He is The Outcast, a treacherous minister who holds power over all but the emperor, with peerless martial skills and a ruthless heart.
She is the daughter of an old friend, and her beauty is unmatched beneath the heavens.
She hides, he searches; she flees, he pursues.
He asks why she has never been willing to marry him. Looking troubled, she bites her finger and says, "You may hold immense power, but you're a eunuch!"
He raises an eyebrow with a smile. "Would you like to try a eunuch's pleasures?"
She is shocked. "You're actually a fake eunuch?! Believe it or not, I'll report you for deceiving the emperor!" As the barbarians' iron hooves trample the land of Lifu, and the struggle for the throne remains undecided...
How will they choose between love and family, and the fate of their country and world?
