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The Painter and the Prince Who Cannot Be Painted

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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A royal portrait painter is sent at night to an exile house to paint the prince whose face is forbidden, one sitting a night. The prince cannot hold still for the portrait, but for the painter he can hold still in every other way.

Tropes & themes: exile · forbidden love · male lead · manhwa romance · royal palace · forced proximity · palace intrigue · romance · boys love · historical · period drama · steamy

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Face Nobody May See (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Hold Still (free)
  3. Chapter 3: The Pose (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Fifty Starts (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Ink (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: The Whole of Him (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Daylight (locked)
  8. Chapter 8: The Other Way (locked)
  9. Chapter 9: The Bathhouse (locked)
  10. Chapter 10: Don't Finish It (locked)
  11. Chapter 11: The Sash (locked)
  12. Chapter 12: The Plum Tree (locked)
  13. Chapter 13: Twelve Nights (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: Two Faces (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: The Command (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: Lamp Out (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: First Sun (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: The River (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: The Consort's Gate (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: A Mother's Portrait (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: The King's Boat (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: The Face (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: Aftercare (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: The Painter and the Prince (locked)

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