Has the Top Scholar Filed a Complaint Before the Emperor Today?

Everyone said that before the Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years, Lu Chuan, entered the palace, he had once sought to marry into the Nanyang Prince's manor. But a cruel servant had driven him away with vicious dogs. From then on, Lu Chuan had hated the manor with all his heart.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Who could have guessed that he would rise steadily through the ranks and become The Outcast, second only to the emperor and above all others? Meanwhile, the prestigious Nanyang Prince's manor fell into ruin overnight. The old prince died suddenly in prison, his brothers were exiled to Danzhou, his sisters became official courtesans, and not one member of the loyal family survived.

Lu Chuan: "I ask Your Majesty to grant me one person."

And so, the pure and innocent young princess was dragged down from her pedestal and became the treasured possession beneath the Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years' hand. On the third day after their wedding, the young princess left behind a few resolute words and threw herself into the surging river.

The Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years stood silently by the river for a long time, then said hoarsely, "Good. She deserved to die."

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After Jing Se died, she transmigrated into the canary her former husband, Lu Chuan, kept hidden away. At night, she was his concubine, using her charms to ensnare him and find evidence against him. By day, she was the top scholar appointed by the emperor, serving alongside him in court, where they tore into each other whenever they met.

The top scholar: "I accuse Lu Chuan, the Governor of the Eastern Depot. His Majesty personally arranged his marriage, yet before the young princess's body was even cold, he was already having an affair and keeping another concubine. This is a grave betrayal of imperial favor."

That night, Lu Chuan pinned the top scholar, back in women's clothes, beneath him. His lips wandered over every inch of her before he gave a mocking laugh. "Having an affair? Are you sure?"

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Everyone said that the Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years couldn't forget the young princess who had thrown herself into the river and passed away. He had taken another beauty into his home, one who not only looked seven or eight parts like the princess, but even had a name that sounded similar.

Everyone had seen that beauty weep so bitterly at the young princess's funeral that the heavens themselves seemed moved. Later, she disguised herself as a man, took the imperial examination, and submitted a petition to clear the Nanyang Prince's manor's name, as if she hadn't been the evil woman who tricked the young princess into jumping into the river.

Later, the top scholar's secret identity was exposed, and she faced certain death.

On the eve of her execution, the female top scholar was still writing furiously, recording all the Governor of the Eastern Depot's many crimes that no one else knew about.

Lu Chuan's eyes were red. "You're about to die, and you still want to petition the emperor. Do we really have to fight each other to the bitter end?"

The female top scholar hardened her heart. "Yes. Heaven took pity on me and gave me another life. I lay in wait in your bed, entered the court as an official, and hoped to submit a petition so I could clear the Nanyang Prince's manor's name and demand justice for the people of the realm. But I lost."

At dawn the next day, the factory minister appeared with a dark expression to submit his own petition: "I accuse the newly appointed top scholar, Wang Jing. His hypocrisy is his first crime; confusing right and wrong, his second; abandoning her husband and daughter, her third. This person's heart is so cold that even the underworld will have no place for her."

The foolish emperor wrote in his own hand: "May you be together for a hundred years, with more children, more blessings."

☆ A powerful couple, one-on-one romance, both leads are virgins

☆ A scheming beauty with a thick secret identity, unyielding and stubborn x a dark, mad, charming eunuch with an unexpectedly adorable side

☆ Our Lord Lu has always known the female lead's secret identity

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