Gyokuyou’s labor has begun, however Luomen assures Jinshi that she’s out of the woods and the breech delivery situation is now not a difficulty, thanks largely to Maomao’s ministrations. However it has been ten days since Maomao vanished, and Jinshi is making an attempt to cover his panic whereas he conducts an investigation.
Phrase of the equally vanished new eunuch’s final recognized location leads him to the grave of ladies the earlier emperor deflowered, the place he meets Shenlu. Whereas he can inform she is aware of one thing about Maomao’s disappearance, not like Maomao he loses his cool. Not solely that, however unbeknownst to him he resembles the late earlier emperor so intently, Shenlu is compelled to attempt to poison herself.
The grave Shenlu was praying to is that of Taihou, who like her was seduced by the emperor and needed to stay within the palace the remainder of her life and even after demise. Taihou was additionally the one who held the ghost story periods. The gears in Jinshi’s fairly head begin to flip, as he is aware of Taihou had a daughter after an affair with a physician. Jinshi additionally is aware of that the concubine Taihou served was later given to Shishou, and the daughter they had was none apart from…Loulan.
Setting apart the anguish he feels from studying he resembles the earlier emperor when everybody assumed he was a bastard, and remembering from Maomao that he can solely do what he can do, Jinshi rushes to the Garnet Pavilion to fulfill with Loulan, whom he hopes is aware of one thing. However when he meets along with her, one thing is off: one in every of her seven ladies-in-waiting is lacking.
As a result of Loulan’s servants all put on thick make-up and gaudy clothes, Jinshi in his capability as administrator of the Rear Palace realized to discern between them in additional refined methods, from the shapes of their options to the positions of their moles. The “Loulan” being offered to him has a mole the true Loulan lacks. Dishing out with all pretense, he accosts her and calls for to know the place the true Loulan is, however the impostor doesn’t know—as a result of she didn’t want to know.
All the women know is that Loulan left, and didn’t plan to return. Even when she did, there is no such thing as a getting back from the crime of leaving the palace partitions with out go away. Jinshi believes he’ll discover Maomao if he finds Loulan, however has no additional leads. That’s, maybe, till Lahan, the adoptive son of Lakan, visits his workplace to indicate him proof of some sort of secret venture involving losts of grain…and plenty of numerous metals.
Jinshi provides Lahan go away to investigated additional; maybe he’ll discover out sufficient for Jinshi to pinpoint the actual village the place Maomao was introduced. As for Maomao, she sits this episode out, as we solely see her on the very finish, searching the window of her fancy lodging, a kitsune masks on her desk. Her finest transfer is identical as since she arrived right here: keep cool, waft, and quietly collect info.
