Synopsis
Palace struggles are vicious — the ones who lose pay the heaviest price, and he has always known this. What he cannot make sense of is how a brother he once lived alongside without trouble could turn on him so coldly. Demanding he beg, demanding he kneel, and beyond that… demanding he make himself available in other ways. "Yong Shan, ah, Yong Shan, you are the one fit to take the Crown Prince's seat today — so tell me, what is it you're after?" Sixteen years, and Yong Qi's eyes never once settled on him. Even sharing a face with…
