Where's the Heir?!

"Bie Wenyu is dying."

So said the imperial physician.

Of course... this was an elaborate ruse devised by the young heir.

If he had to stay in this gilded cage a moment longer, he really would suffocate.

As the orphaned heir to a marquis's estate, Bie Wenyu was raised by the Empress Dowager and had reached adulthood. Yet a wild flame of wanderlust had always burned in his heart. So, on his coming-of-age day, he left behind the absurd note, "I am off to seek immortality and enlightenment," took the banknotes he'd secretly stashed away, climbed over the palace wall, bought a fine horse at the market, and set off on a journey with no return.

Furious, the Empress Dowager immediately summoned Tan Qian, the most distinguished young gentleman in the capital.

"Bring that little rascal back to me!"

Tan Qian lowered his eyes and accepted the order, then set off after him with the heart-saving pills the imperial physicians had just prepared.

Life as a wandering swordsman was as carefree as a life among the immortals.

No tedious formalities, no need to follow palace rules, and he could even wolf down three big bowls at mealtimes.

That is, until he met the strange fellow who was always hanging around a group of children, Yan Er.

"Why do you always travel by donkey, sir?"

The young man in blue, Yan Er, leaned against a willow tree, smiling with crescent-shaped eyes.

Bie Wenyu angrily pointed at his mount. "This is a fine horse from the Western Regions!"

"Oh?" Yan Er rolled a willow leaf between his fingers. "Which market dares to sell a military horse so openly?"

"..."

Fine, a donkey it is. A good donkey is one that can run.

Later, the history books recorded: In the twenty-third year of Guangcheng, Bie Wenyu, heir to the marquis, led righteous fighters from the martial world to reinforce the northern frontier. Though struck by six arrows, he fought on without retreating.

Disguise skills maxed out · Pretends to be watching the children · Actually keeping an eye on his beloved top

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Thinks he escaped his cage · Actually fell into a new trap bottom

This is the coming-of-age story of a pampered noble: from knowing nothing of the common people's hardships to shouldering responsibility for the nation (though every time he tries to sacrifice himself, someone promptly hauls him back).

Theme: Brothers, hold off on the fighting. Let's be friends first.