Suicide or Murder? Jinshi is still sulking from the shock after Maomao's homecoming, though slowly recovering after knowing the truth from Gyokuyou, when a eunuch barged into his office reporting of Kounen, a high-ranking official, dying after a heavy drinking session during a party. After investigation, and after reading Kounen's lifestyle history, Maomao concluded that the excessive salt added to his drink, Kounen being mostly a serious sweet tooth, killed him. Salt that could have been placed by someone at the party out of pranking him or because they hated him...