Apothecary Diaries 1x19-20
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Fun little tidbit, in the afterwords from the author she said that after the ceremony Lakan took the guard who hit Maomao aside and beat the shit out of him for hitting Maomao. What that soldier did was the equivalent of hitting his boss’s teenage daughter and sending her flying down a flight of stairs… right in front of his boss. That’s why the soldier was so scared, he thought he was doing his job, but suddenly his boss was there and beyond pissed that he just struck this random servant girl, so the soldier was thinking “oh shit did I just fuck up” and oh boy did he learn the hard way that he should never have laid hands on Maomao
where did they ever show that Maomao's deductions were uncreditable? I think when they "cook", they need to add in their notes that its their theory and not fact from the story.
Giving lee way for creative license on location based on the appearance and design I think the altar of the Sapphire Sky is based on the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. only change is the Temple of Heaven is located to the south of the Forbidden City that the imperial palace is based on. If I had to guess this should have been in summer so they would have been doing a ritual praying for rain (The other options are the worship of heaven which is lead by the emperor, and the Prayer for Abundant Harvest which happens in the first Lunar month (February). Of note: before the emperor or his successor lead a ceremony they would abstain from meat, fast, and become abstinent for several days. That said if it was a ritual of that significance the whole royal family and nobility would be up in arms as any minor problems were considered a bad omen.
on the actual episode: Pretty sure Maomao was in shock from blood loss which is why she was so focused on mending her leg after the accident. From personal experience our brains focus on some random stuff when in shock. In my case my brain was focused on the fact looney toons lied to me and shaking my hand didn't automatically reinflate it after dropping an anvil on it.
Saying ten odd years implies it was not 10 year exactly and in the context of the show suggest more than 10 and less than 20. Given the current ages of the emperor and Jinshi (assuming he is the son) this would put the emperor at 15 to 16 years old. And as far as people not putting Jinshi together with being the emperor's "younger brother" could be a combination of several things: the younger brother is suppose to be sickly and rarely seen, he is 'younger' than Jinshi, is likely seen by a different class of people. Most people that meet and deal with "Jinshi" never leave the rear palace and since Jinshi mostly appears in the rear palace those that deal with the "younger brother" have likely never met Jinshi. And then the fact people just don't want to know things that could cost them their heads.
It's crazy to keep ignoring the word "odd" in that statement. if they meant to say 10 years they would have stuck to just saying 10 years. Maybe that word they used what was it, "odd" changes the meaning of the sentence...nah there's no way haha.
Lakan and Maomao have the same Death stare💀Like Father like Daughter💀💀
marvelous reaction tkohhh
So someone things to point out and remember for these two episodes, whether a high noble or royal, for Jinshi to carry Maomao out is a complete and utter disregard for noble etiquette, no one knows Maomao is Lakan's daughter except Lakan, Gaoshun, and Jinshi, so to every one else, she is a commoner, Jinshi carrying her is the equivalent of staking his ranking on her, though I don't know if it's stated but I think Lakan shock is a mix of seeing his daughter hurt so severely and Jinshi's actions. For the age thing, they say ten-odd years later, not ten years, so basically 'a little more than ten years, still grossly young, but probably not pre-pubescent gross. Also, saying Jinshi is 19 is the nominal age, nominal age starts at 1 and goes up by 1 at the start of the new year so depending on when he was born in the year, makes it entirely likely that he was born 17 years ago, Also Lakan's VA is Benimaru from Tensura
Also, notice it was the first time Jinshi says Maomao's name. For someone like him to say her name like that instead of 'servant' or 'apothecary' is impactful in its self.
The current Emperor was stated to be one year younger than Ah-Duo. She is 35 or 36. So she would have been 19 years younger when she gave birth; 16 or 17. The current Emperor was then 15 or 16, not 10. The 10 years statement in this episode has to be a mistake.
The ten years is related to the Empress Dowager first birth (which is the current Emperor) and the second birth which is currently unknown
They will go into much more detail about the previous emperors tendencies don’t you guys worry
lets goooo
Previous Emperpr fathered a child the current emperor. The current emperor was still crown prince.... wait yeah that does mean he should have been ten years old. I think they fucked up. He was more like twenty.
Tbh they said "ten-odd years later" so maybe he was a little older like 12-15 years. But regardless they both didn´t look like teenagers in the scene. Also more confusing if you look at Lishu which also should be around that age 12-14 and looks obviously young. They could have made this a lot clearer.
one of the best episodes even got toped for me with the season 2 finale
So the general populace are not allowed to even LOOK at the emperor or his kin. that why they all had their heads bowed and eyes covered. They might have caught glimpse but it appears he wasn't outed.
That’s what we were thinking. Really cool detail