The Twin Princes' Shared Agreement

Good news: On his first day working at a brothel, Yun Che is bought outright by a prince.

But the man has no intention of buying his freedom. He just leaves a gold ingot by Yun Che's pillow after each encounter, then sweeps out.

Yun Che can only grit his teeth.

It's fine. A whore only cares about money.

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The prince is strange.

Sometimes he wears a black python robe and sits in his study just to teach Yun Che a little about scholarly matters.

Other times he's dressed in light armor, climbing over the wall with the smell of horses from the training grounds still clinging to him.

He also has rules about how Yun Che should dress.

In the first half of the month, Yun Che has to wear a plain white robe, tie up his hair, and serve at his side like a page. In the second half, he has to put on armor and accompany the prince on horseback rides and archery outings, climbing trees and rooftops.

It's fine. As a prince of a fallen kingdom, Yun Che is skilled at everything. He's very professional.

After all, he's the prince's only bedfellow, and the prince comes and goes every night.

Only at the end of the month can Yun Che rub his painfully aching back and enjoy a good night's sleep, muttering, "Even a mill donkey doesn't work this hard."

But he can't complain. There's just too much gold, and it smells too good.

Day after day, life goes on like this, until one month...

On the first day, the prince gives him a jade pendant, saying it's a token of their love.

On the sixteenth, the prince gives him another jade pendant, also a token of their love.

Yun Che assumes this is just the prince's idea of romance and doesn't think much of it, until he's brought into the prince's manor and sees two identical men standing side by side in the main hall.

Yun Che panics.

The next second, the one on the left grabs a stone axe, while the one on the right pulls a sword off the wall.

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Xiao Mochen and Lu Mochen are twin princes.

They're the same height, with identical features, and even the birthmarks on their left wrists are in the exact same place.

Of course, they like the same person, too.

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Later, on the day the crown prince ascends the throne, before he can even warm the imperial seat...

The third prince launches a rebellion.

When the city gates fall, Yun Che is kneeling in the palace hall, with the emperor on his left and the rebel on his right.

Lu Mochen holds a dripping sword. He doesn't even glance at the throne. His gaze passes over the assembled officials and lands on the trembling young courtesan in the corner of the hall.

"Imperial brother, I want the realm, and I want him, too."

Yun Che: ...

Can't you just pick one?

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