[Plenty of chapters banked, starts in September, steady updates!]
[Fake eunuch | Coercive romance | Hateful couple | Chasing his wife to the crematorium]
The beloved legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue is peerlessly beautiful and talented. But after an imperial decree, her father is sentenced to death along with his entire family.
The minister exhausts his wealth and sacrifices his dignity, begging the eunuch Ming Ke to spare his youngest daughter. In return, Zhong Yingchen is sent to the Laundry Bureau, where she is abused and bullied at every turn.
Zhong Yingchen can only lie low and bide her time. She wants the wicked minister Ming Ke thrown into prison and cast into the deepest hell.
She hopes her father’s name will be cleared and the Zhong family’s honor restored.
Most of all, she must escape the imperial palace and find a way to survive on her own.
But just as Zhong Yingchen finally manages to escape, she runs into Ming Ke.
For the moment, all she can do is humbly flatter the filthy eunuch.
But who would have guessed that Ming Ke, the governor of the Western Depot, is a fully intact man?!
Zhong Yingchen is overjoyed. At last, she has leverage over this scoundrel. One day, she’ll strike the bastard a fatal blow!
Zhong Yingchen hates Ming Ke so much that she is willing to return to the palace, just to take revenge on him and avenge her mother’s murder.
She will never forget the day she revealed this earth-shattering secret, and Ming Ke gave her a bitter smile.
She would have preferred him to say something in that moment. Make an excuse? Get angry? Curse her?
Or even threaten that he would never forgive her.
But he said nothing. He simply let her do as she pleased.
It was as if he had long since expected this, yet was still willing to let her win this round.
Even in death, that bastard had to get the upper hand. How was that fair?!
Ming Ke dies, and Zhong Yingchen becomes the old emperor’s favorite consort. She reopens old cases and meddles in court affairs. Everyone calls her a demon consort who brings ruin to the nation.
At last, as the country falls and her family is destroyed, she still fails to uncover the truth behind the Zhong family’s old case.
Watching the palace towers burn amid the chaos of war, Zhong Yingchen runs straight for the railing of a high pavilion without a second thought.
She will not be taken captive when her country falls. Better to die than be humiliated!
Who would have thought that a large hand would seize her from behind? A familiar voice rang in her ear, accompanied by a familiar smile.
“Why are you running? Dying won’t be that easy.”
Zhong Yingchen turned back in shock. Seeing that familiar face, she raised her hand and slapped him.
Ming Ke’s face turned with the blow. But when he looked back at her, he saw the excitement and sorrow in her eyes.
And something he hadn’t expected: the subtle joy of getting back what she had lost.
Theme: Love needs no reason.
