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    The Lady Kan is one of the most mysterious women in the empire, known for her beauty, brilliant mind, and the veil she never removes.

    Almost no one knows she spends her days in the Rear Palace disguised as an ordinary maid named Maomao.

    What begins as a temporary escape soon becomes something far more dangerous as Maomao finds herself investigating palace conspiracies alongside the Rear Palace’s enigmatic manager, Jinshi, a man hiding secrets every bit as carefully as she hides her own.

    Between poison, politics, and two carefully constructed identities, trust may prove to be the most dangerous secret of all when her true loyalty is put to the test.

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    21 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 34

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    -15/6/26.
    A late-night drop by a panicked thief leaves a broken jar of luxury face powder melting in the mud outside Maomao’s shop. Out of pure curiosity, she tests it—only to find the high-grade imperial cosmetic has been laced with a slow-acting poison meant to quietly wipe out the court.When she goes outside to find whatever guards lost their shipment, she runs into a tall, undercover soldier who is not soldier but a eunuch with a ridiculous face and a thoroughly annoying attitude.Maomao remains in her world of brothel while our sparkly leech had to move from the palace to her world because of missions and using her knowledge to tear down the motives of people working to tore the empire. (In short maomao was not sold in palace but jinshi had to change his world from time to time)
    ​A gritty, street-level rewrite of the Rear Palace arc. just an investigator who needs an expert he can actually trust, and an apothecary who just wants to be left alone with her father and shop.
    Very loosely following light novels because I am using my own original ideas.
    Short chapters in the beginning. Can get longer in future.I will update whenever my mind says..(1 chapter per week is the minimum amount or 1 chapter a day)

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    21 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 12

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    What if Euini was never cursed with forbidden magic, what if Alaira and the others had to save him from a different fate? While at the Atelier Euini grows and so do his friendships, especially with Riche. But his life outside of the Atelier still follows him, growing worse as more time passes. Will he be able to find his confidence? Or will he lose everything he’s worked so hard for.

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    10 Jul 2026