Yearning for Him

[The male lead is a true eunuch. A romance with a strong heroine and a weak hero.] [This novel expands on an extra from another story, Damn It, the Eunuch and I Switched Souls. It is essentially a parallel world. The "beautiful dream" mentioned below refers to the events of that story, so please be sure to read the reader's guide.] Chen Huan has a long, beautiful dream. In it, a palace maid named Feng Li loves and protects him, shamelessly teasing him until his face turns bright red. Those lovely memories keep rising in his mind, leaving him restless. He decides to get her out of the Laundry Bureau so she won't have to suffer. But after searching the entire palace, he can't find a single maid named "Feng Li." He can't find her in reality, but the beautiful dream repeats every day, tormenting him until he loses a great deal of weight. At the start of winter, the Prince of Beiping comes to the capital, and the palace holds a banquet. Suddenly, Chen Huan hears a voice that has haunted him for months: "Your Majesty, your subject Feng Li pays her respects!" He looks up sharply and sees a familiar face. But the person before him is no palace maid. She's Feng Li, the Prince of Beiping's only daughter. After spending several days with her at a careful distance, disguised as a servant, he finally can't hold back. Risking being trampled into the dirt, he kneels and bows, his ears turning red. "This servant has fallen for the princess. Please show me mercy." Reader's guide: 1. This novel expands on an extra from Damn It, the Eunuch and I Switched Souls. It's essentially a parallel world, but the story takes a different direction from that extra! If you've read the previous work, feel free to treat this as a completely new story. The leads' identities have changed, so their personalities and relationship dynamic have to change too. 2. The heroine is strong and the hero is weak. She takes charge, while he is insecure and needs her to comfort him. 3. The focus is on the romance [emphasis]. Please don't nitpick the career plot in a romance novel, okay? This isn't a tightly plotted story with rigorous logic. 4. Don't nitpick the history! The dynasties are all mixed together, and the setting is extremely fictional. I use whichever dynasty's name is convenient. 5. The novel isn't long, with the main story under 300,000 words. Readers who have bought the novel are welcome to suggest extra-story prompts in the VIP chapters while it's updating. I'll write any I can do well. 6. Inline comments are enabled. You're welcome to join in, but please don't fight. 7. The author reacts like someone hitting their knee with a hammer when it comes to pirates. If I see one, I'll curse them out. Anyone who owes me money deserves to be cursed out; don't use "I like your writing" as an excuse to show off under the legitimate version. Do you like my work so much that you'd rather read it for free? [Some odd person said that when I cursed out pirates in chapter one, they felt like I was cursing them, and that reading this story felt like walking into a very strict shop. May I ask if "no dining and dashing" is what you mean by strict rules? Any decent person with a conscience knows that. If someone feels insulted by "no dining and dashing," what does that say about them?] [Yes, I'm cursing out pirates, and I'll keep doing it over and over. Pirates owe me money and take the misfortune in my place. Everything comes full circle, and fate has its own plans. Everyone knows stealing little things only diminishes your good fortune.] Theme: Break free from constraints and cages, and live as your true self.