11:10 She smiled because she had swapped out the food so that the girl would get fish. She thought she was just being mean. Though she lucked out since if she had not swapped the food she would have been the food taster that got the poison.
@hydralance88379 ай бұрын
Spoiler alert!!
@alsinakiria8 ай бұрын
@@hydralance8837I wouldn't say that's a spoiler. The episode spells it out pretty clearly. A confirmation at best.
@Despotic_Waffle9 ай бұрын
I think the best thing is the confirmation that the current emperor is not a.... p-
@brianhall239 ай бұрын
Yes, and he has never actually touched her.
@alsinakiria8 ай бұрын
And he has no desire to. None. The emperor would like to make that fact abundantly clear. It's funny. His subjects like him quite a bit. And he is actually a really funny and chill guy once you get to know him. But even Maomao, who respects him a fair bit, acknowledges that he didn't exactly have to clear a high bar as far as behavior is concerned. Being better than your predecessor in every conceivable way goes a long way to cement public approval.
@JediLordWong8 ай бұрын
Nice reactions. As I expected, your eyes went REALLY BIG when you realize that Lishu was a concubine to the PREVIOUS Emperor, which means she was NIne at the time. Gross as it may sound, sad to say concubines and even wives really do come that young in the past, although most of the time, they at least wait till puberty hits. From what I gathered at this episode though, seems like the previous emperor was pedophile, and the current emperor, not sure if he touched Lishu yet, but given how chill he is, even caring for Lady Lihua despite losing his son, I think that guy might be a decent person as emperors go, thiughf as one commenter said, he didn’t have a high bar to pass of his dad was a jerk
@Astravall9 ай бұрын
@11:07 ... i doubt Lishus food tester knew she was allergic and it could kill her. I think Lishus ladies-in-waiting wanted to bully her because they do not like her. They speak about Lishu in the beginning of the episode that they think she is unfaithful and a picky eater. So i think they switched dish to force Lishu to eat something they thought would only not taste good to Lishu. That's why Lishus food tester had that sinister smile. I doubt she knew it could kill Lishu. That is why she is so terrified later on when Maomao explains to her that the fish could have killed Lishu.
@Reaperherpderp9 ай бұрын
This is correct... it was to bully her because they thought she was just picky. Finding out she is essentially poisoning her, with the potential it could kill her would mean she could be executed for it. Which is why maomao doest tell him the real reason she asked for the food taster to be there.
@Solus3D9 ай бұрын
Most bullys are just evil and ignorant.
@silvervibranium28329 ай бұрын
BINGO. You nailed it. (oops)
@Reaperherpderp9 ай бұрын
@@silvervibranium2832 ummm she didnt have a baby. Lishu is still a virgin
@Reaperherpderp9 ай бұрын
@@silvervibranium2832 Im not sure if you deleted the comment or not but i still see it in my notifications but cant respond. When they were around the fire talking about the previous Emperor they were explaining Lishu who is 14 atm, was 9 when she became a consort to the PREVIOUS Emperor. The Empress Dowager (who was holding Gyokuyou's baby) was the Queen of the PREVIOUS Emperor and she gave birth to the CURRENT Emperor, SHE was very young when she had the current Emperor 10-11. So while the previous or current Emperor have never touched Lishu, the former 100% was a pedo and touched/preferred young girls.
@1204khalil9 ай бұрын
about the min 5:18, in the min 2:14 they let it clear the previous emperor was not a good person, you could say the favorite concubines of the current emperor are a way to show he is the opposite of his father
@SuperiorPosterior9 ай бұрын
Very much so
@dany_ltv9 ай бұрын
Maomao with the poison fetish 😂
@mardshima20709 ай бұрын
5:60 This is the first time he attend the garden party as he is recently promoted. So he kinda obligated to give hairpin to many people as thankful gift.
@Reaperherpderp9 ай бұрын
For those wondering... the Empress Dowager was like 10-12 when she had the current Emperor, also Linshu is still a virgin she has never been touched.
@SuperiorPosterior9 ай бұрын
Aye, she still has her _Virtue,_ thus her title as the Virtuous Consort.
@user-zp1lc7zw1t9 ай бұрын
@@SuperiorPosterior Nah, the titles come from the palaces they are placed in. You get placed in the palace of virture -> you become the virtuous consort.
@attackcrash07879 ай бұрын
@@user-zp1lc7zw1t I'm pretty sure that's not it. I don't remember off the top of my head what Gyokuyou was called, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't the Jade Consort. And Lihua is the Wise Consort, but lives in the Crystal Pavilion.
@Sup_D9 ай бұрын
@@SuperiorPosterior Virture doesn't have to relate to Virginity, especially in this Series, as it relates to other aspects. Plus, if Virture relates to that, then do you mean to say that the other Concubines were not virgins when they joined the Rear Palace, thus didn't get that Title? There is also the fact that Lihua is the Wise Consort, but it had been shown clearly that she is more of the Pure mentality type. On the other hand Gyokuyou is the Precious Consort, but she is actually the wisest one. And finally, Ah-Duo is the Pure Consort, which doesn't really connect properly if you take the word at face value, since she is already 35+ years old, meaning she is probably the oldest Concubine of the Current Emperor, thus she had already done stuff with him.
@IZEASGT9 ай бұрын
@@user-zp1lc7zw1t The consorts’ titles come from real Chinese history - look up “Imperial Chinese harem system” on Wikipedia. Their homes (Jade Pavilion, Crystal Pavilion, etc.) I don’t know about; the rear palace is largely based on the Ming-era Forbidden City, so maybe those also come from real locations.
@muneyotsuki81649 ай бұрын
The "I'll have what she's having." line from When Harry Met Sally comes to mind regarding Maomao's meal.
@mentar10489 ай бұрын
Whaaa? No reaction to the best line (which almost made me spray my monitor with soda)? "Jinshi-sama, can I have the rest of the soup?" :D I'm quite glad that the author very nicely balances virtues and vices in this story. Helps quite a bit to keep Maomao from turning into a boring Mary Sue.
@Reaperherpderp9 ай бұрын
Was a rushed reaction by her own admission
@Plasmagon999 ай бұрын
Maomao is not a Mary Sue, she doesn't meet most of the criteria to be one. She has flaws, there are non-enemies that dislike or even hate her, she is not rizzing up every male character that passes her, she has to earn the trust of some characters, she only has the talent of a strong mind along with medical and poison knowledge with few other bits of knowledge outside of that, she regularly mentions the harsh realities that are in the world and that she trys to avoid if at all possible, (Spoiler)... and finally she needed the help of the man she hated the most in the world, to help someone else.
@Mondy6679 ай бұрын
@GalacticJedi99 But OP didn't imply she was a Mary sue, in fact the opposite, OP said the balance of vice and virtues is what keeping her character interesting
@tjjordan4207Ай бұрын
Maomao has officially become one of my favorite characters.
@marcoftheninja62789 ай бұрын
Lady Lishu's food taster didn't seem to know that her mistress was allergic to fish... At the beginning, her ladies-in-waiting were bitching about her being picky about her food... When the food taster noticed her dish was swapped and found no poison in it, she took the opportunity to bully Lady Lishu by passing her the dish she "disliked". I guess Lady Lishu didn't tell her ladies-in-waiting about her allergy to fish and just said she simply doesn't like it. And her servants maybe thought she was just a little spoiled girl who needed to be punished.
@attackcrash07879 ай бұрын
I think it was the food taster who swapped the dishes in the first place.
@marcoftheninja62789 ай бұрын
@@attackcrash0787 Like Maomao, Lady Lishu's food taster was served the dishes by another servant. She didn't leave her seat. The other servants did that mistake. Although there was no poison in it, she just didn't correct the mistake on purpose, because she knew her mistress doesn't like fish.
@attackcrash07879 ай бұрын
@@marcoftheninja6278 She could have easily swapped them beforehand. Also, the Anime went out of its way to show her reaction to the food that Maomao was tasting being poisoned. If she didn't swap them herself then she'd had no idea that Gyokuyou had gotten Lishu's dish.
@marcoftheninja62789 ай бұрын
@@attackcrash0787 After rewatching that scene with the shadowy image, I disagree with you... We saw "a" hand (probably of another servant's) placing the dish in front of the already sitting person who's image looked like the food taster's with a little smile. If she had noticed the dish was swapped, we don't exactly know. But her grin could be interpreted later, that she noticed a change in the dish's ingredients... but since it wasn't poisoned, she didn't say anything about the difference... Maomao didn't place her dish in front of her lady. She only tells if a dish was ok or poisoned. Of course as her taster Maomao must know about her lady's food preferences, the same goes for the other tasters. The reaction of Lady Lishu's food taster tells me, she noticed the different ingredient, but didn't know it would be harmful to her mistress. Like Lady Lihua's ladies-in-waiting from Ep. 4, Lady Lishu's ladies-in-waiting are similarly arrogant about what's good for her mistress. We heard them bitching at the very start of the Episode.
@attackcrash07879 ай бұрын
@@marcoftheninja6278 Literally none of that comment is referring to what I said.
@didyouknowbydan51519 ай бұрын
To the average person she is a weirdo but to a scientist perspective she is not. Scientists are obsessed with discovery sometimes they are willing to trade safety for that. Maomao is like the anime of Marie Curie the only difference is her passion revolves around poison and medicine. the reason she reacted like that when she tasted the poison it's because its a Eureka moment where she gets information about that poison. Scientists approach everything with intelligence. They are never interested with trivial things like beauty and attention for them that's BS or perhaps the least priority in life. That infamous Jinshi charm will definitely work on a typical girl but not this one, their brains functions in a very different way compared to an average person.
@amandabernard81799 ай бұрын
Second hairpin was trying to look taller.
@Jalaluddin.Al.Afghan9 ай бұрын
5:23 AHAHAHA, I LITERALLY BURST OUT LAUGHING AT YOUR REACTION 🤣🤣
@gabbi-m7 ай бұрын
I can't seem to find your reaction to episode 7 or 8?
@user-pq3vd6oc1c9 ай бұрын
Maomao is made for Jinshi, both are into some masoquism lmao.
@Astravall9 ай бұрын
I think you should not insist on the outline of the character who had the burn marks being Gyokuyou. I haven't read the manga nor light novel so you might be correct in the end but the outline was rather vague for me to identify it exactly. Many different hairstyles can produce a similar outline and another person might even have the same hairstyle and colored cloths. So yeah it might be Gyokuyou but i still doubt it.
@bmokeeffe9 ай бұрын
I actually took the silhouetted character as being the food taster of Lishu last episode because the food dish shown last episode looks like the fish dish from this episode or at least they showed what looks like to be the fish dish and then the silhouetted person. Also, the food taster had a similar hair style as well. Hopefully, that made some sense! :)
@MinhVo-ig7no9 ай бұрын
I don’t think the dude Lihaku was in love with Mao Mao. You could see MM said he was handling out identical hairpins so the people not receiving any won’t feel left out. Also he was just thought the food she taste was so delicious that MM made such a satisfying look. Thats why he tested the food later and nearly killed himself.
@ace01359 ай бұрын
The speed at which you pick up on the story beats is making my head spin
@Sup_D9 ай бұрын
Giving Hairpins has many different meaning, one of them was already mentioned in this Episode as sort-off like a Recruitment process. Garden Party is a rare instance in the Palace which allows Officers from the Main Palace to interact with those working in the Rear Palace. Since a lot of those working in the Rear Palace are contract based, meaning after their time is over, they can either renew their contract or find a new place to work at. But renewing contract for the Rear Palace is really hard though, as you have to be quite good at your work to be able to continue working inside. But working in the Main Palace has it's benefits as well. So, Officers go around during the Party to interact with others to create connections and possible recruit someone talented, and giving out the Hairpins is like giving out Pass.
@vdinh1437 ай бұрын
Mao Mao isn't exactly masochistic; she is just really passionate about all things apothecary: poisons, drugs, herbs, illnesses, injuries, etc.
@KebusuNiisan9 ай бұрын
I can't imagine Maomao acting like Yumeko from Kakegurui when interacting with poisons
@LibeliumDragonfly9 ай бұрын
To clarify, empress dowager is emperor's mom.
@LibeliumDragonfly9 ай бұрын
That applies to any emperor. What do you know, learning is fun.
@lizardkirby11969 ай бұрын
I love maomao ! ❤ Idk if it masochists, fetishes, or obsessions with poison . Lol
@bobfrancis1239 ай бұрын
Is it a spoiler when eps 5&6 explicitly show that.... Our boy Jinshi is a member of the Imperial household and probably a blood relative of the Emporer? Nah, it ain't the missing little brother at the party (though it's a big hint). Nah, it's the Phoenix on his robe! I could be wrong, but like four clawed dragons, no one outside the Emp's bloodline could parade around with that emblem on pain of death. Jinshi is probably Emp's lil bro, but definitely a blood relative.
@Tingling109 ай бұрын
Spoilers below: As for right now, in the manga, we are unsure if Jinshi is the biological Emperor’s younger brother as Ah Duo also gave birth to a son around the same time that the Empress Dowager gave birth to the younger son. Maomao at some point even brought up that Ah Duo reminds her of Jinshi. People who read the light novel likely know what’s up, but yeah. It’s still unknown if Jinshi is the baby that was swapped at birth. Edit: Ah Duo is the Pure Concubine. She is also the first concubine of the current emperor.
@Tingling109 ай бұрын
Spoiler Alert: But that pin in his hair is also a clue. I believe it will be brought up either next episode or the episode after. Gao Shun will bring it up as he wasn’t able to change his attire out because he was busy with work.
@bobfrancis1239 ай бұрын
@@Tingling10 spoiler speculation below Very interesting! Being Ah Do's and Emp's son would explain why Jinshi is so loyal to "Dad" and Emps doesn't view him as a rival. For now. But lil bro or son, Jinshi must realize he's the unacknowledged heir to the empire. Unless, Ah Do's function as the Pure Consort gives her some kind of religious authority (her robes were awfully priestly) and she is not supposed to be a child bearing concubine. Hrm.
@Sup_D9 ай бұрын
Just saying, but handing out the Hairpins has different meaning that directly putting them on.
@amandabernard81799 ай бұрын
Gyokuyou wouldn't do the tablets(ive read to the magnificent frog chapter wink😉) its not in her character to do that.
@benr24578 ай бұрын
If she loves this show, she will love ‘nirvana in fire’
@lorenaruizdesomocurcio5439 ай бұрын
Where i can see the episodes??
@amandabernard81799 ай бұрын
Left a comment on the last apothecary diaries about your cat. Don't know if it helped any cause I didn't check out the channel
@MegaApostel9 ай бұрын
Hope it improve a little the likeable of the current emperor All the young ones are leftover from the late emperor. Sad to inform that he slept with her despite being just 9 at that time
@Borderose9 ай бұрын
Nah, Lishu lucked out. The old emperor died before that could happen. That's why there were no issues with her being passed to the current emperor's harem.
@KingMidasBDO9 ай бұрын
Obviosly shojo genre is your weakness... you should react lovely complex, kaisho wa maid sama, skip beat and many other classics.
@Solus3D9 ай бұрын
Mao Mao is a fujoshi?
@taqiyukenji9 ай бұрын
I'm waiting for Bleach reaction
@kathrynli49589 ай бұрын
The might be a spoiler. The one who kidnapped maomao is actually the head lady in waiting for concubine au duo honey making business group. You should not make assumptions about lady gyokuyo people when you don’t even know who a cause rash on eneunch in the first place