Maomao saves the day again in episode 11 of ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ titled “Reducing Two to One.” After she finds out about Fengming’s secret, Maomao decides to confront her.
Fengming breaks down, gives in to Maomao’s reasoning, and admits her crimes. Maomao cannot save Fengming from getting executed, but she tries her best to keep Fengming’s secret.
Human relationships are complex, and humans are stupid. Here are the latest updates.
1. Episode 12 Release Date
Episode 12 of ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ will be released on Saturday, December 23, 2023. It is a weekly anime, and new episodes are released every Saturday. Watch ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ on Crunchyroll.
I. Is The Apothecary Diaries on a break this week?
No, ‘The Apothecary Diaries’ is not on a break this week. Episode 12 is not delayed and will be released on the above-stated date.
2. Episode 12 Speculation:
Jinshi has realized something about Lady Ah-Duo’s head lady-in-waiting Fengming after her execution. It was assumed that her parents sold her off, but that was not the case. This revelation has something to do with Maomao as well.
Maomao came to a bizarre conclusion to Ah-Duo’s story, which seemed possible. However, there was no confirmation as she dismissed it by herself. If her theory were true, Jinshi’s tears would be justified. We will see what else fate has in store for Maomao.
3. Recap of episode 11
Maomao pays a direct visit to Fengming in the absence of Lady Ah-Duo. All the luggage was packed, which meant that Ah-Duo and Fengming would leave the palace for a new high-ranked concubine to take over.
Maomao figures out that this is because Ah-Duo cannot have children anymore. She questions what happened when Ah-Duo gave birth, but Fengming refuses to tell her anything.
Maomao reveals that her father was the doctor in charge of the delivery. During Ah-Duo’s childbirth, the doctor was also engaged in the empress dowager’s childbirth, who was given higher priority.
The child was born, but Ah-Duo lost her uterus without doctor’s assistance. Soon after, Fengming began taking care of Ah-Duo’s child. However, the child passed away, and Fengming blamed herself for this because she was unaware that honey could be poisonous to the newborn.
However, Lady Lishu knew that honey could be poisonous to children, so Fengming pushed her away from Ah-Duo to make sure Ah-Duo never found out about the real reason behind her child’s death.
As Lady Lishu grew up to become a threat to Ah-Duo’s position, Fengming tried to kill her by poisoning her with honey. Fengming breaks down into tears, and Maomao decides to help her.
Fengming turns herself in, and Jinshi thinks Maomao has something to do with this, but she refuses. Maomao decides to sit on the palace walls for a while because she can’t sleep but gets interrupted by Ah-Duo.
Ah-Duo asks her to join her for a drink, and Maomao enthusiastically agrees. Ah-Duo claims that everyone is stupid, and Maomao agrees. When she is climbing down, Maomao gets startled by Jinshi’s voice and falls on top of him.
Jinshi hugs Maomao and starts crying, asking her to keep him warm. Lady Ah-Duo leaves the next morning, and as Maomao sees Jinshi and Ah-Duo standing face to face, she wonders if Jinshi is Ah-Duo’s real child and if the babies were swapped during childbirth.
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5. About The Apothecary Diaries
‘The Apothecary Diaries’ is a light novel series written by Natsu Hyuga and illustrated by Touko Shino. The series will be receiving an anime adaptation in 2023.
The story follows a young girl, Maomao, who is the daughter of an apothecary and possesses an extensive knowledge of medicine and herbs. When she is kidnapped and sold to the rear palace, she is forced to navigate life in this new, foreign environment.
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