Status Updates From The Apothecary Diaries (Lig...

“Porque cuando se fija en algo, se convierte en lo único que ve. Pero él no nació en una posición en la que se pudiera permitir eso. Tuvimos que empujarle a crecer, aunque fuera doloroso. Eso era lo que quería la honorable madre del maestro Jinshi.”

Ch. 19 completed
Holy fan service omg. Way to be brazen and lean hard into the fan ficness of this story. I don’t have much to say other than damn. Happy the chapter still ended tho with inquisitive thought.

Ch. 18 completed
The soldiers realize Jinshi and Maomao have gone missing and they try looking for them. Suspicious evidence was found.

Ch. 17 completed
They continue their journey. Lihaku is apparently with them too. Jinshi is being paranoid with his identity and as him and Maomao go somewhere secluded DRAMA ensues. The shippers must've been going wild with this one.

Ch. 16 completed
Jinshi gnabs Maomao back temporarily from Gyokuyou and some silly things ensue. Basically Jinshi got invited to go hunting and they need to keep a low profile and themselves together and Maomao is just coasting.

Ch. 15 completed
Spooky stories told. Cult-ish behavior but pretty silly overall

Ch. 14 completed
Empress Dowager called Maomao to investigate something of her past convinced she was cursed. Maomao spends 2 days trying to solve it and we learn a lot more about the previous Emperor and his personality alongside Jinshi

Ch. 13 completed
Maomao gets a different room supposedly as punishment but ends up actually being preferable to her. Apparently she got mistaken for Shisui in rumors and was being punished for it. Maomao goes to investigate to confirm her thoughts and it's true but then they see the Empress. After returning back the Empress also visited the Jade Pavilion.

Ch. 12 completed
Maomao, the Emperor, and Jinshi take some time to go through an ancient shrine. The mystery behind it involves color blindness. Her adoptive father also comes up in conversation both with the emperor and the teacher of the newly established school. Xiaolan is trying her best to learn.

Ch. 11 completed
Damn bro that's wild. They kept the sick lady in a shed isolated from everyone else in the Crystal Palace and purposely left her to rot in order to disguise the banned perfumes with the smell of death which Maomao caught. The criminal in question was Lihua's cousin. Wild. Lihua's cousin crashes out and gets slapped by Lihua. Damn.

Ch. 10 completed
Maomao gets summoned back to the clinic. Apparently one of Lihua's maids was sick and she disappeared before she could receive treatment and one of the ladies was very concerned. Maomao basically was asked to help them out. Maomao also got a lizards tail in home she can find a remedy to regrow limbs and potentially life.

Ch. 9 completed
Maomao gets introduced to the clinic and is enamored. On the way back she runs into Jinshi and expresses how there should be a medical office there but it's not possible because women aren't allowed to be doctors and touch medicine.