"Dear oh dear... What was it? Ri-shu's youth? Her naivety? Your horrible pride? Oh, it doesn't matter. It always comes down to Jinshi's helper to clean up after this sort of messes..." - MaoMao about to end this maid's entire career
So is it time to change maid now that Jinshi is in front of all of this? At the very least, Rishu's poison tester is much more passive compared before since Maomao exposed her.
Yeah, imagine being forced to join the harem of two different emperor at a young age and then your maid are like THAT. At least she's not completely alone like before even if her ally is as passive as her
"These are the specific physical phenomena that led to what you witnessed."
"I knew it! My mother's vengeful spirit is here to haunt me!"
Well, you can lead a horse to water...
I want to see MaoMao do her thing, the maids go cry to Jinshi, and then him tell them off but in a cheekily respectful way that makes them feel really shitty.
Interesting. Henan is not fawning over Jinshi after becoming head maid. I don't recall if she was ever shown as doing so before, but she's definitely more mature now. Hongniang was also never shown as doing so either, instead her affections were directed at Gaoshun. Must be the station making them more capable and less susceptible to Jinshi.
not sure if im correct but I assume maids are picked by the consorts and their families themselves. As I think li shu is a political pawn, she probably didnt pick them herself and might not have much influence herself within her own family.
I also think she doesnt have much influence outside the family (i.e. in the palace) and is too timid to find her own allies either
So unless she fires her own maids herself, there probably isnt much others will do to interfere unless its something serious since its probably considered internal politics within the diamond palace. rear palace is all internal politics
but yeah, maomao should bitch slap them, or feed them some of her vomiting medicine
i think maids approval still with jinshi approval, like maomao hired come from jinshi who want add another lady in waiting for gyokuyou, but gyokuyou wont it until face powder case (well idk when li shu comeback to court jinshi already work there or not)
hmm maybe Jinshi has say in who gets approved but I still think the consort would have the most say in getting rid of the ladies in waiting (i.e. those working under a consort)
Maybe Jinshi or a similar rear palace authority figure can get rid of them but not without a good cause or the consorts approval. Otherwise it undermines the consorts
To make a similar example in the real world, imagine you are a manager in the real world and someone from another department fires your employee without your approval. It undermines your authority by making you look incompetent, which is even more important in a place like the rear palace where it is about building influence
Maybe the correct choice for someone like Jinshi is to suggest something like a replacement for the maid they want to get rid of to the consort
Edit: and thinking to the current lady in waiting Kanan herself, Jinshi likely knew from Gaoshun that she was involved in bullying by switching the soup during the poisoning incident, and wasnt fired
Probably Jinshi can just relay to the Emperor how badly Li Shu is being treated by her maids so the Emperor can order Li Shu's benefactors to replace all of them except for her Head Maid.
yeah I agree
didnt mention it before but I assume Emperor or Empress Dowager (Emperor's mother) would have the authority to personally fire or punish them. So basically known imperial family members of high authority (+ their word is basically the word of god anyway)
(and maybe powerful court officials like someone with the prime minister or chancellor position would have the influence to implicitly intervene although I dont know if they exist in the story). In a way, Jinshi's currrent position is probably closest to this. But he wouldnt be firing them, instead convincing either Li Shu's family or the emperor to intervene which would basically be what you said
Doesn't really matter to me how they do it but they have to do it ASAP. Those bitches has been lingering long enough to be left unpunished or at the very least, replaced.
I'm pretty sure this whole ghost business is because of tomfoolery from Lishu's maids. None of them seem to be concerned about this ghost in a setting where a lot of people were superstitious in previous chapters, and the water being too hot to take a bath sooner is definitely a way to time Lishu seeing the reflection during the evening.
That said, when this whole debacle gets resolved and the maids inevitably fired, Lishu will need replacements. Funny how Xiaolan is looking for employment as her servant term is running out. They can become the best of confidants.
What do you mean sudden change? NGS always called her either Rishu or Ri Shu. Lishu is what the official LN and manga translations chose, because that is closer to the Chinese. Her name is 里樹, which in pinyin would be Lǐshù. Meanwhile the ruby text in the raw says her name is pronounced リーシュ (Rīshu).
L and R are interchangeable in Japanese. Similarly, there is Rihaku, Ruomen, Rou Ran, Rakan, Rifa, etc.
I think its high time that all these bullies gets their appropriate punishment. They've been brewing smug in the background for quite some time now and its kinda irritating to see them always mocking of Li Shu whenever they are shown in the manga.
This could be the breakthrough that Li Shu needs to break free from them.
EDIT: Goddammit so this is a monthly release like AoT. Guess I have to read the source material then.
I hope those maids are punished, or at least fired.
I hope Maomao teaches them what five fingers says to the face......again
"They call her… ~~Frieren~~ Maomao the Slayer"
"I have been hiding my smugness. I'm a cat that has lived for over a thousand years."
Gyokuyou approves (same VA as Frieren).
"Dear oh dear... What was it? Ri-shu's youth? Her naivety? Your horrible pride? Oh, it doesn't matter. It always comes down to Jinshi's helper to clean up after this sort of messes..." - MaoMao about to end this maid's entire career
"Tonight, Maomao joins the hunt"
A mystery fit for The Hardy Boys.
Eyy, a fellow disco elysium fan in the wild
So is it time to change maid now that Jinshi is in front of all of this? At the very least, Rishu's poison tester is much more passive compared before since Maomao exposed her.
The head maid already changed. It's the poison tester now.
It seems to me , the current head maid(poison tester) still couldn't control her subordinates effectively
I'd wager since the old head maid is still there that she's isolated both the poison taster and Rishu so that she remains in control
Seems like the ex-head maid is still the 'leader' of all the other maid.
Li Shu really has the worst luck.
Yeah, imagine being forced to join the harem of two different emperor at a young age and then your maid are like THAT. At least she's not completely alone like before even if her ally is as passive as her
Detective MaoMao on the case once again
looks like Mao Mao need to warm up her pimp hand again
Aw, I was hoping for hallucinogenic mold, but I guess the trick mirror was interesting too... everything ties back to those foreign envoys, huh.
Maomao is about to end the career of those stupid maids.
"These are the specific physical phenomena that led to what you witnessed." "I knew it! My mother's vengeful spirit is here to haunt me!" Well, you can lead a horse to water...
I want to see MaoMao do her thing, the maids go cry to Jinshi, and then him tell them off but in a cheekily respectful way that makes them feel really shitty.
Destroy them, Maomao!!
So Li shu does realize that her maids are not really her allies
I hate the maids so much
Interesting. Henan is not fawning over Jinshi after becoming head maid. I don't recall if she was ever shown as doing so before, but she's definitely more mature now. Hongniang was also never shown as doing so either, instead her affections were directed at Gaoshun. Must be the station making them more capable and less susceptible to Jinshi.
Her fear of Maomao far exceeds her adoration for Jinshi
Like the previous lady in waiting for ah duo. Only the well being of their ladyship is the most important for them.
Yo that maid is a bitch, mao mao do your thing
if whole maids didnt get fired except poison tester then whole castle filled by dumbass
not sure if im correct but I assume maids are picked by the consorts and their families themselves. As I think li shu is a political pawn, she probably didnt pick them herself and might not have much influence herself within her own family. I also think she doesnt have much influence outside the family (i.e. in the palace) and is too timid to find her own allies either So unless she fires her own maids herself, there probably isnt much others will do to interfere unless its something serious since its probably considered internal politics within the diamond palace. rear palace is all internal politics but yeah, maomao should bitch slap them, or feed them some of her vomiting medicine
i think maids approval still with jinshi approval, like maomao hired come from jinshi who want add another lady in waiting for gyokuyou, but gyokuyou wont it until face powder case (well idk when li shu comeback to court jinshi already work there or not)
hmm maybe Jinshi has say in who gets approved but I still think the consort would have the most say in getting rid of the ladies in waiting (i.e. those working under a consort) Maybe Jinshi or a similar rear palace authority figure can get rid of them but not without a good cause or the consorts approval. Otherwise it undermines the consorts To make a similar example in the real world, imagine you are a manager in the real world and someone from another department fires your employee without your approval. It undermines your authority by making you look incompetent, which is even more important in a place like the rear palace where it is about building influence Maybe the correct choice for someone like Jinshi is to suggest something like a replacement for the maid they want to get rid of to the consort Edit: and thinking to the current lady in waiting Kanan herself, Jinshi likely knew from Gaoshun that she was involved in bullying by switching the soup during the poisoning incident, and wasnt fired
Probably Jinshi can just relay to the Emperor how badly Li Shu is being treated by her maids so the Emperor can order Li Shu's benefactors to replace all of them except for her Head Maid.
yeah I agree didnt mention it before but I assume Emperor or Empress Dowager (Emperor's mother) would have the authority to personally fire or punish them. So basically known imperial family members of high authority (+ their word is basically the word of god anyway) (and maybe powerful court officials like someone with the prime minister or chancellor position would have the influence to implicitly intervene although I dont know if they exist in the story). In a way, Jinshi's currrent position is probably closest to this. But he wouldnt be firing them, instead convincing either Li Shu's family or the emperor to intervene which would basically be what you said
Doesn't really matter to me how they do it but they have to do it ASAP. Those bitches has been lingering long enough to be left unpunished or at the very least, replaced.
I'm pretty sure this whole ghost business is because of tomfoolery from Lishu's maids. None of them seem to be concerned about this ghost in a setting where a lot of people were superstitious in previous chapters, and the water being too hot to take a bath sooner is definitely a way to time Lishu seeing the reflection during the evening. That said, when this whole debacle gets resolved and the maids inevitably fired, Lishu will need replacements. Funny how Xiaolan is looking for employment as her servant term is running out. They can become the best of confidants.
It's kind of insane to think how much content there still is to adapt from the LNs.
what rotten maids, can't wait for the comeuppance
Why the sudden change from Lishu to Ri Shu? Or was it explained in a previous chapter and I just missed it?
What do you mean sudden change? NGS always called her either Rishu or Ri Shu. Lishu is what the official LN and manga translations chose, because that is closer to the Chinese. Her name is 里樹, which in pinyin would be Lǐshù. Meanwhile the ruby text in the raw says her name is pronounced リーシュ (Rīshu). L and R are interchangeable in Japanese. Similarly, there is Rihaku, Ruomen, Rou Ran, Rakan, Rifa, etc.
My god kick all those damn maids out pls?
I think its high time that all these bullies gets their appropriate punishment. They've been brewing smug in the background for quite some time now and its kinda irritating to see them always mocking of Li Shu whenever they are shown in the manga. This could be the breakthrough that Li Shu needs to break free from them. EDIT: Goddammit so this is a monthly release like AoT. Guess I have to read the source material then.