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    “But your ritual… losing your chastity…” his eyes searched hers. “Those are things you value dearly at the brothels, aren’t they?”

    She pulled him up to her until their lips brushed against each other. Her eyes lidded, imploring him to act. "You can have it. If you want it."


    Some time after their attempted and failed night visit, Jinshi finally works up the nerve to allow himself recreational time with Maomao.

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    21 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 66

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    After saving Jinshi, Maomao assumed things would go back to normal. She would be his servant, performing various investigations at his request, and studying her medicine on the side.

    Instead she is stuck on a new trajectory that threatens the simple desires she loved in life. With Jinshi, she must hide her new identity in plain sight and aid the Rear palace by making sure no more Imperial heirs perish if she and Jinshi want to escape the chains of duty weighting them down.

    During this process she must learn to be a wife and mother without letting enemies know she is the Moon Prince’s wife.

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    02 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 10

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    Basen does not understand his master’s relationship with the apothecary and discovers a terrible truth.

    In short, Basen is a loveable idiot.

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    19 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 48

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    A fictional marriage - it sounds quite safe. At least, that's what Maomao thought. It's all simple: sign the agreement, nod at official receptions, and don't succumb to the charm of the Moon Prince. Easy, right? Maomao views this union as just another strange experiment of fate, while Jinshi sees it as another annoying duty. But what happens when the line between a game and the truth blurs? And even more difficult - when the heart stubbornly refuses to follow any logic...

    This work does not contain spoilers for the events of the novels, but the story uses characters not yet introduced in the anime. They may or may not correspond to their canonical personalities.

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    19 Sep 2025

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    “I don’t see why I have to go,” grumbles Maomao as Xiaolan dresses her.

    “Of course you have to go! You are the consort of the Moon Prince, my lady!”

    Maomao has still not met the emperor’s younger brother. She almost doubts his existence. There is a slight curiosity in her mind as to whether or not he will attend this garden party. Though, honestly, she much prefers him as a spectral figure than a flesh and blood one.

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    17 Sep 2025

  6. Public Bookmark 53

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    『 Sequel of "Dancing with our Hands Tied" 』

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    A year has passed since Jinshi’s narrow brush with death, and neither he nor Maomao has forgotten the encounter with that odorless, tasteless poison, nor the many misadventures they’ve faced so far. Just when they think it’s over, a familiar thread resurfaces, pulling them far from the Capital once again— straight to the Western Province, for the third time.
    As they journey to Gyokuyou’s homeland, events begin to unfold around them and within their circle. But which happenings are mere coincidence, and which are inevitable?
    They’ll have to find out the hard way.

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    15 Sep 2025

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    The surgery is over, but the military infighting isn't. And there's still the matter of the consort-less Moon Prince. How many birds can the emperor kill with one stone?

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    06 Sep 2025

  8. Public Bookmark 50

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    They'd known each other for years now, but Maomao still didn't understand Jinshi even a little bit. She didn't understand why he felt the way he did about her. She didn't understand why he wanted to give up all the power in the world to be with her. She didn't understand how he could sit there contentedly while she was only just starting to reciprocate with her half-mute heart.
    Yeah, they've known each other for years now. And while she still isn't any closer to understanding him, he is certainly beginning to rub off on her—because she's starting to turn into someone she doesn't understand any better.
    (based on the song "I Guess" by Lizzy McAlpine)

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    04 Sep 2025

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    With the ceremony coming to an end, Jinshi and Maomao have one thing left to do. Consummate their marriage.

    CONTAINS LN SPOILERS

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    04 Sep 2025

  10. Public Bookmark 21

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    What happens when two sleep-deprived workaholics catch each other up staying up way too late in the middle of the night?

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    The Moon Prince finds a stray cat in a wild patch of mushrooms on his way back from his office late at night and they are both less than pleased with each other’s sleeping schedules.

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    30 Aug 2025

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    It should have been a typical feast. It should have been, and yet, it ended with a bullet in Jinshi's chest. While he recovers from surgery, Maomao is tasked with investigating the attack. As the days pass on, she begins to consider her place in Jinshi's life, as well as his in hers.

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    28 Aug 2025

  12. Public Bookmark 52

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    It’s not her job. She should leave it, make some excuse and scurry out of the room before they engage in something irreversible…

    Instead, her fingers move to his robes. With a firm push he actually, willingly yields to, she props herself upwards alongside him and undoes them in earnest.

    “H-Hey, you—“ Jinshi starts. Maomao cuts him off, peering through thick lashes.

    “Is this not what you wanted?”

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    27 Aug 2025

  13. Public Bookmark 99

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    What if Suiren made soup today? Jinshi ponders, the sunset's swirling colors bringing to mind the image of broth. He inhales the sweet summer air as he passes by a small row of flowering bushes, almost sleepily content. I could go for something light… something for sleep would be nice too…

    He’s so caught up in his wistful thoughts, in fact, that he almost misses the tiny shadow darting past his feet.

    ———————

    Or, Maomao has a most interesting affliction, and Jinshi finds a stray cat. What's one more secret to keep?

    (Five times he bothers the local stray, and one time she bothers him back.)

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    26 Aug 2025

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    Jinshi has always sparkled for others, but Maomao has never been mesmerized by it. It was just another thing she was immune to. Now here he was, not particularly sparkly, just obviously in love, and Maomao felt what she could only describe as being enraptured.

    Maomao knew she needed to say thank you, but at this moment she did not trust her tongue with words. She was afraid something rather mushy would come to her if she tried to speak, and she wasn’t ready for that yet. Which felt silly to acknowledge - that she had married this man, but was struggling to love him.

    And it was not loving him - Maomao had deduced this now. It had almost nothing to do with Jinshi at all. Her constipation with regards to her own ability to love had nothing to do with her commitment to him, either. She cared for and admired him deeply, more than she had anyone else, except maybe Loumen. Maomao hopes someday she is able to admit that to him, but she is still accepting that it is even safe to admit to herself.

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    they say the first year of marriage is the hardest - this is Maomao's.

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    26 Aug 2025

  15. Public Bookmark 21

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    After many weeks of discussion and talks between Maamei and the Head of the U Clan, the two families reach an agreement and a date for Basen and Lishu’s wedding is set.

    But something is really bothering Basen, so he asks Jinshi for help.

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    22 Aug 2025

  16. Public Bookmark 54

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    Basen prided himself on being observant—sharp, reliable, composed. But when it came to anything romantic he was utterly blind. That is, until the day he stumbled upon something so obvious, even he couldn’t miss it.

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    22 Aug 2025

  17. Public Bookmark 51

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    "There was no denying that this incense transcended Jinshi-sama’s usual mixture in every way. The scent profile spoke of not only high-quality but also a number of luxury ingredients that were not part of the normal blend.

    While a decrease in quality might be explained by a manufacturer trying to skimp on expensive materials, which tradesman worth his salt would overshoot on quality that much?

    One who wants to hide the smell something else, was the unfortunate conclusion Maomao had arrived at."

    In which Jinshi’s personal maid and apothecary, omega-turned-beta Maomao investigates a peculiar mystery close to home, Gaoshun questions his will to live, and Jinshi successfully avoids both going to work and getting dressed - for the duration of this story at least.

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    18 Aug 2025

  18. Public Bookmark 27

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    Jinshi lashes out at Maomao after finding out the truth about his identity. Ah-Duo invites him over so they can talk.

    Spoilers for Light Novel 15

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    18 Aug 2025

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    In the pleasure district, rumors whisper of a courtesan. A cold woman with a sharp glare.

    They call her a cat immortal, a divine healer, a woman who solves any puzzle—if she deems you worth the effort.

    Jinshi seeks her out in desperation.
    He doesn’t expect the girl beneath the rumors and icy shell.
    He certainly doesn’t expect to keep coming back.

    And Maomao doesn’t expect to feel anything at all.

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    18 Aug 2025

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    She'd gone too far.

    And now Jinshi is above her and she's staring into piercing purple eyes and he's leaning down and—

    Maomao knows how this should go.

    Men— Because that's what Jinshi is. A man. Not a sexless beauty to admire but never touch. A man. A whole one— they take what they want and they're rough and impatient and not to be pushed or provoked and Maomao doesn't know how she could have forgotten that—

    But Jinshi isn't rough.

    Or fast.

    Or even impatient.

    He didn't shove her under him or dive right in.

    He cradled her head.

    And laid her down gently.

    Or: What if the kiss in the cave wasn't interrupted

    Update: Now with Jinshi's POV in chapter 2!

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    18 Aug 2025

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