The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 14 [Parts 1 to 10] by Natsu Hyuuga

Author:Natsu Hyuuga
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Light Novel, partial, mystery, anime, drama, female protagonist, history, eunuchs, print by square enix
Publisher: J-Novel Club (generated)

When the members of the U clan were at last out of sight, Maomao felt a wave of fatigue wash over her.

Phew!

She let her shoulders slump.

“I knew I could count on you, Maomao. You did a perfect job.” Maamei was full of praise, but Maomao found she couldn’t quite take it at face value.

“Maybe, but the leader of the U didn’t seem that eager.”

“It’s better than nothing. We’ve planted a seed. We’ll just have to see whether anything grows from it.”

Her husband watched her, smiling to see his wife so engaged. As for her younger brother, he was even more overwhelmed than Maomao and hadn’t managed to reboot himself yet.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to excuse myself. I trust that’s all right?” Maomao said.

“Heavens, of course. You must be exhausted. I thought you were used to this kind of thing.” Maamei must really have been pleased, because in place of the polite smile she’d worn earlier, there was a genuine grin.

“Suddenly discovering information I never knew before has a way of tiring me out,” Maomao said.

“Ahh, you mean the talk of the betrothal between the U and Ma clans? It’s nothing special. When boys and girls are close in age, that sort of chatter always comes up.”

“I admit, it sounds common enough.”

And yet, such stories particularly seemed to abound among Maomao’s acquaintances. Just being in the orbit of the Imperial family made human relationships more complicated.

Lishu’s mother was childhood friends with His Majesty and Lady Ah-Duo both.

It shouldn’t have surprised her that the Emperor’s minder, Gaoshun, had found himself running in that circle.

I think it’s time for a change of subject.

“You know, I haven’t seen Miss Chue today,” said Maomao.

“Miss Chue had other work to do. Oh, how she dragged her feet—but when she was told this job absolutely had to be done, she went to work.”

Maomao and the others walked at an easy pace as they spoke. The two men brought up the rear, neither of them saying anything. Maamei’s husband really was the silent type.

“Miss Chue might look like—well, Miss Chue. But she does have a genuine gift for languages, and even with a useless limb or two, she’ll be quite helpful so long as her head and her mouth still work.”

Maomao understood that Maamei was saying she valued Chue, but it seemed a rather uncharitable way to say it.

“Is she interpreting for some foreigners or something?” Maomao asked, purely out of curiosity—but it was the wrong choice.

“She is. We’ve got a whole heap of them all together in prison at the moment, and she’s keeping a close ear on them to make sure they aren’t hatching some plot together.”

“My goodness.” That didn’t sound like fun for anyone.

It wasn’t unusual for foreigners to be captured along the Li border. Most of them were bandits or the like, and were dealt with promptly and lethally. If they’d been taken prisoner instead, it implied that there were people of some rank among them.

“Miss Chue might not be able to

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