Jiang Yuanyuan, the daughter of a merchant, disguises herself as a man and infiltrates the Eastern Depot as a eunuch to investigate the injustice done to her family.
On her third day at work, she spots the shadow of her boss, the fearsome Eunuch Wei Jixiang, also known as the Thousand-Year-Old Lord and Lord Wei Yama, standing upright while he uses the latrine. Well, would you look at that: this eunuch is a fake too!
The two understand each other without a word and keep one another in check. She scrubs the latrines and uncovers a black market, making a profit by selling his itinerary and underwear. He has her identify secret agents from their portraits, which are ugly enough to scare ghosts. One pretends to be stupid, the other pretends to be blind. From sabotaging and bickering with each other to joining forces and building a business, they eventually topple the emperor's alchemy furnace together.
