[Gentle Princess Sent to Forge a Marriage Alliance x Cruel, Sinister Eunuch-in-Chief]
[Traditional Historical Romance + A Touch of Court Intrigue + Sweet and Angsty + Both Leads Have No Other Romantic Partners + Genuine Eunuch]
After the Great Rong army was defeated, Li Wenyu, whose maternal family had fallen into decline, was handed over by the old Emperor and became a sacrificial offering sent to bring good fortune to the sickly Crown Prince of an enemy state.
A princess sent to forge a marriage alliance has little say in anything, and every move she makes in a foreign land is fraught with danger.
Though Li Wenyu has no desire to take part in the power struggle for the throne in Shengjing, most of the time she can hardly stay out of it.
Once she's entered in the imperial genealogy, how could there be any precedent for her to give herself to another man?
"Liu Jue, you madman!"
The little princess wrenched herself free from the other person's grip and angrily rebuked him, her face flushed red.
Little did she know that, in the years of isolation and helplessness to come, this very man, whom Li Wenyu had deemed rotten to the core and utterly wicked, would repeatedly rescue her from danger, and eventually cherish her above all else.
Liu Jue was a casualty of his aunt's struggle for favor in the imperial harem. His wings were clipped in his youth, and he was sent to the man-eating Secretariat, where he endured every humiliation and became a treacherous eunuch despised by all.
Though he now holds the secrets of military affairs in his hands and wields immense power, he cannot conceal the darkness and insecurity in the depths of his heart.
The Eunuch-in-Chief wonders: When did he first begin to covet the Crown Prince's sister-in-law, who, even when sulking, could only furrow her brows and twist a soft handkerchief?
Outside, snow raged and the wind howled. Liu Jue's eyes, usually cold and emotionless, gazed intently at the little princess kneeling before the coffin to mourn.
After hesitating for a long while, he finally voiced the most despicable wish hidden in his heart.
"Wanwan, come with this servant."
