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| I'm impressed how after Maomao took the beating, she still remains strong in her views and not let it be a distraction. Not even surprised given her personality. She also put together pieces by pieces of the events together that connected the recent incidents. This was a rather chill episode. Looks like they wanted us to see thoughts from Jinshi's perspective and in general, a character study of him |
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| After the rollercoaster last episode was, it’s amazing to see how Maomao still remains so level headed with her reasonings and such, I mean we literally saw someone smacking the life out of her just the last episode, along with those injuries she sustained while rescuing Jinshi, but damn, she just woke up and explained the entirety of schemes *someone* was plotting this whole time… … though that someone being Suirei, might feel a bit something out of nowhere, but we’ll know in due time. Still thinking back this all started with those small occurrences here and there and went on to become something this big… is quite something. That was a well-thought plan. No one person can plan this all, we know, and hey that Suirei thing later on kind of just confirmed the obvious. She was found “dead” in her room, but to think she faked that, and even successfully escaped the palace premises afterwards just tells the variety of characters we’ve in this series lol. And hey that means, Lakan has NOTHING TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS. Loved Maomao’s evil laugh lol. Now she even has someone she’s greatly looking forward to meet in due time. Also, with all of these hints, it should be pretty obvious now what Jinshi's true identity is, if it wasn't already. Again, Maomao will be back to inner palace, as Gyokuyou's pregnant one more time. Was looking forward to that anyways. |
Softhenic03Feb 24, 8:27 AM
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| Relative to last episode, what could this episode do to top it? Even so, this episode was a bit disappointing. Everyone in last episode's discussion thought Jinshi's true identity was revealed but somehow Maomao doesn't know despite knowing the emperor's son and younger brother were swapped, thinking Jinshi looked like Concubine Ah-Duo, knowing nobles do the Buddhist rituals Jinshi does every month and that a noble would be targeted. No one else seems to have found out despite all the court officials bowing to him. It looks like next week is going to be a filler episode too. |
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| Oh, poor Maomao. After intruding on the ceremony and sustaining serious injuries while saving Jinshi from danger, Maomao sets out to unravel the connections between a series of incidents surrounding the festival, including thefts of ceremonial objects and the death of the custodian. Feeling a sense of dread as the investigation delves into Jinshi's involvement in the ceremony and unexpected individuals connected to the events, Maomao is filled with a creeping sense of unease. Meanwhile, Maomao can't hide her astonishment upon discovering the existence of an unimaginable potion. The guard really messed up—15 stitches? Unbelievable. They need to fire that person ASAP. This episode finally connected all those seemingly random cases, including Suriel's involvement, which ended tragically, or so they wanted us to think. But thinking about Suriel's mention of a resurrection potion, makes me wonder if she had something planned. Maybe it wasn't actually a potion for resurrection but something else entirely. And Maomao, she's just too much sometimes, getting so excited she ends up reopening her wound. Can't help but laugh at her antics. And now, with the possibility of Gyokuyou being pregnant again, Maomao might get her job back as a food taster. |
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| So it was Suirei in a coffin in the OP. This is really interesting. But I don't believe that she is the ringleader of all of this. Yep, it was finally confirmed that Jinshi is not an eunuch. The age being fake was kinda unexpected though. Oh, one of the Three Princesses is getting bought out? Lihaku in shambles lol. We'll be getting a more comedic episode next week it seems. |
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| Hey, it's the same drug used in Romeo and Juliet! So as expected Suirei was the mastermind huh, really can't think of why would she do that... Mysteries continues~ Maomao with the evil laugh hahaha, that was an amazing scene. Finally a worthy opponent for her. Also Jinshi and Gaoshun still have their balls. I should've realized when his identity was revealed but it went unnoticed by me |
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| Maomao's evil laugh is just terrifying. Its amazing how easy she can get back to investigating and uncovering conspiracies after almost being killed and badly injured. |
| Suirei "The A Team'd(movie)" her way out. The Emperor don't appreciate the cosplayer concubine, sadly. Maomao got her old job back. Which is great, she was having her fun doing it. |
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| Decent episode. Definitely wasn't as massive of a hit as last week's but that was to be expected, even if it did slightly dull in moments. Definitely more focused on exposition to focus on the mysteries surrounding the conspiracy and Suirei's involvement in them, how she escaped from being 'dead' to replace another corpse in the coffin and much more. Good to see Maomao back in the Rear Palace though, although there is still a lot up in the air for the time being. Even got more of a glimpse of Jinshi and his real identity and age, and how he's been suppressing his manhood with medicine to not expose his real identity. There is a lot that does connect him to being Ah Duo's from early on so a lot of it is not a surprise but still interesting enough. Given that one of the Three Princesses is bought out from the brothel place Maomao's home is basically at, seems like next week's episode should be a change of pace and setting from what has been happening. It was a slow-burner to showcase Suirei's potential as a rival and explore Jinshi a little more, but admittedly, not the most exciting idea of a follow up from the intensity that last week provided, which makes it feel a bit more deflating than it actually should be. Still not a bad one to say the least. |
Reply to BlichoBoy
Suirei "The A Team'd(movie)" her way out.
The Emperor don't appreciate the cosplayer concubine, sadly.
Maomao got her old job back. Which is great, she was having her fun doing it.
The Emperor don't appreciate the cosplayer concubine, sadly.
Maomao got her old job back. Which is great, she was having her fun doing it.
| @BlichoBoy I am genuinely surprised someone thought of The A-Team with the tetrodotoxin reference. |
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| After the cliffhanger in the last episode, I was waiting for Jinshi to have a more wholesome reaction to MaoMao after she wakes up. and YES it would have been a waste If Suirei actually died this easy! Also I'm very happy MaoMao got back to concubine Gyokuyou's place because It was the most fun. |
| Ara Ara~ |
| From online resources, I couldn't find any info on the translation. But I guess I now know from this episode "mandarake" which sounds similar to "mandrake", but I digress--is thornapple plant, a type of toxic weed related to morning glory. Maybe seeing how it was written in the original novel or manga would have yielded better results. Suirei (and her accomplices) got away with it. Hope to see her make another reappearance someday, she seems like an interesting character. There's still so much we don't know about her, like the "big why" she did what she did in the assassination plot. Gaoshun is not only a father to several adult children, but a grandfather as well. Maybe he's a father figure to Jinshi as well, since he's the only one besides the emperor who knows his true identity. Jinshi speculates what would have happened if "Ah-Duo's baby son" had survived instead of being swapped at birth and given toxic honey. That would have meant Jinshi being the one who ate the poisoned honey and kicked the bucket instead of his father the emperor's younger brother who was born at the same time. A pretty complicated situation he's in, where he has to hide the "fact" that he's the secretly prince, aka the emperor's "younger brother", and even more secret to everybody that he's in fact, the emperor's biological son to Ah-Duo. With Jinshi wanting the emperor to produce a new prince/heir to the throne sooner rather than later, I guess he'd be able to finally retire his fake "Jinshi the eunuch" identity, and return to openly being the emperor's younger brother without hiding it anymore, or return to being the emperor's actual first-born son. Overall great episode. Glad to see Maomao on the mend and recover quickly. Must be all the toxins she injests or applies onto herself, her healing rate must be on another level. |
Estoy_GordoFeb 24, 12:38 PM
| zamn it's time to go back to the rear place yehhh also jinshi current emperor's son confirmed? |
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Reply to Meredyyyy
@Ryushindai Gaoshun is really an eunuch though, it's just that he started a family before becoming a eunuch, but now he is, if he wasn't he wouldn't be able to got in the rear palace (well Jinshi shouldn't be able either but it's a secret haha)
| @Meredyyyy really? I dont think so since Gaoshun drank that drink. Also Jinshi saying "The same goes for you." when Gaoshun said "You will really become impotent one day.." If I had to guess he has the same authority as Jinshi since he already knows his secret, but as his bodyguard or something |
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| So Suirei had a role in all these incidents. I'm glad she's still alive and didn't kick the bucket yet. She's really interesting. Now to find out who else she's working and plotting with, and their goal. Maybe it's connected with Jinshi and Maomao's mysterious pasts. |
Reply to Meredyyyy
@Ryushindai Gaoshun is really an eunuch though, it's just that he started a family before becoming a eunuch, but now he is, if he wasn't he wouldn't be able to got in the rear palace (well Jinshi shouldn't be able either but it's a secret haha)
| @Meredyyyy he is not. Stop putting this nonsense (I am not sure there it came from, there is no such thing in LN). He explicitly said in this episode that he has to drink the medicine for the same reason Jinshi does. He just do not care about possible aftereffects. |
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| Well it looks like Moamoa has some new missions after the last one which was rather complicated. Faking death in order to attempted assassination means someone is willing to go very far in order to achieve their goals. Anyway Moamoa was doing pretty well after what happened last week. |
| Maomao had a bunch of evil smiles in the past, but in this episode, in that certain scene, I think she had the evil smile of Tanya Degurechaff. Possible nod to the VA? |
Asukadesuuuu said: Estoy_Gordo said: From online resources, I couldn't find any info on the translation. But I guess I now know from this episode "mandarake" which sounds similar to "mandrake", but I digress--is thornapple plant, a type of toxic weed related to morning glory. Maybe seeing how it was written in the original novel or manga would have yielded better results. Suirei (and her accomplices) got away with it. Hope to see her make another reappearance someday, she seems like an interesting character. There's still so much we don't know about her, like the "big why" she did what she did in the assassination plot. Gaoshun is not only a father to several adult children, but a grandfather as well. Maybe he's a father figure to Jinshi as well, since he's the only one besides the emperor who knows his true identity. Jinshi speculates what would have happened if "Ah-Duo's baby son" had survived instead of being swapped at birth and given toxic honey. That would have meant Jinshi being the one who ate the poisoned honey and kicked the bucket instead of his father the emperor's younger brother who was born at the same time. A pretty complicated situation he's in, where he has to hide the "fact" that he's the secretly prince, aka the emperor's "younger brother", and even more secret to everybody that he's in fact, the emperor's biological son to Ah-Duo. With Jinshi wanting the emperor to produce a new prince/heir to the throne sooner rather than later, I guess he'd be able to finally retire his fake "Jinshi the eunuch" identity, and return to openly being the emperor's younger brother without hiding it anymore, or return to being the emperor's actual first-born son. Overall great episode. Glad to see Maomao on the mend and recover quickly. Must be all the toxins she injests or applies onto herself, her healing rate must be on another level. I still cant get it, if Jinshi is emperor's (aka current king with all these concubines)younger brother???, doesn't that mean umm. Emperor and him are brothers? and the poisoned child didn't die? i am sorry for the confusion guys. Here's the conclusion of Jinshi's history. I made this quick in Ms Word after trying to remember what MaoMao deduced back then and Jinshi confirming it now Hence from this Jinshi is known to be Emperor's younger brother when in reality its his son(only the emperor knows i guess that he is his son since Jinshi wants him to hurry and get a new prince aka new child )  |
| Suirei will be like the Moriarty for our Sherlock Maomao. |
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| Despite Jinshi almost dying, it looks like he is treating this attempt on his life as if its another Tuesday. Suirei being the mastermind was a surprise for me. Love that we got to see badass Maomao lecturing the doctor. Solid episode. |
Reply to Asukadesuuuu
Asukadesuuuu said:
I still cant get it, if Jinshi is emperor's (aka current king with all these concubines)younger brother???, doesn't that mean umm. Emperor and him are brothers? and the poisoned child didn't die?
Estoy_Gordo said:
From online resources, I couldn't find any info on the translation. But I guess I now know from this episode "mandarake" which sounds similar to "mandrake", but I digress--is thornapple plant, a type of toxic weed related to morning glory. Maybe seeing how it was written in the original novel or manga would have yielded better results.
Suirei (and her accomplices) got away with it. Hope to see her make another reappearance someday, she seems like an interesting character. There's still so much we don't know about her, like the "big why" she did what she did in the assassination plot.
Gaoshun is not only a father to several adult children, but a grandfather as well. Maybe he's a father figure to Jinshi as well, since he's the only one besides the emperor who knows his true identity.
Jinshi speculates what would have happened if "Ah-Duo's baby son" had survived instead of being swapped at birth and given toxic honey. That would have meant Jinshi being the one who ate the poisoned honey and kicked the bucket instead of his father the emperor's younger brother who was born at the same time. A pretty complicated situation he's in, where he has to hide the "fact" that he's the secretly prince, aka the emperor's "younger brother", and even more secret to everybody that he's in fact, the emperor's biological son to Ah-Duo.
With Jinshi wanting the emperor to produce a new prince/heir to the throne sooner rather than later, I guess he'd be able to finally retire his fake "Jinshi the eunuch" identity, and return to openly being the emperor's younger brother without hiding it anymore, or return to being the emperor's actual first-born son.
Overall great episode. Glad to see Maomao on the mend and recover quickly. Must be all the toxins she injests or applies onto herself, her healing rate must be on another level.
From online resources, I couldn't find any info on the translation. But I guess I now know from this episode "mandarake" which sounds similar to "mandrake", but I digress--is thornapple plant, a type of toxic weed related to morning glory. Maybe seeing how it was written in the original novel or manga would have yielded better results.
Suirei (and her accomplices) got away with it. Hope to see her make another reappearance someday, she seems like an interesting character. There's still so much we don't know about her, like the "big why" she did what she did in the assassination plot.
Gaoshun is not only a father to several adult children, but a grandfather as well. Maybe he's a father figure to Jinshi as well, since he's the only one besides the emperor who knows his true identity.
Jinshi speculates what would have happened if "Ah-Duo's baby son" had survived instead of being swapped at birth and given toxic honey. That would have meant Jinshi being the one who ate the poisoned honey and kicked the bucket instead of his father the emperor's younger brother who was born at the same time. A pretty complicated situation he's in, where he has to hide the "fact" that he's the secretly prince, aka the emperor's "younger brother", and even more secret to everybody that he's in fact, the emperor's biological son to Ah-Duo.
With Jinshi wanting the emperor to produce a new prince/heir to the throne sooner rather than later, I guess he'd be able to finally retire his fake "Jinshi the eunuch" identity, and return to openly being the emperor's younger brother without hiding it anymore, or return to being the emperor's actual first-born son.
Overall great episode. Glad to see Maomao on the mend and recover quickly. Must be all the toxins she injests or applies onto herself, her healing rate must be on another level.
I still cant get it, if Jinshi is emperor's (aka current king with all these concubines)younger brother???, doesn't that mean umm. Emperor and him are brothers? and the poisoned child didn't die?
i am sorry for the confusion guys. Here's the conclusion of Jinshi's history. I made this quick in Ms Word after trying to remember what MaoMao deduced back then and Jinshi confirming it now
Hence from this Jinshi is known to be Emperor's younger brother when in reality its his son(only the emperor knows i guess that he is his son since Jinshi wants him to hurry and get a new prince aka new child )
| @Asukadesuuuu Didn't they say that the Imperial Brother was born about 10 years after Current Emperor? So the Current Emperor is 29 years old(since Jinshi is 19) and spent numerous nights with Ah-Duo when he was 10 ? That doesn't seem to add up. |
| After last week’s masterclass we are back with another banger and a lot more questions raised. So as expected, Suiren was involved in the conspiracy, but I don’t think she was the mastermind. Still, with her MIA after faking her own death we’re left without a lead. Speaking of which, the doctor fumbling his one job to conduct the autopsy is crazy. Whoever is behind the assassination attempt will have definitely taken his feelings for Suiren into consideration when planning all this. Some 4D chess Maomao bursting into an evil villain laugh just because Suiren is still alive to teach her about the medicine that brings people back to life had me dying man. She literally laughed her leg wound back open 😂 So Jinshi’s actually only 19 and is just playing the role of the 24 year old dignified Eunuch.. that explains why he sometimes will slip into more childish behaviour, he’s still a big kid himself. His attendant implied that Jinshi was doing this for his own reasons and not being forced to, so why? Still so many questions about him. And back to the rear palace we go. Should give Maomao some space from Lakan, but like always I imagine it’ll come with a slew of other problems. One of the three princesses is being bought out back in the pleasure district too? Seems like very odd timing 🤔 wonder what’s going on. Another great ep |
Marinate1016Feb 24, 3:46 PM
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| Well played Suiren, well played! So Jinshi has been drinking the opposite of viagra and eventually that will make him impotent for real? Damn the man is committed to his cover story. He must be a prince or something. |
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| So Jinshi is hiding his real identity and the fact that he's not an actual eunuch...hmmm |
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| This is getting so good, Lakan seems like the one behind all this and might be the one buying out the princess. |
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| Wait I’m a bit confused about Jinshi. So he’s not a eunuch and is pretending to be some 24 old man who is the real Jinshi and a eunuch but nobody knows that. and jinshi is ah dou's son swapped with son of the empress, so he is the should be crown prince but now the brother of the new emperor who is his dad??? Am I right so far? |
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| Is the guy who hit Maomao going to face any consequences? Suirei is a dangerous woman, she knows too much. This is the start of Maomao's evil arc. I'm older than Jinshi, crazy. He seems more like 24 y/o than 19 from his appearance. I wasn't expecting Basen to be Gaoshun's son!! Either way, not a fan of Basen bc he's always a dick to Maomao. I figured Jinshi wasn't an eunuch, but I wasn't expecting him to take testosterone suppressants. It makes sense though bc otherwise he would have facial hair. Wasn't it implied that Jinshi was Ah Duo's son? Maomao made the realization whenever she left the rear palace. I'm glad Maomao is back in the rear! It was more fitting and lively. I'm excited to see everyone back again. |
cooldogmomFeb 24, 3:21 PM
 This never updates so that's cool |
current emperor is precisely 34 years old now @Orekin |
AsukadesuuuuFeb 24, 3:31 PM
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| @Asukadesuuuu So if Jinshi is 19 and the current emperor is 34, then the emperor was 15 when he had a son with Ah-Duo? |
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