Yesterday, 12:49
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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A dead middle-ranked concubine and a missing popular servant girl who had everything going for her prior to her going missing? Already setting the stage for the latest Apothecary Diaries mystery
 .Aw, look at Xiaolan taking what Maomao taught her and practicing it with the other servant girls! That'll help literacy spread  !Gyokoyou has probably never begrudged motherhood until her crying darling daughter took her away from getting the deets on Maomao's latest case  .It's good of Jinshi to be planning a place where the servants can learn to read/write etc. It's enough that even Maomao compliments him and gives him her winning Maomao smile! Which is such a surreal sight for Jinshi when he's so much more comfortable with her usual glaring. But he also just wants her POV to make sure it's a successful vocational school. They really are an effective team .You don't have to twist Maomao's arm to go mushroom hunting! It's practically her idea of a fun adventure  !There's no love-lost with late concubine Jin. She was jealous, petty, and abusive and was suspected of trying to poison other concubines. And going "do you have any evidence?" with the most anime villain look ever is practically an admission of guilt. So Hongniang won't show her any sympathy, even if she and Maomao head off to pay their respects to her anyways  .I don't think Jinshi ever actually suspected Maomao, but if thinking that improves her opinion of him, maybe it's for the better  . Of course no one probably hated Jin more than concubine Son, especially when she was successful as a lower-ranked concubine until an illness she was probably given by Jin ruined all her prospects. So to her what happened to Jin was karmic justice. But her outburst DOES give Maomao the clues she needs to progress the case  .Aw, Jinshi is concerned about Maomao's scar and her possibly damaging her body! But, I mean, its not anything new considering she frequently experiments on said body. But the concern is still sweet  .Personal space Jinshi! Though I just love that confident look on his face when he knows Maomao will solve this case  !Maomao investigation montage! All culminating in finding the corpse of the REAL concubine Jin  !So this was one big corspe/person switcheroo. Tao wasn't just missing, she was roped and forced into posing as Jin this whole time, potentially because of an accidental killing of Jin who was jealous of her. I feel bad for Tao that she was probably ultimately as much a victim of Jin even when she had to pose as her to cover up Jin's death, ultimately leading to her own death when she had so much life left to live. I guess Jin's ladies-in-waiting will probably also be in big trouble  .Dang Jinshi, let Maomao have her corpse mushrooms  !I wonder if those corpse mushrooms would have the resurrection properties Maomao is searching for  ?
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Yesterday, 18:58
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Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 38
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Not sure I buy that Tao could have fooled Jinshi for an entire year. Even with the bandages, it's not like they were twins. Maomao's father is the one with face blindness, not Jinshi.
I love how Maomao thought better of Jinshi because she assumed she was his number one suspect when she was obviously never even on the list. Quote:
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