That Eunuch Really Does Dote on Her

The late emperor passed away, and by his final decree, Consort Ping Yongxiu was chosen as a Heavenly Maiden and ordered to be buried with him at once.

With nowhere left to turn, Ping Yongxiu sought out Jin Xian, the eunuch director of the Directorate of Ceremonial.

The man stood with his back to her, hands behind him, perfectly composed. Before she could beg for help, he coolly refused: "Her Ladyship and I are unrelated. I urge Her Ladyship to accompany the late emperor to the heavens as soon as possible."

Yongxiu smacked her forehead, immediately coming up with a useful way to become related to him. She gathered up her skirt and ran behind him, tentatively poked his lean waist, and called softly, "Eunuch..."

The director turned around in shock. She was on tiptoe, leaning forward to offer him her wrists, bound tightly with a cord. Tears glimmered in her eyes, and her voice was plaintive. "I've tied myself up. I have nowhere to go but to your side, Eunuch. Won't you let me stay?"

A scornful laugh cut off her sweet entreaty.

"Her Ladyship really does come to us when she needs something and turn her back when she doesn't."

Meeting his vicious, sinister gaze, Yongxiu's heart sank. She suddenly remembered that this powerful eunuch had once been mocked by her as excessively effeminate and impossible to get along with, the most spiteful person in the world!

Yongxiu quietly pulled her half-slipped robe back into place.

This foolish bird had flown straight into a trap. In this enemy's hands, she wouldn't even get an intact corpse!

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Jin Xian, the eunuch director of the Directorate of Ceremonial, was notorious for his boundless power and wicked reputation. He could control everything, until he met that Consort who didn't seem to have much sense.

He had once pinched her chin and cruelly humiliated her: "Since I saved Her Ladyship, why not repay me with the best years of your life? Be my companion in a chaste marriage, and we'll enjoy ourselves!"

Who could have guessed that Yongxiu wouldn't be frightened or angered? Her eyes lit up, and she smiled as she leaned into his arms. "There's really something that good in this world?"

For the first time in his life, Jin Xian tasted what it was like to lose control, to be unable to suppress himself.

Since this silly consort had thrown herself into his arms, he would have to show her some very special "tenderness."

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Everyone knew that the vicious eunuch minister was cold and unfeeling, but no one knew that he had once held his precious pearl in his arms in the dead of night, whispering sweet words and kissing her tenderly.

The world hoped he would die in disgrace, but he would instead wield boundless power and live in peace year after year.

The higher he rose, the brighter his beloved consort's future would be.

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· One-on-one romance / the female lead is inexperienced, the male lead is not / happy ending

A slow-witted, shamelessly lustful consort VS a powerful, dark, scheming eunuch

· A pair of lovers: an unconventional airhead and a cold-faced grump who does the laundry.

· A real eunuch.

· Fictional setting.

Theme: Contentment with what you have is better than having it all.