
tbh that bird society is effed up. Ironically, if the King had other concubines this wouldn't have happened. AND if right of succession was given to the eldest by default. But he decided to stick by one spouse he didn't love, have multiple children even though they didn't like each other? THEN decided to get together with a twink idk how that happened he looks like a prune, AND they got pregnant and decided the egg was going to be the next heir?

Most of this author's work is pretty hit and miss. They seem to enjoy using typical JP BL stereotypes in their work. But this one got popular and they probably realized there's only so much BS you can drag out until you're force to do some ACTUAL character development.

This. It's really irritating when publishing companies make authors do continuation of finished popular stories and then you can tell by the result that the author hasn't thought that far.
Probably the only manga that had this kind of situation but managed to be good is ore to joushi. Its first few chaps was ass but the development of the characters was so good.
I don't know what exactly is up with Dohu, but it's one thing to put on a mask in front of people you don't care about. It's another thing to keep lying to the man who keeps saying he likes you.
I empathize with Juheon the most because he's had a shitty life and everyone just kept lying to him for their own benefit. I don't want Juheon to go after Dohu this time just because he's the seme.