One question how qingqiu,cyno,tighnari join harem?

Hello :)

While I do not have a complete idea, I do have some drafts.

One thing I know for certain is that Xingqiu is not going to be a part of the harem. The reason why is because, a long time ago, I thought about having Reader and Chongyun (who is her half-brother but is the only sibling younger than her so reader doesn't hold resentment towards him) reuniting somehow and he comes under her care. I was going to play around with a Chongyun x Xingqiu relationship rather than Reader x Xingqiu.

However, Xingqiu does work under the Reader and is a part of her court so they do have an amiable relationship.

As for Cyno. I am kind of back and forth with him. On one hand I originally thought about giving him a high position in the harem, such as Noble Consort who was part of a noble family in another land and then he was married to Reader as a kind of bargaining chip. But I am also playing around with him being more of a concubine just for protection but he is actually one of readers spies in another land. I'm not sure yet, nor have I fleshed any of it out.

For Tigh-nari, honestly, he would just be a concubine. In my mind, I think he would be one that joined the harem just because reader could, in the beginning, use his talents. He is still knowledgable of botany and the like and Reader saw that he could be useful. Or may he helped save one of the harem members with his research when they were traveling.

I'll be honest as much as I would love to give an in-depth background for each character, I am not sure how to do that without being overly repetitive.