Is the Director General Groveling for His Highness Again?

[Warm on the outside, cold within, debauched and flirtatious, a teasing prince gong x a touch-starved, lovesick, ruthless, devoted actor-eunuch shou]

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[Fake traditionalist, secretly sultry and gentle gong x outwardly fierce but inwardly obedient, brother-obsessed puppy enforcer shou]

The capital is abuzz with the saying: "Eunuchs can sing opera, and nobles cherish them."

Third Prince Qin Hechuan is holding a birthday banquet at Tingcui Garden and has invited all the chief eunuchs. They're all scrambling to curry favor with their masters. No one expected our Lord Supervisor Xie to come and take the stage as a performer, warming things up for the Third Prince.

"Your Highness, what would you like to hear today? This servant has specially learned a song called Snow on the Chest. I wonder if Your Highness will like it?"

Xie Yu stood onstage with his hands folded, his body slightly bent. As he spoke, he glanced up at his master, his obsequious smile stretching almost to his ears.

Everyone below the stage glared at him like a pack of wolves, and insults rained down on him. But our Lord Supervisor thought they were just jealous because they couldn't lick the prince's boots and he had won the prince's favor. Let them curse all they wanted. He was feeling very pleased with himself.

You could tell from the title that it wasn't exactly high art. He had no shame about performing such vulgar songs in public.

"Since Lord Supervisor likes it, then sing that one. But you'll have to sing a little louder, Lord Supervisor. There are many people in the garden."

The Third Prince sat at the banquet table, looking the Supervisor up and down before giving him a seductive smile.

"If Your Highness likes it, this servant will sing anything." The Supervisor's lips curled upward as he gazed at his master below the stage with tender eyes.

The crowd around them buzzed, but no one dared speak loudly. Only a few bold ones whispered to each other. "They say this Supervisor has power over everyone, but it looks like he climbed to the top by selling his voice. Look at him, shamelessly begging to sing lewd songs for the Third Prince. We could never learn that trick."

"Exactly. Without that kind of skill, how could he serve the royal family and nobles well? Look at how supple his figure is, how slender his waist is, and the mark of the prince's favor on his neck. He must be so pleased with himself."

"The royal-born really know how to enjoy themselves. A little song and a sway of the waist, and judging by the look of him, who knows how wanton he is in bed?"

Onstage, the Supervisor happily sang for the prince.

Offstage, his expression changed. With a wave of his jade-white hand, the heads of those gossips were sent somewhere unknown.

The Third Prince beckoned, and the Supervisor hurried over, bowing to await his orders.

"Lord Supervisor, you have such a lovely voice. It's late. Come sing for me in my bed."

[Reader's Guide]

1. Younger gong, with a two-year age gap. The shou is a real eunuch, and there is a difference in status between them.

2. Both gong and shou have their flaws. The gong is extremely controlling, and the shou is pathologically dependent. Readers who care about character purity, proceed with caution. The gong is not pure, while the shou is. It would be too tragic for the shou not to be pure in this story.

3. Bittersweet, fragile-sugar romance, reunion after a long separation, mutual teasing and pushing-pulling, unrequited love, pathological dependence, melodramatic tragic romance, old-school style, and a gong who has to win back his shou.

(If you have any triggers, you can ask in the comments. I don't know what triggers people might have, since I personally have almost none.)

2025.1.25

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