LN

The Apothecary Diaries (Political Intrigue) The palace physician insisted the new servant couldn't read. Maomao knew better. She had caught him translating an ancient medical text in perfect silence before pretending not to understand a single character. The boy hid scars beneath his sleeves, answered questions like a noble, and flinched whenever the Imperial Guard passed. Jinshi smiled as though he had discovered a fascinating puzzle. Maomao had a far worse suspicion. Someone important had disappeared years ago. And she was beginning to think he'd been hiding in the Inner Palace all along.