came back for revenge. Relieved, Yun Shi secretly slipped out of the imperial city to go play with his eldest brother, who was stationed at the border.
Halfway there, enemy soldiers who had infiltrated the border abducted the little prince, who was as beautiful as an immortal descending to earth. They dressed him up carefully and sent him to the crown prince's bedroom.
When Yun Shi saw who the crown prince was, he was so frightened that tears welled in his eyes.
The crown prince of the enemy nation was none other than the guard he'd bullied since childhood and eventually driven out of the capital.
The naughty little prince was probably in for a rough time now.
Theme: Bad children will be punished