A powerful fighter who turns into a clingy, whimpering mess when drunk x a scheming but lazy, flamboyant crown prince
Blurb:
After angering the emperor, the crown prince was deposed and exiled to the southern wilderness. The ministers rejoiced: Great! That useless, lazy crown prince is finally done for!
Xie Qiyun lived in the Eastern Palace, but never set a good example. He spent money like water, lived in extravagant luxury, and compared to his accomplished royal brothers, there was nothing good about him except his face.
He was the rotten apple among His Majesty's many children.
One day, after getting drunk, he dreamed that he would soon anger the emperor and be punished with exile. Sure enough, before long, he was deposed.
On the eve of his exile, he dreamed again, this time of the dangers along the way and a beautiful young woman in white who would stay by his side and save him again and again. He also dreamed of all kinds of unspeakable things. When he woke, Xie Qiyun was both terrified and blushing, his heart racing. But sure enough, before long... he was attacked.
The night of the attack, the maids accompanying him huddled under the table, trembling, but their crown prince didn't hide. He stared intently out the window.
The maids cried, "Your Highness, what are you waiting for?"
The deposed crown prince replied, "I'm waiting for my future wife. She'll come to save me with a sword in hand, riding on auspicious clouds."
The maids cried themselves unconscious. It's over, sob sob sob.
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Jiang Tingxue had three masters, each of whom cherished and carefully nurtured her. She had studied martial arts and books since childhood, never slacking off in summer or winter. Her every gesture was graceful and courteous, and she radiated an upright air. She was the model disciple among her many fellow students at Peach Blossom Valley.
Then one day, she accepted a mission to escort the deposed crown prince into exile in the southern wilderness. It was the first time in her sixteen years that she'd ever left the mountain and seen the outside world her senior brothers and sisters had told her about.
Several months later, when her fellow disciples reunited, they were stunned to discover that the graceful, ethereal little junior sister of old was gone. Now she was stumbling around with a wine jar in her arms, rubbing her head against a man's chest. "Hic, Xie Qiyun, should I bet big or small this time...?"
Xie Qiyun couldn't suppress the upward curl of his lips. After gently coaxing her, he said with a straight face, "My apologies, my apologies for the spectacle."
Her masters and senior brothers and sisters: ??? Wait, which of us is the outsider here?
Her senior brothers were especially heartbroken. They had often told Tingxue how wonderful the world beyond the mountain was, but had forgotten to warn her to beware of scoundrels!
Especially the handsome ones who were good with sweet words!!!
-The deposed crown prince's happy? journey into exile
-The model junior sister's downfall?
Reader's Note:
* The male lead is genuinely lazy early on. He plays the fool but doesn't take anyone by surprise, a black-hearted master of slacking off (though his laziness is only temporary).
Theme: Love and growth.
