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Maomao's Moonlit Surrender: A Pragmatic Apothecary Unravels in the Embrace of Forbidden Desire within the Inner Palace Gardens

The scent of night-blooming jasmine mingled with the earthy aroma of medicinal herbs, a familiar symphony that usually brought Maomao a sense of calm, a comforting tether to her pragmatic world. Tonight, however, the air thrummed with an unfamiliar tension, a subtle electricity that prickled her skin and sent an unbidden tremor through her usually stoic frame. The moon, a luminous pearl in the velvet sky, cast long, dancing shadows across the secluded pavilion where she found herself, ostensibly to gather a rare nocturnal bloom, but her heart knew otherwise.