[Brothel first, then harem + non-virgin heroine (1v2) + tragic romance aesthetic + love triangle + old-school melodrama in the middle and later parts + realizing it too late]
Her country fell, and she became a courtesan.
To find her younger sister, she clung to life in a brothel.
Then she met two men, one a young gentleman, the other a male courtesan.
Lu Zhiyan: “I’m just curious about you.”
Xie Junxun: “You’re adorable.”
But her sister died.
Yunyan risked everything and infiltrated the enemy palace.
There, she met the two men again, one now the heir of the Yu Kingdom, the other the master of the Life-Taking Sect.
Jiang Zhiyan: “I’ll teach you that no one but me deserves your true feelings.”
Xie Junxun: “If I told you I could take you away from all this pain, would you come with me?”
Content warning: The heroine is not a virgin. Xie comes first, then Jiang. Both male leads are virgins.