Consort Lihua applies a lot of powder on her face for her beauty in The Apothecary Diaries Episode 4. But her child is sick because of it. She invites the most famous doctor in the palace. But the doctor cannot save the baby. The baby passes away soon.
Consort Lihua feels guilty. She cannot accept the ending. But what can she do? What is lost cannot be regained. She’s sick in the end. She will take her child’s step if she doesn’t get a good treatment.
Emperor visits Maomao when she’s testing poison. He invites her to go to take care of Consort Lihua. She knows he wishes her to go to heal Consort Lihua. But she cannot reject him because what he said is an imperial edict. But the guy let her know about it in front of Consort Gyokuyou.
It’s true that Emperor is a creature who’s named emperor. Maomao has to try her best to go to heal Consort Lihua. She will be killed if she doesn’t complete the job. But the process isn’t smooth. Because Maomao is Consort Gyokuyou’s woman in those people’s eyes. The maids of Consort Lihua hate Maomao.
Maomao doesn’t get a chance to approach Consort Lihua. She’s driven away soon. She has to try her best to cross their block. Because it’s Emperor’s order. The funny thing is that the maids don’t have any common sense to take care of patient.
The food they prepared is delicious. The result they did is obvious that Consort Lihua cannot eat the food. She coughs. Jinshi witnesses Maomao being driven out of the room. He thinks he needs to give her some help.
Meanwhile, Maomao sneaks into Consort Lihua’s room. She takes a look at Consort Lihua who’s very sick. She knows Consort Lihua will die if she continues to wait. Consort Lihua might want to die after she lost her child. Maomao is driven out of the door again.
Jinshi finds Maomao at that time. She goes to Consort Lihua’s room again in his help. The difference is that nobody dares to block Maomao in Jinshi’s help. Maomao walks to Consort Lihua for the first time. She looks at Consort Lihua who’s pale.
She finds out that something isn’t right soon. She touches Consort Lihua’s face. It’s powder. Maomao isn’t calm anymore. You know the stuff killed Consort Lihua’s son. Maomao walks to the maid who applied the powder on Consort Lihua’s face. She slaps her. Although Maomao is fierce, she just wanted to let the maid know her ignorance hurting Consort Lihua.
Maomao takes care of Consort Lihua everyday. Consort Lihua recovers and she can go out for walk. Maomao finds out that Consort Lihua has a lot of pride but she’s not arrogant. Maomao thought Consort Lihua is a rich and powerful young lady who was spoiled. But the truth isn’t so.
She has all virtues a consort should have. She’s a very gentle person. Maomao lies in the bed and she falls asleep soon. Because she worked hard to take care of Consort Lihua.
It’s time to say goodbye to Consort Lihua. Consort Lihua doesn’t wish Maomao to leave. But she knows Maomao is Consort Gyokuyou’s maid. She cannot change it. But she wishes to know if she has a chance to have a baby. Maomao cannot promise it. She thinks they should rely on heaven’s intention.
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Maomao tells Consort Lihua that Emperor was the one who asked her to take care of her. She believes that Emperor will visit Consort Lihua soon. Consort Lihua thinks she was the one who killed her child. She minds Consort Gyokuyou.
But Maomao disagrees. She thinks there’re many flowers in the world. She tells Consort Lihua that it’s meaningless to compare two kinds of flowers. She tells her that she has a better way if she’s still not confident.