Chapter 8 — Wheat Stalks
During her stay at home, Maomao is asked to help investigate a case of a poisoned courtesan and her client at the Verdigris House, a well-established brothel where she grew up. Faced with solving incidents everywhere she goes, this time she has help - her own father aids the investigation. (Source: Official site)
Other chapters
- Chapter 1: Maomao
- Chapter 2: Chilly Apothecary
- Chapter 3: The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit
- Chapter 4: The Threat
- Chapter 5: Covert Operations
- Chapter 6: The Garden Party
- Chapter 7: Homecoming
- Chapter 8: Wheat Stalks
- Chapter 9: Suicide or Murder?
- Chapter 10: Honey
- Chapter 11: Reducing Two to One
- Chapter 12: The Eunuch and the Courtesan
- Chapter 13: Serving in the Outer Court
- Chapter 14: The New Pure Consort
- Chapter 15: Raw Fish
- Chapter 16: Lead
- Chapter 17: A Jaunt Around Town
- Chapter 18: Lakan
- Chapter 19: Chance or Something More