Loyal Souls, Yan's Shadow: It All Begins with Story of Yanxi Palace

This is my first novel, so please go easy on me.

I’ll try to update daily. Please be kind.

To be honest, I’m not very good at writing couples,

so these two are probably more like career-minded partners.

Read at your own risk.

Also known as: The Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord Might Not Be Such a Bad Gig

Within the square walls of the Forbidden City, people come and go.

Power is a dazzling treasure that everyone covets.

Some rely on cunning, planning carefully and advancing step by step.

Some wield their authority, applying relentless pressure and sweeping all before them.

Some use their silver tongues to persuade and win allies, building their reputations.

There are countless methods, and everyone has their own way of shining.

Only Ruyi, with her Ruyi Syndrome,

in this Forbidden City,

can be playful and flirtatious one moment,

then be left utterly speechless, crouching in the empress's seat the next.

She seems calm and indifferent,

but in truth, she wants it all.

He only wants to make something of himself.

She is only trying to survive by pleasing others.

But one careless move, thanks to that Ruyi Syndrome, can ruin everything.

Now that they have a chance to defy fate and change their lives,

why shouldn't they fight for it?

I, Jinzong, will climb to the top one step at a time.

Maybe being the Ninth-Thousand-Year Lord isn't such a bad gig after all.

Inspired by Wei Zhongxian, and also by Zhao Gao from the TV series Myth.