The Eunuch's Beloved

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In the Great Liang dynasty, eunuchs held sway over the court.

Ming Yao, the youngest daughter of the Ming family, was only eight years old. After losing her parents at a young age, her family was stripped of its title and property, and she was abandoned, left to become an orphan. Her family's enemy seized her and dragged her to a lavish, magnificent estate, intending to offer her to a eunuch.

A young man in a reddish-brown robe embroidered with a silver python pattern stepped through the vermilion gates. His foxlike eyes slanted upward, but there was not a trace of genuine amusement in them as he looked down at her with chilly eyes.

He was the youngest powerful eunuch in the Great Liang dynasty, a famous favorite of the emperor.

He had climbed to the heights of power over countless corpses. Ruthless and in control of the court, he was known throughout the capital as a smiling tiger who had slaughtered countless people.

Si Xianyuan grasped her chin and gave her a glance. Then he looked away, wiped his fingers clean with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice, devoid of emotion:

"Throw her out."

2.

Ming Yao was left out in the bitter winter cold for three days and nearly died. No one came to help her.

In the end, Lord Si decided that her corpse would soil his doorstep and picked her up when she was just barely alive.

The little girl's health had been damaged, so she needed daily medicinal baths to restore it. She required meticulous care in every detail of her food and clothing. Frail and delicate, she was like a porcelain doll that might shatter at a touch.

Si Xianyuan was busy with affairs of state. By day, he walked the shadowy edge of danger. At night, he had to come home to raise the little girl.

He considered throwing the tiny thing out countless times, but kept putting it off because he had yet to find her family.

By the time the little girl had grown up and reached adulthood, she had become a breathtaking beauty whom the young noblemen of the capital fought over.

Si Xianyuan began to regret the thought of throwing her out.

Just then, a new lead emerged in the search for the emperor's long-lost precious daughter.

The people of the capital watched as an army of black-armored imperial guards surrounded the gates of the Si residence. The usually impassive emperor rushed inside in such a hurry that he was nearly overcome with emotion.

"My sweet girl, it's your father!"

3.

The emperor had found his daughter again and, overwhelmed with affection, searched the whole capital for a good man to marry her and look after Ming Yao.

One night, Lord Si suddenly broke into the imperial palace, alarming the people, the officials, and even the emperor himself.

Ming Yao arrived at a leisurely pace. Looking down at the uninvited guest kneeling in the hall as punishment for his apology, she was bewildered.

"Lord Si, weren't you always trying to throw me out of the Si residence? I have been a bother to you for far too long. Now that you've gotten your wish, why have you come after me?"

Lord Si, who held absolute power in the imperial city, bowed his head as he knelt on the palace floor. Dark currents roiled in his eyes.

"You're joking, my sweet girl. I came to bring Her Highness the princess back to my residence."

He would never throw her out. Not in this life.

At most, he would keep her confined and raise her... Now that the little princess had grown up, of course he had to take her as his wife.

He would cherish and pamper her in the palm of his hand.

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1. [Cool, beautiful young woman x ruthless, smiling eunuch]

2. Age gap / fake eunuch / older, fatherly male lead who falls in love late in life

3. The male lead is eight years and eleven months older than the heroine (not quite nine years!)

4. The story begins with the eunuch male lead raising a little girl. The romance starts after she turns sixteen.

Note:

1. Before the heroine turns sixteen, the male lead has no improper thoughts about her.

2. The male lead is no saint. The heroine grows up gradually: she is refined and adorable, but no damsel in distress. She's a cool beauty with a dark streak.

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