With her sister tied to the crown prince, Murong Qing finds herself in a peculiar position.

Okay, I lied. I ended up scheduling this weekend’s post in advance, so hopefully nothing goes sideways at the time of publishing 🙃

Just a heads up that I won’t be able to update next weekend, so the next chapter will be posted this coming Wednesday in lieu of next Saturday’s chapter.

I had my second COVID vaccination earlier this week and ended up with a bit of a fever, but luckily, I started feeling better just in time to get this posted. Unfortunately, for those also following Peony’s Tavern, the next update will have to…

Happy Saturday! I planned to spend the entire day being a sloth, but then I realized I still needed to edit and upload this chapter.

We’re headed to the palace today, so this chapter is packed with new terms. If there’s anything lacking clarity, feel free to ask in the comments. Also, last week’s post accidentally went up early and was riddled with typos, but has since been corrected….

Today, we finally get a glimpse of Murong Qing’s cleverness in action. Also, yet another issue with my scheduling app today. I hadn’t done a final pass of edits or uploaded a cover image, so I took it back offline. That plugin is going…

There was a glitch with my post scheduling plugin yesterday so this chapter accidentally went up earlier than intended. But since I hadn’t gone back and edited, I had to bring it back down. Apologies to anyone who came here only to find a…

Another big oof this week and this time, our hearts go out to Nan Cheng Yao’s first love.

More dirt on Nan Cheng Yao. RIP to our guy who isn’t even here to defend his honor.