Blurb One:
Years later, whenever people spoke of how Eunuch Shen held sway over the court and how ruthless he was, they could not help but mention the once peerlessly beautiful Third Miss Xie.
Back then, these two were renowned throughout the capital as a match made in heaven.
Sadly, after General Shen was made a eunuch by Third Miss Xie herself and sent into the palace, their relationship was truly over.
By the way, after Third Miss Xie died, did Eunuch Shen really never visit her grave even once?
The young woman in pink at the next table jabbed the handsome young man beside her with her elbow. "Exactly. Why didn't you ever visit my grave back then?"
The handsome young man rubbed her arm and chuckled. "Stop messing around."
Blurb Two:
Everyone knew that after the dashing young general Shen Heyuan's entire clan was executed, he alone survived because his young fiancée personally subjected him to castration.
The emperor let Xie Suining choose for herself:
Either castrate your fiancé, Shen Heyuan, with your own hands.
Or watch the 178 members of the Minister of Rites' household be sent to the execution grounds alongside the Shen family.
Though Shen Heyuan was bound in iron chains, he still tried to comfort her. "A Ning, be good. Don't cry. Listen to me. Just close your eyes. One stroke, and it'll be over. It'll be quick. Don't be afraid."
Xie Suining wiped away her tears and dared not cry again. If her vision blurred, how could she make the cut swiftly and steadily?
Clutching the crescent-shaped knife, she knelt reverently, bowing and praying as she always did before the gods and Buddha, then rising to her feet.
Until at last, the bloodstained crescent knife fell to the ground.
Clutching the chains with both hands, drenched in cold sweat, Shen Heyuan thought despairingly: He and she were truly over.
After Xie Suining fell from the cliff, Shen Heyuan found himself thinking time and again: If she hadn't died, he would have granted any request she made, including marrying her.
Later, Xie Suining really did return, but all Shen Heyuan wanted was to run away.
Even though, in the dead of night, he had woken from his dreams countless times, calling her name.
Reader's Guide:
1. A true eunuch. Both leads are virgins, 1v1, happy ending.
2. Angsty tension in the early stages, with emotional and physical torment. Redemption comes later. In my opinion, it has a touch of that old-school melodramatic flavor.
3. Court intrigue takes a back seat to romance. The romance is very intense.
4. Set in a fictional dynasty.
5. Updated daily, with extra updates at irregular intervals. I will never abandon this story and will finish it as soon as possible.
Theme: Love gives every imperfection the shape of wholeness.
