Cross-Dressing as a Man, Playing the Powerful Eunuch to Perfection

Bai Xishi transmigrates into the body of a five-year-old eunuch, disguised as a boy.

Sixteen years later, she rises step by step to become the Director of the Eastern Depot.

Arrogant and overbearing, she makes everyone feel her power.

But Bai Xishi has her sights set on more than just the directorship.

Someone once told her that if she climbed high enough, even a eunuch could have a place in the imperial court, assisting a wise ruler and shaping the tides of change.

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With immense power in her hands, Bai Xishi has people who curse her and people who curry favor with her.

The century-old Xie clan collapses overnight.

The very next day, someone sends the Xie family's daughter, Xie Rourun, to Bai Xishi's residence.

Looking at the beauty before her, tearful and trembling with fear, Bai Xishi looks down at her and nods to the servant beside her. "Let her stay."

If she doesn't stay here, she'll have to entertain men in the pleasure district.

Bai Xishi thinks she's a good person, always doing good deeds.

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But the next day, as soon as she steps outside, someone curses her for being despicable.

She looks closely and sees that it's the Ninth Young Master of the Xie family, Xie Yan, renowned for his aloof nobility.

He never used to curse her. He'd always turned a blind eye to eunuchs.

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Later, to protect his younger sister's chastity, Xie Yan also moves into the Bai residence.

When his sister brings Bai Xishi a meal, he stops her. "I'll do it."

When his sister helps Bai Xishi change, he stops her. "I'll do it."

When his sister helps Bai Xishi warm her bed, he stops her. "I'll do it."

Bai Xishi: "...He's quite the devoted homemaker, isn't he?"

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Later still, Bai Xishi is drinking with the Imperial Guards' Teng Lie at a winery.

The whole time, she feels a faint, eerie gaze fixed on her.

She looks around and spots him waiting not far away.

Bai Xishi walks over. "What are you doing here?"

Xie Yan: "When will the Director return to the residence?"

Xie Yan has always felt that Bai Xishi treats him differently.

After falling from the clouds into the dirt,

only Bai Xishi, the so-called corrupt tyrant, reached out to help him.

And sometimes, Bai Xishi would quietly stare at him, lost in thought.

Her gaze could only be described as focused.

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Until one day, when General of the North Wei Tingchuan returns to the capital to report for duty,

Xie Yan notices that Wei Tingchuan looks remarkably like him, and hears that he's about to become engaged. He sees the melancholy in Bai Xishi's eyes.

Only then does Xie Yan understand why Bai Xishi treats him differently.

It turns out that the reason was simply that he resembled that man.

[Bonus scene]

Xie Yan bides his time. Three years later, he returns to court after earning merit by saving the emperor.

Many people assume he'll seek revenge on Bai Xishi for the humiliation he endured over those three years.

Indeed, Xie Yan returns to the Bai residence at the first opportunity.

He sees Bai Xishi directing servants to carry his luggage out.

Xie Yan knits his brows. "Are you in such a hurry to send me away, Director?"

Premise: Love means supporting and redeeming one another.