The Most Unfavored Prince of Great Jing

The Great Jing dynasty has stood for 170 years, with a tangled court, princes vying for succession, and aristocratic families controlling the government, all seething with undercurrents. Xiao Heng, the seventh son of the late emperor, has no maternal clan, no favor, and no real power—he is the acknowledged invisible and useless prince of the court. Frail and sickly, he lives deep in a secluded courtyard, neither contending nor competing, and everyone calls him cowardly and incompetent. But no one knows that this idle prince, abandoned by imperial power, has endured and hidden for over a decade, with the entire dynasty's chess game hidden in his eyes. Corruption in Jiangnan, court factional strife, border crises, the whirlpool of succession... When everyone treats him as a pawn, a stepping stone, or a disposable sacrifice, Xiao Heng slowly enters the game, uses situations to break the deadlock, stirs up the court with his weak frame, and stabilizes the realm of Great Jing with his forbearance. He does not contend for the throne, nor does he covet power. He only sets things right, purges traitors, protects the people's peace, and becomes the unknown pillar behind this prosperous age.