The reappearance of Suirei sparked reactions online, with comments like "The person with the Resurrection Medicine is back," "She was alive after all," and "It seems the story is going to progress significantly."

"The Apothecary Diaries" is based on a light novel by Natsu Hyūga. It has also been adapted into mangas and has surpassed 40 million copies in circulation. The series is a mystery-solving entertainment story that follows Maomao, a pharmacist's daughter with an abnormal obsession with poisons and medicines, and Jinshi, a mysterious and handsome eunuch, as they tackle challenging mysteries arising in the palace.

■Episode 40 "Nesting Malice"
【Synopsis】
To support the childbirth of Consort Gyokuyō, who has a suspicion of a breech position, Maomao's herbal medicine teacher and adoptive father, Luomen, comes to the palace's medical bureau. Luomen quickly summarizes the current issues within the palace and creates copies as practice for the lady-offs attending the training school. When Maomao delivers them to the training school, she hears from an older eunuch about how Luomen had done similar things before being banished from the palace. A feeling of discomfort arises in Maomao's mind, and to uncover the truth about this discomfort, she sets out to visit a certain person...

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