The Apothecary Diaries - Vol. 1 Ch. 3 - The Imperial Court's Nymph

[Morsealworth]

While cacao being an aphrodisiac is a myth, it contains theobromine, which is a stimulant with the same mechanism of work as caffeine, albeit weaker. When combined with alcohol it indeed can decrease inhibitions even further.

 

[icarushector]

I love how the Uber aphrodisiac is just high end chocolates.

 

[Glomoro]

I forgot to put this here last time

 

[Baxkill]

She just goes on and gets 3 shots of black tar mexican heroin for breakfast what a madlass

 

[The_DCG]

"That expression on her face like she was looking at a bug." Nah, child, she's a mad scientist. She probably likes bugs better than she likes you. 🙃

 

[Kampfarsch]

milk butter sugar honey and some alc
shes just baking a cake lmao

but what do they mean "aphrodisiac" isnt this just chocolate with alcohol ???
is being drunk = being horny in their world or wtf

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

Can someone please replicate the recipe to see if they get horny?

 

[TaengManok]

So Jinshi/that "good looking" guy was put there by the emperor on purpose to sniff out the unfaithful concubines.. LMAO.

GG. Guess now we know he's some high ranking official used as bait in the harem lol

 

[TaengManok]

LOLOLOL Her thoughts are really funny.

Also, NOT GONNA LIE-- I kinda ship it.

 

[thename0fthewind]

I don't really ship this

 

[Suckerforshipping]

Uhuhuhuhuhuhu

 

[elefantine97]

reads like one of those chinese yanqing novels, which can be cheesy, but they really exploit the shit out of power plays/imbalanced relationship dynamics and romantic tropes
I'M NOT COMPLAINING THO, i'm trash for any strong and smart woman mc in (potentially) romance novels

 

[thekidsareminnowkaren]

a fucking masochist

 

[mobrine]

UwU... This shit is so good.

 

[themanj]

@Kampfarsch
actually both alcahol and pure chocolate are considered aphrodisiacs even if not as effective as depicted here they can liven things up a bit I'm kinda surprised she didn't also mix ginseng and other more traditional aphrodisiacs in aswell btw you are probably thinking about the more extreme synthetic ones like a molly

 

[magykpanda]

Damn son

 

[maisonaustyn]

@DANDAN_THE_DANDAN I just made brownies, all I feel is regret

Edit:Feels like the time period is a bit muddy due to authors ramblings with the MC [MC seems knows some modern science while also working with primitive forms of medicine]

 

[SotiCoto]

"An eunuch".

While it kinda makes sense, since both "e" and "u" are undoubtedly vowels... it still comes across as awkward to say since the actual sound produced starts wouth a "y"... unless I'm saying it wrong.

 

[Alex-dono-sama]

am I the only one who thought he was the emperor?

 

[SOL_rocks]

Jinshi is definitely some kind of masochist