After the Crown Prince of a Fallen Kingdom Is Captured

[The proud, aloof, and unyielding fallen crown prince on the bottom, paired with the unruly, devoted wolf-clan prince on top]

Li Guanyun was a crown prince, born to more than twenty years of wealth and privilege. Radiant and noble as a lone pine in frost and snow, he was renowned throughout the realm for his impeccable bearing and upright character.

Then, in a single day, his country fell and his family was destroyed. The iron cavalry of the Western Rong wolf clan swept into the capital. He was captured along with the Wei imperial family, subjected to every humiliation, and came close to taking his own life.

In the Golden Throne Hall, the newly enthroned Khan of Western Rong wanted to humiliate the deposed emperor. He ordered that all the former Wei officials and members of the imperial family be brought before him, then told his men to pick out the most attractive members of the Wei royal family and take them away for their pleasure.

As cries of grief filled the hall and families were torn apart, the wolf-clan crown prince stepped out of the crowd and pointed at Li Guanyun. "Father, I want him."

Li Guanyun looked up indifferently and met the wolf prince's malicious gaze.

Later, Li Guanyun was bound hand and foot and carried in a bridal sedan chair into the wolf prince's residence. On their wedding night, the devastatingly handsome foreign prince lifted his veil and bent down to meet his eyes, his gaze full of amusement.

"I've heard that the crown prince of Wei is peerlessly beautiful. Seeing you today, I can say the rumors were true."

Li Guanyun closed his eyes and endured the humiliations of countless nights to come, swallowing his blood and tears along with his broken pride.

Li Guanyun was slender, but his bones were hard. No matter how they tormented him, he refused to die. At night, he swallowed his blood and tears; by day, despite being kept under guard by the people of Western Rong, he struggled to make plans for his conquered subjects and former officials.

Several years after Western Rong conquered Wei, rebellions erupted everywhere, refugees filled the land, and the court was in turmoil. An assassination took the life of the old Khan of Western Rong.

The old Khan was dead. Li Guanyun had avenged his country's destruction, and the Western Rong people were now leaderless, fighting among themselves. The entire court was in chaos.

This was one of the results of Li Guanyun's painstaking schemes.

With his revenge complete, Li Guanyun had long since made peace with death. Yet when his nominal "husband," the wolf-clan prince who had abducted him all those years ago, bound him to the bed that night and held a sword to his brow, he could not help but be dazed.

The wolf-clan prince's eyes were bloodshot as he questioned him, each word striking at his heart.

"When Wei fell, all the former officials and members of the royal family were humiliated and tortured to death..."

"You alone, Crown Prince, survived because I loved you. I kept you safe in my residence, despite the condemnation of countless people of Western Rong."

"But now, is my father's cold corpse the generous reward you give me in return?"

Theme: Turn the tables against all odds