A gaunt, sickly frame is hard to wear down; what can be done when the elm trees at the frontier pass wither?
A scheming, obsessive, jade-faced mad heir gong (Yan) X a sharp-tongued, tea-like beauty of a general shou (Pei)
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Everyone says that in the gilded cage of the capital lives a mad young heir, lustful and unfeeling, who drinks blood to quench his thirst.
Everyone knows that a cavalry general returned from the bone-strewn deserts of the northwest, sick in bed, insane and crippled.
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The thirty-first year of Yongheng.
After more than a decade of enduring the wind and sand of the northwest, cavalry general Pei Zhuoxuan woke from a dream to find that not only had the title he had won been taken from him, but everyone at his side was dead.
The entire Pei family was executed. The emperor spared Pei Zhuoxuan's life, in recognition of his service in quelling the rebellion and the three years he had spent bedridden. Claiming to have lost his memory, Pei Zhuoxuan was sent to serve as a low-ranking aide to the insane Heir Yan in the imperial capital.
The heir was insane, truly mad!
Everyone in the city said that ever since a jackal bit a chunk of flesh from his leg when he was young, he had gone mad. When he flew into a fit, his eyes turned blood red, and he killed to sate his anger.
But before the heir could cut Pei Zhuoxuan down, the fool raised by the winds and sand of the northwest climbed onto his bed that very night and sank his teeth into the heir's arm. Blood splattered across the heir's manor!
The Heir Yan, who had pretended to be mad for decades, couldn't sit still any longer. He pried Pei Zhuoxuan off his arm, pointed at the gate, and said with a frosty gaze, "Get out."
Pei Zhuoxuan: You got it! :)
"You enjoy the riches of palaces and fine horses, blessed with imperial blood and phoenix marrow. I, a lowly man with a worthless life, will make my way to the gates of hell. Our paths are different, so we have nothing to say to each other."
A truly mad heir pretending to be insane X a general pretending to have lost his memory
Yan Tingyao X Pei Zhuoxuan
[Reading Guide]
1. Two strong leads, a love-hate romance, and an ensemble cast.
2. Fictional alternate setting with many original details, not based on historical research.
3. Synopsis saved as a screenshot on April 18, 2024.
Theme: Keep your talents hidden and wait for the right moment to act.
