A bold, passionate seme who says whatever he wants and a restrained, self-effacing, pure-hearted uke
Lu Chaomu and Xu Nian'en
When Emperor Yongping ascended the throne, everyone thought that Xu Nian'en, the eunuch who had served the new emperor since childhood, would join the Directorate of Ceremonial and become the next powerful chief eunuch.
Who could have guessed that the following year, Xu Nian'en would give up the power and splendor within easy reach and volunteer to go to Tongzhou, a bitterly cold place, to serve as a garrison eunuch, where his life might be at risk?
Lu Chaomu, Marquis of Wuding and commander of the garrison at Tongzhou, looked down on the delicate little eunuch from the bottom of his heart. He thought Xu Nian'en was like the useless, decorative military inspectors who had come before him.
This “decorative” man inspected the trade markets, fought the Hu and Jie tribes, and drilled day and night... He wasn't spoiled or given to complaint, but was as tough and resilient as a little poplar growing in the desert.
As they spent day and night together, Lu Chaomu became more and more infatuated. He couldn't wait to bring his little poplar back to the marquis's residence, where he put down roots and blossomed.
Ten years later, Lu Chaomu and Xu Nian'en returned to Mingjing. Emperor Yongping rushed down from his throne, ready to hug his beloved eunuch and tell him how much he had missed him over the past decade. Before he could even touch the man's sleeve, the tall, imposing Marquis of Wuding stepped between them and said, respectfully but displeased, “Your Majesty, please compose yourself and do not make advances toward my wife.”
Emperor Yongping: “?? When did my eunuch become your wife?”
The bright moon rises over the Celestial Mountains, beyond the vast sea of clouds. / A long wind sweeps for tens of thousands of miles, crossing Yumen Pass. / The Han army descends the Baideng road, while the Hu watch over Qinghai Bay. / These battlefields have always been places from which no one returns. / The frontier guards gaze toward their distant homes, their faces drawn with longing. / In the high tower on a night like this, the sighs never cease. - Li Bai, “Moon over the Mountain Pass”
A brief reader's guide:
1. Happy ending, one-on-one, body and heart belong only to each other. Updates at 9 p.m. every night. If there's no update by 9 p.m., there probably won't be one that day.
2. The uke is a real eunuch, completely castrated.
3. This story includes childbirth.
4. I'm terrible at blurbs and my writing is mediocre. The plot serves the romance, so please don't be too harsh.
5. Don't force yourself to read if it's not for you.
Theme: Equality.
