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| Maomao is really the type of girl to have a Food Wars reaction to ingesting poison. Gyokuyou's other ladies getting offended on behalf of the Maomao slander made them even more likable than they already were but it's kinda funny how pretty much every other concubine's party is mostly filled with jerks. Also, everything about the previous emperor and Lishu is bleak. Damn. |
| Is Maomao a masochist? toralbabs said: How stupid you have to be to feed your master something you know she can't eat? Even if they thought Lishu was being "picky" and wanted to "give her a lesson". Lishu could have ordered the food taster executed for this... She likely knew about her allergy and wanted her to break out in hives but didnt realize how serious it could get. That is why she had a sinister grin after tasting the food because she noticed a mistake had been made. Ishitateso said: I didn't get what Maomao was alluding to when she put her hand before her mouth to intimidate the girl who was bullying her. Was that some kind of sexual allusion, referring to the courtisan joke she had terrified the attendant with earlier? It is funny, because this exact scene and hand motion is in my forum avatar and as it turned out I just don't get what she is trying to pull with it. P.S.: Ok, after having thought about it I maybe get it now. She is hiding that part of her face that is usually masqueraded with freckles trying to make the bullies realise that she is actually the ugly girl they are talking about. I dont think the hand gesture meant anything obscene. I think it is actually a humble gesture but i dont know the exact meaning. She was using the hand gesture to hide from others the threatening expression she made as a reminder of a previous threat she had made. |
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Is Maomao a masochist?
She likely knew about her allergy and wanted her to break out in hives but didnt realize how serious it could get. That is why she had a sinister grin after tasting the food because she noticed a mistake had been made.
I dont think the hand gesture meant anything obscene. I think it is actually a humble gesture but i dont know the exact meaning. She was using the hand gesture to hide from others the threatening expression she made as a reminder of a previous threat she had made.
toralbabs said:
How stupid you have to be to feed your master something you know she can't eat? Even if they thought Lishu was being "picky" and wanted to "give her a lesson". Lishu could have ordered the food taster executed for this...
How stupid you have to be to feed your master something you know she can't eat? Even if they thought Lishu was being "picky" and wanted to "give her a lesson". Lishu could have ordered the food taster executed for this...
She likely knew about her allergy and wanted her to break out in hives but didnt realize how serious it could get. That is why she had a sinister grin after tasting the food because she noticed a mistake had been made.
Ishitateso said:
I didn't get what Maomao was alluding to when she put her hand before her mouth to intimidate the girl who was bullying her. Was that some kind of sexual allusion, referring to the courtisan joke she had terrified the attendant with earlier? It is funny, because this exact scene and hand motion is in my forum avatar and as it turned out I just don't get what she is trying to pull with it.
P.S.: Ok, after having thought about it I maybe get it now. She is hiding that part of her face that is usually masqueraded with freckles trying to make the bullies realise that she is actually the ugly girl they are talking about.
I didn't get what Maomao was alluding to when she put her hand before her mouth to intimidate the girl who was bullying her. Was that some kind of sexual allusion, referring to the courtisan joke she had terrified the attendant with earlier? It is funny, because this exact scene and hand motion is in my forum avatar and as it turned out I just don't get what she is trying to pull with it.
P.S.: Ok, after having thought about it I maybe get it now. She is hiding that part of her face that is usually masqueraded with freckles trying to make the bullies realise that she is actually the ugly girl they are talking about.
I dont think the hand gesture meant anything obscene. I think it is actually a humble gesture but i dont know the exact meaning. She was using the hand gesture to hide from others the threatening expression she made as a reminder of a previous threat she had made.
| @traed She is if we talk about poison and drugs, she loves testing it on herself and find solutions and how exact poison works. |
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@traed She is if we talk about poison and drugs, she loves testing it on herself and find solutions and how exact poison works.
| @Sairentou I mean she already seems familiar with so many poisons but seems to enjoy it enough to unnecessarily repeat the process purely to enjoy the sensations themselves |
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| I've been waiting for this to be animated and it did not disappoint! Maomao enjoying herself as the poison tester, if she were reborn in modern times, she'd be a popular mukbang food blogger. |
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| Massa, muito bom, excelente, só estou vendo coisa boa! |
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| Maomao might be the only person ever who enjoys to taste poison :D. Also I've learned something else from this episode... I'd never want her on my bad side (although she was nice to the mean attendants, offering them the hot stones). Ha ha, to see how popular she got with all these hairpins (who's an ugly duckling now!?). But I love her for her reactions :D<3. Her imagination running wild about Jinshi again. But I think there is something else behind it. Still I wonder whose hairpin he was wearing (also Maomao thought he looked better this way ;). Sorry but the former emperor was so gross for marrying a nine-year old! I know at that time girls were married off pretty young but this is... ewww. So she was the one who was supposed to eat the poison (on a side note, who'd beneift from this if they knew the food is gonna be tested for poison)? If I understood it correctly her poison tester had to do with it and the switching was an accident? Or did she do it on purpose because she knew she couldn't eat the fish anway? Which means someone else would have intended to kill her by using poison except it ended up on the wrong side (according to the preview for the next episode it seems like it). Not my favorite episode tbh but I still enjoyed/liked it and Maomao made up for it :D <3 |
You're the light shining over The black and gloomy nights So long I've been waiting To run into your arms Oh, my only one desire You're the one I need Through the thousand years ~ Evermore "Midnight Sun" by AleXa |
| I personally prefer to compare MaoMao with Dr. House instead of Sherlock Holmes. And people thinking they figured out Jinshi are clearly missing some other hints regarding his look. |
Nachtwandler_21Nov 12, 2023 11:09 AM
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| the fuck how this show very amazingly good !!! more i watched episode more i get hooked into this one !! |
| the way maomao giggled at the baby.... absolutely adorable. would've never pegged her as someone whose good with children so that was a surprise! also, poor jinshi... he keeps trying to woo the girl while maomao keeps assuming that he's getting it on with some hunks when she's not looking hahaha |
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| @Saltzpyre Near the end, they said they don't know who is the culprit yet. To be continue. |
| This one was pretty well adapted, Aoi Yuuki is doing an excelent job with Maomao's dirty side. |
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| So the fish allergy "poisoning" was solved since the dishes were swapped, but who poisoned the soup? That would have killed everybody that ate it, no? |
| Why Is Lihua's servants loves to pick a fight? They didn't even recognize Maomao until she made that face. lol Watching Maomao taste those foods is funny. She's really funny and interesting. I think wait till there's more episode or all 24 episodes are done before I continue to watch this. Waiting every week is a pain. |
MagitoNov 12, 2023 11:40 PM
| Thanks for pointing it out. Both names started Li so got confused. |
| Maomao being the awesome woman she is---especially looking extremely gorgeous after swallowing poison lmao! And Jinshi having some secret regarding the new hairpin which Maomao thought actually came from a guy AHAHAHA this show is sooooooo good |
| Maomao is just special. I love her, she has great character and charisma. |
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| I know this is like ancient China era but Mother in Law at 9? God damn bruhh Maomao is also masochist herself LMAO But hey they never explained what's the other meaning of giving the hairpin. |
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| Damn you basically have to feed Maomao poison if you wanna turn her on. I feel sorry for Jinshi lmao |
| Maomao's pocket warmers may be there, but the weather is still quite cold, as the garden party contravenes in a full audience of the Emperor, the Empress Dowager and the 4 concubines. Other than the rivalry between various consorts' ladies-in-waiting, the concubines of various ages, espeically the Virtuous Consort of daughter 9-year-old Lishu, being a mother-in-law at that age can only be attributed to politics. Of course, Lihua's servants shriek when Maomao tried to approach them, but Maomao has no less than 1 suitor, such as yhe Officer Lihaku who handed hairpins like it was nothing, and even Lihua who gave Maomao her hairpin. As usual, the apothecary does her job, but only this time, everyone waits on her before they can have their tasting, and indeed, she tasted poison, which signified her delicious taste. This caused a commotion as a minister tried it before she does, and as much as Maomao wanted the poisoned soup for herself, Jinshi would not allow her to do so. Jinshi wanting an investigation, though Maomao wanted Lishu instead, which she instantly found that she was allergic to fishes like mackerel. Luckily, Lishu only got hives, though this is equal to poisoning her, and this is not difficult for Maomao to tell her food taster to look out for Lishu's allergies in the future. Secrets upon secrets, only Maomao knows. |
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| Can't believe it took me six episodes to realize Maomao has poison fetish. Maomao x Poison best ship, just like Senkuu x Science and Eren x Moving Forward. So bullying saved (kinda) 14yo concubine's life, huh? Also good thing the previous emperor is dead. Would have been awkward seeing him on-screen while knowing he prefers them at elementary school age. |
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I personally prefer to compare MaoMao with Dr. House instead of Sherlock Holmes.
And people thinking they figured out Jinshi are clearly missing some other hints regarding his look.
And people thinking they figured out Jinshi are clearly missing some other hints regarding his look.
| @Nachtwandler_21 I don't necessary agree. I mean House and Holmes are bascially same person, but Holmes does calm down with age and there is lot of adaptations where he isn't unhinged in first place. Maomao who not just isn't troublemaker, but actually go as far as possible avoid it is more similiar to later. |
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@Nachtwandler_21 I don't necessary agree. I mean House and Holmes are bascially same person, but Holmes does calm down with age and there is lot of adaptations where he isn't unhinged in first place. Maomao who not just isn't troublemaker, but actually go as far as possible avoid it is more similiar to later.
| @Tenzen12 we have not seen some more crazy aspects of her personality yet, though. |
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| She wants more poison! Give her soba then. XD |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Don't touch my soup ! |
| The episodes become very short, and this episode, with the tasting of the poison, and the allergy to fish, has passed in a flash! kekeke |
| Ugh a literal child, had a child at the age of 9??? That’s so sick. It’s so funny that Mao Mao goes feral for poisons. She looked like she had an orgasm lmao. She’s truly one of a kind. I wonder why the soup was poisoned, they didn’t really answer that, right? Also the little girl knew she wasn’t supposed to eat fish, but why did she do it anyways? To not be disrespectful? |
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| i guess our girl is a little bit of a junkie. i love her. |
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