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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.
In that case,

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can you put makeup on me?

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Huh?

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He definitely doesn't need it.

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There are many silly wars in history,

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but several of them were
caused by beautiful women.

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If this man, in all his heavenly
beauty, were to put on makeup...

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Are you trying to topple a nation, or what?

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Where'd that come from?!

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Why does your imagination do that?

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How do you make your freckles?

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Ah, he wants to be less beautiful, not more.

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I make some powder out of dried clay,

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then mix that into oil.

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Can you do that quickly?

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Yes, preparing it takes just one night.

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It's a bit too dark for you.

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If only there was a drug that can change faces.

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Applying lacquer to your face would do it.

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But that would be permanent.

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Sounds about right.

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If you want to pretend to be a commoner,

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that can be managed.

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Do that for me, then.

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I want to look like a completely
different person.

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I wonder what he's up to.

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That said...

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If I'm doing it, I'm going all the way!

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EpisodeA Jaunt Around Town
Ugh, so cold.

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Good morni—

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Why the bad mood
first thing in the morning?

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Nothing. I'm sure you're
going to be beautiful all day.

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Is that a new form of sarcasm?

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Master Jinshi, do you really want to
become a different person?

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That's what I said last night.

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In that case, excuse me.

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Oh dear!

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W-What are you doing, all of a sudden?

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No commoner burns such expensive incense.

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Your current outfit is, at best,
that of a lower-ranking official.

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The most exquisite incense from overseas
should not be within your reach.

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How do you know this?

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I've trained my sense of smell to separate
medicinal and poisonous herbs.

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Do you know how a brothel
identifies good customers?

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No. Is it body build, clothing,
and things like that?

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Most new visitors to the Verdigris
House are shooed away.

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Ah.

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You should direct that inquiry
to someone who knows that world.

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Master Gaoshun, can you find
a new set of clothes?

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If possible, some that haven't been
washed yet and still smell.

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Oh dear.

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Understood.

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While he finds that...

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What is that?

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Oil and salt.

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It dulls the sheen of his hair
and roughens the texture.

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Excuse me.

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That should do.

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Goodness, must you use
a fabric scrap to tie it up?

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Commoners use whatever is
available, as long as it works.

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Are you sure this is acceptable?

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Sniff. Sniff sniff sniff.

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It could be smellier, but this will do.

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Master Jinshi, please take your clothes off.

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S-Sure.

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Master Gaoshun, over there, please.

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Yes.

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Lady Suiren, please take this side.

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Understood.

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Now, with clothes on top of that...

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My goodness.

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Wow.

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Having Master Jinshi's face on that
awkward body is quite strange.

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Next is the face.

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I mixed several dark-colored shades.

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I'll use them to make a suntanned
complexion, like a commoner.

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Close your eyes, please.

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Yeah.

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So needlessly beautiful, even to the touch.

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Not a trace of facial hair,
nor any pores for that matter.

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Here it is, the one that Meimei forced on me.

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Hey, will this take much longer?

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Please close your lips,
but don't purse too hard.

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What's wrong?

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I'm glad we were alone here.

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If anyone else were here,
it would have been a disaster.

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Hey, is something the matter?

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No, there's nothing.

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That hurt! What happened?

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Nothing happened.

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Nothing at all.

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Right, nothing happened.

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Back on track.

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Use makeup to paint blotches on the face.

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Add circles under the eyes with dark colors.

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Add some moles, and draw over
the eyebrows to change their shape.

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The remaining makeup can be applied to
other body parts to make the skin blotchy.

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Push some under the fingernails
to make the hands look unclean.

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Solid, manly hands.

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I guess he can't have beautiful lady hands...

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Hmm? He has calluses.

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What does he use other than
brushes and chopsticks?

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Does he train in sword or polearm fighting?

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Not something a eunuch
usually needs to do, but...

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Well, there's no need to ask
such a silly question.

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Wow, that looks dirty.

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Please.

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A drink?

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Whoa! What is this?

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Please drink it slowly, licking it
like you're wetting your lips.

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It will make your lips and throat
swell, to change your voice.

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What is it made of?

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Several different irritants.

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It's very spicy, but don't worry,
it's not poison.

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Drink all of it.

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The final touch.

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Cotton.

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Please fill your cheeks with it
to change your face shape.

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It's finished.

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Wow, young master, is that really you?

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Please don't call me that.

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And yet he's still pretty handsome.

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Must be hard to have such natural beauty.

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Anyway, I did the best that I could.

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Now, time to head home! It's been too long.

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Xiaomao, you said you'll
be returning home today, yes?

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Yes, I've been granted leave until tomorrow—

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I haven't seen him make that face before.

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In that case, Master Jinshi's
destination is on your way.

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Yikes!

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Even with his disguise, it would be
suspicious if he had his usual companions.

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Oh, that's true.

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Don't you agree, Master Jinshi?

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You're right.

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It would be great if you could come along.

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No! Master Jinshi likes the idea, too!

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Unfortunately, I don't think it would
improve matters much if I w-were there...

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Perhaps having a bland attendant accompany
a bland master would look natural,

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but I am also known to be
your personal servant...

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I think it would be fine.

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In that case, why don't you also
wear a disguise, Xiaomao?

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Huh?

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That's a fine idea!

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I have all the tools for putting on makeup.

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But...

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You just have to look completely different
from your usual appearance, right?

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Ugh...

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Right?

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Y-Yes...

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I have such a bad feeling about this...

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Master Jinshi, your posture is too graceful.

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You stop addressing me so formally, too.

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Also, don't say my name.
That would ruin everything.

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Then what should I call you?

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Let's see...

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You can call me Jinka, my lady.

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Huh?

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I believe that would be appropriate,
given our appearances.

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True, this outfit belongs
to Lady Suiren's daughter.

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Both the fabric and design are nice.
Doesn't look outdated or anything.

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I suppose I could come off as
a young lady from a good family.

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Why is he enjoying this so much?

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Here is the map. For Xiaomao...

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I will take care of the young lady.

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Please.

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Well, Master Jinka...

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Hmm?

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Jinka.

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Yes, my lady!

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Your posture is too straight.

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"Jinka," huh? Not the strangest of pseudonyms.

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But to use the character "ka,"
for flower, in the name?

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I guess "Jinshi" isn't a very manly
name to begin with, but still.

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Maybe I should have made him
dress up as a woman, after all.

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No, I can't do that, if I want to
maintain peace in our realm.

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Where are we headed?

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A restaurant just outside
the pleasure district.

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I'm meeting an acquaintance there.

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Why do I have to be the bodyguard?

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And while hidden? Why would—

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The attendant walking in front of
the mistress? He has a lot to learn.

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Jinka.

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Apologies, my lady.

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Good.

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Not many leafy vegetables yet,
given the season.

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Hmm?

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Now that I have my allowance,

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perhaps I'll get a chicken too,
and boil them together.

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Grocery shopping?

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In that outfit?

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I wanted to feed my dad.

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He is an impressive doctor
and apothecary, second to none.

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But for some reason, he has absolutely
no sense of profit or loss.

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That's why he lives in that miserable shack,
despite having what should be

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a lucrative profession.

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If he were on the verge of starvation,

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the old lady would probably
force-feed him something, but...

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What is it?

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Why are you so silent?

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Because there's nothing to discuss?

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Was that the wrong answer?

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Hmm? This smell!

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Chicken skewers!

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Wait here a moment!

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Mister, two skewers please!

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Gotcha!

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Sure.

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The savory skin, the tasty fat...

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You can't get this in the palace.

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Aren't you going to eat it?

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As you can see, no poison.

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No, I...

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Ah.

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Here.

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How is it?

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Yeah, it's better than I remember
at camp. The salt is good.

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Camp? I thought that type of thing
was for soldiers, not eunuchs.

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He really does seem to be enjoying it.

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Oh, welcome back, Gaoshun.

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Please don't touch the suitcase.
I just applied persimmon tannin to it.

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The young master's toys are
full of memories, aren't they?

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Yes.

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So, how was he?

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He was extremely pleased.

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It was a surprisingly good suggestion, for you.

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Once the young master found
a favorite toy, he would never let it go.

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If I hid it, he would cry like
the world was ending.

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You worked so hard to find him a new toy
to get him to settle down somehow.

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Fixating on one thing...

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That is not a luxury that Master
Jinshi is allowed to have.

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Do we have to rush so much?

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I thought you're meeting someone.

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Isn't it best to arrive early?

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You sound like you want to split
from me as soon as possible.

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Do I?

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True, I do want to split from him and go
back to buy some radishes and chicken.

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Is...

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Is life at the palace so bad?

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I'd think it's better than life
out in the pleasure district.

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It's certainly not bad.

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I left for work of my own free will,

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and the room I've been given is quite pretty.

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However, I worry about my adoptive
father, who I left all alone.

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What's wrong?

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I just didn't expect you to care about
anything other than medicine or poison.

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He's also my teacher in the art of medicine.

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I need him to stay alive for much longer.

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He must be quite the skilled apothecary.

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He knows not just Eastern medicine,
but has studied Western medicine, as well.

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I heard he studied abroad,
in the west, when he was young.

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That must mean he was extremely talented.

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Only those chosen by the empire
are allowed to study abroad.

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Yes, he's extremely talented.

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They say heaven only grants
a person one talent,

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but there are some who receive more than one.

257
00:17:21,497 --> 00:17:23,583
That's quite impressive.

258
00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:27,545
Why is someone so remarkable working
as a pleasure district's apothecary?

259
00:17:28,504 --> 00:17:31,549
It must be because he's short
on luck, of all things.

260
00:17:31,549 --> 00:17:35,595
He was given two talents, but lost his manhood.

261
00:17:37,513 --> 00:17:41,517
Are you saying your adoptive
father is a eunuch?

262
00:17:41,517 --> 00:17:42,602
Yes.

263
00:17:47,231 --> 00:17:50,234
I guess the brothel-style joke didn't land.

264
00:17:51,027 --> 00:17:53,988
Apparently, because of his study abroad,

265
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he was made a eunuch by the previous empress
dowager, the former emperor's mother.

266
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Eunuch, apothecary, doctor...

267
00:18:03,498 --> 00:18:04,582
Did I fail to mention that?

268
00:18:06,501 --> 00:18:08,586
Oh, is that it?

269
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An inn upstairs from a restaurant.

270
00:18:11,965 --> 00:18:16,969
I see. Now I get why he had to
disguise himself and everything.

271
00:18:17,970 --> 00:18:21,015
In that case, you could have just
come to the pleasure district.

272
00:18:21,015 --> 00:18:23,935
Huh? What do you mean?

273
00:18:26,938 --> 00:18:30,983
Apothecary, do you know the regulars
at the Verdigris House?

274
00:18:30,983 --> 00:18:34,946
Well, the customers that stand out, yes.

275
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Who are they?

276
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I can't say. I have a duty of confidentiality.

277
00:18:40,993 --> 00:18:41,994
Then...

278
00:18:44,038 --> 00:18:47,959
How does one decrease
the value of a courtesan?

279
00:18:49,544 --> 00:18:51,546
That's an unpleasant question.

280
00:18:56,008 --> 00:18:59,971
There are many different ways,
especially with high-class courtesans.

281
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At the Verdigris House,

282
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girls take most of the important
lessons while working as servants.

283
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At that time,

284
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they are separated into those with
beautiful appearances and those without.

285
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Some retain their chastity
until the day they're bought out.

286
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Their value comes from their purity.

287
00:19:18,990 --> 00:19:22,952
Losing that purity would
easily halve their value.

288
00:19:22,952 --> 00:19:23,828
In addition...

289
00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:28,207
A pregnancy would reduce it to nearly nothing.

290
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