Reborn, His Majesty Bears Another Child for the Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years

In the sixth year of Jiaping, the powerful Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord raised an army in the southern frontier and rebelled. The court was thrown into turmoil, and everyone in the capital feared for their lives. The ministers knelt outside the Qianyuan Hall, begging Emperor Taian to lead the campaign himself and kill the rebel leader.

Inside the Qianyuan Hall, eunuchs and palace maids knelt all over the floor as the imperial physicians fretted. "Your Majesty, push harder. We can see the little prince's head."

Yesterday, during the hour of the Dragon, news of Jiang Nian's rebellion reached the palace. At the hour of the Boar that same day, Fu Jingcheng was suddenly seized by abdominal pain and went into labor prematurely. After struggling for a full day and night, the baby's head had only just appeared. Basin after basin of bloody water was carried out of the Qianyuan Hall. The servants and attendants present understood all too well.

His Majesty might not survive this ordeal.

In the sixth year of Jiaping, Emperor Taian died. The infant emperor ascended the throne in accordance with the late emperor's edict.

*

Like waking from a dream of yellow millet, Fu Jingcheng was reborn eight years in the past.

In his previous life, it was that very year that he became embroiled in the witchcraft case. The foolish Emperor Xianping banished him to guard the imperial tombs, where he endured endless torment.

Reborn, Fu Jingcheng had long since seen through it all. The so-called bonds of royal kinship could never withstand the lust for power. He began planning early, exposed the real culprit behind the witchcraft case, and seized control before anyone else could.

The Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Lord, who once held power over the entire court, was now no more than a stray dog begging for scraps.

Fu Jingcheng ordered his men to drag the brute who had abandoned his wife and child to the Eastern Palace. He beat him with a salt-soaked riding crop until his skin split. The toe of Fu Jingcheng's shoe, studded with pearls from the Eastern Sea, came to rest between Jiang Nian's legs. He pressed down with his foot and looked down at him. "You brute. Who gave you permission to show such disrespect to me?"

"Lift your outer robe."

Moonlight spilled through the window and fell across Fu Jingcheng's face. Jiang Nian's gaze burned, his eyes seething with a desire to tear everything apart. He lifted his outer robe as Fu Jingcheng had ordered.

Smack! Jiang Nian's face was struck to one side. Fu Jingcheng raised his eyes slightly. "You insolent servant. Who gave you permission to look at me like that?"

Fu Jingcheng gripped Jiang Nian's vulnerable spot with one hand, his voice unhurried. "You want me?"

"What an ignorant brute."

Jiang Nian's breathing grew ragged. His eyes were sharp as a hawk's as he gripped Fu Jingcheng's right hand without regard for his own life. His voice was hoarse. "Your Highness, harder."

Fu Jingcheng's gaze was cold as he cursed him. "Shameless brute."

*

The bright moon hung in the sky. Jiang Nian wanted to pluck it down.

Note:

Jiang Nian is the top; Fu Jingcheng is the bottom.

A queenly bottom and his stray-dog top.

The top is a fake eunuch.

Both are reborn, with the bottom reborn first.

There will be childbirth in both lifetimes.

The top did not betray him in his previous life. There were hidden circumstances.

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