The Eunuch Beneath the Skirt

This is a girl-boy romance. Don't read if that's not your thing.

At first, Changle was merely an eunuch everyone could bully. Though he was sweet-looking, his pale little face carried a distinctly cold and sinister air. The Crown Princess, Song Ying, took pity on him and made him her personal eunuch.

Later, the Crown Princess ascended the throne. Changle, now the beloved head eunuch at the empress's side, began managing everything in the harem, including the arrangements for her nights in bed.

He personally selected handsome young men from powerful families and sent them to the empress's chambers. Yet whenever the palace lanterns shone late into the night, he would carry a pot of wine and drink alone in the cold wind.

Then one day, deeply drunk, he stumbled into a warm embrace. When he looked up, he saw the face that appeared in his dreams night after night.

Song Ying gently wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes and said tenderly, "Changle, come back to the palace with me."

The chief eunuch Changle thought he had no desires in this life. Yet whenever he caught sight of the little princess in her bright red phoenix robe, his heart would race.

Through countless days and nights, he had wanted to make the one who sat upon the imperial throne his own.

A real eunuch VS the empress

Blurb written on January 16, 2021

[Coming soon: Trade Her for the Empire]

Shu Rao was a princess, raised with boundless love and spoiled from childhood. She had also been betrothed at a young age to a brave and skilled general who defended the country.

Who could have known a scandal would emerge, revealing that Princess Shu Rao had fallen for the little eunuch who served her? He was a lowly slave with a criminal past, as far beneath a princess as mud was beneath clouds, and their love was intolerable to the world.

On the day their relationship came to light, Shu Rao willingly knelt before the throne, ready to give up all her dignity just to beg them to spare the little eunuch's life.

Wei Xinghe was a spy sent by an enemy country. Disguised as a eunuch, he infiltrated the palace of Song to find a chance to assassinate the King of Song. He was stationed at Shu Rao's side and watched the lively, innocent girl grow up.

Though he knew she was betrothed to the general who defended the country, Wei Xinghe developed feelings he should never have had.

He deliberately lured the naive princess into making a terrible mistake, leaving her to face the world's scorn. He coldly watched her knees freeze, and when they confronted each other in the imperial court, he even pulled a knife from his sleeve and stabbed the father she loved most.

He had a blood feud with the royal family of Song, an enmity that could never be reconciled. He toyed with the tender, lovesick princess as if she were in the palm of his hand.

The King of Song was stabbed to death. The crown prince was still young, the enemy country advanced on them, and the general who defended the country died fighting, giving his life for the nation.

Wei Xinghe still remembered Shu Rao in red, standing atop the city wall. She spoke her final words to him, then jumped down with the child in her womb. He couldn't stop her. All he saw was her beautiful face stained with blood, and then she was gone.

Once, she had smiled and called him Wei Xinghe.

When she was sad, she would call him Wei Xinghe...

As she died, she called him General Wei.

Shu Rao, the eldest princess of Song, died on the day her country fell. Three years later, a woman of the Song royal family named Shu A fought her way through the ranks and helped the young crown prince restore the country. She was brave and skilled in battle, but always wore a mask and had a hoarse, unpleasant voice.

An elderly palace attendant once saw her remove her mask. She looked exactly like the late eldest princess.

After Shu Rao's death, Wei Xinghe built her a tomb bearing her name and swore he would never marry, earning everyone's admiration for his devotion to the late princess of Song.

Until one day, he discovered that his Shu Rao had returned.

But this Shu Rao no longer knew him, and all she wanted was his life...

Theme: The long winds will one day break the waves; I'll set my cloud-white sail and cross the vast sea. Strive hard and live with purpose.