Forbidden Palace Tryst! Is the Eunuch's Bedmate Maid Trying to Run Away Again?

[Kitchen Maid and the Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years] [The Powerful Bow Their Heads]

In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, a new emperor ascends the throne and holds a selection of palace maids.

Meng Zhaoyue is sold into the palace by her family and made a servant. Her peerlessly beautiful face, captivating to all, makes her a target for trouble wherever she goes.

From the stewardess in charge, to the maids who sweep the floors, to the lecherous old eunuch, everyone makes life difficult for her.

On the brink of death, she encounters the notorious Nine-Thousand-Year Eunuch, a man everyone reviles but fears.

He kindly saves her life, then takes her body.

Turns out he's a fake eunuch.

With this secret in her keeping, she becomes his kitchen maid, trapped with no way to escape the forbidden palace.

Under his protection, her days finally settle into the peaceful life she had wished for.

But then, one day, he leaves.

He vanishes without a word and is gone for three years.

Only after she has shut her heart to love and left the palace, walking alone through wind and snow, does he return.

The ruthless, cold-blooded Nine-Thousand-Year Eunuch, whose very name can stop children crying at night, pins her into a corner, looking aggrieved and pitiful. "You want to get married after just three years? What, you think I'm dead?"

Meng Zhaoyue gives him a polite, distant bow. "My lord, this is quite improper."

Xie Qingyan: "We're eunuchs. What need do we have for propriety?"

Meng Zhaoyue: ...