How to Make a Beautiful Treacherous Minister Devoted to You

Upcoming novels: What's Wrong with a Beautiful Omega Wanting to Marry into a Wealthy Family?; The Second Dog Raised by the Untouchable Beauty Tainted by the World

This novel: A character everyone seems to hate on the surface but secretly adores, a beautiful shou with multiple gong suitors, a one-on-one ending, and a groveling pursuit of the shou.

Shi Jin was once the beloved young master of a general's household. But overnight, his entire family was executed, and he was confiscated by the palace and made into a lowly palace servant. He never had enough to eat or warm enough to sleep, and there was always work to do and beatings to endure.

That was until his destined benefactor, Xiao Qian, appeared. Xiao Qian took him out of the servants' quarters, gave him new clothes and food, chased off the chief eunuch who bullied him, and promoted him to personal attendant so he would never be bullied again. Thus Shi Jin became the blade in Xiao Qian's hand, assassinating his rivals and helping the neglected Xiao Qian ascend the throne. After Xiao Qian became emperor, Shi Jin was put in charge of the secret guard bureau, where he spied on court officials and became a notorious treacherous minister.

Xiao Qian wielded a long whip and repeatedly broke Shi Jin's spirit and pride. "Will you betray me?"

Shi Jin knelt on the ground, his eyes full of sincerity. "This servant swears to remain loyal to Your Majesty until death."

But when Xiao Qian suddenly fell gravely ill, Shi Jin protected his empire and stabilized the court, only to receive an edict ordering him to be buried alive with the emperor.

It turned out that the emperor, too, had believed the rumors circulating among the people and regarded Shi Jin as a scourge upon the dynasty. As he lay dying, he stripped Shi Jin of his power and ordered him to be buried with him.

His loyalty, his oath, his admiration, and his love all became a joke when the will declared: "Only the eunuch Shi Jin, whose power has grown day by day and who has corrupted the court, is hereby ordered to be buried with me and remain by my side forever, so that peace may reign under Heaven."

After the Crown Prince finished reading the edict, he looked at Shi Jin's astonished face. "What? You don't want to die? Then come to me. I will inherit my father's throne, and naturally, I can inherit you as well."

But later, he was also the one who slapped Shi Jin across the face without mercy. "A servant is always a servant. You get a little favor and dare to act spoiled."

"You want me to treat you the way you treated the late emperor? What, you refuse? Then go join him."

Shi Jin once again became a beaten dog whom anyone could bully. A white silk cord was wrapped around his neck again and again, and the earth from his attempted burial rose above his chest.

"What exactly did the late emperor have that I don't? What was so great about him?"

The emperor repeatedly relented and rescued him.

"You are the calamity of my life. Our entanglement won't end until I die. One day, you will give yourself to me willingly."

The Empress Dowager summoned Shi Jin to the palace, and he entered with apprehension.

The Empress Dowager looked at the phoenix hairpin in her hand and casually tossed it to the ground. Then she suddenly turned on him. "He's seducing the emperor! Guards, beat him to death!"

Shi Jin begged for mercy. He was still young, and had yet to atone for the sins he carried. He didn't want to become an innocent victim beneath the guards' batons over such a baseless accusation.

But when he opened his eyes, no one had touched him. The Empress Dowager had suddenly removed all the jewels from her hair and wiped away her makeup. She looked exactly like the powerful minister from the previous dynasty who had always been at odds with him.

"What is it, little eunuch? Can't take your eyes off me?" The minister took his hand and made him touch his body.

Shi Jin felt the warmth beneath his hand, and his eyes widened.

"I hear you were quite the seducer in the palaces of both emperors. I wonder if you'll have a chance to show me what you can do here in my Phoenix Roost Pavilion?"

But after getting what he wanted, he drew his sword and pointed it at Shi Jin. "It's a shame, but for the glory of my family, you must die."

Shi Jin was often injured, so the young eunuch he had taken in would often apply medicine to him.

That day, however, the young eunuch's hands were astonishingly forceful. "Master, why can't you understand? Why do you keep trying to attach yourself to those dragons and phoenixes?"

Shi Jin told him to be gentler, but the young eunuch grabbed him by the ankle. "You and I are the same kind of person."

Shi Jin tried to crawl away, but he couldn't escape.

"Master, stop struggling. I did what you refused to do and served a new master. Now I hold great power. Where can you run?"

"They'll eventually despise your background and your body. I'm the only one who doesn't care, because we're the same kind of person, Master."

After the imperial examinations, the emperor hosted a banquet for the top scholar. Shi Jin held a wine jug and poured wine for him.

The top scholar had written many poems mocking Shi Jin. He looked at him with disdain and refused to take the cup. But after one glimpse of Shi Jin, his expression changed in an instant. He grabbed Shi Jin by the wrist and refused to let go until the new emperor gave a soft cough.

After the banquet, the top scholar secretly pulled Shi Jin into a secluded spot. "Little Shi, I've finally found you."

Only then did Shi Jin learn that the top scholar had been a family friend before the Shi family met its downfall. But his joy at finding a friend lasted only a few days before the top scholar slapped him. "You've been a servant so long you've even forgotten your family's murder. You're no son of the Shi family."

Enough. Shi Jin had endured all of it for long enough. They all claimed to love him, yet they crippled his martial arts, confused his mind, forced him, imprisoned him, then abandoned him for power. So Shi Jin drank a cup of poison, hoping to end it all, only to discover that every one of those who had bullied and humiliated him still couldn't forget him.

Later, he transformed into the Fourth Prince of the enemy state and joined the power struggle in the Yuan Kingdom, stirring ripples in its stagnant waters. Who would rule the world, and who would win Shi Jin's battered heart?

A mildly angsty story with a happy ending. The Crown Prince is the main gong, and the shou eventually rules the world.

Shou: A beautiful, eunuch powerbroker, pitifully manipulated and abused, with a deep-rooted feudal loyalty to the emperor. He has severe self-destructive tendencies early on and is the emperor's blade. He eventually awakens.

Gong 1: The Crown Prince, the new emperor, who covets his father's forbidden lover and is willing to usurp the throne.

Gong 2: The emperor, a master manipulator, winner of the previous succession struggle. He is 36, not an old man.

Gong 3: The Crown Prince's maternal uncle, a member of the imperial clan who is constantly at odds with the shou. He sometimes impersonates the empress for the sake of his late sister, and also wants to find out how delicious the shou is, given that both father and son in the imperial family are fighting over him.

Gong 4: A top scholar who shares the shou's background but was rescued and raised well. An idealist who hopes to clear his family's name by passing the examinations.

Gong 5: A dark and twisted young eunuch who wants the shou to sink into the mire with him.

There will be groveling. Those who win him over will get a sweet and soft wife; those who fail will end up at the crematorium and be burned to ashes (it will really be brutal, so choose your favorite carefully). If you follow the ongoing story, you can discuss how to win him over with the author. The author loves to chat, so feel free to comment. Mwah~

Upcoming novel: Beautiful Omega Training Camp. A country omega meets a con-artist gong.

Tang Ning, a little omega from a mountain village, has had the same dream since childhood. In the dream, he was born into a wealthy family, doted on by his parents and cherished by his older brother. In reality, he was born in the countryside and is about to be forced into marriage with an old bachelor from the neighboring village. Tang Ning escapes to the big city, where he is tricked into joining a beautiful omega training camp. There he meets a rich second-generation heir gong who is pretending to be an omega to enjoy himself.

Theme: Treat others with sincerity.