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For context, I normally never watch anime series like this. I am a completely straight, cis-gender male who usually watches mostly action with MAYBE some romance sprinkled in. Tell me how in the world this show completely sucked me in?! Like I might as well have been twirling my hair and kicking my feet like a teenage girl😭 The dialogue, world building, and just every interaction felt so meaningful. Plus with it basically also being a detective show as well, it's just amazingly well done. Currently contemplating buying the LN's or waiting for season 3 in October 😂

Dans les carnets de l’apothicaire, quand est ce que la relation entre Jinshi et Mao Mao école elle vraiment et comment ? spoilez moi 😂

In the apothecary diaries, when is the relationship between Jinshi and Mao Mao school really and how? Spoil me 😂

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Thank you 🎀

So I vaguely remember that there are certain scenes where Lahan knows where Maomao went and who she met, but how? If it's Miss Chue, it makes sense since she's a spy, but Lahan?

This is one of the moments I remembered, Volume 9 Chapter 1:

“Just see that you’re more accommodating than that to the Moon Prince,” Lahan said, rubbing his foot even though Maomao hadn’t stepped on it. What a drama queen. This son of a... Maomao glared at Lahan, but he only gave her a meaningful grin. “Now then, I think you’ll soon have another visitor, so I’m going to take these two and be on my way.” He winked. Did he know Jinshi had summoned Maomao the night before? For that matter, did he still maintain some secret connection with Jinshi? Maomao wanted to corner him about it, but she didn’t want to draw Yao and En’en’s attention by making a scene. This guy is too smart for his own good. She decided she had better change the subject. “I know it’s a little late to ask, since you’ve already agreed, but did you get permission to bring the two of them home?” Permission from whom? Why, from the one whose name she didn’t wish to say. “You needn’t worry on that count. My honored father is out, and won’t be back for several days. Hence why they were able to keep last night a secret too.”
Just how much does he know?! She doubted Lahan had all the details, but she was afraid of what could turn into a very unpleasant misunderstanding.

I'm sure there's at least one more scene, but I couldn't remember which volume and which arc.

Idk if someone already asked this before or not, I searched it on Google and there's no Reddit post related to this topic. I'm not sure Lahan's connection is that vast, but since he mentioned that Lakan isn't there and that's why the meeting is stay as a secret, maybe that means whoever is working to spy on Maomao isn't working for Lahan only? Idk 🤔

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Okay i so recently like yesterday finished the two seasons of the apothecary diaries and not so surprisingly i am obsessed. I have already re-watched it too.

I know season 3 first part coming in October but i can't stop, i want to read more. So what should i start the light novels or the manga ??? I saw there are two manga versions and i am a bit confused with that. Please help 😭

Sorry if the tag is wrong.

Maomao was dragged from her position as laundry servant to being Gyokuyou’s lady in waiting which created a target for her and she was made a poison taster when neither Gyokuyou nor any of the other lady in waiting’s had any idea she had trained her poison resistance and that she was accustomed to dealing with poisons. Maomao was constantly being placed in a dangerous scenarios with no real benefits, such as being brought into palace gossip, even reaching the ears of the Emperor resulting in her being ordered to take care of Lady Lihua where she was completely drained by the end of it. I don’t think that her time as a lady in waiting, despite the outward affection Gyokuyou showed, would be enough to break the emotionally detached Maomao. And that approach of bombarding her with affection is proved to be pointless to her shown with Lakan and Jinshi, who show her genuine affection despite how she views it.
Moving on from her time directly serving as a poison taster, when she was a physician in training, a position that was pretty much made for her, Gyokuyou and her lady in waiting’s constantly tried guilt tripping Maomao back into a position that she adamantly didn’t want. And it wasn’t like Gyokuyou was doing it cause of her loyalty to Maomao, directly put, it would be an effective way of guaranteeing both Jinshi, the Moon Prince and biological son of the Emperor and Lakan, the feared Grand Strategist’s loyalty to her. Additionally Gyokuyou continued to try and make her a lady in waiting despite the emperors direct intervention against it, making me question her true motives.
It seems to me that she wants to use Maomao completely without any real care for what Maomao wants. I can’t fault her for that cause of her precarious position as Empress and the xenophobia against herself and her son, but still, her use of Maomao doesn’t sit right with me.
Despite constantly being used, Maomao still chooses to pledge her loyalty to Gyokuyou, placing herself in a difficult position and placing a rift between her and Jinshi. And with her acceptance of Jinshi’s feelings, a major development in her character emotionally, her loyalty to Gyokuyou is a direct factor stopping both her and Jinshi’s happiness.
I don’t really get why she’s loyal to Gyokuyou tbh and if someone could clarify why Maomao is, that would be really helpful.

I  know that Taomei is a predator and fiercely protective of Jinshi, however why against Maomao for the entire second Western Capital trip. I understand it for a couple of weeks while she personally sizes her up vs what she’s heard from Gaoshun, Jinshi, Suiren, Chue, Baryou, Basen, Maamei and probably the Emperor etc considering how thorough she likely is. 
However after this initial personally sizing her up she then continues for the entire trip to make Maomao uncomfortable enough to only act formally when Jinshi and Maomao could have been relationship building. There’s no way that Taomei didn’t know Jinshi hopes to make Maomao his wife and that Maomao is struggling with the concept so why did Taomei persist as even a mild obstacle to any chance they did get to spend time together? 

So, I have read LN volume 5 - 16. I skipped 1 - 4 because I rely on anime, though I am planning to read from volume 1 until 16 again so I can document my thoughts on every scenes that I might missed before in Reddit.

This topic is about Lahan.

After reading volume 5, I started to like Lahan's character. But not like a crush , more like "family love" kind of thing. But at the same time I do wonder some things about him.

One of the good side is he's a nice talker. Not a sweet talker like giving high praises or anything, but nice enough to make people comfortable. Like during that scene in volume 5 chapter 15:

>!She looked like a stalk of shepherd’s purse among a field of roses and peonies. Just one thing helped calm her in this otherwise unfamiliar and unsuitable ensemble: a fine silver hair stick. “I wouldn’t worry too much. You qualify as a dandelion at least.” Maomao couldn’t understand how her cousin could read her mind like that, at least at moments like this. She didn’t say anything, but gave him a glare before they headed into the banquet hall.!<

He didn't over claim, but enough to try reassure her that she's not that out of place in that banquet.

Next, he believes women can do works that men does (not all works, and some come with inevitable limitation). This shows in volume 9 chapter 7 (this one is long one but I don't want to cut anything so that you could understand his POV):

>!“However, making such a practice public at this moment would invite persecution. People fear the unorthodox and they hate minorities. If you want a nice, quiet life, I would suggest quitting this harebrained practice of involving yourself with the medical staff immediately.”!<
>!“I thought you at least would be above such things, Master Lahan! So you believe women should stay at home, then?!” Yao jumped to her feet, incensed. The table shook, and Maomao grabbed the teacups to steady them. “I thought you would judge people on their merits—not their sex!”!<
>!“Lady Yao,” En’en said placatingly. Lahan, for his part, wasn’t bothered. “You’re correct: it’s more difficult for a woman to work than a man. A man can’t bear children—although he can raise them.” That’s stating the obvious. Men and women were biologically different, and the roles they took on were likewise different. “It’s fundamentally not possible for men and women to do the same work. I recognize, however, that there are a great many women of exceptional abilities out there.”!<

In this scene, while staying neutral, he's state the fact on what women can and can't do. It didn't make him bias (at least to me) because he says factual things.

Next is he's a good family member. He showed more than once that he's opened with the idea to keep family together — the good people, specifically. Like Junjie, who is now staying in that mansion farming tomato and other plants. He also try to asked Luomen and Maomao to stay in there too. He even offer a carriage to bring Luomen to work everyday, but Luomen refused because it's not convenient. And Maomao? Well, she just doesn't want to do anything with the old fart. But that's not only the example. To me (at least) he kinda wants to bring Kan family together — exclude his grandfather maybe. There's also a scene where he wants to bring Maomao to meet his dad (Lahan's biological father a.k.a Maomao's uncle a.k.a Lakan's half brother). Actually, he didn't mention anything other than “I guarantee you’ll be very interested in where I’m going. Well, we might turn out to be counting our chickens before they hatch.” But, he seemed to be saying, it was worth a shot.“We’re going to go see my dad.” so idk if he just wants to visit the family and introduce Maomao, or have other motive. But I think it worth mentioning. I would like to mention the scene during "the meeting of the named" but I don't think he's doing it for the family. It's more like a scheme of his to butt in other Clan's family drama and want Maomao to help him. So I won't count that.

Now that we talk about the good of him, how about the bad one?

Idk if 'bad' is the right word for him. But I couldn't think of other words that's suitable to describe this side of him.

One thing I can think of is he's obsessed with perfection and beauty. And Jinshi is one of the kind that caught his attention. It's not love, but admiration I guess? Idk, he's persistent to ask Maomao to bear Jinshi's child, ask her when he'll meet that child, convince her that he'll take care of the child. People says he wants that child so bad because he wants to marry her (if it's a girl). I read that part again in volume 5, and the one who says he'll marry that child is Maomao. He didn't verbally says he wants to marry that child. My opinion? He wants to surround himself with Jinshi's offspring. Girls, boys, doesn't matter. What he aims for is to have such beauty add with Kan family's genius genetics to be in Kan family bloodline. Still don't know whay he'll gain here, except he need to take care of that child.

But there's a drawback. If that beauty turn out ill and lose their number, he's no longer interested. Idk his perception towards Yao when she insisted to stay in the mansion again, but he did stated in his mind that "those who ravenously devoured whatever they could were decidedly not beautiful." That's what he thought when Yao said she wants to stay there with reason that she wants to read Luomen's books. Could it be possible Yao's number decreased when she show her persistence? Well never know. Oh, about the sick people, I couldn't find which volume and chapter it is.

We ll these are the 'bad' that make people think he's a red flag. Heck, even I couldn't imagine to have a partner like him. It's either I'm stressing out try to reach his beauty standards all the time or make up for it with something else that. Whatever it is, it must be tiring. Idk how far he'll act as a gentleman with women with "not beautiful" number and how different his treatment will be.

But after all this, he's still one of my favourite character in the series. Well, all La Clan members are my favourites. But I'm eager to choose Lahan for this post other than other members.

What do you think about Lahan? Do you think he's more in a "good character" side or "bad character" side?