Kusuriya no Hitorigoto - Ch. 67 - The Dancing Ghost

[Kefrayba]

There is no way that Gao Shun and Jinshi would not have known about the bullying that happen to Li Shu. If they weren't aware of it before, they would know from this interactions. I wonder what were their reasons for not helping.

 

[frenchiebreadie]

Kanan (cant be bothered to check the spelling lol) is her current head maid now bc as previous episodes in the LN (and at the moment, previous ep in the anime) shows that she is the only one who cares for Lishu.

She turned over a new leaf hence she’s she’s now the head maid. What she did was bullying but when she was set straight by Maomao, she had a change of heart

Omg this whole time I was so confused about Ri Shu's head maid. If she was the one who tried to kill her, why did she remain head maid??? I've reread it like three times and I finally get it now.

I know it's not gonna happen, but I wish the emperor would let Ri Shu go. Shit life she's living right now, & I'd like to hope the emperor doesn't have any interest in someone he watched grow up (unlikely but I can dream). I also could not imagine being catty to a little girl, even if she was in the position I wanted to be in, I'd feel bad because it's clearly affecting her negatively, and hating on a kid would make me feel stupid. They're also dumb because it would also be so easy to make her your pawn. she'd be so easy to groom into whatever you want since she has no one else to rely on and would probably become unhealthily attached to anyone who treats her well. Play the long game people!

 

[Lame_Security]

You have angered the cat.

 

[Grye]

Surely Jinshi will do the right thing

 

[StormSen]

Accurate workplace representation where the employee (Maomao) does 95% of the work while the supervisor (Jinshi) just stands there with his hand on his chin. I guess he also dispersed the crowd too.

Jinshi does have quite a bit of work: oversight of concubine quarters, review of pending laws/bills, ritual duties. Maomao's puzzle solving abilities (esp for medical/food related matters) is much better than his, so he brings her in, and then assists her, or assigns others to assist her.

 

[LucidDayDreamer]

She turned over a new leaf hence she’s she’s now the head maid. What she did was bullying but when she was set straight by Maomao, she had a change of heart

Yes... That's why I said "I finally get it now." because I understand what's going on...

 

[StormSen]

Not looking for spoilers really, but is there anything preventing Li Shu from purging her maid roster and starting fresh? Clearly only the one admonished by Mao Mao is the only one who actually halfway cares for her.

IDK, but just my understanding/speculation:

Her maids gaslight her into thinking that outsiders are bad and they are her only ally. She's probably always been in a bad position with no one to serve as guardian/mentor to her.

Also, the competition between consorts can be pretty cutthroat. (After all, the stakes are massive.) So other consorts are unlikely to help her. And remember, generosity isn't valued that much in this culture. There's more of an attitude of "Stand on your own legs. Don't ask for or give help. If you do accept help from someone else, then that's a favor that you'll have to repay."

All that said, it seems to me that Jinshi should have done something prior to now. Those maids should have been purged long ago.

 

[AnotherDuck]

hating on a kid would make me feel stupid.

This is kind of what I feel about any case where people bully someone weaker. Who's so insecure that they feel better about themselves for bullying someone who has no chance of fighting back? It just shows how weak you are for resorting to that kind of target.

 

[DrAndra]

Awww she called her with personal name rather than title in private

 

[Shori948]

I haven't read the LN, but I'm pretty sure that bitch is fucked. Like Maomao said, her behaviour may looked bad in itself. However, Jinshi and Gaoshun witnessed the entire story about that mirror and how precious it is for Lady Lishu.

So...execution? Or at least fire them. The former poison tester is her only ally anyway.

 

[Aliamus]

 

[rizakatsudon]

Isn't Lishu a major concubine to the fricking Emperor??? How is this random maid's head still connected to her neck?

 

[IronMace1990]

You have angered the cat.

A cat that was scared by a 'frog'

 

[IronMace1990]

As a LN reader I'm looking forward to the next chapter
Thanks for the TL!

Heads rolling?

 

[LiAuN]

Not looking for spoilers really, but is there anything preventing Li Shu from purging her maid roster and starting fresh? Clearly only the one admonished by Mao Mao is the only one who actually halfway cares for her.

Nothing would prevent her (except standard and having to "train" the new maid roster) but you have to realised that Li shu is still a kid at barely 12 y/o here meaning she hasn't really developed enough mentally to know when ppl need to be replaced and who has ill will for them

 

[LiAuN]

Can't consort change their maids and servants ?

They can but they first have to comprehend that they were being mistreated by them and a professional gaslighter like the previous head maid won't really have trouble doing that with a 12 y/o kid. And if the concubine doesn't want to replace them and there's no direct showing of mistreatment why would they replace her)

 

[ajaboy09]

Accurate workplace representation where the employee (Maomao) does 95% of the work while the supervisor (Jinshi) just stands there with his hand on his chin. I guess he also dispersed the crowd too.

Jinshi caused the problem too (the crowd), too real

 

[OrionKaelin]

I feel (I hope) a purge coming...

 

[Kefrayba]

Isn't Lishu a major concubine to the fricking Emperor??? How is this random maid's head still connected to her neck?

She is, but she also a child of what... 9 y/o, 11 y/o? She was sheltered and probably barely got enough education, if at all, to be consort. As stated in this and previous episodes, she did not recognized her own situation. Like a child in abusive household, if you never experience anything else, how else would you know your living situation was not "right." Also, the current emperor never visited her.

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

Spoil me.

Heads rolling?

Did CatCat slap and beat the hell out of those bitches of attendants of Li Shu?

It really is no big deal. It's as others here have remarked, the consort would have to make the decision about punishing/replacing a maid unless she commit a crime or something. But Jinshi will react in a very Jinshi-esque way, showing the maid her place and reading it was quite satisfying to see Jinshi nonchalantly stomping the maid's feet, if only verbally. Unlike Mao Mao he can't simply go around and slap maids xD

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Also why are y'all so eager to see heads rolling?
The inner palace is often described as toxic environment given how it's all about competition so there are obviously plenty of toxic women there. Some of them unfortunately being Li Shu's maids but I don't see how executing them would do any good (if they even do such punishment for misbehaviour, probably yes though).
That girl needs maids she can trust and rely on, who aren't ill willed but I doubt that'd be any easier executing maids who oppose her. That'd give the impression of her being a tyrant to outsiders/future maids which wouldn't exactly create a trusting environment either...
Furthermore, the maid she's trusting the most now could've literally killed her in the course of their bullying earlier but changed for good...