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I believe right now she's posing as a eunuch which is why there's such masculine vibes. But... given the timeline... I believe they would check physically when she first came to the court. Particularly as she was working in the inner court.
wait are the chapters cut short again? or jumbled?
ch71 and early 72 Maomao is confronting suirei and then suddenly it just cuts to the tanuki and the fox??? HUH
also is Suirei really a woman? I get more "dude so pretty he can disguise as a pretty woman" rather than just androgynous woman.