The Phoenix's Grace (Women Rule the World)

After unifying the realm, Jiang Anqing abdicated and moved to Renshou Palace, becoming the supreme Retired Empress.

During an audience with the ministers, a fledgling young eunuch accidentally bumped into her, spilling tea all over her. Seeing how terrified and shaky he was, she couldn't be bothered to punish him.

Who knew that the next time she saw the young eunuch, there wasn't a patch of uninjured skin on him? He clung to her feet, crying and begging for forgiveness.

Only then did she learn that someone had secretly punished the young eunuch after that incident. Furious that her servants had defied her orders behind her back, Jiang Anqing severely punished the disobedient lot.

But in the young eunuch's eyes, the Retired Empress had protected him. He shamelessly insisted on following Jiang Anqing back to Renshou Palace.

Beneath all those scars, the young eunuch had fair skin, soft features, and a gentle voice. He even sounded rather lovely when he cried. Amused, Jiang Anqing kept him by her side to attend to her.

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Ever since Jing Yi entered Renshou Palace, plenty of beauties had tried to bribe him to learn the Retired Empress's daily schedule, all hoping to climb into that phoenix bed.

But no matter how much silver they offered, they couldn't pry Jing Yi's mouth open. Sometimes he even hit them with a few sarcastic remarks, making plenty of enemies who eagerly awaited the day he lost favor and was trampled by everyone.

Unfortunately for them, no one knew what method Jing Yi had used, but he kept rising higher at the Retired Empress's side until he became the chief eunuch. Everyone who saw him had to address him respectfully as Eunuch Jing.

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In the middle of the night, a palace attendant passed by Renshou Palace and heard a catlike sobbing from the courtyard beyond the wall. Curious, they craned their neck to peek inside.

Once they saw what was happening, their face flushed red. They covered it with their hands and fled in a stumbling rush.

Who could have guessed that Eunuch Jing, who kept a cold expression in public and had a peculiar temper, would cry so prettily by the Retired Empress's side?

[Bonus Scene]

Inside Renshou Palace, Jiang Anqing closed her eyes and enjoyed a massage from the person behind her, complaining with a hint of exasperation, "All those men in the harem have matters to deal with, but instead of going to the Empress, they fight tooth and nail to come to me. How am I supposed to handle all their trivial nonsense?"

She had only mentioned it in passing, but Jing Yi took it to heart, and his gaze turned cold.

Before dawn, the passage from the harem to Renshou Palace was blocked off. No one was allowed to come this way.

Jing Yi personally patrolled, swinging his horsetail whisk. The various consorts in the harem didn't dare make a sound when they saw him. Everyone knew the Retired Empress doted on him. Even the reigning Empress had to address him as Eunuch Jing rather than call him by his full name.

Theme: Oppose war and let all things be peaceful.