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| 1 | August 29, 2014[12] | 978-4-07-298198-6 | February 14, 2021 (ebook)[13] May 14, 2024 (print)[14] | 978-1-7183-6118-8 (ebook) 978-1-64609-272-7 (print) |
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- Chapter 1: "Maomao"
- Chapter 2: "The Two Consorts"
- Chapter 3: "Jinshi"
- Chapter 4: "The Nymph's Smile"
- Chapter 5: "Attendant"
- Chapter 6: "Poison Tester"
- Chapter 7: "Branch"
- Chapter 8: "Love Potion"
- Chapter 9: "Cacao"
- Chapter 10: "The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit (Part One)"
- Chapter 11: "The Unsettling Matter of the Spirit (Part Two)"
- Chapter 12: "The Threat"
- Chapter 13: "Nursing"
- Chapter 14: "The Fire"
- Chapter 15: "Covert Operations"
- Chapter 16: "The Garden Party (Part One)"
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- Chapter 17: "The Garden Party (Part Two)"
- Chapter 18: "The Garden Party (Part Three)"
- Chapter 19: "After the Festivities"
- Chapter 20: "Fingers"
- Chapter 21: "Lihaku"
- Chapter 22: "Homecoming"
- Chapter 23: "Wheat Stalks"
- Chapter 24: "A Misunderstanding"
- Chapter 25: "Wine"
- Chapter 26: "Two 'Cides to Every Story"
- Chapter 27: "Honey (Part One)"
- Chapter 28: "Honey (Part Two)"
- Chapter 29: "Honey (Part Three)"
- Chapter 30: "Ah-Duo"
- Chapter 31: "Dismissal"
- Epilogue: "The Eunuch and the Courtesan"
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| 2 | January 31, 2015[15] | 978-4-07-410821-3 | June 3, 2021 (ebook)[16] August 6, 2024 (print)[17] | 978-1-7183-6120-1 (ebook) 978-1-64609-273-4 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Serving in the Outer Court"
- Chapter 2: "The Pipe"
- Chapter 3: "Teaching at the Rear Palace"
- Chapter 4: "Raw Fish"
- Chapter 5: "Lead"
- Chapter 6: "Makeup"
- Chapter 7: "A Jaunt Around Town"
- Chapter 8: "The Plum Poison"
- Chapter 9: "Lakan"
- Chapter 10: "Suirei"
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- Chapter 11: "Chance or Something More"
- Chapter 12: "The Ritual"
- Chapter 13: "Thornapple"
- Chapter 14: "Gaoshun"
- Chapter 15: "Rear Palace Redux"
- Chapter 16: "Paper"
- Chapter 17: "How to Buy Out a Contract"
- Chapter 18: "Blue Roses"
- Chapter 19: "Red Nails"
- Chapter 20: "Balsam and Woodsorrel"
- Epilogue
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| 3 | June 29, 2015[18] | 978-4-07-401176-6 | September 14, 2021 (ebook)[19] November 5, 2024 (print)[20] | 978-1-7183-6122-5 (ebook) 978-1-64609-274-1 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Books"
- Chapter 2: "The Cat"
- Chapter 3: "The Caravan"
- Chapter 4: "Perfume Oil"
- Chapter 5: "Corpse Fungus (Part One)"
- Chapter 6: "Corpse Fungus (Part Two)"
- Chapter 7: "Mirrors"
- Chapter 8: "The Moon Spirit"
- Chapter 9: "The Clinic"
- Chapter 10: "Third Time's the Charm (Part One)"
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- Chapter 11: "Third Time's the Charm (Part Two)"
- Chapter 12: "The Shrine of Choosing"
- Chapter 13: "The Empress Dowager"
- Chapter 14: "His Former Majesty"
- Chapter 15: "Scary Stories"
- Chapter 16: "Beating the Heat"
- Chapter 17: "The Hunt (Part One)"
- Chapter 18: "The Hunt (Part Two)"
- Chapter 19: "The Hunt (Part Three)"
- Epilogue
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| 4 | September 30, 2015[21] | 978-4-07-403100-9 | January 5, 2022 (ebook)[22] February 4, 2025 (print)[23] | 978-1-7183-6124-9 (ebook) 978-1-64609-297-0 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "The Bath"
- Chapter 2: "Seki-u"
- Chapter 3: "The Dancing Ghost"
- Chapter 4: "The Rumored Eunuchs"
- Chapter 5: "Ice"
- Chapter 6: "Breech Birth"
- Chapter 7: "Festering Resentment (Part One)"
- Chapter 8: "Festering Resentment (Part Two)"
- Chapter 9: "The Fox and the Tanuki Match Wits"
- Chapter 10: "Traces"
- Chapter 11: "The Fox Village"
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- Chapter 12: "Lantern Plant"
- Chapter 13: "Festival"
- Chapter 14: "The Worksite"
- Chapter 15: "The Stronghold"
- Chapter 16: "Lahan"
- Chapter 17: "Taibon"
- Chapter 18: "Feifa"
- Chapter 19: "The Army Marches"
- Chapter 20: "The Ambush"
- Chapter 21: "How it Began"
- Chapter 22: "In the Clutches of the Fox"
- Epilogue
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| 5 | April 30, 2016[24] | 978-4-07-416947-4 | May 9, 2022 (ebook)[25] May 6, 2025 (print)[26] | 978-1-7183-6126-3 (ebook) 978-1-64609-324-3 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Locusts"
- Chapter 2: "Ukyou"
- Chapter 3: "Sleep"
- Chapter 4: "The Fire-Rat Cloak"
- Chapter 5: "Let Them Eat Cake"
- Chapter 6: "The Last Volume"
- Chapter 7: "The White-Snake Immortal"
- Chapter 8: "Proficiencies"
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- Chapter 9: "The Paper Village"
- Chapter 10: "Hemp and Folk Religion"
- Chapter 11: "Bandits"
- Chapter 12: "Problems Accumulate"
- Chapter 13: "The Western Capital — Day One"
- Chapter 14: "The Western Capital — Day Two"
- Chapter 15: "The Banquet (Part One)"
- Chapter 16: "The Banquet (Part Two)"
- Epilogue
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| 6 | November 30, 2016[27] | 978-4-07-420788-6 | October 10, 2022[28] August 5, 2025 (print)[29] | 978-1-7183-6128-7 (ebook) 978-1-64609-325-0 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "The Western Capital—Day Four"
- Chapter 2: "The Floating Bride (Part One)"
- Chapter 3: "The Floating Bride (Part Two)"
- Chapter 4: "Homeward Bound"
- Chapter 5: "Wrapping Up in the Western Capital"
- Chapter 6: "The La Clan (Part One)"
- Chapter 7: "The La Clan (Part Two)"
- Chapter 8: "The Conclusion of Lishu's Journey"
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- Chapter 9: "Homecoming"
- Chapter 10: "The Bad Dumplings"
- Chapter 11: "The Dancing Water Sprite"
- Chapter 12: "The Trials of Consort Lishu"
- Chapter 13: "Scandal (Part One)"
- Chapter 14: "Scandal (Part Two)"
- Chapter 15: "Scandal (Part Three)"
- Chapter 16: "Basen and Lishu"
- Epilogue
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| 7 | February 28, 2018[30] | 978-4-07-429772-6 | March 1, 2023[31] November 4, 2025 (print)[32] | 978-1-7183-6130-0 (ebook) 978-1-64609-326-7 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "The Court Ladies' Service Exam"
- Chapter 2: "Harassment"
- Chapter 3: "Medical Assistant"
- Chapter 4: "The Rear Palace"
- Chapter 5: "Fortune Cookies"
- Chapter 6: "Strategist Down"
- Chapter 7: "Aylin's Intentions"
- Chapter 8: "The Thought Behind the Thought"
- Chapter 9: "Empress"
- Chapter 10: "Covert Ops"
- Chapter 11: "Before the Celebration"
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- Chapter 12: "Child of a Foreign Land"
- Chapter 13: "Lady-in-Waiting to His Majesty's Younger Brother"
- Chapter 14: "Meeting the Shrine Maiden"
- Chapter 15: ""Mom""
- Chapter 16: "The Dinner"
- Chapter 17: "The Suspect"
- Chapter 18: "A Man and a Woman Play the Game"
- Chapter 19: "The Truth Behind the Truth"
- Chapter 20: "Mushroom Congee"
- Chapter 21: "The Shrine Maiden's Confession"
- Chapter 22: "The Future Shrine Maiden"
- Epilogue
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| 8 | February 28, 2019[33] | 978-4-07-436884-6 | May 29, 2023[34] February 3, 2026 (print)[35] | 978-1-71836-132-4 (ebook) 978-1-6460-9423-3 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "The Go Book"
- Chapter 2: "A Jaunt Around Town"
- Chapter 3: "Trends"
- Chapter 4: "The Ma Siblings"
- Chapter 5: "Cards"
- Chapter 6: "Thunderclap"
- Chapter 7: "The Expedition"
- Chapter 8: "Harassment"
- Chapter 9: "Jinshi's Idea"
- Chapter 10: "Baitang"
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- Chapter 11: "Sport and Fear"
- Chapter 12: "Bad Cooking"
- Chapter 13: "The Hair Stick Thief"
- Chapter 14: "The Go Contest (Part One)"
- Chapter 15: "The Go Contest (Interlude)"
- Chapter 16: "The Go Contest (Part Two)"
- Chapter 17: "Freak vs. Perv"
- Chapter 18: "The Fingers' Owner"
- Chapter 19: "The Go Sage"
- Chapter 20: "Check"
- Epilogue
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| 9 | February 28, 2020[36][37] | 978-4-07-442420-7 978-4-07-441030-9 (LE) | October 9, 2023[38] May 5, 2026 (print)[39] | 978-1-7183-6134-8 (ebook) 978-1-6460-9424-0 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Yao's Request"
- Chapter 2: "The Villa"
- Chapter 3: "Kada's Book (Part 1)"
- Chapter 4: "Kada's Book (Part 2)"
- Chapter 5: "Kada's Book (Part 3)"
- Chapter 6: "An Invitation to the Western Capital"
- Chapter 7: "Taboo"
- Chapter 8: "Secret Lessons"
- Chapter 9: "The Message"
- Chapter 10: "Practical Exercises"
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- Chapter 11: "The Dissection"
- Chapter 12: "The Secret of the Numbers"
- Chapter 13: "Gyoku-ou"
- Chapter 14: "Selection"
- Chapter 15: "Preparations"
- Chapter 16: "A Voyage by Sea"
- Chapter 17: "Chue"
- Chapter 18: "Anan's Banquet"
- Chapter 19: "The Quack Vanishes"
- Chapter 20: "Smack Up Against the Wall"
- Epilogue
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| 10 | January 29, 2021[40] | 978-4-07-447215-4 | January 18, 2024[41] August 4, 2026 (print)[42] | 978-1-7183-6136-2 (ebook) 978-1-6460-9425-7 (print) |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Return to the Western Capital"
- Chapter 2: "Boss and Former Boss"
- Chapter 3: "The Annex and the Forgotten Man"
- Chapter 4: "Spring Comes to Basen (Part 1)"
- Chapter 5: "Spring Comes to Basen (Part 2)"
- Chapter 6: "The Farm Village (Part 1)"
- Chapter 7: "The Farm Village (Part 2)"
- Chapter 8: "An Old Man's Ramblings"
- Chapter 9: "Rite and Ritual"
- Chapter 10: "Results Reported"
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- Chapter 11: "The Feitouman (Part 1)"
- Chapter 12: "The Feitouman (Part 2)"
- Chapter 13: "The Windreader Tribe"
- Chapter 14: "The Past and the Possible"
- Chapter 15: "The Short Straw"
- Chapter 16: "A Moment's Peace"
- Chapter 17: "Disaster (Part 1)"
- Chapter 18: "Disaster (Part 2)"
- Chapter 19: "Scratches"
- Chapter 20: "Confirmation"
- Epilogue
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| 11 | April 30, 2021[43][44] | 978-4-07-448226-9 978-4-07-448440-9 (LE) | May 20, 2024[45] | 978-1-7183-6138-6 |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "Dried Fruit"
- Chapter 2: "The Strategist Strikes!"
- Chapter 3: "Big Lin"
- Chapter 4: "Small Lin"
- Chapter 5: "A Brother's Return"
- Chapter 6: "From the Capital"
- Chapter 7: "The Letters That Arrived"
- Chapter 8: "The Letters That Didn't"
- Chapter 9: "The Meeting"
- Chapter 10: "The Golden Ratio"
- Chapter 11: "The Coal Mine"
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- Chapter 12: "Mother versus Son"
- Chapter 13: "A Visit to the Ill"
- Chapter 14: "Tianyu"
- Chapter 15: "Violence"
- Chapter 16: "Gyokuen's Children"
- Chapter 17: "In the Shadow of the Ritual"
- Chapter 18: "The Siblings' Conference"
- Chapter 19: "The Weeping Wind (Part One)"
- Chapter 20: "The Weeping Wind (Part Two)"
- Chapter 21: "The Strategist Takes Command"
- Chapter 22: "The Imperial Younger Brother's Complaint"
- Epilogue
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| 12 | July 29, 2022[46][47] | 978-4-07-452400-6 978-4-07-452386-3 (LE) | October 14, 2024[48] | 978-1-7183-6140-9 |
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- Prologue
- Chapter 1: "The Princeling of the Main House"
- Chapter 2: "The Greenhouse and the Chapel"
- Chapter 3: "Gyoku-ou's Children"
- Chapter 4: "The Sheltered Wife"
- Chapter 5: "Third Son, Second Son, Eldest Son"
- Chapter 6: "The Winery"
- Chapter 7: "The Inheritance"
- Chapter 8: "Junjie"
- Chapter 9: "The Foreign Girl"
- Chapter 10: "Emergency Patient, Emergency Situation"
- Chapter 11: "The Southern Inn Town"
- Chapter 12: "The Kingdom of the Ri People"
- Chapter 13: "The Biaoshi"
- Chapter 14: "Disguise"
- Chapter 15: "Priorities"
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- Chapter 16: "The Liar"
- Chapter 17: "A Town of Faith"
- Chapter 18: "The Bandits' Hideout"
- Chapter 19: "The Bandit Village (Part One)"
- Chapter 20: "The Bandit Village (Part Two)"
- Chapter 21: "Serving Dinner"
- Chapter 22: "How Things Turned Out"
- Chapter 23: "The Road Home"
- Chapter 24: "A Wounded Beast"
- Chapter 25: "The Ugly Little Sparrow"
- Chapter 26: "Man and Wife"
- Chapter 27: "Master and Pupil"
- Chapter 28: "Sound Sleep"
- Chapter 29: "The Compromise"
- Chapter 30: "Growth"
- Epilogue
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| 13 | February 25, 2023[49] | 978-4-07-454379-3 | January 10, 2025[50] | 978-1-7183-6142-3 |
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- Chapter 1: "Lahan and Sanfan"
- Chapter 2: "Lahan and the Dangling Corpse (Part One)"
- Chapter 3: "Lahan and the Dangling Corpse (Part Two)"
- Chapter 4: "Lahan and the Dangling Corpse (Part Three)"
- Chapter 5: "Jinshi and the Report"
- Chapter 6: "Tianyu's Medical-Office Diary"
- Chapter 7: "Maamei and Her Inept Brothers"
- Chapter 8: "True Records of an Elder Brother"
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- Chapter 9: "En'en's Day Off"
- Chapter 10: "En'en and the Love Chat"
- Chapter 11: "A Flower Called Joka"
- Chapter 12: "Joka and Her Little Sister"
- Chapter 13: "Yao and the Return of Lahan's Brother"
- Chapter 14: "Ah-Duo's Truth"
- Chapter 15: "Jinshi's Shock, Maomao's Resolution"
- Chapter 16: "Maomao and the Late Dinner"
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| 14 | September 29, 2023[51] | 978-4-07-455775-2 | May 30, 2025[52] | 978-1-7183-6144-7 |
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- Chapter 1: "The Meeting of the Named (Part One)"
- Chapter 2: "The Meeting of the Named (Part Two)"
- Chapter 3: "The Shin Heirloom"
- Chapter 4: "The Rabbit and the Dragon"
- Chapter 5: "A Gong Resounds in the Heart"
- Chapter 6: "The Horse and the Rabbit"
- Chapter 7: "The Vanished Thief (Part One)"
- Chapter 8: "The Vanished Thief (Part Two)"
- Chapter 9: "A Courtesan’s Time to Quit"
- Chapter 10: "A Flower Signature"
- Chapter 11: "Their Juniors"
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- Chapter 12: "Life in the Medical Office by the Training Grounds"
- Chapter 13: "A Duel and Its Price"
- Chapter 14: "Two Good Friends"
- Chapter 15: "Contradictions and Goals"
- Chapter 16: "Yo"
- Chapter 17: "The Forbidden Hunting Ground"
- Chapter 18: "Kada’s Descendants"
- Chapter 19: "The Still-Hidden Treasure (Part One)"
- Chapter 20: "The Still-Hidden Treasure (Part Two)"
- Chapter 21: "The Road Home"
- Epilogue: "Those Who Sow Malice"
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| 15 | March 29, 2024[53] | 978-4-07-456728-7 | September 12, 2025[54] | 978-1-7183-6146-1 |
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- Chapter 1: “The Selection Exam”
- Chapter 2: “Smallpox and Chickenpox”
- Chapter 3: “Reassignment”
- Chapter 4: “Drug Trials”
- Chapter 5: “A Book Restored”
- Chapter 6: “The Patient”
- Chapter 7: “A Man’s Romance”
- Chapter 8: “Anesthesia”
- Chapter 9: “To Everyone a Purpose”
- Chapter 10: “Gyouyoh”
- Chapter 11: “The Special Unit”
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- Chapter 12: “Explanation and Agreement”
- Chapter 13: “Sowing Seeds”
- Chapter 14: “The Patient’s Consent”
- Chapter 15: “Confession—The Surface”
- Chapter 16: “Confession—The Secret”
- Chapter 17: “Anxiety”
- Chapter 18: “Before the Surgery”
- Chapter 19: “During the Surgery”
- Chapter 20: “After the Surgery”
- Epilogue
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| 16 | May 30, 2025[55][56] | 978-4-07-461876-7 978-4-07-461882-8 (LE) | May 29, 2026[57] | 978-1-71-836148-5 |