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    Jinshi's latest undercover Op is about to go horribly wrong and change the course of his, Maomao's and possibly Li's future.

    Maybe now Jinshi can get in on Maomao’s frequent kidnapping card and get to the bottom of… more things than he bargained for. Healing, heartache, and an unraveling of the muttled panoply of misunderstandings in palace and kingdom alike.

    Intermittent 🌶️🌶️🌶️ chapters MOSTLY Mature rating, E kicks in at Ch 62, but this one is WAY more plot and character driven than straight spice. AND I mark it off so you can skip those parts if you like.

    Post LN 13

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    21 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 20

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    Jinshi learns of an interesting talent that the so-called little shit, Chou-u, has. He decides to take advantage of it.

    Spoilers for Light Novels 5 and 9

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    17 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 22

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    Maomao tries to one-up Jinshi in their awkward relationship dance. He fights back harder than she expects.

    Spoilers for Light Novel 5

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    17 Oct 2025

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    One foolish man upset the entire balance of power in the Imperial Court within a single afternoon. In the aftermath, Jinshi and Maomao must choose their paths forward, even if those paths must separate.

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    15 Oct 2025

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    08 Oct 2025

  6. Public Bookmark 32

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    Maomao woke with wet lashes and cold fingertips. The faintest trace of jujube still lingered in her throat.

    Outside, the house was silent.

    It could barley be called morning, but she'd sleep no more this night.

    Laba had arrived.

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    26 Aug 2025

  7. Public Bookmark 93

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    She reaches into the fold of her sleeve and presses her fingers to the small vial hidden there—her own blend, dried mugwort and yarrow, something Luomen had once sworn warded off grief. “Placebo,” she’d told him. “Powerful things,” he’d replied, with that wheezing smile.

    She closes her hand around it.

    Then she walks, one foot in front of the other, away from the only place in the world that had ever smelled like safety.

    She does not look back.

    There is no point.

    The wood is rotting. The roof leaks. And the apothecary—without Luomen—smells like mold and loose ends.

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    26 Aug 2025

  8. Public Bookmark 21

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    "It stays the same, and it hurts just as much with each passing thought." Maomao could feel his eyes on her as he spoke, but she wasn't going to meet his gaze.

    "But it doesn't get any harder either. You've been through the worst of it, eventually it will feel so familiar the pain will be an old friend. It'll be a testament to all the love you felt, and you might even find comfort in knowing it never changed. But you'll grow, and you'll find other things to love that won't take his place but will keep you busy. You'll grow, and the pain will stay the same, but with all you've changed it'll feel like the grief did to."

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    26 Aug 2025

  9. Public Bookmark 92

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    “You’re hallucinating,” she added- a diagnosis. “Classic. Sleep deprivation, grief, dehydration… you’ve really hit the trifecta.”

    He reached for her, fingers trembling.

    “Sleep; I’ll still be here when you wake,” she whispered.

    “You promise?”

    She smiled. Not smug, not sharp—just true, in that rare way he had only glimpsed once or twice, when she forgot to guard herself.

    “I promise.”

    He didn’t mean to close his eyes, he only meant to blink.

    But the weight of her words was like balm, and he finally let go.

    The last thing he felt was the press of her fingers brushing his hair back, the way she always did when he’d annoyed her. As if comforting him was just another form of scolding.

    His last thought was a thanks to his own mind, for granting him this poignant respite from the hellish world he's found himself in. 

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    26 Aug 2025

  10. Public Bookmark *

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    Edited August 9th 2025:
    The linens must have felt softer when her brain was seeping with exhaustion. That was Maomao’s first thought.

    She blinked, head pounding, and tasted blood at the back of her throat. The inside of her cheek was bitten open. Her arms were pinned before her. Her ankles were bound. A rag had been stuffed in her mouth, now half-dangling from her jaw. And only her sweat-scratchy nightwear covered her body.

    The air smelled of moss, urine, and stagnant water.

    She was not in her room anymore. She remembers the reward, leaving Jinshi alone on the other side of the door selfishly, just so she could have at least one more night of willful ignorance.

    “Oh,” she exhaled. She'd been taken.

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    26 Aug 2025

  11. Public Bookmark *

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    "An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break."

    The Maomao that had read those fated words was just a child—naive and sharp-eyed but so full of heart. The Maomao that read it had clumsy hands and chipped teeth, yard-tanned skin and endless questions. She hadn't the faintest clue of destiny's cruel design, and it would be cruel. There would be hate and horror and humorless irony in every turn, but that young Maomao grinned and relaxed down into the sunbaked grass with a crude legends children's book beside her. If her destiny was already set, it didn't matter what she did.

     

    *Updates ~1 each month
    Under construction of revisions

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    26 Aug 2025

  12. Public Bookmark *

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    The Apothecary Diaries told from Jinshi's POV., based on both the anime and light novels. This story is Jinmao & there will be spoilers for things that the anime hasn't gotten to yet.

    *07/07/25 Update: Chapter 34 catches this fic up to the end of season 2 of the anime. Fic is now on hiatus until season 3 releases.

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    26 Aug 2025

  13. Public Bookmark 54

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    Jinshi broaches an idea to Maomao concerning their sex life, Maomao listens and offers her own idea.

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    Maomao wants to tie Jinshi to the bed, and Jinshi wants Maomao to slap him again.

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    26 Aug 2025

  14. Public Bookmark 46

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    Modern AU where Jinshi misses his girlfriend and a phone call turns into more.

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    26 Aug 2025

  15. Public Bookmark 43

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    Modern AU where Maomao is evasive with her feelings, and Jinshi wants to ask her to be his girlfriend. Will a showdown of strip-shogi decide the future of their relationship?

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    26 Aug 2025

  16. Public Bookmark 67

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    Jinshi seeks Maomao out in the pleasure district to help him rest.

    Set in an ambiguous time period post ln 13 epilogue

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    26 Aug 2025

  17. Public Bookmark 46

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    When sleep evades Jinshi he decides to take a night time excursion.

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    26 Aug 2025

  18. Public Bookmark 61

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    Maomao asks a question that changes the course of their otherwise calm evening.

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    26 Aug 2025

  19. Public Bookmark *

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    Gaoshun seeks Maomao out to aid Jinshi. Overworked, Jinshi has not been sleeping well. Maomao uses indecent methods to make sure he gets rest.

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    Maomao visits Jinshi in his office.
    (office sex)

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    26 Aug 2025

  20. Public Bookmark *

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    The Emperor gives Jinshi an ultimatum to produce an heir. With this ultimatum, Jinshi and Maomao are forced to work through their feelings. Together they embark into new territory: the physical side of their relationship.

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    1,416
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    292,719

    26 Aug 2025

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