Hwan

: “Are you disappointed that you no longer have an easy plaything at hand?” Dam (uke), who was castrated at a young age because of his poor family and entered the palace to work as an apprentice eunuch. One day, in place of the crown prince who dies young from a chronic illness, a new crown prince, Mok-yeong (seme), enters the palace—his mother a low-born kisaeng. After an unexpected first encounter, Mok-yeong uses Dam however he pleases while still refusing to ever let him go, needing him for his political schemes, even as Dam begs to be sent out of the palace. Meanwhile, the time approaches for the crown prince’s consummation demonstration, and not wanting to father an illegitimate child, Mok-yeong secretly drags Dam in to be his partner for the ritual…