Folding the Spring Willow (Eunuch)

When they were young, Linlang was engaged to a young man from the neighboring Jing family. The two families exchanged tokens and promised that their children would marry once they came of age.

Then war tore the country apart, leaving the families on opposite sides with no word from one another. Before long, the Liu family fell into decline, and the marriage pact between the families was buried in the past, never to be mentioned again.

After eight years of a shattered land, they met again. He had become the powerful eunuch Chen Jun.

His appearance had barely changed. Linlang recognized him at a glance, especially the red mole by his lips. On the busy street, he brushed her hand from his sleeve, his voice cold as snow. "You've mistaken me for someone else, miss."

Linlang didn't believe him. She stubbornly followed him to the palace gates, eyes red as she asked:

"Does our childhood engagement still stand?"

He lowered his eyes and smiled faintly, but his gaze was utterly cold. "Why take children's words seriously?"

He tried to sever their ties with his own hands and force her to marry someone else. Yet on the day he heard that her family was arranging a match for her, he nearly crushed the white jade cup in his hand when no one was looking.

"How could someone as broken as me ever dare to covet the moon in the sky?"

[A seemingly sinister but truly devoted powerful eunuch x a delicate yet tenacious childhood sweetheart]

Also known as The Directorate Eunuch's Broken Engagement Diary and The Directorate Eunuch Has Changed His Mind Yet Again

Later, Linlang came to her senses.

Rather than wasting her youth pining over one man, she might as well find herself a suitable husband.

So this time she readily accepted Chen Jun's offer to escort her out of the palace, then immediately set her sights on a promising Black Feather Guard. But as soon as the betrothal gifts arrived, the Imperial Guards surrounded her courtyard. The culprit himself, dressed in a crimson robe and jade belt, strolled through the moon gate at an unhurried pace.

Linlang: "What's going on...?"

"It just occurred to me that the imperial palace... could use another eunuch consort...?"

"Reading Guide"

- Childhood sweethearts + reunion after a long separation. The hero seems cold and heartless, but is secretly deeply devoted. The heroine is gentle yet resilient, never submissive.

- Both leads are virgins, one-on-one romance, happy ending. The hero is a eunuch (a real eunuch, so please be aware).

- The hero is rather stubborn and sharp-tongued at first, then loses his mind later (probably?).

- Fictional setting! Completely fictional!! Extremely fictional!!! Most of it is made up and won't stand up to scrutiny, so please don't look for historical accuracy (hands clasped).

Theme: Good things will eventually come to us all.