Maomao thinks the eunuch is a bit of a nuisance, but even she must admit there are some nice bonuses that come with knowing him. Getting out of the greedy hag 's old hands and the cordyceps make the top of that list.

In fact, those two bonuses are

so

nice that she forgets just how much of a nuisance he is.

Naturally, he waits until they are already out of the Verdigris House, through the outer walls of the palace, and stopping in front of a grand estate before he finally explains with that blinding, sparkly-ass, pretty boy smile, 'You 'll be working under me directly from now on! '

And all Maomao can think is:

Aw, fuck.

Her rooms are way too spacious for a simple maid, and the clothes provided for her are of a much finer cotton weave than she expected.

'Weird, ' Maomao says to herself, but thinks nothing more of it.

She asks something to write with before dismissing herself for the evening, and the eunuch doesn 't so much as hesitate before he hands her a full, heavy stack of the nicest paper she has ever touched, as well as an inkstone and a brush.

Is this thing rabbit 's hair?

Maomao wonders to herself, running a finger along the brush 's tip. Definitely way too nice for a common apothecary.

But if she 's going to get all of this nice stuff, she 's surely not going to waste it.

Before bed, Maomao writes a letter to her old man, and another to her sisters. She just saw them this morning, but letting them know she 's arrived safely can 't hurt.