Lady_Comet

How would she eat it with her hands tied? It was stated that she was only able to get and use a knife on her bindings because she had been hastily tied back up when the wedding was interrupted. Before the wedding she was tied up and unable to use her hands. When she wasn't tied up she was probably in the company of other people. So, would have had even less of a chance to remove things from her storage space.

The gold should; if I did my math right which is questionable, but the total weight of all 20 pieces of gold should be 2.3328 kilograms. So about the weight of half a two liter bottle of soda. The math for this was 116.64 grams (The weight given for one piece of gold) times 20. This results in 116.40×20=2,332.8. Then to turn that from grams to kilograms you divide that number by 1,000 since there are a 1,000 grams in a kilogram.. So, 2,332.8÷1,000=2.3328. All this to say that although it has some weight it is still a reasonable enough weight for Shi Qian to be able to be handed all 20 pieces of gold.

... the steam...

Probably the type of flower pollen she had on her hands that exonerated her from pushing the consort.

One of the hotel staff told her he was a prostitute .

Umm.. that seems very loud and likely to be noticed by everyone. Trust me helicopters are loud.

I think he might be referring to the fever the Female Lead developed from almost drowning.

Maybe he means "burned to death from the fever." The next sentence tells her to just take credit for bringing her back but to say she doesn't know who pulled her out of the river. I suppose this is to still make her seem like she saved our Female Lead; even if it's a 2nd place saving and not a 1st.

Glass Staircase; so dangerous. Imagine if you accidentally spilled a drink as you walk up the stairs in the middle of the night. Oops, now the glass step is slick and oh, no! you aren't anyway to be seen on the steps anymore. Do you know why? It's because you are on your head at the bottom of the stairs. Glass steps are dangerous.

No, a hot air balloon is a terrible idea. You are literally at the mercy of the wind; even when a hot air balloon is tethered to the ground so it shouldn't cause trouble and injuries. If the wind decides injuries are happening; injuries happen. For instance, a sudden gust of wind slamming the hot air balloon into the police headquarters building. The children's museum was terribly upset by this as the patrons got minor injuries and a terrible fright. The police department was more upset by this and grounded the hot air balloon. They did not like being attacked by a hit air balloon.