Master Jinshi Ver.2

Appearance: Possessing silky hair, slender features, almond eyes, and willowy brows, he was just as beautiful as a painting of a celestial maiden. Jinshi is an exceptionally and overwhelmingly beautiful young man. Frequently described as having "the looks of a celestial maiden", he has a feminine appearance, with long, silky, jet-black hair and obsidian eyes. In the light novel, he is stylized with dark purple hair and pink eyes. Despite his feminine face, Maomao comments that his body is "surprisingly well-built", and that his hands are smooth and masculine, though callused from wielding a blade. His appearance is said to be so captivating that a mere look at his face is enough to cause most girls and men to swoon; Maomao even fears that Jinshi could start a war with warlords vying for his affection. When she puts lipstick on him, she comments to herself that he has reached a level of beauty such that, if anyone besides her, Suiren and Gaoshun saw him, there would be a national crisis.

Unlike most other court officials in the series, Jinshi usually wears his hair in a half-back style tied with a cloth or a precious hairpin. He is most often seen wearing court official robes. While he wears an angelic smile on his face in public, he removes this persona in privacy and reverts back to the childish expressions he normally wears.

Personality: While Jinshi appears to be serene and collected, he possesses a severe lack of self-confidence. Despite being rather diligent and intelligent as noted by Maomao, as well as having a knack for untangling mysteries, he is neither a great scholar nor a brilliant general and thus believes that he pales in comparison to the large shadow that is his “older brother”, the Emperor. However, Jinshi is aware that his beauty is extraordinary and thus uses his appearance and natural charm as weapons in order to make up for his perceived mediocrity in other areas. Maomao notes that he has a double-sided personality in this regard; while he puts on an angelic persona in public, he is way more childish than he lets on, a fact that only a select few know. A major example is his intense interest on Maomao, whose attitude he finds refreshing and amusing, but his childish curiosity evolves into genuine romantic affection.

Abilities: Charm: Possessing a beauty that attracts both male and female, Jinshi is able to sway most people with his beauty alone, although it can be a problem sometimes when he attracts unwanted attention from eccentric people.

Influence: As an imperial prince, Jinshi has great political power and influence inside and outside the Inner and Outer Courts, though, because he served as a eunuch rather than a royal for much of his life, it pales in comparison to the Emperor's influence. It is still enough to buy Maomao's freedom from Verdigris House, build a literary school for palace ladies, lead a battalion during the Shi Clan rebellion, work on a policy which would allow women to became medical court officials who would replace the eunuch physicians inside the Inner Court, and provide alimentary, medical and investigative aid to the Western capital during the locust plague.