Shaoh has a curious government structure, the power of the monarch balanced by the power of the shrine maiden. Maomao’s investigatory prowess makes Maomao a potentially useful catspaw for Aylin. Once an emissary from sometimes troublesome Shaoh, Aylin fled to Li, finding refuge in the rear palace. The issue must therefore be lack of motivation to study, which leads Maomao to an unwelcome reunion with a former instructor: Madam, the grim old woman who runs the Verdigris House brothel that was Maomao’s childhood home.Įnforced academic achievement brings a new position - medical assistant in the rear palace, where the Emperor’s small army of concubines live - and new mysteries.Īmong the women in the rear palace, foreign bride Aylin. She has demonstrated her keen mind time after time. Maomao’s failure to pass the Court Ladies’ Service Exam presents an impediment to her superiors’ plans for the young apothecary. In this volume, Maomao struggles with school work, international intrigue, and of course the glacial progress of the romance between her and attractive (but incapable of straight-forward declaration) Jinshu, revealed as a prince of Li a few volumes ago. The 2023 English translation is by Kevin Steinbach. 2018’s The Apothecary Diaries, Volume Seven is the seventh volume in Natsu Hyuuga’s secondary-universe light novel series.
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