Phoenix Eunuch Behind the Red Wall

Xie Wuyang had known since childhood that her father was a bona fide foolish emperor.

She might as well enjoy being a princess while she could. With that in mind, Xie Wuyang followed her father's example and reveled in luxury, but kept no handsome men by her side.

Outsiders said she was content to mind her own business.

In reality, there were very few beauties who caught her eye. The eunuch who served her father in the Directorate of Ceremonial was one of them.

At a palace banquet, the emperor tried to find her a consort she would like.

Reclining on a cushioned chair, she watched the noble young men file in, utterly uninterested, and opened her mouth to accept a grape peeled by a servant.

Her teeth grazed the man's finger, and her tongue swept the juice from its tip.

Xie Wuyang turned her eyes toward the man beside her, her smile growing brighter.

“Father, I want him for my consort...”

Shen Jinchen toyed with the finger she'd just licked, not even looking up. “Princess, your servant is a eunuch.”

The emperor gave his daughter a troubled look: Darling, why not choose someone else?

That night, in bed, Xie Wuyang kicked Shen Jinchen in the shoulder with her bare foot. “You worthless dog, you think I can't live without you? Get out.”

The next day, she received a marriage alliance proposal from the Northern Kingdom and readily accepted, telling her father, “I'll go secure a few more years of good fortune for you.”

On their wedding night, fine rain fell outside, and candlelight flickered within.

The bridal veil was lifted at one corner, revealing a glimpse of her fair wrist.

“Princess, your servant has come to take you home.”

His hand was slender and fair, with distinct knuckles. The rain had brought the veins beneath his skin into relief, and a few spots of blood stained it.

Xie Wuyang glanced at the husband by her feet, then shifted her gaze to the area three inches below his navel. “He looks like quite the beast.”

In the next instant, his sword flashed and plunged straight into that spot.

“Not anymore. Now, Princess, you can only choose these hands of mine.”

Shen Jinchen wielded immense power, so serving others was hardly his job.

But watching the lovestruck princess awkwardly try to seduce him stirred a desire to toy with her, and he ended up serving her in her bedchamber.

At the palace banquet, the princess said she wanted to marry him. Shen Jinchen knew he should end their relationship, but that very night, he climbed into her bed again and got cursed out.

He really had spoiled her.

A marriage alliance document marked in red ink was sent out.

But when he delivered her to the Northern Kingdom's royal bed, he regretted it.

The palace behind its red walls was her home, and also the cage where he kept her.

Theme: Keep kindness in your heart.