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  • Maomao figuring out that the face powder that the consorts are using is what is poisoning their children and her discreetly slipping messages into their rooms stating so. And in the case of Gyokuyou, it works.
  • While Maomao can put up with getting insulted by Consort Lihua's handmaids, she gets absolutely pissed when she finds out that they are still using lead face powder on their mistress despite it being banned from the palace for being poisonous. When the handmaid in charge of the makeup tries to justify that she just wanted to make Lihua beautiful, Maomao proceeds to slap said handmaid in the face, pour the makeup onto her and call her out on using the same poison on Lihua that killed her baby and left her in her current sickly condition. Maomao then makes the other handmaids clean up the mess.
  • Maomao deduces the poisoner and motive very quickly after drinking poison at the banquet.
    • She also discovers Consort Lishu's allergy to shellfish with minimal clues. She makes sure that her food taster Kanan (who had swapped Lishu's food with Gyokuyou's to embarrass her) is also present with her when discussing the serious symptoms to make the former understand that giving someone food that they're allergic to is akin to poisoning them and that Lishu could have her executed for that stunt. Following this incident, Kanan stops bullying her mistress and instead tries to take care of her properly.
  • Maomao successfully making a deal with Lihaku where he becomes her guarantor so that she can temporarily leave the Rear Palace to visit her family in exchange for a night at the Verdegris House. This also doubles as a funny moment.
  • Maomao figuring out that someone is trying to use faulty construction in order to kill a government official during a ceremony. After managing to get inside the building where said ceremony is being held, she manages to push Jinshi, who was the official, out of the way before the pillar hit him, saving his life.
  • Maomao and Jinshi, with the help of Shisui's knowledge in insects, being able to recreate the moon fairy for foreign officials by smearing the musk of female moths onto Jinshi's clothes. This is so that when the males are released and go towards Jinshi, they resemble pale, mysterious lights embracing him.

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  • Hongniang making sure that the people who kidnapped Maomao don't get any money from her salary. How she does this is by making Maomao break an expensive pitcher, deducting the cost from the pay going to her kidnappers, and then giving her compensation for being a food taster with the amount being equal to her regular wages.
  • When Maomao tries to get inside the building where Jinshi is about to be killed by faulty construction, she gets cut off by one of the guards who she tries to warn but then gets beaten for her troubles. When the guard still refuses to believe her, Lakan steps up and uses his authority to allow Maomao to go inside.
  • Upon finding out that her cousin Shin tried to get her to miscarry, Consort Lihua slaps her in the face and dismisses her from her service. Even Maomao is impressed by this and notes that she's come a long way since her recovery from the face powder incident.
  • Suirei is an example of Magnificent Bastard. She orchestrated a long string of unrelated cases and 'accidents' to assasinate Jinshi. She managed to get away by faking her death and faking herself as an eunuch to sneak back into the rear palace and kidnapping Maomao.
    • She is also skilled with herbs and medicine and use the of 'resurrection medicine' to fake her death. The drugs also used to fake the death of her clan children, thus spared them from execution.
  • Consort Rouran and her father. They are actually loyal to the country but willing to be villains to stop the rebellion from the inside.
    • Rouran is a master of disguise, skilled with bugs and acted as an informant/spy. She also managed to save her clan children from execution and Spared By Adaptation in the Light Novel. Her information also helped with the upcoming locust threat.
  • A lot of La clan family members are very good at their own field.
    • Lakan is a military genius
    • Lahan, Lakan's nephew and adopted son is good at numbers and accounting.
    • Luomen, Lakan's uncle and Maomao's adoptive father is a doctor knowledgable of western medicine.
    • Maomao seemed to follow his adoptive father footstep. Recent Light Novel showed she is doing doctor/surgery training despite only men are allowed to be doctors in the country.
    • Lakan's brother is uninterested with the politics in the family; preferring to cultivate and introducing a new plant species.
    • Lahan's older brother seemed to be the only Badass Normal in the family, relying in hard work instead of talent. He is still very successful in farming and unbeknownst to him, popular with women. He also has abnormal physical strength even without proper martial arts training.
  • Lakan seemed to suffer from prosopagnosia. His solution? Employ someone with super recognition ability, Rikuson. He was noted to never forget someone's face after seeing them once.
  • Chuue in the Web Novel is a rare example of Action Girl who Takes the Bullet for Maomao. She is also skilled in multiple languages and disguises.

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