The Court Official (Expanded Edition)

To help his impoverished family, Dam is castrated at a young age and enters the palace as a novice eunuch. One day, a new crown prince, born to a lowborn courtesan, enters the palace to replace the deceased crown prince who died of an illness. While Dam is cleaning the crown prince's quarters, he accidentally spills dirty water on the crown prince's robes, marking the unfortunate beginning of the relationship between Crown Prince Mok-yeong and Eunuch Dam. Crown Prince Mok-yeong, who must survive in a palace filled with people who scorn his humble origins and where he has no allies, struggles to build his power. He cruelly uses Dam, a low-ranking eunuch who catches his eye, in his political...