Living High on the Hog by the Cold, Cruel Eunuch's Side

[New Book Now Open: The Villain Pins the Male Lead Underfoot and Begs Me Not to Leave] At first, Shen Xing never dreamed she would spend half her life entangled with a eunuch. That day, with the enemy at the city gates, she asked Pei Xuansu, "If you could live your life over, what would you wish for?" She said, "If I had another chance, I wouldn't want to be empress dowager. I was just the daughter of the eunuch-maker in the palace's Long Alley. I could have been an ordinary palace maid and just kept my head down until I was twenty-five, then left the palace." What about you? After a long silence, the man who had lived half his life in darkness gave a bitter laugh. "If there is another life, just tell your knife-wielding father to go easy on me." Oh, so she was supposed to save him from that particular fate! Who knew his words would come true? Shen Xing returned to the age of sixteen, full of youthful energy. In the dim, damp little room, Pei Xuansu was bound tightly to a bench. He was covered in blood, beaten so badly there wasn't a patch of uninjured skin on him. Blood ran down his forehead. Outside, she could hear her father sharpening his knife. Shen Xing rubbed her chin. A new idea suddenly came to her. Maybe she could try latching onto a powerful patron? 1. An alternate universe blending elements of the Ming and Tang dynasties. The tone leans serious. There will be good food and a comfortable life, but it won't be smooth sailing from the start. 2. This is a story of mutual salvation and rekindled love. In her previous life, the heroine was empress dowager. The hero had a beloved woman from his past, but that was a misunderstanding. The heroine was actually the one who saved his life. The hero already knew this in his previous life, but the heroine did not. In this life, the misunderstanding will be cleared up. She will learn about his past and come to understand the passionate yet painfully insecure love that a eunuch never dared to express. 3. The hero's former occupation is in the title: a cold, ruthless director of the Eastern Depot. 4. In his previous life, the hero was a real eunuch. In this life, he is pretending to be one. 5. A eunuch-maker was someone whose profession was castrating eunuchs. 6. This is not a story about a strong female lead. It's about latching onto a powerful patron, with a focus on romance and plot. Please don't use imagined plot points that haven't happened as a basis for criticism. Thank you! [New Book Now Open: The Villain Pins the Male Lead Underfoot and Begs Me Not to Leave] Click the author's page to check it out. Mwah~ When Shen Qi transmigrated into the book, the story was already nearing its end. The male lead had ascended to the position of crown prince, the female lead was famous throughout the land, and the whole city was decked out in celebration as they set off together to see the world. The great villain had lost his martial arts, gone blind, and been tossed onto a mass grave, barely clinging to life. Shen Qi crouched beside the incomparably handsome, aloof man for a long while, then reached out and helped him up. She built sea walls, grew crops, opened trade routes, brought in convicts, smelted iron, and forged weapons. She lit up the System's map one point at a time. Shen Qi completed her mission to save the villain with flying colors. She transformed his remote border fief into a prosperous, densely populated stronghold, secure as a fortress. Delighted, she took the wealth beyond measure awarded by the System and prepared to retire after accomplishing her goal. But one day, the villain raised an army and conquered the capital, driving the original male lead from the throne. The man who had once been the most noble in all the land knelt reverently on one knee, his red cloak fluttering, and lowered his head to kiss her fingertips. He said he wanted to bring her back to the capital as his empress. He could give her everything she wanted. He only hoped she would never leave him. * Transmigrate into a book, a redemption story, a sweet romance. * This is a story about a boy being saved by a girl. * A young man with a difficult childhood and adolescence, and a warped sense of right and wrong, is raised by the heroine into a wise ruler. Theme: When facing hardship, we should strive to make ourselves stronger.