Reborn, the Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord Wants Me to Hold Him

[Reborn, clever and softhearted young prince shou × powerful, tragic, ruthless, love-starved eunuch gong]

No female lead, two male leads, set in an imaginary era

[The author has a knack for unconventional covers ✧(≖ ◡ ≖✿), please don’t mind]

In the 312th year of the Sheng Dynasty, Emperor Sheng Yuan ascended the throne.

His ruthless style of governance made everyone at court tread carefully, casting a gloomy pall over the realm.

Sheng Ning, the emperor’s most beloved young prince and the son of the empress, was born alongside Crown Prince Sheng Yanxing. The capital’s most carefree young wastrel, he paid no heed to court affairs and listened only to street gossip, living a spirited, unrestrained life.

Crown Prince Sheng Yanxing was praised by the officials as the most upright and honorable man, a model gentleman. But after being framed by a treacherous villain, he was sent into exile in the northern frontier, and the court was thrown into turmoil.

Sheng Ning pleaded for his brother, the crown prince, and was confined to his residence for three months. Desperate to save his brother, he risked defying the imperial decree and left in the middle of the night to beg Lu Yan, the powerful eunuch, to spare the crown prince’s life. Lu Yan’s answer was, “One life for one life.” The life he demanded was Sheng Ning’s own.

Lu Yan was the emperor’s favorite, but behind his back people called him “the emperor’s lapdog, doing his dirty work” because he was a eunuch. His power reached across half the court. He was ruthless and would stop at nothing.

Sheng Ning saved his brother, but the words “one life for one life” bound him to Lu Yan from then on. The bright, lively young prince grew quiet and withdrawn. It was a beginning that made Sheng Ning hate Lu Yan for the rest of his life.

Until Lu Yan helped his brother, the crown prince, ascend the throne. Until Lu Yan told him he loved him. Until Lu Yan begged Sheng Ning to hold him… Until the day Lu Yan never came back…