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The Apothecary Diaries

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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.

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There's just no sense of decency.

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So picky with her food.

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It's not like it's going to
kill her or anything.

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EpisodeThe Garden Party
So cold!
The pocket warmers certainly help, but...

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Not having anything to do
in this cold is quite an ordeal.

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The wind is so cold!

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Couldn't we get a tent or something?

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This arrangement seems made to instill
rivalry between the four concubines.

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Look, that's the Empress Dowager.

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She seems very youthful.

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She is young. She gave birth
to the emperor when she was...

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Wow, she must have worked
really hard to give birth...

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The Empress Dowager has two children,
the emperor and his younger brother.

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The rumor is that the brother is
too sick to leave his house.

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I think he was here until
a few moments ago, though...

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I see.

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Huh?!

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Who are you calling basic?!

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We ladies-in-waiting serve our mistresses!

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What's the point in dressing up?!

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Pfft. Did you hear that?

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Having ugly servants hurts
the mistress, obviously.

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Grr!

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Those are Lady Lihua's ladies-in-waiting.

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Oh, Yinghua. And so, the proxy war begins.

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Let's go.

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I guess you can't help it, seeing
how you hired that ugly girl.

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"Ugly girl?" Does she mean me?

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Having someone like that
around is truly a shame.

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What did you say?!

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Yinghua!

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Calm down!

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They haven't noticed? And after all the fun
we shared at the Crystal Pavilion, too...

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If you keep acting up,
I'll tell my father about you!

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I'll have to do things to your body that
you'd never tell your father about, then.

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N-No!

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It was just a bit of courtesan-style humor.

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Apologize to Maomao!

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Heh.

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Wh-What, nothing to say all of a sudden?

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W-Well, I guess that's enough for now!

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You should thank me!

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What's her problem?

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Hey Maomao, are you all right?

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Your real face is so pretty,
but those bullies...

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It doesn't bother me. That aside, isn't it
time to change your pocket warmers?

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Not only did she grow up in poverty,

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her distrust of men is strong enough
to make her ruin her own face...

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She endured two months of awful
bullying at the Crystal Pavilion...

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Yet she won't complain at all,
and instead looks after us...

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It's only natural that the benevolent
Master Jinshi looks after her!

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They're being delusional again.

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Have you no decency? A crimson dress?

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Another proxy war.

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Ah, the Virtuous and
Pure Consorts' servants.

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They don't get along, either.

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The Virtuous Consort is
fourteen and arrived later,

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the Pure Consort is thirty-five
and has been here the longest.

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No wonder they don't get along.

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Besides, they used to be
daughter- and mother-in-law.

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Daughter- and mother-in-law?

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Um... It's a bit complicated.

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Nine... Mother...

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M-Mother?!

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Ah-Duo
Pure Consort

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Ah-Duo
Pure Consort
The one who was the previous emperor's
concubine was Lady Lishu?!

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So that's the young mother-in-law?

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As you probably saw,
Lady Lishu is still very young.

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Yes, I see that.

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Normally, a white dress would
suit the Virtuous Consort,

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but that dark pink color...

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It obviously clashes with
Lady Gyokuyou, the Precious Consort.

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Maybe she can't read the room?

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Thank you for the pocket warmers.
We'll certainly need them again.

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Yes.

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It's freezing...

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Hold these if you're cold.

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Here.

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Here!

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You're too kind.

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Suggesting sharing the warmers with
the Crystal Pavilion ladies-in-waiting...

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And getting Lady Gyokuyou's permission, too.

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Well...

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A hairpin?

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It's how they try to recruit talented
workers hidden in this flower garden.

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Huh.

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It has another hidden meaning, though.

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I see.

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I said, there's a hidden meaning!

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Meaning, huh?

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Please have this, young lady.

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I guess he's handing them out to everyone
to make sure no servant feels ashamed.

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Thank you.

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I'm Lihaku! Good to meet you!

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Like a big dog...

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Woof! Woof!

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Did he give you that? Let me see!

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Just a participation award.

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I believe you should have more.

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It's been some time.

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Yes, my lady, it has been a long time.

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That's all for today.

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Lady Lihua...?!

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We'll take our leave. Have a pleasant day.

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Lady Gyokuyou won't like this.

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What an understatement.

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What will you do with all these hairpins?

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Oh.

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He looks pretty good there.

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I guess he's higher up than I thought.

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He doesn't seem out of place
among the military officers.

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Oh look, that officer from earlier.

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He's at the very edge, but given
his age, I guess that's still impressive?

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Our glittering eunuch
isn't there, but who cares?

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More importantly, food tasting.

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No clouding on the contact point.

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No strange smells.

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But swallowing is part of the job as taster...

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Now to rinse out the mouth with water... Hmm?

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The life of the food taster is expendable.

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I guess I'm the only one
that enjoys eating poison.

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You know what would be good? Puffer fish.

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Sneak in some innards in the soup...

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Oops. Must concentrate.

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This vinegar fish-and-vegetable dish
is the emperor's favorite.

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I saw it a few times at the rear palace.

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Usually it includes blueback,
but it's jellyfish today.

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The cook responsible for the emperor's food

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would never mistake
the emperor's favorite ingredient.

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Lady Gyokuyou has no prominent
likes or dislikes, either.

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Seems like the server messed up.

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I guess she doesn't like fish.

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She can't refuse to eat it.
Not in front of the emperor.

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I wish I hadn't seen that.

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Did you see that, Lihaku?

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One of the food tasters
is really excitable.

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Where's the fun in watching
someone eat while terrified?

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Come on, just look.

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Huh? That taster... it's that girl from earlier.

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J-Just how delicious is that?

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The Precious Consort's soup was poisoned?!

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Poison?! Are you sure?
Concubine Gyokuyou?!

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The taster swallowed it!

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Minister!

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What are you doing?!

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Formal attire is too tight.

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Hey! The minister drank
the soup and collapsed!

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The apothecary...

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Phew.

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Apothecary!

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Good day, Master Jinshi.

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Your day seems better than mine.

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Oh no, I got too excited about
the poison. It's like I smiled at him.

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What are you doing?

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Taking you to the infirmary!

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I coughed up the poison. I feel quite well.

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I would have loved to swallow it, though.

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If I did, the poison would have coursed
through my body by now, and...

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Master Jinshi, uh...

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What is it?

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Give me the rest of the soup.

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I'm just eager to improve.

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After you left, someone tried the soup to see
if it was really poisoned, and collapsed.

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Who was that stupid?

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A minister. Now it's become a huge incident.

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Use this, then.

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It's an emetic agent.

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I made it strong enough to
turn your stomach inside out.

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Isn't that also a poison, then?

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A new hairpin?

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So the eunuchs gets hairpins, too?

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His collar is a little disheveled, too.
Plus his normal glitter is gone.

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But right now, he's acting
his age more than usual...

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Or rather, he looks quite a bit younger.

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I prefer him like this, somewhat.

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Really does the trick!

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The palace infirmary has some good drugs!

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Are you all right?

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Yes, I'm all empty.

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Well, let's talk about who
poisoned Concubine Gyokuyou.

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I'd like for you to bring
someone to talk about that.

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Who?

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Lady Lishu, the Virtuous Consort.

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Master Jinshi, how may I be of service?

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I'm sorry to bring you to this inelegant place.

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This lady-in-waiting wanted to speak with you.

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Huh?!

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Hmph. A lady-in-waiting?

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Excuse me.

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I knew it.

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Is it fish that you can't eat?

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What is this?

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Some people have things they cannot eat.

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In my case, I can't have buckwheat.

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Yet you eat poison?

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Leave me alone. I tried to build a tolerance.

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However, it made my throat swell
and it was hard for me to breathe.

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Even a little bit caused rashes,
so it was hard to adjust the amounts,

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and I took a long time to heal.

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That's what I mean by "cannot eat."

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Lady Lishu, how is your stomach?

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I can get you a laxative if you....

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How did you know?

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It was clear that the rear palace
prepared the food for the garden party.

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However, the vinegar dish used
a different ingredient from the usual one.

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It seems like Lady Lishu's dish got swapped
with Lady Gyokuyou's dish by mistake.

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I see.

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Is it mackerel that you can't eat?

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Yeah...

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This isn't about just liking
or disliking certain foods.

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It was just hives this time, but sometimes,
it can cause difficulty in breathing.

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Feeding her this knowingly...

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would be the same as poisoning her.

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You're her food taster, correct?

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Y-Yes!

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I've taken note of what to be
careful of in an emergency.

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Of course, avoiding these
foods entirely is best.

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Please take a look.

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It's not difficult.

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However, if something goes wrong,
not even the palace doctor could fix it.

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It could become deadly.

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Please keep that in mind.

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That should have scared her enough.

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I am of lowly birth. Please don't touch me.

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You're the only one that says that to me.

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Well, everyone's just being kind to you.

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Anyway, I must report to Lady Gyokuyou. So...

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Wait. Why did you call the food taster in, too?

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What do you mean?

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Don't play dumb. You asked me to bring her.

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To tell her what to be careful of.

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So, you're saying the servers made the error?

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I don't know. I'm a mere lady-in-waiting.

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At least answer me this.

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The target was the Virtuous
Consort, Lady Lishu, right?

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Assuming none of the other
dishes were poisoned.

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I see.

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What a day.

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Is this related to the matter of
the wooden tablets from the other day?

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The lady-in-waiting who came earlier
had no burns on her.

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Who could it be...?

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Not just some superficial sweetness

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I want more warmth than I can even use, oh

246
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Having these selfish idealistic thoughts

247
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I swallowed them again today
before putting them into words

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Still in my memories,
the scent of fragrant olive

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The color of twilight in the city

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We were laughing...

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Filled with sadness,
the tears welled up in my eyes

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I found a glow during those days

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I guess I took everything for granted

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The wind was so loud I covered my ears

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I gotta stop being like that

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Even if I stumble over the words of love