Loved this chaoter. Stumbled upon this jewel by accident and boy oh boy am I glad that I have!
Aside from the amazing story and the Mao x Jinshi combo being just pure gold and 100% my style of romance (and by gods is it hard to find good ones such as this!), it amazes me every time to see the casual attitude they have towards slavery, the harem women, sex and life, in general I guess. You can see it with period dramas as well (though, in there it can get romanticised due to the MC etc) and it's always just as staggering to see the cold-bloodedness (or, morbidity, even) of that world contrasted with how seemingly happy-go-lucky-ish their behaviours are. Which was because that was their everyday reality they came in contact with on daily basis. Just how much more resilient they have had to be, to simply make it in an environment like that.
Also, Jinshi you marvelous M you haha