The Eastern Depot Puts on a Show

Minister Tan is peerlessly elegant, the dream lover of countless women in the capital.

Yet someone is plotting to imprison her in chains.

That eunuch knows she's a woman!

This whole mess began years ago, when Tan Fei was young and foolish and nearly robbed this very Ninth Lord of his innocence.

Innocence is a matter of perspective. They could have made a big deal into a small one, or a small one into nothing.

Unfortunately, people in high positions never forgive a slight.

From then on, he saw Tan Fei as a thorn in his side and wanted her gone.

A personal grudge became an unbreakable knot, and the struggle between court officials and the powerful eunuchs was a fight to the death without end.

Who could have guessed that one night, the man would lower himself to step into the prison?

The hem of his lavish robe trailed through the filthy water flooding the floor. He didn't seem to notice. He only looked at her, his gaze full of fury, grim satisfaction, and confusion. What a beautiful face, twisted out of shape. If Tan Fei hadn't known how cruel, sinister, and selfish he was, she would have thought he'd gone mad.

"You disguised yourself as a man and deceived the emperor. That's a capital crime. Come to my side, and I can protect you."

How magnanimous of the Ninth Lord, to repay hatred with kindness.

Tan Fei was grateful. Perhaps one day, out of kindness, she could personally write those words on his epitaph.

Rebellious minister vs. Ninth Lord

A dazzling heroine who believes the whole world is in love with her vs. a hero whose darkening feelings of love are crushed beneath his own pride

A real eunuch

Theme: Meeting one's match is one of life's great pleasures.