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The Apothecary Diaries

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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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Next!

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What's this? What's wrong with your leg?

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Lady Loulan.

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I see.

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EpisodeThe Baths
Sigh!

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What's wrong, Xiaolan?

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Where do I go to find a good job?

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A job?

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Yep. My term of service here
is over in six months.

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If I was from a rich family,
I could expect offers for marriage.

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But that's not the case for me.

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Maomao, do you have any connections?

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Connections, huh?

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When I first met her,
Xiaolan was just a gossipy girl.

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But now, as one of the first students
at the new school, she studies hard.

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I'd hope she'd find a good place to work
after she leaves the rear palace.

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Well, there is a place I could
introduce you to, but...

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There is?!

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Technically yeah, but...

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That said, becoming a courtesan
isn't a suggestion I'd make lightly.

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I would say my connections should be
the last, final, desperate choice...

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What? How come?

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Someone else with connections...

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No. If I introduce Xiaolan to Master Jinshi,

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I might get her mixed up
in whatever trouble he's in.

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What's up?

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Hey, Shisui!

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Do you know any good
workplaces looking to hire?

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What's this about?

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My term's almost up, so I'm looking for work.

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You have connections or anything?

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I guess, yeah, in a way.

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Really?!

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Well, more like I know
where to make connections.

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Phew. Massages are hard work.

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We ended up getting a queue and everything!

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The court lady who used to do it left
because her term ended.

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I see. Shisui, you know a lot.

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That court lady became a favorite of
one of the mid-ranking concubines,

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and found work back with
that concubine's family.

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I see. I didn't think about that!

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Sometimes they give us things too, like
combs and necklaces they stopped using!

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Wow!

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Even if they're broken, they sell
well if the material is good.

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Shisui really never misses a good deal.

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What would Lady Hongniang think?

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Okay! Time to find connections!

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Yeah!

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I see, massages at the baths?

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Yes, I'm accompanying an acquaintance of mine.

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I know. You won't allow it. I get it—

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Oh, it sounds like a good idea.
Right, Hongniang?

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Lady Gyokuyou!

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People drop their guards in those places,

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and sometimes tell interesting stories.

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Like palace rumors and such.

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Maomao, please let me know if you
hear anything interesting, okay?

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You heard her!

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Yeah, Lady Gyokuyou
is just as clever as Shisui.

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It's been over six months
since Concubine Loulan arrived.

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As the daughter of Master Shishou,

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an important official
since the last emperor's reign,

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she became a high-ranking
concubine with huge fanfare.

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The emperor has to spend time with her.

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The other rumor I hear often is...

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Oh, is he over there?

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I heard there's a new,
good-looking eunuch that joined.

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I wanna take a look at him!

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Where have I heard that before?

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I heard a rumor that there's
thirty new eunuchs.

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New?

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I thought they stopped performing
the surgery that makes them.

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They're former slaves.

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Slaves? I thought we didn't have
those in our country.

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I think they're from foreign races.

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I hear there are some countries
that castrate and enslave foreigners.

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So maybe they escaped or were
rescued from those places.

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If there's thirty of them, maybe there was
a large-scale raid or something.

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Hmm.

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Shisui seems like she only cares about
insects, but is actually quite smart.

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The new eunuchs are in charge of
putting hot water in the baths, right?

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I wonder if the rumored guy is there?

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Are you sure? He's a eunuch, right?

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But he's good-looking, right?

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I'm sure he's not as handsome
as Master Jinshi, though.

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What's wrong, Maomao?

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Nothing.

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Come to think of it, you're spending
a lot of time with Master Jinshi—

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On orders from the concubine!

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I feel like they're staring holes through me.

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We're on break. Won't you have some tea?

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I wanted to ask you...

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How did you end up serving the Jade Pavilion?

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How? Well...

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The Jade Pavilion was short-staffed, so I got
sent to serve as the taster. That's all.

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I've heard that already.

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What I really want to know is

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why is Gyokuyou, who rarely trusts
anyone, so comfortable with you?

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Dear sister.

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Oh.

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They used to be very close,
I guess. First-name level.

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In that case, it's natural
for them to be concerned

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by the suspicious servant so close by.

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I am merely a taster. If someone
attempts to poison Lady Gyokuyou,

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I will be the one to die first.

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That's my role, and there's no need
for you to mind me any further.

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I was told this already,
but you really are cut-and-dry.

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Um, thank you.

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Also, it seems you have
many friends on the outside,

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but please try to keep it under control.

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When a senior worker in this unfamiliar
pavilion keeps wandering off without us,

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we feel a bit lonely.

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Especially Seki-u, the youngest of us,
who's the same age as you.

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She's right. Lately, I've almost exclusively
been hanging out with Shisui and Xiaolan.

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The taster always wandering off
does seem a bit suspicious.

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In that case, would you like to
join me at the baths today?

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Huh? The baths?!

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That might be good. Seki-u, you should
hang out with others sometimes, too.

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Haku-u!

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Going to the baths is partly an assignment
from Lady Gyokuyou too, right?

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That's correct.

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Koku-u?!

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Just consider it part of your job, and go.

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