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The Apothecary Diaries Ep 13: Unedited Access (Patreon)

Published:
2025-11-07 18:30:04
Edited:
2025-11-19 16:02:28
Imported:
2026-09

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Hello Patreon family! I hope you enjoy your unedited access to my detailed analysis of episode 13 of the Apothecary Diaries. MAOMAO IS BACK IN THE REAR PALACE!

Can we talk about "Young Master" Jinshi's true secret identity? The size of his quarters, having a palace lady as his nanny, his phoenix wardrobe, and the likely truth that he does have his pee-pee, aka he is indeed the secret prince, the eldest of the Emperor. What an incredible show with multi-layered writing. WOW!

P.S., Enthusiasts, your 48-hour early access will become available on 11/17, and Supporters, your unedited access will go live on 11/19 :)

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MrGiamMY999

Just a reminder that if Maomao’s conjecture about the baby swap and your theory about the baby being Master Jinshi are correct, Jinshi would be a price regardless of the royal family knowing the secret: if they know the secret he would be the prince as the emperor’s son, but if they don’t know the secret he would still be the price as the emperor’s younger brother.

Leslie

I love how you theorized he might be a secret prince before you theorized he might not be a eunuch lol there's no way they would make the secret prince a eunuch, right? But also I never realized the young master comment had that kind of implication! I could say more but it relates to future episodes... how far are you now?

Psychotherapist Reacts

🤣🤣 All my brain cells were used to process his secret prince identity that I forgot about his eunuch part lol then it clicked for me this episode haha, and im ep 17

Miki

the guards at the gate were in awe bc at least the young one in the back could see maomao based on his blushing slightly. Ginshi noticed the guard noticing maomao and then popped out to rush them along through the gate.

Miki

This is further solidified by master gingshi calling maomao "Apothecary" obviously peeved by the attention maomao is getting and telling her when she returns she should go back to her freckled appearance

Miki

jealous jenshi is too much for me prepare for more of that lol

Jan Negrey

They maybe could post her in the same position - assuming your theory is correct. But Jinshi doesn't present himself as Royal. Also it would be bad look and it could even backfire on MaoMao. They could have kept her there, despite the rules. Now going back after being fired would look bad. Just like bringing mortar and pestle.

Jan Negrey

I only know a bit of Japanese and I don't know how fully Japanese Kanji translate to Chinese characters after centuries of differences, but I think Gaoshun is 高順 Tall Vassal, Tall Servant... English is limiting me here. But either person that is tall or in high position that is servant or goes along with what people say. Or rather what his master says. I think. It's superficially correct, though as we can see Gaoshun often has to...temper (discipline would be too strong of a word here) Jinshi. Now - whether those are their real names or titles or... I forgot what it's called... honorary name? checking "Courtesy Name" - I don't think so, but maybe? In China many people of some statue had more than 1 name. In Japan it was even more ridiculous at times (Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieasu - all had many names and even more titles). If you're looking for short and sweet and not emotionally draining Anime with still a lot of things to talk about in psychoanalysis - "Ya Boy Kongming!" (Paripi Koumei) is another series that features famous Chinese character. Well known in fact. Suiren is I think named after flower. I didn't check her spelling, I could go and find it, but between Chinese to Japanese and then Japanese to Chinese translation there is a lot of ambiguity. And sometimes names are more like placeholders. It could be description of her character or what her parents imagined would sound "nice". Assuming it is her actual name and not one of the many names (Courtesy, title, nickname). I know that author likes both descriptive names (Hongniang) and names that are slightly contradictory. I knew about Gaoshun, because when I watched Anime first time I wanted to know what names mean, but I only did it for like 5 episodes. And a servant - albeit one in high position now, might have been named after the flower - something that I think was common in this era. Heck, it's not uncommon in Europe and English (names like Lily and Daisy come from the flowers). Also court ladies are still servants. Though if we want technically more accurate translations "assistants" would be closer. Notwithstanding the fact that regardless of how high Woman was (unless she was REALLY high) she would be serving in one way or another. And it's not just Women. Depending how you define servitude, everyone serves the Emperor (will of heavens and such).

Jan Negrey

Also note: Hierarchy in Inner Palace is different than the rest. Lady in waiting there might be a quite good position.

Jan Negrey

Girls made Jinshi underwear made from their own hair.

Jan Negrey

No, Jinshi wasn't suggesting THAT. He was trying to be nice to Mao Mao. But when she said stables - he assumed that she wants to live in stables, so no. And Gaoshun predicting that Mao Mao would ask for something unreasonable or easily misread was glaring at her, since he didn't want to speak in presence of Jinshi. That's my read on the situation. Completely divorced from LN, because I don't remember this part.

Krisko94

Generally in anime, seasons are broken up into 12 or 13 episode "cours". If the "season" is 24-26 episodes, that will span 2 seasons (fall/winter, spring/summer etc) with 12-13 episodes being divided between them usually equally. Generally there are op and ed changes after the first cour ends. To note, there might be a couple weeks break in between thr start and end of a cour, so often youll see recaps.

Krisko94

I feel like im seeing some ADHD symptoms in MaoMao. Probably not enough to diagnose, but her complete inability to focus and retain information on subjects uninteresting to her reminds me ALOT of how I function. I have a wide range of interests so it rarely comes up, but Biology has always been my utter downfall. Lol. She's more than likely ND, but maybe not enough in any direction to be formally diagnosed with anything.

Fidelis

I love how one of our biggest relief was that he has a peepee🤣

Psychotherapist Reacts

🤣🤣 only cuz it hit me later and now the romance is actually possible between Maomao and Jinshi

Fidelis

True, but if Jinshi is really a secret prince, wouldnt that mean he destined to be the future emperor? He had to choose an empress and it would likely be Maomao but for Maomao the role "empress" is like a cage with all the limitation. As much as Jinshi "maybe" loves and wanted to live freely with maomao, he wouldn't escape the duty. Im afraid Jinshi x Maomao wouldn't happen 🥲 (maybe theres other way idk). Also sir Benoit shout me out as Sponsor highlight xD🙏

Psychotherapist Reacts

These are recorded in advance, so your name will be shouted out in a couple of episodes I believe!

Fidelis

♥️♥️♥️

Star Lin

*see man playing Go in video* There he is....my second favorite secondary character.

Psychotherapist Reacts

Can’t wait to share episode 15 with yall. I predict that he is the main villain, and much much more :)

Jeffry L Manion

The fungus is a parasite that infects insects. The show The Last of Us is a take on a fungus that infects ants called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis or zombie ant fungus. Look it up on YouTube it will creep you out. It's also really cool. There is a book called Parasite Rex that is lots of fun for a given definition of fun.

dylan

it’s been a few weeks since i’ve watched this but it’s time to sit down for a few hours and binge!

JAMES D'ALESSANDRO

Usually if an episode starts with an op in an anime something big is going to happen, or that they didn't ave a scene short enough on its own to put before the op. You will get an episode of My Dress Up Darling where they start it with an extremely long scene then the intro. That's a very rare occurrence. You will realize it when you see it.

JAMES D'ALESSANDRO

Gyokuyou is 19 and the Loulan the new high ranking concubine is 17. I think those ages are more appropriate than Lisu who is now 15, but all 3 are not only very young, but the Emporer is in his mid 30's. It's all pretty disgusting

Jon Daux

As an extremely slight defence, Lisu is a courtesan for more political reasons as suggested by the fact that she is never 'visited' by the Emperor. That being said, yes it is still rather despicable especially by today's standards. By historical standards though this Emperor is a saint among saints lol

Jon Daux

I find this really funny because the exact opposite used to be true, otherwise known as a "cold open". It's only because of the popularity of cold opens that it reversed itself, and now starting with the opening is less common. I prefer the completely cold open though, where they cut it altogether for some extra minutes. But that's extremely rare.

Jon Daux

Im like 90% sure those guards were staring in awe at Maomao haha