TY - BOOK AU - Hyūga,Natsu AU - Nekokurage AU - Nanao,Itsuki AU - Shino,Tōko AU - Goniwich,Julie AU - Blakeslee,Lys TI - The apothecary diaries SN - 9781646090747 AV - PN U1 - 741.5/952 23/eng/20220701 PY - 2022///] CY - [El Segundo, California] PB - Square Enix Manga, an imprint of the Book Publishing division of Square Enix, Inc. KW - Herbalists KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Eunuchs KW - Courts and courtiers KW - Graphic novels KW - Japan KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft KW - Detective and mystery fiction KW - Romance fiction N1 - Chiefly illustrations; Pages numbered from right to left; "Firt published in Japan in 2019 by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD"--Indicia; Rated T, for Teen N2 - "Forced to the leave the Inner Palace, Maomao finds herself in the employ of none other than Jinshi, the seemingly ever-present thorn in her side! Immune to his charms, Maomao sets about learning the ways of life in the Outer Palace, where government officials and military officers go about the daily business of running the country. Far from being fearful of her new surroundings, however, Maomao has her insatiable curiosity piqued by the soldier-occupied eastern wing, where she's been forbidden to go but where it seems further mysteries await ..."--Provided by publisher ER -