Inside and Outside the Palace

Sun Shaozong had always assumed that eunuchs took wives and adopted sons only so someone would offer incense to them after they died, or to show that they were no different from ordinary men.

Who would have thought that even men without balls could still "know the allure of beauty and yearn for young women"?

Still, his taste was seriously questionable!

Miao Yu's looks and bearing were naturally beyond reproach, but she carried an earth-shattering secret. If she married Li Shuncheng and it was later exposed...

The Emperor and the court would probably concoct a grand conspiracy to assassinate the sovereign in minutes!

Not only would Li Shuncheng likely lose his head, but the palace would probably face another wave of severe crackdowns—the Crab Poison Case two years ago had already claimed a batch of eunuchs and palace maids.

By then, everyone in Rongguo Mansion, even Jia Yuanchun herself, would be seriously implicated.

And how could he, the go-between, possibly escape unscathed?

Thinking of this, how could Sun Shaozong dare agree to anything?

He hurriedly shook his head. "It is not that I mean to pour cold water on this, but Miao Yu has always looked down on everyone else, and she has a fierce temperament. There are probably very few men in the world capable of taming her."

"Besides, she has Rongguo Mansion behind her. She is no ordinary nun—there are plenty of fine women in the world, so why must Chief Li fixate on her?"

Though these words were openly meant as persuasion, they also carried a hint of self-praise—Nun Miao Yu clearly had feelings for Sun Shaozong. Sun Erlang simply did not dare touch that landmine.

How could Li Shuncheng know of all those twists and turns?

Hearing Sun Shaozong describe Miao Yu's disposition, Li Shuncheng's face