The Eunuch's Darling at His Bedside

[Mad Beauty vs. Scheming Eunuch] (Originally titled A Female Official and a Eunuch. Mu Yumu's descent into darkness brings out a whole new side of her. You can start reading from Chapter 25~)

Mu Yumu had a beautiful face, so lovely it was beyond compare, and her stepmother coveted her day after day.

One night, she unexpectedly dreamed that her stepmother had sold her off to become a court musician. She awoke drenched in sweat, clenched her fists, and resolutely entered the palace as a female official.

She had etched caution into her very bones. But when she came across a little eunuch curled into a ball and bullied by others, her compassion stirred, and she broke her rule of never getting involved.

That night, in her dream, the future power behind the throne, the eunuch known as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old, moved his whisk, and blood stained the land for miles. She jolted awake. What kind of person had she saved?

She treated him coldly and scolded him at every turn. Knowing she couldn't stand him, the little eunuch dragged his sickly body away to avoid her. Mu Yumu closed her eyes. Fine. No matter how ruthless he might become in the future, right now he was just a poor little thing, even more pitiful than she was.

Later, he held her close, their bodies entwined in passionate intimacy. Sweat slid down to her brow, and when she looked up, she could only lose herself in the depths of his gaze.

She was dazed. Why had she never had a dream like this before?

Ling Fengyan had once been a refined young gentleman from Beiping. Who could have guessed that after his family fell into ruin, this proud young master would be reduced to becoming a eunuch? Luckily, the Crown Prince saved him, allowing him to keep his manhood.

But the civil officials despised him, the eunuchs disliked him, his former mentor was heartbroken over him, and his old classmates avoided him as if he were a snake or scorpion. He wandered uneasily like a lonely ghost, with nowhere in the world to stand. So he could only sink his roots deep and stir up the world with his own two hands.

After experiencing every turn of human kindness and cruelty, she should never have drawn him into her life. How could he possibly let her go?

They weathered hardship together and supported each other. The endearing, carefree side she showed only him, and her slender arms beneath the same quilt, made his heart itch with desire.

She was his obsession and his salvation.

She had given him a place to belong...

[Everyone knows that Mu Yumu, a female official in the Directorate of Palace Affairs, has a peculiar habit: she won't let anyone touch her. The only exception is Eunuch Ling.]

This is a story about little people struggling to survive.

One starts out bowing and scraping, but eventually becomes the Chief Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial.

One survives her stepmother's poison and eventually becomes a fifth-rank female official in the Directorate of Palace Affairs.

Reading Guide: 1. A fictionalized Ming setting, with original worldbuilding. The male lead is a fake eunuch. 2. You can't please everyone. If this isn't your cup of tea, may we meet again in another story. 3. Author's Weibo: Jinjiang Nanxun. Feel free to drop by and tease me. 4. This novel will go VIP on August 18, 2023. There will be a 10,000-character update that day, followed by three chapters daily.

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Atop the city wall, the rebels shoved Chu Shiying and Lady Li to the front and arrogantly ordered Qin Qiyu to choose whose life to spare.

Qin Qiyu impatiently raised his bow and took aim.

Chu Shiying leaped off the city wall.

After successfully landing in a snowdrift, Chu Shiying cursed under her breath: Choose? The snow below is piled higher than the sea. Who's going to die from a fall? If I don't jump, Qin Qiyu's arrow is going to pierce Lady Li!

Choose one of two? Qin Qiyu never makes choices.

A moment later, Qin Qiyu dug her out of the snow, his face livid.

Everyone said Chu Shiying was lucky. Though spoiled and willful, she had an enormous fortune and a library's worth of books for her dowry, and married Zheng Jijiang, the King of Zheng. Chu Shiying scoffed at that. She was rich. She could marry anyone she liked. Without her money, could Zheng Jijiang have become King of Zheng?

They were simply using each other. He gave her security and the position of his wife; she gave him money to help him succeed.

But the one thing he absolutely shouldn't have done was get involved with her younger sister. "Liji, of the three thousand waters, I only want to drink from your cup. The only reason Shiying stands in our way is..."

Chu Shiying was shocked. Chu Shiying was speechless. Chu Shiying sneered. Then marry her! Who's stopping you? Getting the benefits and still acting like a victim, pah!

Then the city fell, and Chu Shiying was reborn.

When Zheng Jijiang came to ask for her hand, she looked at her sister's red-rimmed eyes and said, "Don't. I'll be the one to make you happy. Let's break off the engagement."

She rolled her eyes, then turned to Qin Qiyu, the attendant behind her grandfather. "How about you marry me? I'll give you my entire dowry to help you return to your homeland, conquer the four kingdoms, and unify the world."

Then I'll just wait for you to die young from your illness, and become the Empress Dowager, haha!

But as she waited and waited, Qin Qiyu's health only got better and better.

Qin Qiyu, also reborn, had learned his lesson and was diligently tending to his health. Hmph.

Bonus Scene: Chu Shiying: I have money, power, and looks. What can't I do?

Qin Qiyu pondered: Hmm... You can't make me wear an eco-friendly hat.

The sickly young master Qin Qiyu, with eight hundred schemes in his head, VS Chu Shiying, who only wants to become a widowed Empress Dowager and rule from behind the curtain.

Theme: Little people struggle to survive, but never give up hope, and in the end they can achieve success.