A Spy's Guide to Staying Alive as a Favored Eunuch

Coming soon: Scheming Chamber Attendant's Rise to Power and The Maidservant's Hard-to-Handle Master. See my author page. Blurb: A cross-dressing little eunuch, Huai En x the paranoid, scheming Third Prince By a twist of fate, the little eunuch Huai En is sent to serve as a spy for Noble Consort Zheng at the Third Prince's side. She is the Third Prince's sworn enemy, the one who killed his mother! Huai En thinks the job is too dangerous, so she decides to swindle enough silver from His Highness and then make a run for it! Who could have guessed she'd fail to escape, only to have her actions exposed overnight? Everyone rejoices. The palace attendant Huai En, whom His Highness has spoiled rotten, is finally going to come crashing down! Surely she'll be skinned alive and stuffed! Sure enough, within a few days, Huai En vanished without a trace from the palace. Later, rumors spread through the palace that the Third Prince was keeping a beauty hidden away in a golden house. Inside the palace hall, pale jade ankles trembled, the golden chains around them clinking sharply. Zhu Ciyuan gently wiped the tears from his darling's face. He was nothing like his usual mild-mannered self. "Huai En, tell me, debts have to be repaid, don't they?" Bonus scene: Ever since Huai En had secured her place by His Highness's side, people were always slipping her silver to get things done. Seeing that His Highness usually turned a blind eye, Huai En happily accepted all the money. But one time, little Huai En got caught out: That day, Huai En noticed His Highness seemed to be in a good mood, so she hurried over with a grin. "This servant saw a fairy in the imperial garden today! I got curious and asked around. It turned out to be the Taifu's youngest daughter. If you ask me, only a beauty like her is worthy of Your Highness. This servant even managed to get a portrait of her..." She looked up and saw Zhu Ciyuan smiling warmly at her as he rolled his prayer beads between his fingers. Later that night, Zhu Ciyuan brought up old scores. "I hear that for fifty taels of silver, you'd recommend a noble young lady's portrait to me? For two hundred taels, you'd arrange for me to bump into her? And for a hundred taels of gold, you'd guarantee the whole thing? Eunuch Huai En, you certainly have some nerve." Huai En shrank into the corner of the bed, trembling. "Y-Your Highness, please hear me out!" 1. Both leads are each other's only partners; happy ending. Overall, this is a sweet romance. 2. A vengeful, untouchable man x a gentle, devoted man with a hidden dark side 3. Includes a groveling pursuit after a breakup Coming soon 1: Scheming Chamber Attendant's Rise to Power Yuanwei had been beautiful since childhood, with almond-shaped eyes, cherry-red lips, a hibiscus-like face, and a willow-slim waist. When she smiled, a pair of dimples appeared, and she looked soft and alluring. Unfortunately, she was just a servant in the Su household. The Su family's young lady had schemed her way into marrying Lu Jingze, the noble heir to a marquis's estate, but he neglected her, and they had not consummated their marriage even after a year. So Madam Su picked Yuanwei to serve as her daughter's bedchamber maid. Yuanwei heard it all when Madam Su advised her daughter. "Yuanwei is nothing but a plaything once she's sent over. After she gives birth, you'll have her indenture in your hands. You can beat her or kill her as you please." Yuanwei smiled. Why should a servant's life be worthless? On the night she was sent to Lu Jingze's room, she saw him frown and turn to leave. She caught his sleeve, tears glistening in her eyes. "My lord, I only ask you to stay here for one night and save this servant's life. I will know my place and never overstep." Once he stayed, she was gentle and considerate, becoming the one who understood him best. She could always smooth the furrow from his brow. Then one day, in the thin fabric of her summer dress, she became his true woman. After that, when she became pregnant, she deliberately let him catch her trying to miscarry. As he flew into a rage, she threw herself into his arms, weeping like a flower in the rain. "How could I not care for my own child? I'm only afraid that if I give birth, Madam won't tolerate me anymore... How could I bear to see him all alone in this world..." Before long, Lu Jingze obtained her indenture, and she was no longer a servant. Not long afterward, Lu Jingze divorced his wife. However, when she heard that Lu Jingze was about to marry a new wife, she carried her child and left the estate that very night. When the man stopped her, she was the first to act aggrieved. "I don't want Heng'er calling someone else Mother and being treated as lesser from now on." One night, Lu Jingze suddenly sensed something was wrong. Just as his brows drew together, his pregnant wife beside him let out a soft moan. "Husband, my leg is cramping again." Lu Jingze hurriedly got up and massaged her leg. "Is it feeling better?" His wife lazily complained, "Use a little more strength." Lu Jingze had spent his whole life embodying propriety and integrity, and hated women with hidden agendas above all else. Yet in the end, he fell right into Yuanwei's trap... Theme: Walk hand in hand, and sunny days will come at last.