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Joseon Dynasty BL. *This story is a work of fiction created by the author and has no relation to actual historical facts or history.* ---------- The meeting between Jaehyun, the only son of the late King and Crown Prince, and Seong-ho, a mere slave, was quite peculiar. Seong-ho was sold by his father as a slave to a noble household and performed harsh labor from a young age. Then one day, the kind-hearted late King rescued Seong-ho while he was being beaten like livestock in a storehouse. Enchanted by Seong-ho's fair and delicate appearance, which was unusual for a man, the King brought him into the palace. He then made the most shocking declaration in the history of the Joseon Dynasty: he would make that slave the wife of Crown Prince Jaehyun. The ministers protested, asking how two men could marry, but the King insisted that since the Prince felt nothing for women, he might feel something for a man, and promptly seated him in the position of Crown Princess. Since the King willed it, the ministers could say nothing. However, Jaehyun also utterly despised this. Love between men was unthinkable to him. Eventually, the late King passed away, Jaehyun became King, and Seong-ho became the Queen—the Mother of the Nation. The first male to ever hold the title. But with no one in the palace liking Seong-ho, he ended up being treated with cold neglect.