Shadows Over the Eastern Palace

#Younger, volatile and possessive crown prince seme × older, cool-headed and loyal shadow guard uke# This story has some old-school, angsty “chasing your wife to the crematorium” drama! The scummy seme is not a virgin, and there are plenty of hints early on. Readers who favor the uke may find it painful. This is the story of how a powerful man who grew up starved of affection, and knows only how to express his feelings through control and possession, learns to truly love someone. It is also the story of a shadow guard who has loyalty carved into his bones and has never lived for himself, finally allowing himself to have desires. - Li Cheng, crown prince of the Eastern Palace, is not the emperor’s biological son. Since childhood, the person he has cared about most is the older brother whose relationship with him must remain secret: Cheng Yan, the powerful eunuch who controls the court. Li Cheng wants Cheng Yan to respect him. He resolves to win Shadow Guard Nine, whose heart and eyes belong entirely to Cheng Yan. After inflicting one hurt after another and plotting against him, Li Cheng realizes it is not Shadow Guard Nine who cannot live without him. He is the one who cannot live without Shadow Guard Nine. For Shadow Guard Nine, he would give up everything. But Shadow Guard Nine no longer trusts him…