Jiang Shangqing is certain he's pregnant.
He has no appetite and often feels nauseous, just like the concubines in the manor when they were pregnant.
Jiang Shangqing wants to rise above everyone else, but as the illegitimate son of a marquis, he isn't even eligible to study at the Imperial Academy.
The only place is reserved for the legitimate son, his lame, disabled elder brother, who offers it to him with false kindness.
Jiang Shangqing flatly refuses.
It's not because he has principles; he's afraid his stepmother will settle the score later.
No matter. He has plenty of ways to get what he wants.
The marquis's household may be large, but it can't outmatch the Crown Prince.
Jiang Shangqing finds an opportunity to spend a night with the Crown Prince.
He pays for it with trembling legs, bruises all over, and a hoarse throat, but gets what he wants.
He happily studies at the Imperial Academy for two months, then suddenly realizes he's pregnant.
He doesn't understand how a man can become pregnant.
But he understands one thing.
He's carrying the imperial heir! His status will rise with his child!
He doesn't care about his legitimate elder brother or stepmother. He's carrying the Crown Prince's child!
Crown Prince Zhao Chengchuan has run into a serious problem.
He accidentally slept with an insignificant illegitimate son of a marquis.
So what if he did? With a trace of satisfaction on his face, he looks at the frail, slightly trembling youth kneeling at his feet. “What do you want?”
He stands at the pinnacle of power. High office and generous rewards are his to grant with a single word.
The youth cautiously raises his eyes. “I want a place at the Imperial Academy.”
Zhao Chengchuan narrows his eyes, then waves his hand and grants it.
How petty.
He promptly forgets all about the boy.
But things seem to be taking a strange turn.
Zhao Chengchuan furrows his brows. “You say you're carrying my child?”
The person before him nods shyly.
Zhao Chengchuan is speechless. Instead of going to the Imperial Academy, that boy should go to the Imperial Medical Institute and get his head examined.
Zhao Chengchuan has admired the God of War Yang Wenyu since childhood.
Yang Wenyu was a renowned general who died young, leaving no descendants.
Zhao Chengchuan has wondered whether any children of his might inherit his character and abilities.
When he discovers that Yang Wenyu really does have a living descendant, and learns the person's name and identity, he suspects he should go to the Imperial Medical Institute himself.
The frail, scholarly Jiang Shangqing, who can't even do a day's work and is determined to become a civil official worthy of enshrinement in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, is stunned. “Yang Wenyu is my father?”
The Crown Prince's position is unstable, and he urgently needs military power.
He racks his brains trying to win over Marshal Di Shi, but keeps hitting a wall. He has no choice but to send people to secretly watch him and look for a breakthrough.
His subordinate says, “Marshal Di Shi is following someone too!”
Zhao Chengchuan asks, “Who?”
His subordinate replies, “Jiang Shangqing.”
After looking into it, Zhao Chengchuan is finally calm this time.
Jiang Shangqing continues to be stunned. “Di Shi is my father too?”
Zhao Chengchuan was wrong.
As it turns out, men really can have children!
Theme: Only by enduring hardship can one rise above others
