Maomao confronts Fengming about the dark secret she's been hiding from her noble Lady Ah-Duo.
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1. The Apothecary Diaries
2. The Apothecary Diaries
3. 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.
4. Episode 11: Reducing Two to One
5. A letter from Concubine Gyokuyou?
6. Yes. I was ordered to deliver it directly.
7. Lady Ah-Duo is away on a tea party.
8. There's something I would like to
discuss with you, Lady Fengming.
9. I understand.
10. The luggage is all packed up.
That must mean, as I thought...
11. Please.
12. So, what did you need today?
13. We've finished cleaning this place.
14. When are you moving out?
15. You're a smart one.
16. The big clean-up was an excuse.
17. In order to welcome a new high-ranked
concubine during the new year's celebration,
18. Concubine Ah-Duo must leave this palace.
19. Concubine Ah-Duo can't have
children anymore, can she?
20. What happened when she gave birth?
21. I fail to see how that's any of your business.
22. It is my business.
23. The doctor who attended
that birth was my father.
24. My guess is the misfortune was
that Concubine Ah-Duo,
25. the prince's concubine at the time,
26. gave birth at the same time
as the empress dowager.
27. When is the doctor coming back?
28. He's still at the empress dowager's.
29. Lady Ah-Duo!
30. Lady Ah-Duo, it's all right!
Fengming is by your side!
31. The empress dowager was given higher priority,
32. and Concubine Ah-Duo's childbirth had to wait.
33. Lady Ah-Duo.
34. That must have been when
Concubine Ah-Duo lost her uterus.
35. The child that was born to Concubine
Ah-Duo then passed away soon after.
36. Lady Fengming, are you
blaming yourself for that?
37. You must have been the one taking care of
the baby instead of Concubine Ah-Duo.
38. You've figured it all out,
39. despite being the daughter of the quack
who couldn't help Lady Ah-Duo.
40. You're right.
41. It's thought that the cause
of the baby's death was
42. the same toxic make-up
from the other incidents,
43. but that's not the case, is it?
44. That doctor you call a quack
must have banned that powder.
45. You're a wise person. You wouldn't
have let the baby die from that.
46. The real cause of death was this.
47. Many flowers have poison in them,
48. like aconite or azalea.
49. Their nectar can be poisonous, too.
50. I am aware.
51. But back then...
52. you weren't.
53. You didn't realize regular
honey with no poison,
54. the medicine you thought was good for health,
55. can be harmful to a newborn baby.
56. Thank you for your help as always, Fengming.
57. It's no trouble at all, Lady Ah-Duo.
58. Please rest and recover soon.
59. And thus, Concubine Ah-Duo's child passed away.
60. The cause was treated as a mystery.
61. My father Luomen, the attending
doctor at the time,
62. was blamed for the repeated mistakes,
including the one at childbirth.
63. He was expelled from the rear palace.
64. But later on, you accidentally learned
the true cause of the baby's death.
65. Someone taught you that honey can be
poisonous to infants, didn't they?
66. You had to make sure
Concubine Ah-Duo didn't find out.
67. She couldn't know you were
the one who killed her only child.
68. So, you tried to eliminate them.
69. That person is...
70. Concubine Lishu.
71. During the previous emperor's reign,
72. Concubine Lishu was close to
Concubine Ah-Duo, who was her elder.
73. Concubine Ah-Duo was also
fond of Concubine Lishu.
74. A young girl, taken from her parents,
75. and a woman who could no longer give birth.
76. There may have been a type of
codependency developing.
77. During that time, you learned
from Concubine Lishu
78. that she almost died eating honey as a baby.
79. To make sure Concubine Ah-Duo
never heard that story,
80. you started to chase Concubine Lishu
away from the Garnet Pavilion.
81. Later, the previous emperor passed away,
82. and Concubine Lishu was forced to leave the
rear palace, unaware of why she was chased out.
83. You must have felt quite relieved.
84. But Concubine Lishu, who you
thought you'd never see again,
85. returned to the rear palace.
86. As another high-ranking concubine.
87. As a threat to Concubine Ah-Duo's status.
88. That insolent child tried to visit
Concubine Ah-Duo many times,
89. as if trying to be with her mother.
90. To protect Concubine Ah-Duo,
who is incapable of childbirth,
91. and to hide the issue with the honey...
92. You poisoned Concubine Lishu's soup.
93. What do you want?
94. There's nothing.
95. Anything. Just ask.
96. You must know that's meaningless.
97. Hey. Do you know what's most precious
to the person most precious to you?
98. The moment I met Lady Ah-Duo,
99. I knew I would never serve anyone else again.
100. Despite being a woman,
101. she had a strong will, and the ability
to speak on even grounds with the prince.
102. I had nothing but the deepest
respect for Lady Ah-Duo.
103. Compared to me, who just followed my
parents' orders to become a lady-in-waiting,
104. she was such an astonishing person.
105. Despite that, I...
106. I took what was most precious
to her with my own hands...
107. I took him away!
108. The baby that Lady Ah-Duo loved so dearly!
109. With these hands!
110. Back then...
111. Lady Ah-Duo told us this.
112. Do not blame yourselves for this.
113. Babies can die for any
reason until they're seven.
114. Even the slightest illness
can easily kill them.
115. My baby simply followed
the will of the heavens.
116. And yet, I knew she cried
herself to sleep every night!
117. What was her mental state like, as she served
Lady Ah-Duo for the past sixteen years?
118. Without having her own partner,
sacrificing everything for Concubine Ah-Duo...
119. I can't relate.
120. I don't have it in my heart
to keep someone so close.
121. If he hears my story, Master Jinshi
will surely apprehend Fengming.
122. There's no way she'd
escape capital punishment.
123. She's a smart woman. She knows all of that.
124. I have a suggestion.
125. The only thing I can do is to take
your two motives and make it one.
126. It won't change the results.
127. But if that's still preferable
to you, please hear me out.
128. So tired...
129. A bath... No, it's too late for that.
130. Guess I can at least get changed.
131. I wore layers of stiffened
oil paper, just in case.
132. Glad I didn't need it.
133. Getting slashed would hurt.
134. And so, Fengming turned herself in.
135. Do you know anything about it?
136. What do you mean?
137. I heard you had Gaoshun
collect some information.
138. Yes. I'd hoped to figure something
out, but it was all for naught.
139. Fengming's motive, as you said,
was to try to make sure
140. Concubine Ah-Duo could stay in the
position of one of the four concubines.
141. I see.
142. But Concubine Ah-Duo has already been
determined to leave the rear palace.
143. She'll live in the detached
palace to the south.
144. Does this incident have
anything to do with that?
145. No, the decision was made a while ago.
146. It was the emperor's call.
147. I see.
148. This flower.
149. Hongniang came by earlier to put it on display.
150. Yes, it's out of season.
151. It's sweet.
152. Poisonous, though.
153. It's not lethal. Don't worry.
154. My suggestion to Fengming, back then...
155. The poisoning of Concubine Lishu.
The cause of death for the baby.
156. If these two motives become one,
157. she could hide the cause of the baby's
death from Concubine Ah-Duo.
158. Even if her own death is inevitable...
159. That was the best I could do,
as a girl with no power.
160. I can't sleep.
161. Maybe I'll take a walk.
162. Fengming was executed.
163. Concubine Ah-Duo is set to leave
the rear palace tomorrow.
164. Oh, someone beat me here?
165. You're that girl who came
to help clean the other day.
166. I'll leave right away.
167. No.
168. Care to join me for a drink?
169. Whoa! Booze!
170. Thank you very much.
171. Pretty masculine, aren't I?
172. I feel like you're giving
that impression on purpose.
173. You're an honest one.
174. After my son left me, I became
the emperor's friend, not his concubine.
175. Or rather, I returned to being his friend.
176. I never thought I'd become a concubine.
177. I was a concubine in name only,
given the role out of pity.
178. I wanted to hand it off to someone
else as soon as possible.
179. Why cling to it for so long...?
180. She probably would have said the same
things to whoever she'd met up here.
181. It must have been cold in that water.
182. It must have been painful.
183. You're probably right.
184. Stupid, don't you think?
185. Perhaps she was.
186. We're all stupid.
187. Perhaps we are.
188. I think I get it now.
189. That servant was indeed a suicide.
190. Concubine Ah-Duo noticed that.
191. Maybe Fengming helped set it up.
192. To take suspicion away from Concubine Ah-Duo,
193. the servant chose to sink down
into the cold water.
194. To keep her secret hidden,
195. Fengming chose to step up to the gallows.
196. Regardless of Concubine
Ah-Duo's own wishes,
197. there are those who
sacrifice their lives for her.
198. I should go now, too.
199. What are you doing?
200. Ow... Who's that? You startled me.
201. My bad.
202. Master Jinshi? Why are you here?
203. I should ask the same of you.
204. I'm sorry. I'll get up now—
205. Could you let go?
206. Let go, please.
207. Don't wanna. It's too cold.
208. You'll catch a cold without a coat.
Please go back to your room.
209. Are you drunk?
210. I had to. I was sharing a drink with someone.
211. Sharing, huh?
212. The host invited me to drink,
213. loaded me up full of booze,
214. then just took off.
215. When she finally came back,
216. she told me she was satisfied
now, and threw me out.
217. I didn't know anyone in this rear
palace could treat this guy like that.
218. But that's not related to this right now.
219. I don't want to put up with a clingy drunk.
220. Wait... Come to think of it,
he did catch me as I fell.
221. Maybe it's rude to just make him let go
of me without even thanking him.
222. Master Jinshi—
223. Just a little longer.
224. Keep me warm, just a little longer.
225. Neither of them seem hungover.
226. Concubine Ah-Duo, in order
to leave the rear palace,
227. returns the crown signifying
her as Pure Concubine.
228. That crown will be bestowed on another girl
who will join the rear palace later.
229. Ah, I see.
230. I knew she resembled someone.
231. It's Master Jinshi.
232. Those two might as well swap outfits...
233. Swap...
234. After my son left me...
235. "Left me," she said. Not "died"?
236. I can almost interpret that
to mean he's still alive.
237. Concubine Ah-Duo's child and
the then-empress dowager's child...
238. What if the two babies were swapped?
239. It must have been clear to Concubine Ah-Duo,
through her experience in childbirth.
240. What are you doing? I must
tend to Concubine Ah-Duo...
241. The empress dowager takes priority!
242. N-No!
243. After all, she was just a nurse's daughter,
a childhood friend of the prince.
244. Her son would live a better life
as the empress dowager's son.
245. Maybe she wasn't in a state
to decide what was right or wrong.
246. But if the decision resulted
in her son surviving...
247. That would have been all that
Concubine Ah-Duo could have wished for.
248. What if people found out
the babies were swapped later?
249. If that was after the one baby had died,
250. that would explain why my dad would be
physically punished for not noticing.
251. And if that were the case,
252. it would explain why the emperor's younger
brother is in a delicate position,
253. and why Concubine Ah-Duo,
who's supposed to be a realist,
254. stayed in the rear palace for so long...
255. Complete nonsense.
An idiotic delusion of a story.
256. Please, wait!
257. Lady Lishu!
258. As always.
259. As a lonely concubine, to have
a lady-in-waiting she can trust...
260. How reassuring that must be.
261. Lady Lishu!
262. At that moment, her masculine, noble face
suddenly took on the expression of a mother.
263. Here is the list of Fengming's family
and those connected to them.
264. I heard she was kidnapped and sold off, but...
265. Jade Pavilion
Maomao
266. Not just some superficial sweetness
267. I want more warmth than I can even use, oh
268. Having these selfish idealistic thoughts
269. I swallowed them again today
before putting them into words
270. Still in my memories,
the scent of fragrant olive
271. The color of twilight in the city
272. We were laughing...
273. Filled with sadness,
the tears welled up in my eyes