It's got an novel premise, an interesting cast of characters, an exotic setting, and a quirky yet relatable heroine at the forefront. The Apothecary Diaries feels like an oasis in a desert of derivative isekai light novels and their lackluster manga adaptations. Now when she's not fending off the attention of the handsome court eunuch Jinshi, she's dealing with all sorts of potentially deadly palace intrigue.
Unfortunately her curious nature and knowledge of herbs and medicine lead to her getting elevated to food taster for one of the imperial consorts. She hoped to just work off her two-year contract and return to her father's apothecary in the pleasure district.
Maomao didn't ask to be kidnapped and sold to the imperial palace as a servant, but it happened anyway.
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