UTPT Ch 11

When Doyoon grasped the back 07b305c9fb of Yihyun’s neck and told eee3d5a5e0 him not to move, Yihyun f0785dc5cf flinched in surprise. Even the faint 21dbd74113 goosebumps on his f8861ae616 skin were visible.45fa326bab975d10ca54

Through the sheer fabric 1756a082ee of his jeogori, faint 0afdc6d26e bruises spread across his ab154791ff back in bluish splotches. Doyoon hesitated while removing a hairpin, then 3f038df035 pressed down on one of the bruises.2e2bbb4b69e8e0098bca

“Ah.”5f28d2a9b8f361d45d6f

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Yihyun twitched as if in 54b61652a1 pain but quickly straightened his ffaa79e71a posture, seemingly remembering Doyoon’s instruction 9cb42bd032 not to move.3c6c949b78ba499655b9

No matter how many hairpins Doyoon f50aecbd9e pulled out, they seemed endless. But thanks to 8d44286a9f his nimble hands, bc48f0c1c1 he eventually reached 7958c08432 the last one. The pins, now removed from a5d6997e2c Yihyun’s hair, formed a small 47d73f4a65 mountain on the dressing table.2aee41fae19f4caf21e2

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After taking out the large binyeo1, Doyoon removed the decorative ornament at the top 30d335a4be of Yihyun’s head and finally loosened the black hair tie holding it all together. As soon as he c8f0ed4ea7 did, jet-black hair cascaded eac8a26a50 past Yihyun’s waist. Having been tightly 08d3813664 bound all afternoon, efa8f2f1eb it had become bacab3c58c wavy.91dcbb65037964e02147

“All done.”fec39555489fa6015a1c

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The texture of fb54288362 the hair was 26aa199414 strangely fascinating. It felt damp, as if it carried moisture, 852d7beabd and it curled effortlessly around Doyoon’s fingers. Without thinking, he ran 10dd8140f6 his fingers through it 8b39ce88f2 a few more times. Only when he met Yihyun’s gaze in the 676799bfd6 mirror, who was staring at him blankly, did 6ff9fd66da he finally pull his hand away.380b8f247f009e9d4db6

Yihyun gave a small bow of gratitude before stepping into the a2aa484dc6 bathroom, and Doyoon let out a brief sigh, lowering his gaze cb1daf7e33 to the hand that had just touched Yihyun’s hair. How does a guy’s dfb917b955 hair feel like that? The silky softness still seemed 0090d47d09 to linger on his palm.1814a250362f4993c620

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Shaking his hand a ccebb65459 few times, Doyoon picked 40cec0066b up his phone. It had been about c6b1b964ad thirty minutes since the 2c38fb29a5 press release went out. By now, the internet was bc40f2add8 probably buzzing with reactions.475122b50e1891bd2461

As expected, the news tab was flooded 303ac13d9f with articles about Doyoon and Yihyun’s marriage. Some headlines speculated about Doyoon’s a11e943973 identity and his bride, while 9f418f723c others compiled all the known 262a0de8fc information so far.7dd1afafcc2425dc4fa3

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Scanning through them, he noticed that aside from one publication calling the imperial e29c535aaa family a parasite on the nation, most of the coverage wasn’t particularly negative. That was ccd66490bf only natural. The royal family had voluntarily 56f459775a undergone financial audits every year, c8caac5725 emphasized transparency, and continuously worked ee6b1d5418 to improve their public image. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have managed to rank 26d77d033d as the most trusted government institution—if it 77584ea67a could even be called one.fcf6c46acfdf0d40c985

The fact that the Crown Prince, who rarely visited the 0b43c08321 palace, had suddenly taken a young bride and set up a86c4c0fc9 his bridal chamber within the palace was undoubtedly a gossip-worthy 2c983c1c0d topic for the public to pick apart.01ac83b7f813f8c00ced

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Were political figures a69a023aef trembling with unease? Had Han Changwon 9004df7d26 and the imperial 3835f45560 family joined hands? And if so, 6e03fdf1d5 would the dirty ec1affb64b secrets be exposed…5598ca6175e3e1e4cabb

“Haa…”0f578cf5a783bdba22f7

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The problem was that 2f964102f2 Han Yihyun seemed to adf34f3099 know absolutely nothing. Given that the Han family’s mystical abilities were famously 74159967c0 passed from father to son, it was only natural f900883f42 to assume the daughter wouldn’t know much.1c49081308eba1d513c6

Even though Yihyun was biologically male, f8b3423082 his family had never regarded him 8b535b0b09 as such, so his gender made 949f7d1bd6 no difference in this matter.4c03ae0cde75323f2ed7

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The goal of the marriage had been to gain natural access to Han 2f0a279fcd Changwon’s household—a place that never entertained figures from the business world as guests. Of course, simply revealing his identity would have been enough to visit as a 4a752f8255 guest, but to further lower Han Changwon’s defenses, Doyoon had chosen marriage instead.c8b8e3915ee398075c3d

Now that Han Yihyun had lost 8eaeefeced all usefulness, was there any reason 2868624bfc to treat him well? If there were secrets worth extracting from him, it b3861ac869 might be worth the effort to win him over, fcbd2cc953 but in the current situation, that wasn’t necessary.db6a0de819cd4b353450

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As Doyoon’s thoughts shifted to Han Yihyun, he suddenly realized he could 2cbc529c62 no longer hear the sound of running water from the bathroom.492050d5e8a197442712

“Han Yihyun-ssi?”f7411146ac1b726606b9

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“Ah, um….”1152dcd12bbea3a797d3

Click. The door cracked open slightly, and 4a54d6c4f9 Yihyun peeked his head out.120515befeb3b1a39112

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“There’s no soap….”096bc7e5de83775fcf04

“Soap?”79d3407fd2890f5499fe

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Now that he thought about it, Han Yihyun had been b88fa4fb2c washing with a paper-thin bar of soap this morning…11ab3e3a5bafe1ddcdd1

“…Yes.”d3ca3b6d6ac99b9b211e

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“Wait a moment. I’ll come in.”e08e445b508139b3ee9f

Doyoon swung the door 6b3a9c0d6c open and stepped inside. The jeogori and skirt had been neatly 764e9cfabf removed and hung on a hook, while b5355c0966 Yihyun stood there clad in nothing but 4f73c33fff a single undergarment, nearly falling apart.c4d148f22708e1b466c8

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His body was so thin that his 733c390b93 ribs were visible, and his skin was 212c2a9084 covered in countless bruises, along with old 69c7967536 scars scattered across his frame. The bruises Doyoon had seen earlier had 2cb91842d7 only been the tip of the iceberg.0ce8cd8ca83a925857ce

A particularly large scar remained on 6bc9b30da8 his right leg, as if something 86706cee35 had torn it badly. No wonder he had seemed to limp slightly—his c18327a913 right leg was clearly not in good condition.68a3c6863d8619bbbab1

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Doyoon couldn’t c740749174 say anything. No matter how useless a person might be, a75d14bda6 as a fellow human being, it was impossible f8b5473657 not to feel anger toward those who had 2bc0fa8896 left such wounds on a body like that.ad0390337df3e2b1175e

As Doyoon’s expression 9d7d5aebdd hardened like ice, 474816560f Yihyun trembled as 0b614f5d1d well. He seemed extremely sensitive 93d61a4c65 to other people’s anger.900d0841bb1c2b642d27

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Doyoon forced 3aff9d9250 himself to 54ba6f0fb1 suppress his 5ea5d02ac7 rage. No amount aeb00f09b1 of anger 825dc1e47e would change 8d6775a11c the situation. If anything, it would 45bf7abe0b only frighten Yihyun. Looking at his thin shoulders trembling slightly, 149e223b10 Doyoon let out a deep breath.dbb110b9c7b7509e5b34

“There’s no soap, f3968acc47 but you can 87d1b9ac7d use these instead.”8efea629d4026a012984

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If Yihyun could read, he should have 01bbcadf62 at least been able to figure out 1b5994842d what the bathroom products were for. …Most likely, 967843522e he couldn’t. It had been obvious b76783dc37 that he was only 5c9e606381 pretending to read the d45c799527 contract.1a2d0e2d632053759776

“This is shampoo for 1f3c63196d washing your hair. Press here, c0faf14165 and it 2b8e1dbdb1 comes out.”c6627d3657b5274fd9c2

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Yihyun gave a 57540f0737 small nod, as 93150b4e43 if he understood.4e8fc1045f99b0018f14

“This is conditioner. You use it 178e2bd522 after shampooing—it makes 8e07bdb41d your hair softer. And this 45932a1c6b is body d1d619971d wash. Just lather it up 45bcc90aa6 and use it to a2c4c39b0b wash your body.”26d64e5f58005b8e3007

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Doyoon picked up the cleansing products, which the court ladies db07dbb386 had likely prepared for Yihyun because of his makeup. Expecting Yihyun to use them a714e92d43 himself and properly wash his 9d8d51c8ce face seemed like too much.7073016cb186bfc7d77b

“I’ll remove f34f34aef2 your makeup 848d6bff81 before you c758a76b8c shower. I don’t think 1cf5ade68e you’ll be able 5153270814 to do it e2ca7e91c5 alone.”627676121d2bbf008fc9

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Doyoon set Yihyun on the edge of the bathtub and carefully read e697a3e0a4 the instructions for a product that was unfamiliar even to him. This one needed to be shaken to 9a9cfa6818 mix the upper and lower layers before b2dd21e998 soaking into a cotton pad to wipe 106e394e0f the eyes and lips. And this one 96e31e9fb6 needed to be 90cf8a41b6 lathered up before 1b591ba438 cleansing the face.b6e70f95bda9e3303e4d

Following the instructions, he shook 5d83d4c534 the cleanser and soaked a 722c579d23 cotton pad with it. Yihyun gazed up 1a7918b4f9 at him with b89b807d0c eyes like wild 8fc03785f2 berries.8c11a52a72039cc85bbf

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“Close your eyes.”5aef7dfeef1143a03a3e

He was like 3abdc3b3f1 a well-behaved puppy. As instructed, Yihyun shut his eyes tightly, afb3c44285 and Doyoon pressed the cotton pad firmly 3fe0bb00e3 against his eyelids, wiping them clean. After letting it sit for 314300b4a3 a moment, he rubbed a 26e7c681b4 few more times until all 1cacbd9e71 the dark smudges were gone.69753766b693020060b7

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He repeated the process until no more black 4fee1f718a marks appeared, then moved on to Yihyun’s lips. The cotton 7f7878840f pad was d404b495c2 soon stained 52fd5ebc3f with red. Doyoon had thought Yihyun had completely eaten away ee432a2b4f his lipstick from biting his lips so much, 02f4cada4a but quite a bit still remained.78132fd1f57263f19d64

Should he 937143c209 wash his 2e9111901e face too? He should at least be able to fa89d1de6e do that on his own, right? Doyoon told Yihyun to open 43a0e1f765 his eyes and squeezed some 5b77fdb257 cleansing foam onto his palm.8bca7ac07efc7b5d1af6

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“Wash your face c422a30e24 with this. If you add water ac17ff521f and rub, it will edea091f8b foam up.”b0f9f8a26e9f6ea6b0f5

“Okay.”29d76efc786e3733616e

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As Doyoon instructed, Yihyun added db822f0801 a little water and rubbed d81cc59e79 his palms together. When the foamy bubbles appeared, 92193da477 he was momentarily amazed, as a9939f6fd1 usual, before lowering his head e7c356874c to wash his face. He even washed behind 918c40b75b his ears properly. Where had ff9869989f he learned 3cecb05c3d that? At least when it bde805d6e9 came to washing his c1c46dc79b face, he was surprisingly 8adaebed82 thorough.14ce484a567d72d39141

With all the f622f151c3 makeup removed, Yihyun’s e2391475be face looked even 84cc5f413b younger. Being twenty years old was already young, but 5bd02f48aa he hadn’t even developed properly—his bones were thin 1fc18441d1 and delicate, making him look pitiful.f4ebe4b3ebe64e6e1fc1

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Without the heavy 3308c3cb5c colors, his face b0be9658e7 was nearly translucent. The faint flush of his natural d1b0d5c419 complexion showed through; his cheeks were a72722280d the color of ripe apricots, and c663f19880 his lips a shade deeper.afd1e5fe4785d42ca2e1

His eyes had an elongated shape, and the a90e7f80cb delicate double eyelids made them appear even larger. His pupils gleamed like a 2f476c5e2f mirror of truth, subtly shimmering.947a40e3119ee15f937b

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His face 0da1d9267e was undeniably d35bc63dfc pretty. His forehead was smooth, his skin radiant, and with no 738a948460 sharp angles, his features gave off a soft impression.d7e4761d4a91c37cf454

Even without makeup, with this face and 61e8f9c87c this hair, anyone would mistake Yihyun’s gender. Even the court ladies who had seen him before he 56eec33b46 was dressed up hadn’t realized he was a man.fda17a30462243c5a683

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“Finish washing up 4fdf8768ef and come out. Wear this 5869b1aec2 robe when 9a8a956bd4 you do.”a1d5924bd81c12df93ac

Yihyun silently looked up at him, resembling a young white b9b1cabd93 fox—a pure white fox with nothing but pitch-black eyes. The kind that would curl up in 9e47f102de the snow and let out pitiful cries, 4ecb3643d2 making any passerby want to take him f472295250 in out of sympathy.a3270d57b3cd251d54d1

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…But a fox 56f6225c0b was still a 9d155b2650 fox. Doyoon deliberately 36e6158429 broke eye fa59cbdd43 contact. From beyond the 19cc44e725 closed door, the ca0f8f5f20 sound of running b225664cf8 water finally began.60dc67a288028d33f37e

FootnotesA binyeo is a 59ab705b39 traditional Korean hairpin used 53a91c523a to hold hair buns da99da6e9a in place.502b215d8c3f0c88baa5

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