1 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:11,970 The Apothecary Diaries 2 00:01:35,011 --> 00:01:39,015 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. Sandalwood incense... 3 00:01:40,016 --> 00:01:42,977 Master Jinshi's bedroom... 4 00:01:43,019 --> 00:01:45,021 How did I end up here...? 5 00:01:52,987 --> 00:01:55,031 Oh, you're awake. 6 00:01:57,033 --> 00:01:58,993 Don't push yourself. 7 00:01:58,993 --> 00:02:00,995 You had fifteen stitches. 8 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:06,042 Master Jinshi brought you here, since it's better here than at the infirmary. 9 00:02:07,001 --> 00:02:08,962 Here you go. 10 00:02:09,045 --> 00:02:11,005 Thank you. 11 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:19,013 I'm sorry to bother you after you just woke up, but can you get dressed? 12 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:20,974 I want to bring everyone in. 13 00:02:22,058 --> 00:02:23,059 Understood. 14 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:26,020 What in the world is going on?! 15 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:27,981 Basen! 16 00:02:29,065 --> 00:02:33,027 EpisodeThornapple I mean, his master's life was at risk. 17 00:02:33,069 --> 00:02:37,031 That said, I don't deserve to be yelled at. 18 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:41,035 I apologize for my lack of manners. 19 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,037 Don't worry about it. 20 00:02:43,037 --> 00:02:47,041 So, how did you end up there, 21 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:50,003 and how did you know the pillar was about to fall? 22 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:51,045 Do explain. 23 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:55,008 Understood. 24 00:02:56,050 --> 00:03:00,013 That was an accident caused by multiple coincidences converging. 25 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:04,058 But it's as if the coincidences were drawn together intentionally. 26 00:03:04,058 --> 00:03:08,021 In that sense, it's a conspiracy, not an accident. 27 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:11,065 The first coincidence is the death of Master Kounen, 28 00:03:11,065 --> 00:03:15,028 a high-ranking official at the Board of Rites, last year. 29 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:21,034 Next, the fire at a warehouse, 30 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:24,037 and the theft of some ceremonial tools at a different warehouse. 31 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:30,043 And the third is the manager of ceremonial tools 32 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:33,046 falling ill due to food poisoning at around the same time. 33 00:03:37,008 --> 00:03:40,970 Those were all caused intentionally by someone? 34 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:42,055 Probably. 35 00:03:43,014 --> 00:03:46,059 There's also probably one more important factor. 36 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:47,018 What is it? 37 00:03:47,977 --> 00:03:49,062 The stolen ceremonial tools. 38 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:54,067 During the ceremony, the pillar above the altar was pulled up by metal wires, 39 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:57,028 and fixed on to the floor with metal parts. 40 00:03:57,987 --> 00:04:00,073 If the goal was to make this appear as an accident, 41 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:02,992 aiming for those metal parts would be effective. 42 00:04:03,993 --> 00:04:07,038 If someone stole those, they'd just make replacements! 43 00:04:07,038 --> 00:04:09,999 Of course they did. 44 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:15,046 Since they're used in ceremonies, I'm sure the design was elaborate. 45 00:04:15,046 --> 00:04:18,007 I can think of one artisan who might have been tasked with it. 46 00:04:18,967 --> 00:04:20,051 The metalworker who passed away? 47 00:04:21,010 --> 00:04:26,975 Yes. The stolen ceremonial pieces were rebuilt by the metalworker. 48 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:33,022 So, what if those metal parts were designed to break when heated? 49 00:04:36,025 --> 00:04:39,988 Idiot! What kind of metal would... 50 00:04:43,992 --> 00:04:47,954 Using the late metalworker's secret technique, 51 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,999 the metal could be made to melt just by being near an open fire. 52 00:04:53,001 --> 00:04:56,045 Are you saying the metalworker was part of this conspiracy? 53 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:59,966 No, I think he didn't know anything, 54 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:02,969 and just built the metal parts as ordered. 55 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:09,058 Perhaps he was asked, "Please build one of these, but using that special metal." 56 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:14,022 But if an accident occurs at a ceremony, of course the metalworker would have doubts. 57 00:05:14,981 --> 00:05:16,983 If the artisan is eliminated before the incident, 58 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,027 both the identity of his commissioner 59 00:05:19,027 --> 00:05:21,988 and the secret of the easily-melting metal vanish with him. 60 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:24,032 That would have been ideal for the mastermind. 61 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:26,951 Was he killed? 62 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:28,995 That I can't tell. 63 00:05:29,996 --> 00:05:33,041 It could be a crime made to look like an accident. 64 00:05:34,959 --> 00:05:39,047 The customer who had the metalworker remake the parts 65 00:05:39,047 --> 00:05:42,008 knew the technique that made that metal possible. 66 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,053 That's all I can say. 67 00:05:46,054 --> 00:05:47,055 Understood. 68 00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:52,018 Anyway, who would have thought Master Jinshi would be at that ceremony? 69 00:05:53,061 --> 00:05:56,022 If that ceremony continued... 70 00:05:57,982 --> 00:05:59,984 Who is this guy? 71 00:06:00,068 --> 00:06:06,032 If he's someone worth trying to kill with such a complicated scheme... 72 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:10,995 Knowing the truth would just get me in more trouble. 73 00:06:17,001 --> 00:06:19,962 It has nothing to do with me anymore. 74 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:31,015 Xiaomao. 75 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:31,974 Yes. 76 00:06:33,017 --> 00:06:34,977 You have a guest. 77 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:41,067 About that incident. A court lady named Suirei had something to do with it... 78 00:06:41,984 --> 00:06:43,986 Suirei. I knew it. 79 00:06:44,028 --> 00:06:45,071 They found her corpse. 80 00:06:47,031 --> 00:06:48,032 Huh? 81 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:52,995 When an officer of justice entered her room, 82 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:55,039 she'd already drunk poison and was collapsed on the floor. 83 00:06:56,040 --> 00:07:00,002 The doctors have already finished examining her, and she's confirmed dead. 84 00:07:01,003 --> 00:07:02,046 What next? 85 00:07:02,964 --> 00:07:06,968 I think they're going to cremate her corpse tomorrow, coffin and all. 86 00:07:07,009 --> 00:07:08,052 Any other co-conspirators? 87 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:11,973 Nobody. Just Suirei. 88 00:07:13,057 --> 00:07:16,978 She did all of those complicated things by herself? 89 00:07:17,019 --> 00:07:21,023 Anyway, it's solved. See ya. 90 00:07:24,026 --> 00:07:26,070 She poisoned herself and died? 91 00:07:27,029 --> 00:07:29,031 That's really it? 92 00:07:29,031 --> 00:07:31,033 No, more importantly, 93 00:07:32,034 --> 00:07:35,037 was Suirei the type of person to commit suicide? 94 00:07:36,038 --> 00:07:42,003 Was she behaving apathetic and unemotional because she knew she had no future? 95 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:46,007 But the way she spoke, as if testing me... 96 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,010 I'll be planting some morning glories here. 97 00:07:55,016 --> 00:07:56,058 Resurrection medicine... 98 00:08:02,023 --> 00:08:05,026 I can't leave it as conjecture. I have to know for certain! 99 00:08:05,985 --> 00:08:06,986 Master Jinshi! 100 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:09,947 I have a request for you! 101 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:11,949 W-What is it? 102 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:19,957 I'd like to speak to the doctor who examined the corpse. 103 00:08:19,957 --> 00:08:21,000 At the morgue. 104 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,002 Why are you smiling...? 105 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:26,005 Curiosity got the best of me. 106 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:35,973 Master Jinshi, you don't have to go in there with her... 107 00:08:36,057 --> 00:08:38,976 If the apothecary is going, I'm going too. 108 00:08:40,061 --> 00:08:41,979 Understood. 109 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:50,988 Xiaomao, here. 110 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:53,032 Thank you. 111 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:56,994 My apologies for the long wait. 112 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,997 I knew it. This doctor did the examination. 113 00:09:00,081 --> 00:09:03,960 A court lady he seemed close to is dead, 114 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:06,045 and she's accused of crimes on top of that. 115 00:09:06,045 --> 00:09:08,005 No surprise he seems worn out. 116 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:10,049 But is that really all? 117 00:09:11,008 --> 00:09:13,010 I'll be blunt. 118 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:17,056 Did the poison ingested by the court lady include thornapple? 119 00:09:18,015 --> 00:09:19,976 That's... 120 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:21,978 The small hill near the stable. 121 00:09:22,979 --> 00:09:25,982 Did she not plant thornapple there? 122 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:31,028 It has a strong poison, but in right amounts, it can work as an anesthetic. 123 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:34,031 I'm sure the pharmacy stocks plenty. 124 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:39,954 Thornapple looks like a white morning glory. 125 00:09:40,955 --> 00:09:42,039 I can't say for certain. 126 00:09:42,957 --> 00:09:47,003 It's quite likely, given the symptoms, but I can't say for certain. 127 00:09:48,004 --> 00:09:50,965 Let's confirm with our own eyes, then. 128 00:10:03,019 --> 00:10:04,979 W-What are you doing?! 129 00:10:05,980 --> 00:10:07,982 Just shut up and watch! 130 00:10:07,982 --> 00:10:09,066 S-Stop! 131 00:10:12,028 --> 00:10:13,029 It's open. 132 00:10:17,992 --> 00:10:20,036 That's... not Suirei?! 133 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:23,039 It can't be... 134 00:10:24,999 --> 00:10:28,961 It was... It really was Suirei... 135 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:31,005 Are you certain it was Suirei? 136 00:10:31,964 --> 00:10:35,009 There's no way I'd mistake her. 137 00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:40,014 She had no pulse. Her heart wasn't moving. 138 00:10:41,015 --> 00:10:42,058 She was so clean. 139 00:10:43,017 --> 00:10:46,020 In other words, you've been exploited. 140 00:10:47,021 --> 00:10:52,068 You didn't think to cut open her corpse to find out what poison she used. 141 00:10:53,027 --> 00:10:55,071 That's what Suirei expected. 142 00:10:55,071 --> 00:10:56,989 You! 143 00:10:57,031 --> 00:11:00,993 It wasn't just thornapple that Suirei took. 144 00:11:01,035 --> 00:11:03,996 If we investigated the drug stocks at the pharmacy, 145 00:11:03,996 --> 00:11:06,040 we should be able to tell what she used. 146 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:09,043 I guess the only thing we can fault this doctor for 147 00:11:09,043 --> 00:11:12,963 is not keeping track of the drugs properly. 148 00:11:12,963 --> 00:11:14,048 What do you mean? 149 00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:17,051 That the corpse is wrong. 150 00:11:17,051 --> 00:11:19,970 Even if the coffin was supposed to be burned, 151 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:22,014 it would be too suspicious if it was empty. 152 00:11:22,014 --> 00:11:27,019 She must have placed a different corpse in a new coffin to replace her. 153 00:11:27,978 --> 00:11:29,980 Then what about Suirei's corpse? 154 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,066 Carrying it out would have caused a scene. 155 00:11:32,066 --> 00:11:34,068 There's no need to carry it out. 156 00:11:34,985 --> 00:11:35,986 What do you mean? 157 00:11:43,953 --> 00:11:45,996 She walked out by herself. 158 00:11:47,081 --> 00:11:49,041 But wasn't she dead?! 159 00:11:49,959 --> 00:11:52,962 There is a certain drug that can make a person appear dead. 160 00:11:53,003 --> 00:11:54,964 Are you aware of it? 161 00:11:54,964 --> 00:11:58,008 I've heard about it, but that's just fantasy. 162 00:11:58,968 --> 00:11:59,969 What is it like? 163 00:12:00,010 --> 00:12:03,013 That drug, which is said to exist in a faraway land, 164 00:12:03,013 --> 00:12:07,017 is able to kill a person, then resurrect them later. 165 00:12:07,977 --> 00:12:09,979 I don't know the details, 166 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:13,065 but I've heard thornapple and pufferfish are used as ingredients. 167 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:18,988 Xiaomao? 168 00:12:18,988 --> 00:12:23,033 Master Gaoshun, could you investigate the empty coffins? 169 00:12:23,033 --> 00:12:23,993 Yes. 170 00:12:32,001 --> 00:12:33,043 Fingernail marks. 171 00:12:34,044 --> 00:12:37,965 That must have been the one with the dead Suirei in it. 172 00:12:38,007 --> 00:12:42,052 By the time her rescuer arrived to open it, 173 00:12:42,970 --> 00:12:44,972 she came back to life. 174 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:48,058 They set up a different coffin with another corpse to replace it, 175 00:12:48,058 --> 00:12:51,020 then disguised her as a vendor to walk out. 176 00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:57,026 They employed such a risky method? 177 00:12:57,985 --> 00:13:00,988 If she got caught, she'd get executed anyway. 178 00:13:00,988 --> 00:13:02,990 I'd take that bet any day. 179 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:05,993 I think with you, it would be different... 180 00:13:05,993 --> 00:13:10,998 Since there's no corpse here, Suirei must have won her bet. 181 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:15,044 If the replacement corpse got burned, it would have been a complete victory, but... 182 00:13:17,046 --> 00:13:19,048 Not on my watch. 183 00:13:21,008 --> 00:13:23,969 If she's still alive, I'd like to meet her. 184 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:26,013 Not to arrest her. 185 00:13:26,013 --> 00:13:29,058 The intellect that allowed her to make so many crimes look like accidents. 186 00:13:29,058 --> 00:13:31,977 The courage she had to pull it all off. 187 00:13:32,019 --> 00:13:38,025 Most of all, the nerves of steel it took to bet her own life to trick us all! 188 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:44,073 A person like that dying so soon would be such a loss! 189 00:13:46,992 --> 00:13:51,038 Medicine to bring people back to life! She will teach me how to make it! 190 00:13:58,045 --> 00:13:59,046 Pardon me. 191 00:13:59,046 --> 00:14:00,965 W-What is it?! 192 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:03,050 Can we get my leg stitched up again? 193 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:06,011 I think the wound reopened. 194 00:14:06,053 --> 00:14:08,973 Say that sooner! 195 00:14:14,979 --> 00:14:15,980 Lady Loulan. 196 00:14:32,079 --> 00:14:36,041 We ended up taking care of the Suirei incident in secret. 197 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,964 Many things remain unclear about the court lady Suirei. 198 00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:47,011 According to the doctor, she was backed by his teacher. 199 00:14:47,052 --> 00:14:52,057 He took note of her talents a few years ago and brought her in as an adopted daughter. 200 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:54,977 Not much is known about her past before then. 201 00:14:56,020 --> 00:14:58,022 This is going to take a long time. 202 00:15:01,025 --> 00:15:03,986 I helped Xiaomao get home. 203 00:15:03,986 --> 00:15:05,029 Sorry to trouble you, as always. 204 00:15:05,988 --> 00:15:09,033 We can't let her open up her wound again. 205 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:10,993 Yes. 206 00:15:11,035 --> 00:15:14,955 But it's not just her wound that worries me. 207 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:17,958 There's also the matter with Lakan, the weirdo. 208 00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:23,005 It's clear that he's her father, 209 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:26,008 but given the apothecary's attitude, there must be some issues there. 210 00:15:29,970 --> 00:15:31,013 To the rear palace tomorrow, right? 211 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:32,973 Yes. 212 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:39,021 There seems to be no problem. It's the same as always. 213 00:15:39,980 --> 00:15:42,024 Meaning it tastes bad. 214 00:15:45,986 --> 00:15:48,989 You don't have to drink it if you don't like it. 215 00:15:48,989 --> 00:15:51,992 It's a responsibility of mine, as a eunuch. 216 00:15:51,992 --> 00:15:55,996 You shouldn't hold your nose like that in public. 217 00:15:56,038 --> 00:15:58,082 It makes you look very young. 218 00:15:58,082 --> 00:16:00,000 I know. 219 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:05,005 Refined mannerisms, heavenly smiles, and a voice like honey. 220 00:16:06,006 --> 00:16:10,010 The "twenty-four-year-old" man who became a eunuch when the rear palace 221 00:16:10,010 --> 00:16:12,012 became the current emperor's, five years ago. 222 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:14,014 That's "Jinshi." 223 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:17,017 From the day I decided to wear this mask, 224 00:16:18,018 --> 00:16:22,022 I've been drinking this medicine to suppress my manhood every day. 225 00:16:22,064 --> 00:16:24,984 It will make you actually impotent one day. 226 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:29,989 Hey, same with you! 227 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:34,994 My children are adults now. I even have another grandchild. 228 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,038 A grandchild? From your older son? 229 00:16:38,956 --> 00:16:43,961 Yes. My youngest son is ready to get married too, but... 230 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:47,006 By youngest, you mean Basen? He's only nineteen. 231 00:16:47,965 --> 00:16:52,011 Yes, nineteen, just like you. 232 00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:55,973 "Jinshi the eunuch" is twenty-four. 233 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:03,063 Your look is telling me to find a wife and end this work. 234 00:17:04,023 --> 00:17:06,025 I'd like to have time to spend with my grandchild. 235 00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:08,068 I'll do my best. 236 00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:22,082 Greetings, Master Jinshi. 237 00:17:22,082 --> 00:17:25,044 Another wonderful outfit, I see. 238 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,087 Thank you. 239 00:17:28,088 --> 00:17:29,048 Master Jinshi... 240 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:31,133 The emperor does visit Concubine Loulan often, 241 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,053 but apparently, he doesn't find her very appealing. 242 00:17:34,136 --> 00:17:39,099 Concubine Loulan is very fashionable, changing her hairstyle and makeup often. 243 00:17:39,141 --> 00:17:44,104 Apparently, he can't tell who she is every time he visits her, and gets confused. 244 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:48,108 Still, he visits her once every ten days. 245 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:52,112 Concubine Loulan's father is an important high-ranking official 246 00:17:52,112 --> 00:17:54,114 who was the previous empress dowager's favorite. 247 00:17:54,114 --> 00:17:57,034 He needs to be careful around her. 248 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:02,081 In terms of lacking appeal, Concubine Lishu is similar. 249 00:18:02,122 --> 00:18:06,126 The current emperor despises his predecessor's taste for younger girls. 250 00:18:07,044 --> 00:18:09,088 He doesn't intend to lay a finger on Concubine Lishu. 251 00:18:10,047 --> 00:18:11,090 The empress dowager, who gave birth 252 00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:13,133 to the current emperor when she was just a girl, 253 00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:17,096 also gave birth to another child, some ten-odd years later. 254 00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:22,059 At that time, the doctor spent all his time tending to the empress dowager, 255 00:18:22,101 --> 00:18:25,145 so the birth took place without an issue. 256 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:32,152 However, Concubine Ah-Duo, who gave birth at around the same time, 257 00:18:32,152 --> 00:18:36,073 received no attention, resulting in the loss of her uterus. 258 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:40,035 The current emperor's firstborn child was lost soon after. 259 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:44,081 If that child had survived... 260 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,085 No, it's just a silly delusion. 261 00:18:52,089 --> 00:18:56,051 He just needs to make himself a new prince. 262 00:18:57,094 --> 00:18:59,096 Oh, you're here. 263 00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:02,099 You seem exhausted. 264 00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:05,144 All right, back to work with you all. 265 00:19:05,144 --> 00:19:07,104 Y-Yes. 266 00:19:08,105 --> 00:19:09,148 To be honest... 267 00:19:14,069 --> 00:19:15,112 The rear palace? 268 00:19:15,112 --> 00:19:19,116 Yes. Concubine Gyokuyou's lunar cycle has stopped. 269 00:19:20,075 --> 00:19:24,121 Lunar cycle. In other words, she might be pregnant. 270 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,040 Starting when? 271 00:19:27,082 --> 00:19:29,042 Can you start today? 272 00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:30,085 Yes. 273 00:19:30,085 --> 00:19:31,044 I'm counting on you. 274 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:35,132 This is a good opportunity for me. 275 00:19:35,132 --> 00:19:38,093 Men aren't allowed in the rear palace. 276 00:19:38,093 --> 00:19:42,097 There's no chance I'd run into that man whose name I can't even stand to hear. 277 00:19:43,098 --> 00:19:46,143 Does this mean Master Jinshi is looking out for me? 278 00:19:46,143 --> 00:19:50,063 At any rate, more tasting for poisons! 279 00:19:50,105 --> 00:19:52,107 Oh, you're in a good mood. 280 00:19:52,107 --> 00:19:55,068 Huh? No, not at all! 281 00:19:55,068 --> 00:20:00,115 It's unfortunate. I thought I'd finally found someone worth cracking the whip on. 282 00:20:00,115 --> 00:20:01,158 Right? 283 00:20:05,078 --> 00:20:09,124 Life at the rear palace is similar to the last time, 284 00:20:09,124 --> 00:20:12,044 tasting for poisons every day. 285 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:14,087 This is safe. 286 00:20:14,087 --> 00:20:18,091 Besides the pause in her menstrual cycle, there's no definite evidence. 287 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:24,097 I'd had this thought during the events with Concubine Ah-Duo, 288 00:20:24,139 --> 00:20:27,142 but perhaps he's more than just a lewd middle-aged guy. 289 00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:35,108 With Concubine Ah-Duo gone as a trusted adviser, 290 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:42,074 and replaced by a quirky girl who could cause political issues, as well... 291 00:20:42,115 --> 00:20:46,119 Someone he can't just ignore, yet would cause trouble if she birthed a child... 292 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,122 It all sounds like a headache. 293 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,125 Verdigris House Hey, did you hear? 294 00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:55,087 What? One of the Three Princesses? 295 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:57,130 Yes! She's getting bought out! 296 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:01,051 Bought... out?