The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else - Chapter 75.1

I’m a Professional at Inner Palace Fights (1)

“Oh, my dear master, this isn’t a place for you to sleep!” A sharp effeminate voice sounded beside Lu Shijin, chattering incessantly, “Prince, the floor is cold, you’ll catch a cold. This servant will help you up, and we can go back to your palace.”

Lu Shijin slowly opened his eyes. He felt something cool against his back. He sat up and looked down, finding that he was sleeping on a large stone slab.

Then, he looked around. He seemed to be in a garden, surrounded by lush flowers and shrubs, artificial landscaping, and even a towering pavilion.

It was currently night, and with the faraway lantern light, he could tell that the architecture was ancient-styled.

Then, he looked at the person who just spoke. He was wearing ancient court attire, a tall hat on his head. Although he was male, he had a soft and feminine aura; he was clearly an eunuch.

Lu Shijin realized that he was in an ancient era this time.

711 just happened to come online and transferred this world’s plot to Lu Shijin.

This was a palace drama story with a strong female protagonist. The female protagonist’s name was Liu Zhenhuan and she was born in a prestigious family with a scholarly background. However, her grandfather angered the emperor and the Liu family was exiled. All the men in the family were killed, while the women and children were sent into the palace to work.

Liu Zhenhuan fell from a young lady to the lowest tier of maidservant in the palace, being subjected to a lot of bullying.

What was more, she had a younger brother called Liu Chengsi. He had just turned eight and was the last hope for the Liu family.

As everyone knew, males had to cleanse themselves completely to work in the palace, so after going through such education at such a young age, Liu Chengsi didn’t even dare to raise his head in front of other people.

Liu Zhenhuan’s mother passed away early, so she was the one who brought up her younger brother. Before her father and grandfather left, they urged Liu Zhenhuan to keep Liu Chengsi safe. Liu Zhenhuan naturally agreed, since she didn’t want to see her beloved brother ruined.

Liu Zhenhuan had no power, so she couldn’t keep her brother safe by herself. However, she looked quite nice and was educated, considered talented by some, so she decided to sacrifice herself to seduce a powerful figure to get out of this suffering.

However, ministers and such would rarely come into the inner palace, so eunuchs were the only “men” she saw.

Liu Zhenhuan couldn’t find anyone else, so she decided to go after the chief eunuch.

The chief eunuch was Lin Yongnian. He was a twenty year old eunuch, but he had a tall and handsome figure.

Many maids in the palace had a crush on the handsome Lin Yongnian. Unfortunately, his status as a eunuch meant that no matter how much they liked his appearance, none of the maids were willing to spend their entire lives with him.

Lin Yongnian was able to become the chief eunuch at such a young age because the previous chief eunuch was his godfather, who had gone through three changes in emperors. When he retired to his homeland, he put down his pride and recommended his godson to take his position to the new emperor.

The new emperor was very appreciative of his previous achievements in organizing the palace, so he decided to give him some face and let Lin Yongnian have this coveted position.

Afterwards, even without explaining, anyone would guess that Liu Zhenhuan, with her protagonist halo, was able to attract Lin Yongnian’s attention with some simple tricks. Lin Yongnian not only helped save Liu Chengsi, he also took very good care of Liu Zhenhuan.

With Lin Yongnian’s care, the siblings were able to live a lot better.

Just as Liu Zhenhuan was about to accept her fate of never escaping the palace, and passing her life under Lin Yongnian’s care, the emperor came across Liu Zhenhuan and was charmed by her “sincerity, kindness and beauty.” He fell in love with her at first sight and insisted on bringing her, the daughter of a criminal, into his harem, despite opposition from the empress and ministers.

An imperial edict couldn’t be disobeyed, or else not only would they be exiled, their entire family would be wiped out. Even though Liu Zhenhuan was unwilling to leave Lin Yongnian, she had to follow the emperor’s will and become a concubine.

Liu Zhenhuan was just one of the many talented ladies in the palace, but due to the emperor’s favor, she became a consort in less than a year, then even became pregnant with the emperor’s first child. The emperor was very happy and immediately promoted her to an imperial concubine.

The harem was very large, and quite a few other women were unhappy about all the attention the emperor was giving to Liu Zhenhuan. They plotted to make Liu Zhenhuan lose her first child.

After she lost the child, the women started rumors that because Liu Zhenhuan was the child of a criminal, her body was evil and couldn’t keep the dragon’s seed. The empress dowager ordered the emperor to stop doting on Liu Zhenhuan.

The emperor listened to his mother. Since she personally ordered a decree, he couldn’t really disobey her order. He decided to momentarily stop seeing Liu Zhenhuan to appease his mother.

After losing the emperor’s favor, and without any support from her family, Liu Zhenhuan really lost all her power. Even a palace maid could bully her.

At this time, Lin Yongnian appeared again and chased away all the people who were making fun of her. He became her protective shield again.

Lin Yongnian’s care moved Liu Zhenhuan and their love for each other reignited in the cold palace. They couldn’t help but start doing those things behind the emperor’s back.

The thing that made Liu Zhenhuan the most shocked was that Lin Yongnian wasn’t a real eunuch!

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