Has the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old Eunuch Gone to the Crematorium Today?

A refined, perceptive, sickly beauty bottom who focuses entirely on his career x A treacherous eunuch grand secretary, ruthless and sinister at first, but remorseful later

1.

Jing Xian transmigrated into a book as a sickly beauty of a chief minister. His mission was to change the fate of the Great Ye dynasty, whose fortunes were dwindling, and prevent its destruction at the hands of the northern tribes.

Knowing the plot, Jing Xian froze the moment he opened his eyes.

The only person he could think of who might turn the tide was Wei Yingying, the late young general of the Northern Garrison Army.

The sharpest blade and strongest shield of Great Ye, and Jing Xian's favorite character when he read the book, had already been executed along with his entire family by a foolish emperor who believed slanderous rumors.

But the next moment, someone told Jing Xian that Wei Yingying hadn't died at all. He was now the Eastern Depot's chief eunuch, known as the "Nine-Thousand-Year-Old."

Jing Xian: ???!!!

2.

Wei Ying was reborn and willingly suffered castration, climbing step by step to the peak of power until he could command the feudal lords in the emperor's name.

The only person who could stand against Wei Ying, Chief Minister Jing Xian, had been unconscious for three years after a grave illness. When he finally awoke, he left everyone utterly dumbfounded.

To get Wei Ying to rebuild the Northern Garrison Army, Jing Xian willingly let Wei Ying use him time and again. He even took a blade for Wei Ying, then dragged his terminally ill body along on a diplomatic mission to the tribal lands, where he negotiated an alliance with them.

Believing he had successfully prolonged Great Ye's life, Jing Xian was about to leave the camp when the tribesmen stopped him cold.

Wei Ying stood with the tribesmen and sneered at him. "I forgot to tell you. The condition for the two states to form an alliance is that you'll be held here permanently as a hostage."

3.

Only then did Jing Xian realize that the inhuman "Nine-Thousand-Year-Old" was no longer the hot-blooded young man he had known.

Fortunately, he could survive without Wei Ying.

Great Ye could survive without him, too.

He used one tribe to control another, making a different tribe submit to Great Ye. Their leader personally escorted him back to the Central Plains and pursued him with all his might.

A master strategist, he not only reclaimed all of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, but also incorporated the tribal lands into the empire.

He even took the unlearned young emperor in hand and helped him become a great ruler who revived the dynasty.

4.

Word was that the "Nine-Thousand-Year-Old" Wei Ying had suddenly gone mad, humbling himself to serve Chief Minister Jing Xian like a lowly slave, all in the hope that Jing Xian would return to his side.

People everywhere wondered when Jing Xian would finally step into the bridal sedan chair that had been parked outside his home day and night.

Instead, Jing Xian calmly walked up, smiled, and set the sedan chair on fire. Then he swept away without a cloud in sight.

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Reading guide and content warnings:

① Jing Xian is the bottom, Wei Ying is the top. The bottom transmigrates into a book, the top is reborn, and the bottom has a bit of a universal-admirer quality.

② The romance is melodramatic groveling-after-the-breakup fiction, but the plot should be a power fantasy.

③ The top is a real eunuch. Unless there's a matter of principle, there will be no changing the top.

Theme: May this life be devoted to the nation, never failing the world or the one I love