[Real Eunuch + Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only + Slow-Burn Romance + Devoted Male Lead]
She was clever and quick-witted. Originally a maid in the residence of Emperor Taizong of Song, she rose step by step to become the most renowned female official of the Great Song. She once disguised herself as a man and accompanied Emperor Taizong on his northern campaign against Northern Han.
He was brave and skilled in battle. He entered the palace as a eunuch at thirteen, earning military honors through sheer grit and becoming the most “manly” eunuch of the Song Dynasty. He spent half his life on the battlefield and won countless military honors.
Yet he still felt inferior in her presence. Though he was the first to fall for her, he kept retreating, afraid he couldn't give her the life she wanted. She came to accept it: “Run away if you must. But if I marry someone else, don't you dare regret it.”
Set in the early Northern Song dynasty, the male and female leads were both real historical figures. However, there is no historical evidence that they were ever together. I paired them up myself.
