The Male Concubine of the CROWN PRINCE
Year 1125, the 15th year of King Bojing's reign in the Kingdom of Xiella. After years of political struggle, royal family tyranny, and social instability, the then-Minister of Defense deposed the previous monarch of Heshan and established Xiella. With no legitimate queen at the time, the King struggles to unite his council and gain more control over the country. For some reason, all of the women chosen to be the next Queen were no longer virgins. According to rumors, they were afraid to be the new king's consort. Under pressure from the councils and royal shamans and monks, the King married Princess Mingxhia of their neighboring kingdom, Haipen. Unexpectedly, the kingdom has been hit by severe drought, rains, floods, and other natural disasters. According to royal monks and shamans, the king must balance the energy within the palace as written in the stars and as the will of the heavens. The King brings in more consorts and concubines, but nothing changes until the great seer Royal Monk Gyeson says that the King himself needs male and female concubines. Even with too much oppression from the people and the council, the King passes a royal command allowing every man in the country to have their own male concubines. The great seer appears to be correct about the country's fate. After many years of peace, a new generation was born in the palace. Prince Chonglin, the Crown Prince, was about to inherit the throne as an illegitimate son of the king. Under the same pressure from the monks and shamans, he needs a male concubine, which he strongly opposes. He believes that it is up to a good king to govern the people and solve all problems, rather than the will of the heavens. Huillang, the son of a concubine from a middle-class family, was eventually chosen as the Prince's Harem's Head Male Concubine. Prince Chonglin and Huillang believe it is not right because they despise each other and love someone else. Will they accept the will of the heavens or write their own story?
