Apothecary Diaries 1x17-18

50:41 The nose in light and everything, but the eyes, in darkness. Coincidence? Maybe lol

8/10

I'm pretty sure that historically, courtesans are only female so not sure why they keep thinking he is one... before someone goes "actually" I'm sure there are acceptions so 99.9% are female therefore the statement courtesans are only female still holds.

More history! China and Korea actually have several famous generals that were Eunuchs. If they are castrated before puberty boys don't produce enough testosterone for the growth plates to harden so they continue to grow much longer and generally live longer than uncastrated men. (About 14-20 years longer as testosterone suppressed the immune system). Zheng He was a famous explorer and general that is believed to have been castrated when he was 10-11 and eventually grew to be around 7ft tall and had a, being charitable, chunky build but was renowned as a leader and warrior in his time.

Empress Dowager = Emperor's mother/ previous emperor's main wife/ concubine. Favorite concubine that produces an heir will become the main wife/ concubine. All concubines are the wives of the emperor and those are the only ones in the rear palace. Courtesans are fancy prostitutes that not only provide the physical aspect of the job but companionship as well. Idk if yall knew this or not or just get them mixed up, if you knew then ignore this lol. Also syphilis wasnt cure until 1943 which is crazy. Last thing, I miss HEB lol.

you guys cook so much but sometimes you make me laugh my Ass off. no spoilers though.

Sometimes i hope i had no memories of my 50+ watches. But i cant see some characters like i should see them because i know where are they going. Bitter side of this i guess.

your ear is ichi - go?

The reason why Jinshi asked how to decrease the value of a courtesan was because Lakan literally told him to ask that question to someone who know 'that world' intimately. But also... the ceremonial rites mentioned are for officials with very very high status or rank... not for bottoming HAHAHA.

This is not a spoiler. I have only watched this once before. Everything I mention hereafter was in the show so far. It was never even implied that Jinshi does anything sexual and I don't even understand how you guys got to that conclusion. Maomao also says that it's for a purification ceremony while they flash images of Jinshi praying. You guys really focus on the wrong details sometimes. The same happened with the red hairpin that Jinshi was wearing after the garden party (it was his. No one gave it to him.) Jinshi complains about not having had a chance to change afterwards and then Gaoshun mentions that his attire (including the hairpin) could give away Jinshi's true status.

Not your finest patreon plug Taylor... <3

I cant wait for you to catch up, s3 cour 1 and the movie dropping this year will be PEAK

i think you might be getting muddled with your theories and what the show has confirmed. so spoiler free fact list the show has confirmed to the point you have watched. The current emperor(while a prince) had a son with Ah-Duo that child got swapped so that people would think its the emperors brother. Maomao adoptive dad was the doctor during the child birth. Jinshis position is as a high up eunuch in charge of the rear palace however its shown that he has a secret position with alot more influence. Lakan attempts to blackmail Jinshi by calling out that he knows of that secret position (saying the people who he takes orders from he could count on one hand) Lakan knows hes maomaos farther and is trying to get close to her, he use to try buy her at the Verdigris house (why hes known as that weirdo with the monocle) instead Meimei would keep him company by playing strategy board games (since a Courtesan is alot more then just for sex they are well trained to basically be like paid date, they could play games, talk politics things that would interest noble men, because i mean who doesn't want to spend a evening with a beautiful and intelligent woman) Lakan then found out that Jinshi bought maomao from the Verdigris House so is now pestering jinshi. Lakan devalued a courtesan, which maomao says can be done with the loss of chastity, or pregnancy (since we know Lakan is maomaos farther its likley referring to pregnancy as the method of devaluing) Jinshis secret position is currently unknown, but its something that is sort of ceremonial and requires him to prepare his body (not necessarily gay sex.. sorry karlii ik you had your hopes up) the emperors "brother" we dont hear much about other then at the garden party when they mentioned he's apparently sickly and only makes a appearance at very important events. hope this helps its easy to get confused when your watching and theorising at the same time, and everything i mentioned is only up to the point you have watched no spoilers

YESSS I BEEN WAITING FOR EPISODE 18

KARLII INSTANTLY THINKING BOTTOM PREP OMG LOL

One of my favorite scenes is in Ep 19 starting around the 19 min mark.

its funny how u guys really like to question Jinshi butthole experience and the theories are getting wilder and wilder each episode lol

MAOMAO TIME 🙌

If you will post 2 episodes a day still this will be not enough 3rd seasson will start in 2 weeks and you have still 30 epissodes to watch

We have officially entered my favorite part of the first season.

Oh shiiiiiiiiiit. It's about to pop off!