@nope_wasnt_me By "epilogue" it most likely means that this is the end for the past timeline now that almost everything has been uncovered surrounding Shuli's death. It may also be a play on words just like how an epilogue comes after the end of a story, we're getting an "epilogue" after...
@dis0414 I don't know why he specifically sought her out from the countryside (it may be related to how Shuli is almost an exact copy of the late empress) but the Marquess needed someone who was fit to take care of the household after he is gone. Although he did have his son Jeremy, he saw that...
@doubledutch The story opens up with the staircase story, which you are correct when you say it's a metaphor, it's basically an outline of what happened to Shuli in her past life, the relationships she had with the family and her struggles as the Marchioness after the Marquess died. Of course...
Actually, I'd like it if you guys keep translating. You guys did a great job and there isn't an actual translation group that seems to be working on it, so I don't see why not.
For those who are confused, Jishin is actually 19 (same as our protagonist mao mao) since throughout the manga 2 years have passed, but he is posing as a 24 yr old eunuch as some form of job from his father, the emperor, which is to weed out any unworthy and unfaithful women in the harem (he's...