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The Apothecary Diaries

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This story is a work of fiction. The names of all of the characters, organizations, and so on
are imaginary. It also bears no connection to any specific real-life events.

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Take a look, Maomao!

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Wow, this is impressive.

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I know, right?

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I see, this is why they bothered to summon me.

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It's a great mirror, isn't it?
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Can you tell what it's made of?

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This reflection... Is it glass?

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Correct.

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Honestly, it's like there are
two Lady Gyokuyous.

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Making mirrors out of glass is difficult.

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The only way to get them
is through trade with the west.

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Meaning this is extremely expensive.

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If I broke this by accident, they'd have
every right to chop my head off.

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We had a glass hand mirror before,
but Yinghua broke it.

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Please don't remind me about that!

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I'm glad Lady Gyokuyou is an even-tempered person...

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Does this interest you, Maomao?

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Yes. I wonder how it works?

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If we could mass-produce this domestically,
we could make a lot of money...

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Yes, right.

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This mirror is a gift from
the foreign special envoy.

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A special envoy?

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The quack doctor mentioned something like that.

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The large-scale caravan was an advance
party to the special envoy, or something.

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I think they gave one to all of
the high-ranking concubines, though.

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Don't phrase it like that.

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There's four high-ranking concubines,
including Concubine Gyokuyou.

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A special envoy would
have to treat them fairly.

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Bringing four giant mirrors like this
must have been hard,

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whether it was over the desert or by sea.

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For them to go through
all of that for the concubines,

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they might be trying to start
a big business deal with our nation.

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Xiaomao, may I have a moment?

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Master Gaoshun, what is it?

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There's something I would
like your opinion on.

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Lady Hongniang, may I borrow this room?

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Yes, that's fine, but is it a difficult topic?

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Lady Hongniang joined us,
saying I shouldn't be alone with him,

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but she lost all interest once she
found out Gaoshun has a wife and child.

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So, I don't know if I can be of any help,
but what did you have in mind?

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Well, an acquaintance of mine
is very concerned.

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It's a very strange situation, but...

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A rich family has two daughters.

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They're close in age and
have similar appearances.

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The girls were loved deeply by their
parents, but when they came of age,

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their parents became
overprotective of them.

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They were never allowed to leave
the house, not even together.

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A lady-in-waiting was assigned
to monitor them,

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and they spent their days in their house.

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The lady-in-waiting felt sorry for them
and took them out occasionally,

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but the father found out.

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He stationed male servants
outside the room to watch them,

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and locked the doors at night
so that they couldn't get out.

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The daughters were introverts, so they
spent all day on their embroidery,

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but one day...

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Father, my little sister...

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She is pregnant, carrying the child of a wizard!

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That's...

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A strange story.

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Didn't the lady-in-waiting
just sneak them out again?

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No, the lady-in-waiting had already
been fired as a warning to the others.

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The new lady-in-waiting didn't
interact much with the daughters.

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Well... in that case, though it would be
improper, what about the servant men?

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That would be difficult as well.

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They weren't allowed to approach
the room, even while monitoring them.

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That is quite a conundrum, but it seems
outside my realm of knowledge.

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For example, if the ask was, "Is it possible
to become pregnant without seeing a man?"

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I could explain it.

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Does that ever happen?

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The body can trick itself
into believing it's pregnant

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without actually becoming so.

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There was a case in the brothel
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claimed that she was carrying
the child of the man she loves.

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Without actually becoming pregnant?

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Exactly. She began missing her periods,
and her breasts and stomach grew tender.

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A strongly held belief can have
a powerful effect on the body.

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Are you sure the younger
daughter was pregnant?

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Well, yes...

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Let's just say she was.

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The problem is, how was she able
to sneak out past the surveillance?

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Well, do you know how they were being watched?

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Yes. Here is a diagram.

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The sisters lived in a separate
building on the north side,

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connected to the main house
by a corridor on the west.

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Where is the washroom?

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Inside the separate building.

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If the younger daughter were to escape...

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The only way in or out
is the corridor on the west side.

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There are windows on the east and south sides,
but the servant men were watching those.

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Where were the servants
watching the windows from?

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The south window was watched from
the third floor of the main house,

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while the east window was
being watched from the first floor.

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Hmm. They seem to have
a very limited field of vision.

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Could they see inside the room at all?

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Not really, but the daughters were often
doing needlework by the window.

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A strange hobby, embroidery.

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They came from a pastoral culture.

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Hmm... It sounds like
he's hiding something important.

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The windows on the south and west
seem to be in the same room.

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The daughters have separate
bedrooms for themselves.

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Was this separate building
originally for guests?

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I'm impressed that you noticed that.

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How many men were watching?

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Two. They were always
stationed in the same spot.

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He knows the details quite well.

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Yet, it feels like he's
not telling me everything...

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Is he really talking about
an "acquaintance" of his?

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Hmm... I don't know
if I want to bring this up...

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By the way, Xiaomao.

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Master Jinshi sent a message.

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He wanted to apologize for the delay
in delivering the ox bezoar.

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The bezoar!

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That's true, he hasn't handed it over yet.

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I'm sorry. It seems like demand
for it suddenly went up.

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Why so suddenly?

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I've heard recently that Master Jinshi

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has been gifted many rare
medicines from all sorts of people.

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Rumor has it that he's quite
passionately searching for them.

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W-Well, anyway, please take this.

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What is this?

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It is a bear gall.

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It's a bear's gallbladder, dried.

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It's bitter, but it's valued for its use

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in medicines for the digestive system!

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I'm glad you like it.

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I think Master Jinshi wanted to
deliver it to you personally.

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So, did you notice anything?

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Yes. Can you wait for a moment?

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Let's say that these nuts
are the two daughters.

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Are these the spots that they always sit in?

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Yes.

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Two people watching them,
always from the same spot every day.

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What if...

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I put a mirror here, like this.

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It does look like another nut is there.

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What if there was a large mirror here,
near the east window?

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It would be a good distance away
from the watcher,

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so it would be hard to tell,
even if it looked a bit unnatural.

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So, you're saying there was
only one daughter in the room,

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and the other was an image in the mirror?

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If the daughters looked similar,

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it may have been difficult
for the watchers to tell them apart.

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But Maomao, what about the needlework?

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They were working on
different things, were they not?

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Yes, I heard they were stitching
animals, such as birds or rabbits.

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Well, as an example...

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Take an image like this.

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When I flip this picture upside down,
doesn't the smile now look like a frown?

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So you're saying the embroidery
was part of the trick, too?

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Maybe they were working on embroidery

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that looked like a different image
when seen through a mirror.

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If so, one could be actually doing
needlework by the southern window,

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while the other escapes
out of the exit on the west.

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I see.

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I guess using that method, it would be
possible to sneak out and meet someone.

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The large mirror that the foreign
envoys brought was so beautiful.

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From a distance, it would be hard
to tell a reflection from reality.

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A long time ago, when my dad
went to study abroad in the west,

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he told me that needlework was common
among high-class daughters.

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Master Gaoshun said a girl from a rich family
snuck out of the house to get pregnant,

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but I don't know how accurate that story is.

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Maybe she was carrying
a bigger secret instead of a child.

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I suppose sometimes, one would need to

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accept someone who is
suspected of being a spy as a guest.

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But I'm not going to question that
and get myself too involved.

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More importantly...

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What should I make with this bear gall?!

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An otherworldly beauty
that sheds pearls as tears?

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Yeah, the high-ranking official in charge of
the welcoming party came begging for help.

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Master Jinshi, you don't have
to accept any more work...

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I know.

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It's not just the mirrors.
What are the envoys thinking?

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Apothecary, have you ever heard a story

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of an otherworldly beauty
who sheds pearls as tears?

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Huh? What is it?

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I'd love to say,

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"There's an otherworldly beauty
in front of me right here..."

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What do you mean by "pearls as tears"?

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I don't know the details, but...

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She was a beautiful woman, like a moon fairy.

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When she danced, lights danced
with her as if blessing her.

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I think she was a courtesan
from the pleasure district, but...

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A moon fairy? Where did this come from?

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It's a serious request from
the special envoy with us now.

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The special envoy? From the west?

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Yes. When they were young,
the envoy's grandfather told

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the story of the moon fairy,
over and over again.

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So, now they're asking me to find her,
so that they can meet her.

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Their grandfather? That must mean
this is a pretty old story.

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Yes. It's difficult, but they're
important diplomatic partners.

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I'd like to respond to the best of my ability.

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Does this remind you of anything, even a rumor?

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This is obviously decades ago,
so who knows if she's still alive...

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She's very much alive.

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Really?!

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Really, and in fact, you've met her
before in the pleasure district.

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I have?

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Yes.

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I don't remember meeting anyone
matching the description...

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It's no surprise that you
can't think of her immediately.

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Could it be?

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Indeed, it's the old lady
of the Verdigris House.

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Oh, what is she like?

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She'll come any time, as long as
you can pay. What do you think?

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W-Well, that's...

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The envoy knows the person is
from fifty years ago.

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Couldn't you just find
a different beautiful woman?

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Well, we already hosted a welcoming
party with beautiful women.

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They might not have been moon fairies,

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but I still think we brought in
some top-level beauties.

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They didn't seem to be satisfied.
In fact, they seemed to laugh it off.

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Who is this guy?

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I'm sorry, but did any of these top-level
beauties provide any overnight services—

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Maomao!

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No, we couldn't do that.

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The envoy is female.

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Ah, so that's why they came
to Master Jinshi for help.

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He has beauty that would impress
anyone, and is technically male.

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He does have what it takes
to make a woman go head over heels.

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Of course, being a special envoy
as a woman must have taught her

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to refrain from such careless acts,

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but it's a risk worth avoiding.

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How important is this envoy?

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Let's just say they completely control
the western and northern trade points.

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The latest caravan was so large

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because both nations want to
advance talks of new trades.

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I see.

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I hear in distant lands, marriages
take place across international lines,

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causing beautiful men and women
to become quite commonplace.

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For someone from such a nation
to call someone a moon fairy...

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Did she put hallucinogens
in the incense or something?

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Do people do that?

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Not usually, but it would be the quickest way.

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That would cause a diplomatic disaster.

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I'm grasping at straws here.
Is there any information from back then?

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He really is distraught.

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Well, let's bring in the straw to grasp.

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Thanks for coming all the way out here.

240
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This is a strange ask.

241
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What a boring place. Not even a cup of tea?

242
00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:17,351
This is just a visitation room, of sorts.

243
00:16:18,352 --> 00:16:23,273
Old lady, did you welcome
a foreign envoy in the past?

244
00:16:23,273 --> 00:16:27,319
Yes, I did. It must have been
over 50 years ago.

245
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This was back in the age of the emperor
before the previous one.

246
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The city was originally a town
built on an ancient ruin,

247
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and we had a bunch of tourists visiting.

248
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When they suddenly decided to make
this popular spot the capital,

249
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there was a bit of turmoil.

250
00:16:44,336 --> 00:16:47,339
Anyway, the capital was still new,
so we didn't have a great castle

251
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and nowhere to welcome guests.

252
00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:55,347
The higher-ups couldn't think of anything,
so they used a remaining ruin.

253
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It used to be some kind of ceremonial site.

254
00:16:57,349 --> 00:17:01,353
It had a pretty pond and
buildings next to an orchard.

255
00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:03,313
Is that...

256
00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:06,316
There was a ruined orchard
on the north side of the rear palace

257
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that I visited the other day.

258
00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:13,323
It's not out of the question that the party
venue might now be part of the rear palace.

259
00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:19,329
I was selected as the main dancer in
the performance using that ruin as a stage.

260
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Why you?

261
00:17:21,331 --> 00:17:23,333
Well, I was the highest-class courtesan

262
00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:25,377
in the whole pleasure district back then.

263
00:17:25,377 --> 00:17:28,338
I was the main dancer, and about
a dozen others danced with me.

264
00:17:29,298 --> 00:17:33,302
She looks like a dead twig now, but...

265
00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:36,346
That said, I think the biggest
reason was my build.

266
00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:42,561
It does make sense to assign someone
with a bigger body as the main dancer.

267
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That said...

268
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A lot of the event was improvised,
so we had difficulty preparing.

269
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We had to plan everything,
like the phases of the moon,

270
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and removed obstacles
to give the guests a better view.

271
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The nearby orchard meant lots of insects,

272
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so we went in and picked out
every single larva from the leaves.

273
00:18:03,540 --> 00:18:08,504
We did end up getting insects
around the torches, though.

274
00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:14,510
Even after all that work, there were idiots
who tampered with my costume that night.

275
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They rubbed insect carcasses on it.

276
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But I was too tough for them.

277
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I used my outfit skillfully to hide it.

278
00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:29,483
The audience ate it up,
and the idiots seemed so angry.

279
00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:32,528
I've heard that story so many times.
Got anything else?

280
00:18:32,569 --> 00:18:34,571
Have some respect!

281
00:18:42,579 --> 00:18:47,626
Who would've known this mesmerizing
beauty would become a penny-pincher...

282
00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:55,592
This painting was commissioned by
the envoy after he returned home.

283
00:18:55,592 --> 00:18:57,594
Saying he saw a "moon goddess" or something.

284
00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:01,598
Ah, I see. This picture is beautified as well.

285
00:19:01,598 --> 00:19:03,559
What did you say?

286
00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:04,601
Nothing.

287
00:19:05,602 --> 00:19:08,605
So, the envoy never set foot in our land again,

288
00:19:09,606 --> 00:19:12,609
but he sent this to me through the caravan.

289
00:19:13,610 --> 00:19:17,614
But granny, you were just
doing your job as usual, right?

290
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Why did he like you so much?

291
00:19:19,575 --> 00:19:22,578
How should I know?

292
00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:28,584
The old lady can see things objectively.

293
00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:30,627
She probably isn't exaggerating.

294
00:19:31,587 --> 00:19:32,588
But...

295
00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:35,591
Even if the old lady was beautiful back then,

296
00:19:36,592 --> 00:19:39,636
what caused them to call her a goddess?

297
00:19:42,598 --> 00:19:44,641
Hmm, I don't know.

298
00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:48,645
Should we find someone who
looks like the person in the picture?

299
00:19:48,645 --> 00:19:51,565
That's all I can think of.

300
00:19:51,607 --> 00:19:56,653
Honestly, finding a tall woman
who looks like this would be difficult.

301
00:19:57,571 --> 00:20:01,617
Why don't we just look for a tall woman,
not necessarily one that looks like this?

302
00:20:02,576 --> 00:20:07,623
She's shrunk quite a bit now, but she said
she was 175 centimeters tall back then.

303
00:20:07,623 --> 00:20:09,625
That is quite tall.

304
00:20:09,666 --> 00:20:15,589
Yes. She was a skilled dancer, and her long
limbs helped make her dances look even better.

305
00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:21,595
But finding a tall woman on par
with her beauty would be difficult.

306
00:20:21,595 --> 00:20:24,598
The envoys are about that tall.

307
00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:27,601
If we find someone too small,
they might appear like children.

308
00:20:28,644 --> 00:20:32,606
The "envoys"? There are more than one?

309
00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:36,610
Yes. They are cousins
with the same grandfather.

310
00:20:37,611 --> 00:20:41,657
From the way they described it,
the envoys must be quite pretty as well.

311
00:20:42,574 --> 00:20:46,578
So we have to find someone
who's more than 175 centimeters tall,

312
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whose beauty would impress another beauty...

313
00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:56,630
I found someone. A very suitable candidate.

314
00:20:56,630 --> 00:21:00,592
A beautiful person taller
than 175 centimeters, right?

315
00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:01,593
Oh!

316
00:21:07,557 --> 00:21:08,642
What are you trying to say?

317
00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:32,541
Wow!

318
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