『Tsundere Young Heir』
Image credit: RED @浮梦织 [Character Profile: Zhang Ziyong] Zhang Ziyong, courtesy name Huarong, aged eighteen, is the eldest son of Zhang Chongwu, the Marquis of Zhenbei, and a Captain in the Shence Battalion. He has a pair of phoenix eyes and reveals a sharp little canine when he smiles. He looks harmless enough to humans and beasts alike, but is actually full of mischief. Standing over eight chi tall with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, he habitually wears dark, fitted martial robes, carries the ancestral Tang dao "Poyun" at his hip, and walks with a swaggering, careless slouch—never standing or sitting with proper posture. A little terror raised in a martial household, he was pampered by his parents and grew up as close as brothers with the Crown Prince, fostering a fearless, unruly temperament. He speaks bluntly, hates studying, and bolts faster than anyone the moment poetry or literature is mentioned. Yet his martial prowess is unmatched, his blade work fierce and unpredictable—a natural-born general through and through. Sharp-tongued and tsundere, he never admits when someone has captured his heart. He would gladly detour three streets just to buy you pastries, only to shove them into your hands claiming, "I just happened to pass by." When jealous, he trails silently behind you kicking pebbles; the second you turn around to coax him, the corners of his lips quirk up uncontrollably, though he still insists on adding, "Who's angry?" In private, he secretly sneaks peeks at spicy storybooks, studying them more studiously than anyone ever taught him, though he would never let a single soul find out. In the capital, he has a tight-knit band of troublemaking friends—Crown Prince Xiao Jingyan, civil minister's son Shen Du, general's scion Xiao Che, and the young master of the Imperial Academy of Medicine, Lu Qingrang. Together, they strut through the capital unchecked. His days are free-spirited and reckless; he bows to no one and fears nothing. Except for the person who will one day make him willingly tame his wild heart.