Even with the pocket warmers she prepared, its still cold out there in the open.

The party is also an opportunity for the ladies-in-waiting of the four concubines to engage in petty sniping.

Shes definitely gotten the hang of putting jerks in their place!

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Even now shes still but fourteenand her ladies-in-waiting dont seem to be big fans of her.

When Maomao sees Lihuas ladies freezing, she offers them some stones, but they recoil from her.

Thats fine, because plenty of peoplelikeMaomao and show it by offering her hairpins.

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That said, I doubt Maomao is in any hurry to be poached from Gyokuyou.

Maomaos favorite part of the garden party is the food tasting.

But no, its just straight-up poison.

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Maomao justgets offbeing poisoned, or poisoning herself.

The more the poison courses through her body, the more excited she gets.

In her case, its buckwheat, but in Lishus case, its mackerel.

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Maomao leaves out the…or else youll fell the wrath of the emperor, because thats implied.

She continues to demonstrate her indispensable ability to identify causes of problems and formulating solutions.

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