I just got back into this series I now remember why I enjoyed this series in the first place a great mystery with great characters. I still love the characters but I love MaoMao she is so different from many other MCs she says what she means is very blunt I just love her as a character. MaoMao is such a great character there are many great characters around her the Madam, the courtesans so her sisters there is never a dull moment with the characters around. The plot is interesting it starts with MaoMao working as a apothecary at the brothel it moves to her going with Jinshi west wherein there are mysteries about many people of the west and how Lishu seems to being targeted also telling this around a insect plague. There are many interesting things going on in the story it made for a very interesting story.