Oh man, TY and XJL have it rough so far.
By the way, TY = Teng Yun (MC, shou) and XJL = Xue Junliang (ML, gong)
XJL is increasingly interested in Empress!TY. TY is is still against it but shows signs that he's not as immune to XJL as he thinks. XJL is very interested in teasing/poking interesting reactions out of TY. TY's the cold, expressionless type.
At one point, XJL has a confusing dream: he's making the moves on his Empress and about to sleep with her when the Empress turns into TY, the rival he killed. He wakes up and is weirded out by himself. LEL (your subconscious is telling you something, XJL~)
TY begins to soften towards XJL a bit during XJL's assassination attempt. XJL used himself as bait to get the enemy, but got injured in the process. TY was going to use this confusion to run away, but ends up getting saved by XJL. Because XJL saved his life, he softens a bit and ties up the wound on XJL's arm.
XJL regularly sleeps in same bed as TY by this point, but doesn't press TY for anything more yet because he wants TY to sleep with him of his own will. XJL's son sees TY as his mother for realz by this point and likes to spend time with TY a lot.
XJL somehow gets TY to unbend enough to wear skimpy clothes and give him a handjob lel... Poor TY turning colors at this point.
More later~