I'll admit that I haven't finished watching the whole series myself yet, but there's a slight chance that that isn't actually the case (pay attention to the foreshadowing being set up). As Maomao stated in ep1, the only men allowed in the Rear Palace are eunuchs and the Emperor's kin, meaning that there's a non-zero possibility that Jinshi might secretly be the Emperor's brother (or just a distant cousin or something). Remember, one of Jinshi's jobs is to test whether various servants & concubines in the Rear Palace are truly loyal to the Emperor.
Serpentking789
2024-03-04 18:23:21 +0000 UTC
Does Alicia not understand what a eunuch is? Jinshi still is very much one.
DrewSB
2024-03-01 07:35:58 +0000 UTC
Stuff like this is why I don't consider this a full romance, more of a drama.
Also find it funny that despite her intelligence, Maomao can at times be as dense as Catarina
DrewSB
2024-02-29 12:27:50 +0000 UTC
uhh this is pure speculation, but the hot guy is totally like the emperors brother or something, right?
Speed1247
2024-02-29 01:15:25 +0000 UTC
13:45 Aoi, your Kumoko is showing! Lol
Apollo Gize
2024-02-28 08:13:38 +0000 UTC
So basically the current emperor is trying to fix the shitshow the previous emperor made. Part of that being the fact he made a literal child give birth....
FranklyHam
2024-02-27 20:05:08 +0000 UTC
Love how empathetic you are to the different characters and their situations. And that you point out their justified actions as being justified.
Empo
2024-02-26 23:12:11 +0000 UTC
OKAY the previous emperor is disgusting...
Aziouss
2024-02-26 22:56:15 +0000 UTC
Good thing this isn't actually ancient China, because there would be a lot of executed ladies in waiting if that were the case.
Okoga
2024-02-26 06:48:54 +0000 UTC
Can I just point out that Lihaku is such a good boy? He's handing out hairpins to girls who don't have any so they won't feel left out, then he's so uncomfortable with how scared the poison tasters are that he refuses to even look at it. Maomao had him pegged when she compared him to a big, friendly dog.