After the Eunuch Emperor Takes the Throne, the Deposed Emperor Refuses to Leave

Female-led, one woman and multiple men [A woman disguised as a man, the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch VS a weak prince and puppet emperor]

At twenty-four, Yuan Gaoshang put nineteen-year-old Zhou Xuanying on the throne.

He thought she was his lifeline, the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch, the one who shielded him from everything amid the blood and chaos.

He didn't know he was only a stepping stone for her.

She removed her official hat at the morning court. Her long hair spilled down, stunning the entire court. She said, “Take a good look at who you're kneeling to.”

She wanted to be emperor. She had wanted it all along.

The day Zhou Xuanying learned the truth, he knelt before her and said, “I'll be obedient, Your Excellency.”

He watched as those who plotted to rebel against her were executed by the thousand cuts. He watched the people who taught him to “take back power” fall one by one before his eyes. Then she crouched down, wiping the tears from his face with the back of her hand. “Do you understand now?” He nodded, and from that day on, he never dared look up at her again.

On the day she ascended the throne, she stood atop the palace steps and looked down at the people kneeling across the hall. Everyone cried, “Long live the emperor!” Only one person looked up at her from among the crowd. There was no hatred in his eyes, nothing at all, only her.

She was the empress, and he was the deposed emperor. Everyone thought she should kill him, but she kept him by her side for the rest of his life.