A physically useless, inconsistent agent who can only code and never stops talking VS the emperor's precious, pampered "son," who trembles at the emperor's heart and gets away with everything
One is a willing accomplice to a tyrant, one borrows a tiger's might to throw his weight around, one gets someone else to do his dirty work, one is determined to stir up trouble, one says, "Go on, kill me if you can," and the other says, "I'll kill you sooner or later"...
Contains same-sex romance: a younger prince and an older minister.