-- Revised 2025.8.18 --
Xie Zhen came from a humble family, but she had a beauty so striking that people forgot everything else when they saw her. It gave her the chance to be chosen for the imperial palace and behold the emperor's face.
After only two years of imperial favor, she gave birth to a malformed child and incurred the emperor's fury. Then, for speaking out of turn, she was confined to Changchun Palace.
The emperor's favor faded, and the palace servants tormented her. With her body weakened by illness, Xie Zhen struggled on for two years before finally dying a miserable death.
The one who came to see her off on her final journey was, unexpectedly, the eunuch she loathed most: Wei Shaoying.
Wei Shaoying had once been a little eunuch in Changchun Palace. He spoke little and was no good at ingratiating himself, so Xie Zhen thought him rather odd and never dared to trust him with much.
After Xie Zhen fell out of favor, Wei Shaoying was the first to leave Changchun Palace and attach himself to a more powerful patron.
Xie Zhen heard that he had won the emperor's favor by slandering her, and had even helped the Seventh Prince ascend the throne, steadily climbing until he became the Director of the Directorate of Ceremonial.
Yet the illustrious Director Wei knelt beside her sickbed, his eyes reddening as he faced the late emperor's consort.
After being reborn, Xie Zhen no longer clung to the emperor's favor. She won over the Seventh Prince early and treated Wei Shaoying kindly, hoping only to find a powerful protector and quietly live out the rest of her life in the palace.
With her help, Wei Shaoying could no longer conceal his brilliance, and gradually revealed his forceful, ruthless nature.
Xie Zhen feared he would rise too high only to fall hard, and scolded him time and again. To her astonishment, he learned to play sweet and ingratiate himself, leaving her speechless every time.
Xie Zhen watched him eliminate political rivals and rise to high office. She watched him brazenly light the traditional dragon-and-phoenix wedding candles in Changchun Palace and coax her into putting on a wedding dress.
"Your Highness, this servant will always be yours."
Only when the hungry wolf showed his true nature did Xie Zhen regret provoking someone she should never have provoked.
But by then, there was nowhere left to run.
Reborn, gentle consort x ruthless, devoted eunuch | Mutual salvation | Secret love made real
1. The male lead is obsessive, starved for affection, and good at playing the puppy.
2. The female lead slept with the emperor in her previous life, but not in this one. This is not a power-fantasy story about a strong female lead, so please take note. Happy ending.
3. All the setting details serve the plot, so please don't overanalyze them.
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