Gwangan

Crown Prince Gwang-an was known for never seeking out a court maid again once he had taken her. Though his title Gwang-an (光岸) meant “bright light” (光) and “shore” (岸), people instead called him the “Mad-Eyed Crown Prince” (狂眼). Eun-woo, a court maid who had lived quietly and diligently performing palace duties, had only one goal in life: to become a sanggung (senior court lady) and wear the frog-shaped hair ornament of that rank. But after fifteen years of palace service, she faced the greatest crisis of her life—being summoned to receive the Crown Prince’s favor. The hand that touched her chest was rough, hardened with calluses like small nails embedded in the palm. The coarse palm slo...