The story in the latest The Beans magazine takes place during novel 8 (book 9) in the capital while most of the novel itself takes place in Sa Province. Since it's so late in the series, obviously there will be spoilers but much of the story deals with older history especially Shouka's. I'm glossing over lots for obvious reasons.

( Prologue, Ch 1 and part of Ch 2 )

Hmm... this is mostly Shouka's family's memories - specifically Shuurei and Seiran. I forgot to mention that Shouka's home is referred to as Shouka's residence while Reishin lives at the Kou residence (makes sense, he's head of the family).

Oh, this is from the side story for ep 11.

( bittersweet memories )

Little excerpts from early Vol 2 Saiunkoku. No real spoilers if you're following the raw anime, but things are a bit different in the books. :P

( me being bad... :P )