Dual Male Leads [Unhinged, Obsessive Qin Shen + The Crown Prince Qin Yan, Gentle at First and Obsessive Later] On the surface, it's a forced romance, but in truth, they are drawn to each other (Note: The two protagonists are not related by blood. Qin Shen died long ago in the deep palace. He is the playmate and attendant who stayed by Qin Shen's side.)
Qin Shen, Prince Yu, was born in the Cold Palace and raised under the Crown Prince Qin Yan's protection.
Qin Yan once took the blows of a rod for him in the snow, knelt for three days on his behalf at the execution ground, and even moved half the Eastern Palace's charcoal into Qin Shen's drafty side hall. Qin Yan treated him like a younger brother, his gentle eyes always filled with a concern meant only for him. But he had no idea that this protection had already taken root in Qin Shen's heart as a poisonous vine. Qin Shen wanted nothing so tame as a brother's pity. He was consumed by the desire to claim that glimmer of moonlight for himself alone.
The day the imperial decree ordering the Crown Prince to choose a consort pierced the palace walls, the last trace of gentleness in Qin Shen's eyes shattered. He devised an elaborate scheme, forged evidence of treason, and used the suspicious emperor to have the Crown Prince executed. On the night flames devoured the Eastern Palace, he disappeared into the darkness with the "body" in his arms, leaving only the words, "The Crown Prince burned himself to death to atone for his crimes."
The world cursed Prince Yu for murdering his brother and seizing the throne, never knowing that the fire had consumed only a body double. Qin Shen hid Qin Yan in a golden cage, offering him the entire realm as a betrothal gift in exchange for hearing him say, "Your Majesty." When the emperor's crimes were made public, and the new emperor's accession music rang out, Qin Shen personally placed the phoenix crown on the former Crown Prince. "Qin Yan, you protected me for half my life. From now on, it's my turn to keep you by my side and make you the only beloved consort of the imperial palace."
He bound his beloved with schemes for power and dragged him into an abyss of love, a bottomless pit of possession. And that moonlight which once illuminated his life finally reflected a blood-red tangle of love and hatred from within its cage.
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