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Five princes were born beneath the same roof, yet none of them inspire confidence. The elder princes are weak, disabled, or content to be the clock behind the painting.
As for the Fourth Prince, he does not even belong in the discussion.
He is infamous for indulgence and excess. Wine, women, idleness. He avoids court, ignores his tutors, and treats palace rules as suggestions. When his name is mentioned, it is usually followed by laughter. A prince ruined by debauchery cannot inherit anything worth having.
That is why no one watches him.
Then the whispers change.
The Fourth Prince starts appearing in places he never bothered with before. He listens. He watches. He speaks little, but when he does, people remember it. Nothing about him seems different at first, yet unease begins to follow him.
Soon, another rumor spreads through the palace.
The Fourth Prince has set his sights on the High Immortal Majesty of War, Chidi Yun Xi. Not that she notices him. Not that she responds. A mortal prince desiring an immortal, while stained by indulgence, dares to pursue a being who will not care to look in his direction?
How laughable!
Most dismiss it as madness.
Until it is not. Because truth is his body is borrowed, and his soul is hidden.
The enemy of all realms has entered Qilin Kingdom, and now wears the face of a disgraced prince.
For what purpose?
Just to eat.