The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
Out east, an emperor rules over a sprawling palace complex where his consorts and attendants live—a place called the rear palace. Maomao was just an ordinary girl from an ordinary town, raised by her apothecary father, with no reason to think she'd ever end up there. Then she was kidnapped and sold into service anyway. Maomao doesn't look like much, but she's sharp-witted, clever, and knows a surprising amount about medicine. That edge stays hidden until she catches the attention of Jinshi, the palace's head eunuch—someone just as perceptive as she is. He sees right through her act and recruits her as a lady-in-waiting to the Emperor's favorite consort. Her job? Taste the consort's food to make sure nobody's poisoning her. Working at her lady's side, Maomao quickly discovers that the rear palace is full of secrets, not all of them clean. The real question is whether she can ever go back to living a simple, quiet life—or if her talent for figuring things out and her endless curiosity are going to keep dragging her into stranger and more dangerous situations.
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The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
2014
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Out east, an emperor rules over a sprawling palace complex where his consorts and attendants live—a place called the rear palace. Maomao was just an ordinary girl from an ordinary town, raised by her apothecary father, with no reason to think she'd ever end up there. Then she was kidnapped and sold into service anyway. Maomao doesn't look like much, but she's sharp-witted, clever, and knows a surprising amount about medicine. That edge stays hidden until she catches the attention of Jinshi, the palace's head eunuch—someone just as perceptive as she is. He sees right through her act and recruits her as a lady-in-waiting to the Emperor's favorite consort. Her job? Taste the consort's food to make sure nobody's poisoning her. Working at her lady's side, Maomao quickly discovers that the rear palace is full of secrets, not all of them clean. The real question is whether she can ever go back to living a simple, quiet life—or if her talent for figuring things out and her endless curiosity are going to keep dragging her into stranger and more dangerous situations.
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The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
Out east, an emperor rules over a sprawling palace complex where his consorts and attendants live—a place called the rear palace. Maomao was just an ordinary girl from an ordinary town, raised by her apothecary father, with no reason to think she'd ever end up there. Then she was kidnapped and sold into service anyway. Maomao doesn't look like much, but she's sharp-witted, clever, and knows a surprising amount about medicine. That edge stays hidden until she catches the attention of Jinshi, the palace's head eunuch—someone just as perceptive as she is. He sees right through her act and recruits her as a lady-in-waiting to the Emperor's favorite consort. Her job? Taste the consort's food to make sure nobody's poisoning her. Working at her lady's side, Maomao quickly discovers that the rear palace is full of secrets, not all of them clean. The real question is whether she can ever go back to living a simple, quiet life—or if her talent for figuring things out and her endless curiosity are going to keep dragging her into stranger and more dangerous situations.
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The Apothecary Diaries
Kusuriya no Hitorigoto
薬屋のひとりごと
The Pharmacist's Monologue