Maomao can make the medicine better than aphrodisiac after she tasted it in The Apothecary Diaries Episode 2. The maids suffer because of it. We don’t expect there’s an outstanding person in the palace. Fortunately, she has been Consort Gyokuyou’s personal maid. Her medical skills can help Consort Gyokuyou.
But Consort Gyokuyou and Jinshi worry that Maomao will use her medical skills to deal with them. So Jinshi decides to use beauty man trap to tempt Maomao. But the reality is cruel. Because Maomao is a rational girl. She even thinks he’s disgusting.
Consort Gyokuyou’s maid Hongniang takes Maomao to walk around Jade Pavilion. Although the place is very huge, there’re only four maids at the place. The maids introduce themselves to Maomao. They pay attention to Maomao’s arm which is bandaged.
They tell her to just rest. They mistook Maomao was abused by her parents when she was at home and she was sold to the palace. So they pity her. Maomao is confused because she doesn’t know the truth. She’s summoned by Consort Gyokuyou.
Maomao’s job is to taste the poison. She likes the job as an apothecary. But she needs to be calm. Because there were a few people touching the food before Consort Gyokuyou gets it. There’s a chance to poison in the process. Consort Gyokuyou was poisoned two times after she was pregnant.
The maid who was in charge of tasting the poison. Her nerve was damaged severely. Her arms and her legs are paralysis. Maomao realizes something after she heard the words. She learns the reason why the maids pitied her.
Maomao begins to taste the poison. She watches the bowl first. The color is good and there’s so weird smell. She doesn’t feel numb after she ate it. It means that there’s no poison. The maids feel relieved. Maomao is actually not suitable for the job.
Because her arms tested various kinds of poison and her body adapts to the toxicity. So most of poisons don’t work on her. But I have to say that the job is very good. Maomao not only can taste delicious food but also can touch the poison.
She suggests they can use silverware to serve food after the dinner. Because it reacts to poison. Jinshi actually used pottery bowl to test Maomao. He doesn’t expect that the girl can make medicine and she knows poison.
Hongniang wonders why did Maomao say that she cannot read? She thinks Maomao will get better salary if she can read. It’s because Maomao was kidnapped to the palace by the bandits. The bandits can get part of Maomao’s salary. Maomao gets angry when she thinks about it.
Hongniang does a good show. She breaks the vase by mistake and she asks Maomao to compensate it with her salary. So Maomao cannot send money home. Hongniang gives Maomao an extra salary because she’s a poison tester. Hongniang is good at playing trick.
Maomao cannot get chance to work. She’s boring. She will only be summoned when it’s time to test the poison. It makes her like a pig. Jinshi visits Maomao in the evening. He tries to conquer her with his beauty. But it doesn’t work on her.
He visited her because there was a soldier bringing four buns. He wishes her to taste it. She smells it and she finds out that there’s an aphrodisiac in the bun. Maomao feels sick because Jinshi asked her to eat it since he knew there’s an aphrodisiac in the bun.
Jinshi actually wants to invite Maomao to make aphrodisiac. It’s a good thing. Maomao wants to do that. Although Jinshi’s beauty doesn’t work on Maomao, most of the ladies in the palace fell for him. He’s an investigator who evaluates the loyalty of the consorts.
It’s not enough that the consorts are beautiful and educated. They need to be loyal and keep chastity. So Emperor sent Jinshi to the palace. But Jinshi doesn’t expect that Maomao wasn’t tempted by him and she despised him.
The next day, Maomao goes to the pharmacy. The quack doctor is there. The man next to the quack doctor named Gaoshun. His duty is to support Jinshi. The quack doctor thinks Maomao encroached his territory. He doesn’t like her.
Maomao walks into the pharmacy in Gaoshun’s help. She’s excited when she sees the medicine. She finds the rare cocoa bean. The three maids wonder what Maomao is doing after they saw the expensive ingredients. They mistake that the girl is cooking dessert.
Hongniang shows up. She’s furious to drive the maids away. Maomao begins to take action after she prepared it. She ate cocoa bean before. The customer had evil intention. He gave a present to a popular courtesan for winning her heart. Unfortunately, the brothel owner disallowed him to step in the brothel.
Maomao is done the aphrodisiac. She only needs to wait for it until it becomes hard. She notes that there’re some ingredients left over. She decides to use it to cook midnight snack. Because it doesn’t have to be cooled down. So she puts it on the shelf.
There’s an accident. Maomao returns and she finds out that the three maids ate it because they thought it’s a dessert. Hongniang scolds Maomao. The people are shocked after knowing the desserts are Maomao’s midnight snack. Maomao explains it to the people that the effect isn’t strong if she gets used to the stimulating food. So she’s fine even if she eats it.
Jinshi takes the dessert. He thinks he will be fine if he eats it. It makes Consort Gyokuyou laugh. Jinshi shouldn’t say so in front of the consort Emperor loves. But most of the girls cannot resists it if the man blushes to tempt them.
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Because the medicine is very strong. Maomao reminds Jinshi that he shouldn’t eat too many. Because his blood circulation will be very fast and he will have a nosebleed. Consort Gyokuyou learns that the medicine’s effect is three times as much as ordinary supplements. She decides to give some to Emperor for keeping their spark.
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Consort Gyokuyou praises Maomao. Maomao feels relieved. Jinshi appears behind her. He ate a dessert secretly and he kisses her neck.