In this house we love Wang Qi in all his gender non-conforming glory, but sometimes his over-curious nature gets him in trouble…

Taihe Lou - literally something like “restaurant Calm and Peaceful”. It’s a bit of a mouthful and speech bubbles are, as always, small.

As he apologizes, Chen Shi talks about himself in third person - that’s a lot more common in Chinese than I will actually translate it that way; I don’t really have any particular criteria, but usually it if it sounds reasonable in English and/or adds something to the tone of the phrase or the set of the scene, then I’ll try to keep it close to the original (for example here it’s a somewhat tense situation and Chen Shi is significantly more formal than he usually is, so it felt appropriate).

I could talk for ages about clothes, but it’s nearing midnight, so I’ll keep it brief. some styles of women’s clothing didn’t differ that much from men’s clothes - in fact, certain styles were pretty unisex, and in later Tang dynasty it would become more common for women to wear traditionally “male” clothes. The style Wang Qi here wears is pretty simple and while I’m sure it’s not something he’d normally wear, putting it on is a matter of minutes. However, hairstyles and makeup typically were much more complicated for women, so if Wang Qi was going for authenticity, that could definitely take some time. And indeed - we can clearly see the makeup, and while it’s hard to judge his hair, it definitely looks like it’s done up and has volume.