Saiunkoku Monogatari
Summary:
Shuurei is a pretty but poor girl, struggling to earn money for herself and her family. One day, the Emperor’s adviser, comes and visits her home, offering her five hundred gold coins if she would do something for him. Thinking of her family’s well being…and a little bit of her own, she immediately agrees, despite not knowing the task. However when she finds out, she gets the shock of her life!
OP: “Hajimari no Kaze” by Hirahara Ayaka
ED: “Saikou no Kataomoi” by Tainaka Sachi
Episodes:
1-There is Always a Backside to a Good Story
2-A Frog in a Well Knows Naught of the Ocean
3-The Wise Eagle Hides His Talons
4-Casting Pearls Before Swine
5-Hard Work Beats Talent
6- Putting on the Finishing Touches
7- Even a Strong Swimmer Can Drown
8- I’d Ask a Cat to Lend a Hand
9- A Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step
10- Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
11- Lovesickness Has No Cure
12- He Who Fights and Runs Away, Lives to Fight Another Day
13- An Unexpected Surprise
14- Kiyou wasn’t Built in a Day
15-The Child Knows Not how the Parent Worries
16- Wherever One Goes, There is Kindness
17-Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
18- Don’t Guard Your Face and Expose Your Flank
19- A Pretty Flower Wilts in the Shade
20- Flowers Bloom on Withered Trees
21- Fools Rush in where Wise Men Fear to Tread
22- Where There is Life, There is Hope
23- Good Company in a Journey Makes the Way Seem Shorter
24- A Bolt from the Blue
25- An Uncanny Likeness
26- Looking for Crows in the Dark
27- The Prettier the Flower, the Higher the Branch
28- Worry Gives Small Things Large Shadows
29- Every Moment Feels Like An Eternity
30- Judge Women by Courage
31- A Diamond in the Rough
32- A Woman’s Word is her Bond
