Maomao may be short and scrawny, but shes also very pretty.
The only one who doesnt know it is Maomao.
Thats why she has no problem giving Jinshi the Maomao treatment, i.e.
the makeover thats more of a makeunder.
Fortunately, Maomao is as expert at frumpifying beauties as she is mixing medicines.
Im half surprised her smile wasnt followed by the sound of a gunshot shooting straight through Jinshis heart.
He asks if palace life is really so bad, and she says it isnt.
He also wonders why someone as talented as the man who trained Maomao lives in poverty.
She chalks that up to bad luck and a complete lack of business sense.
A courtesans primary value lies in theirpurity.
