The Phoenix Imprisoned in His Palm

Keeping a Beauty as My Enemy, Capturing Her Heart as My Prize

For my family, I disguised myself as a man and took my elder brother's place as a hostage in the palace. The tyrant Xiao Jing delights in tormenting me. He summons me to his bedchamber every night, yet never touches me. Stroking my Adam's apple, he laughs: “A man shouldn't be missing a knot here.” Just as my identity is about to be exposed, he imprisons me in his chambers. “Since you dared to come, you'll stay here forever.”