[Revised several times. The complete version is on Jinjiang]
[Child-rearing + beloved by all + family bonds + rural getaway + childhood friends, but he's a background character]
Shi Gui transmigrates into a book as an unnamed passerby who dies young.
Her mother entrusts her to her uncle, who takes her to the capital to seek out relatives. But on the way, she is abducted and taken to the Xingchun Brothel, where she becomes a wealthy merchant's mistress at thirteen.
By the time her father, an Imperial Seal-Eunuch, finds her, she is already a pile of bones in a mass grave.
When she arrives, she is eavesdropping on her uncle haggling with the brothel madam, trying to sell her for a good price.
Shi Gui: ?? Weren't I supposed to get abducted?
The option of giving up on finding her relatives and settling down with her uncle is off the table. Besides, her biological father, far away in the capital, is no easy man to deal with.
It is said that the Imperial Seal-Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial was once a refined scholar. He passed the imperial examinations with the highest honors twice and came to the capital to sit for the palace exam, only to offend a powerful noble and become a eunuch in the palace.
Over the years, he personally killed his enemies, rising from the lowest rank of palace servant to become the new emperor's most trusted seal-bearer. He is cold, domineering, and cruel to loyal officials, and is reviled by all.
One is an ill-intentioned uncle. The other is a ruthless father.
Shi Gui doesn't want to choose either of them.
But...
She looks at her three-year-old body, not even as tall as an adult's waist: ...I'll give it my all!
On the night she arrives in the capital, Shi Gui uses her small, nimble body to charge straight into the legendary man-eating Seal-Eunuch's private residence, bumping right into his shin.
When a strange child claims him as her father, the Seal-Eunuch waves away his attendants, then deigns to come over to Shi Gui, a faint trace of blood in his eyes. "Do you know what happened to the last person who came to claim a family connection with me?"
At first, Shi Gui is afraid of causing trouble for her father and being rejected. She avoids the powerful nobles at every turn. Even when a child two years younger than her bullies her, she only dares to hide behind a rockery and cry.
Later, everyone in the capital knows that the Seal-Eunuch has taken in a "goddaughter" and spoils her like the apple of his eye. If she loses even a single hair, he will pursue the culprit. All he ever says is, "My daughter."
His subordinates, colleagues, and political enemies: All right, all right. We get it. You have a daughter!
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Blurb: Le Yun is the only child of the Prince of Xunyang's household, and is doted on by her parents.
Even the imperial family adores her sweet, charming nature and sends her rare treasures every so often.
If there is anything she isn't happy about, it's that there are always ignorant people who sneer at her mother's humble origins: how could a mere Western Regions dancer rise to become the prince's principal wife?
What they don't know is that the young princess of the Prince of Xunyang's household was born with divine strength. She can knock out a kid with one punch and always teaches the gossips not to speak carelessly.
Until one day, Le Yun is stuffed into a sack.
When she opens her eyes again, she has become the most beloved little princess of the royal court in the Western Regions.
When she asks around, she learns that the era when the Prince of Xunyang was her father was three hundred years ago.
The Western Regions want to arrange a marriage with the Central Plains. Everyone else is afraid to go, but Le Yun is eager to volunteer.
Before the king of the Western Regions, Le Yun wears a deeply righteous expression and swears to sacrifice herself for the royal court.
Once back in her own courtyard, she is so delighted that she shatters a jade screen with one slap.
"Waaah! I finally don't have to eat sand in the Gobi Desert anymore!"
After marrying into the Central Plains, Le Yun is summoned by the Regent.
As the first woman to live in the Regent's household, Le Yun is often called into the imperial harem.
The official excuse is: to see what beauty has made the Regent fall in love.
No one knows what these people are up to, but Le Yun isn't someone they can push around.
The imperial concubines mock her for coming from the impoverished Western Regions and being ignorant.
Le Yun takes a few pigeon-egg-sized gems from her pocket and casually plays marbles with them.
The household servants secretly call her uncouth, and Le Yun happens to overhear them.
She immediately demonstrates her ability to crush rocks with her bare hands, frightening everyone into blanching.
At the autumn hunt, a horse runs wild. Countless people stare at the foolish little princess of the Western Regions, unable to bear the thought of such a beauty being trampled to death.
The next moment, Le Yun grabs the crazy horse with one hand and scoops up the Regent, who has rushed to save her, with the other.
Le Yun, convinced she has just saved his life: "Don't be scared!"
The Regent: "...Thanks?"
The onlookers: Wow, I think we've just discovered something incredible!
At the Regent's estate, Le Yun lies weakly in bed.
Hearing a sound at the door, she hurriedly throws the vase she accidentally crushed under the bed.
When the Regent comes in, Le Yun's eyes are already brimming with tears. She presses a hand to her temple, pretending to be as delicate as a willow in the wind.
The Regent glances at the shards of vase sticking out from beneath the bed, then at Le Yun's bright, dark eyes, and decides not to call for an imperial physician.
Theme: Discern right from wrong and don't let rumors sway you
Shi Sequence and Yang Erya both made sharp explosions.
Is it better if the if line is longer? I am a local dog and I really like this kind of shasha.
Even the taciturn and relatively solid-minded second brother couldn't help it. How tormenting these two children must be!
Hey, if she really survives, maybe the heroine won't be able to do business as she pleases
Another explanation for laughing to death and lingering is that if you never forget it, there will be an echo.
Hmm, has the nature of a scumbag been revealed at this moment?
Parental love is the sweetest! ! ! ! ! ! !
Bullshit, parents are true love, children are
It's a pity that it's Jinjiang. I may not be able to see their sexual life. The second mother is so conservative. It's really hard to imagine what the scene is like. It's a pity.
I am reminded of the scene where Mrs. Wang hits Bo Lan and becomes famous hahahaha
Shi Sequence and Yang Erya both made sharp explosions.
Is it better if the if line is longer? I am a local dog and I really like this kind of shasha.
Even the taciturn and relatively solid-minded second brother couldn't help it. How tormenting these two children must be!
Hey, if she really survives, maybe the heroine won't be able to do business as she pleases
Another explanation for laughing to death and lingering is that if you never forget it, there will be an echo.
Hmm, has the nature of a scumbag been revealed at this moment?
Parental love is the sweetest! ! ! ! ! ! !
Bullshit, parents are true love, children are
It's a pity that it's Jinjiang. I may not be able to see their sexual life. The second mother is so conservative. It's really hard to imagine what the scene is like. It's a pity.
I am reminded of the scene where Mrs. Wang hits Bo Lan and becomes famous hahahaha