A Condemned Woman Enters the Palace Disguised as a Eunuch: The Ruthless Eunuch Lord Breaks His Vows

[Historical court intrigue + fake eunuch in disguise as a man + palace medicinal cuisine + intense romantic push-and-pull + powerful official devoted to his wife + comeback from the brink]

After her entire family was condemned, Lu Qingtang, daughter of a disgraced official, took the place of her twin brother and became the lowest-ranking eunuch in the Imperial Kitchen of the Eastern Depot.

Pei Yi, the Ninth Thousand Years, wielded power across the court and was notorious for slaughter. A bone-deep cold poison made him violent and bloodthirsty, and he was sure to execute someone every full moon.

To save up for a travel permit and escape to the borderlands, Lu Qingtang bound her chest tight and nervously served him a bowl of “Yang-Warming, Stasis-Resolving Hundred-Flower Soup.”

The entire palace thought she wouldn’t survive.

Who could have guessed that one bowl of medicinal cuisine would suppress the poison in his marrow, and one plate of stomach-warming cakes would soothe his bloodlust?

When the head of the Imperial Kitchen framed her for poisoning Pei Yi, he had the man executed by lingchi on the spot.

When the Noble Consort tried to install her own confidant in Lu Qingtang’s place, Pei Yi gave a cold laugh and drew his blade.

“Anyone who lays a hand on the person in charge of my meals dies.”

Every day, Lu Qingtang plotted the date she would fake her death and leave the palace.

Then, on the night before her escape, she was stopped. The usually aloof and icy Ninth Thousand Years had gone mad.

Pei Yi locked her inside a secluded chamber. His cold fingertips slipped open her eunuch’s uniform, desire surging in his eyes.

“I can give you a new identity and a travel permit, but you must also take the position of the Ninth Thousand Years’ wife!”