(1)
Eight-year-old Shen Youzhen was the most carefree, happiest, and most envied young master in the capital.
He had a fiance.
His fiance, Xie Mingshan, came from the Marquis of Huaiyang's household. The Emperor had personally arranged their marriage.
Xie Mingshan was a few years older than him, gentle as jade and noble as the moon. He treated Shen Youzhen like a precious treasure.
But his fiance was mature beyond his years and kept him in line at every turn.
He also had a little sidekick.
His sidekick, Li Wu, was a little slave he'd picked out of a beggar's crowd.
Li Wu was also a few years older than him, but was fierce as a wolf and loyal as a dog.
Whenever his fiance wouldn't let him do something, like climb trees to raid birds' nests or wade into rivers to catch fish, Li Wu would do it with him.
Shen Youzhen would take the little slave with him, strip off his outer robe, let his hair down, and run wild through the hills like a little savage.
When he returned home, washed and neatly dressed, he would once again become the adorable young master before his fiance.
(2)
At eighteen, Shen Youzhen was the most pitiable, helpless, and tragic young master in the capital.
A sudden upheaval at court forced him to marry his fiance earlier than planned.
On the day of the wedding, Li Wu, the slave who had been by his side for years, ran away from home again.
Three years later, Li Wu returned.
It turned out that Li Wu had gone northwest to join the army back then. He repeatedly distinguished himself in battle and steadily rose through the ranks, from common soldier to squad leader, then company commander, battalion commander, and finally general.
He was now a renowned god of war.
The god of war returned to the capital, but instead of going to the palace to pay his respects, he headed straight for the Marquis of Huaiyang's residence.
Shen Youzhen received him alongside his former fiance, now his husband, Xie Mingshan.
Li Wu held a jade pendant high, his expression vicious and his gaze dark, staring at Shen Youzhen like a wolf eyeing its prey.
He said it was an old case of a cat being switched for a prince. At birth, someone had switched him with Xie Mingshan, making him the true young master of the Marquis of Huaiyang's household and Xie Mingshan the impostor.
Now, he had come to reclaim everything that belonged to the true young master.
Including the marriage contract. Including Shen Youzhen.
He didn't care that Shen Youzhen was already married. He wanted Shen Youzhen to clear out everything belonging to Xie Mingshan before the day was over.
Tonight, he would share a bridal bed with Shen Youzhen.
The bottom and his fiance really did marry, and they did everything a married couple would.
Theme: You have to fight for your own happiness!