Godfather of Nine Thousand Years

A vengeful, beautiful fake eunuch bottom X a highly skilled, loyal puppy-dog top with a scheming streak

A young musician was chosen for his beauty and brought to the Eastern Palace to play music. He thought his future looked bright, but it turned out he had stepped into the underworld.

The drunk Crown Prince was captivated by his beauty. The young musician resisted to the death and bit the Crown Prince's finger, provoking his fury.

The young musician was tortured and beaten until he was covered in wounds. Barely alive, he was thrown into the Zanghuo Court.

Alone and helpless in the secluded palace, the young musician could only wait to die, locked in a woodshed. The palace servants locked the door, too, and waited for him to breathe his last.

Two days later, the servants came to collect the body and opened the door. He was still alive.

A few days later, rumors spread that a thoughtful attendant named Nan had joined the Emperor's side. He was beautiful, sweet-tongued, attentive in every way, and deeply trusted by the Emperor.

From then on, shocking incidents kept happening in the palace. The first was the steward of the Zanghuo Court being beaten to death in the woodshed...

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Yan Lanzhi was a prince who had failed to win his father's favor. Above him stood the unimpeachable Crown Prince, and below him was a younger brother adored by their father. His struggle for the throne seemed hopeless.

Then an obscure little attendant suddenly became a close aide to the Emperor, handling all the Emperor's affairs. Chief Nan was young and beautiful, with impressive skills.

Rumors spread throughout the palace that Chief Nan used his beauty to seduce the Emperor, flattered him, and beguiled him with deceitful words...

But Yan Lanzhi once caught him staring absentmindedly at the palace walls. When no one else was around, he leaned against a corridor pillar and sighed wearily. He didn't seem as energetic as he appeared, and he was nothing like a demon who'd drained someone's essence and was now glowing with vitality.

Besides, Chief Nan seemed to have it in for the Crown Prince.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Yan Lanzhi approached him. "Why don't you make use of me, Lord Nan?"

Chief Nan looked at him coldly. "Isn't it you who wants to make use of me?"

Yan Lanzhi did his best to persuade him. "Mutually using each other will make our alliance stronger."

Chief Nan was blunt. "I don't need allies, and I need a useless prince even less."

Just as Yan Lanzhi was losing hope, Chief Nan changed the subject, making no effort to hide his provocative intent. "But your servant is a castrated man, after all. I can't help regretting that I have no children."

Yan Lanzhi could bend without breaking. Though he knew it was an insult, he replied without hesitation, "Godfather."

Note:

1. The top is just a little older than the bottom.

2. The bottom isn't actually a eunuch.

Theme: Repay kindness with kindness, and grudges with grudges.