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

[Serving Maid and Eunuch of a Thousand Years] [The Powerful One Bows His Head]

In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the new emperor ascended the throne and held a grand selection of palace maids.

Meng Zhaoyue was sold into the palace by her family as a servant. Her peerless beauty, alluring enough to beguile all, brought her trouble at every turn.

From the stewardess in charge to the palace maids who swept the floors, even the lecherous old eunuchs all made things difficult for her.

On the brink of death, she encountered a man: a treacherous official reviled by all, yet feared by all, the Eunuch of a Thousand Years.

He kindly saved her life, but took her body in return.

As it turned out, he was a eunuch in name only.

With that secret to keep, she became the serving maid who shared his bed in the forbidden palace, with nowhere to run.

Yet beneath his protection, her life gradually became peaceful, just as she had hoped.

But then, he left.

He was gone for three years without a single word.

Just as she had closed her heart and left the palace, trudging alone through the snow, he returned.

The fearsome, ruthless Eunuch of a Thousand Years, whose name could silence a crying child, pinned her against a wall, looking hurt and pitiful. "You want to get married after just three years? Do you think I'm dead?"

Meng Zhaoyue gave him a gentle, distant curtsy. "My lord, this is improper."

Xie Qingyan said, "We're eunuchs. What need have we for propriety?"

Meng Zhaoyue: ...