It’s so funny to me how Maomao is so averse to conflict and getting herself into trouble that she could avoid because she’s “just a simple apothecary” but at the same time, the Emperor himself is asking her for advise and writing her letters of recommendation.
It ties in to how she views Jinshi’s marriage offer. She still views herself as a girl who grew up in a brothel but I’m pretty sure at this point pretty much everyone views her as a power unto herself. Not to mention, she’s the daughter of her father’s powerful clan. She keeps thinking that he could find someone more suited to him, but she is perfectly suited to him. She has the social status to be his wife and not draw questions and probably already has the approval of the Emperor if he was asked.
She’s clearly wavering on her opposition to it by the point I’m at in book 7 and I’m still laughing at her saying she can’t tell him she loves him yet. Yet is carrying sooo much weight lol.
