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The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 1

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.
Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao’s façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor’s favorite consort… so she can taste the lady’s food for poison!
At her lady’s side, Maomao starts to learn about everything that goes on in the rear palace—not all of it seemly. Can she ever lead a quiet life, or will her powers of deduction and insatiable curiosity bring her ever more adventures, and ever more dangers?
251 printed pages
Original publication
2021
Publication year
2021
Publisher
J-Novel Club
Translator
Kevin Steinbach
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  • catshared an impressionlast year
    👍Worth reading
    💡Learnt A Lot
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    read this one in one day, what a good decision i made, the anime does it justice though! Can't wait to see certain scenes animated hehe

  • meganborthwick132shared an impression10 months ago
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    Love it

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    Favorite! 🤍✨

Quotes

  • alopsiahas quotedlast year
    She must have been much admired for her beauty in those halcyon days before she had arrived at the palace, but when she got here, she discovered she had known as much about the outside world as a frog who had spent its life in a well.
  • kierstendeavy6has quoted3 months ago
    “My sincere apologies,” Maomao said. “I couldn’t think of compensation that would be worthy of you, Master Jinshi.”
    Would’ve been rude to give a eunuch an invitation to a brothel, right?
  • elizabethmarch23has quoted10 months ago
    Maomao was a relatively objective thinker for a girl of seventeen, but she had a few qualities that continually dogged her. For one, curiosity; and for another, a hunger for knowledge. And then there was her budding sense of justice.

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