The Apothecary Diaries - Vol. 12 Ch. 61 - The Hunt (Part 1)

[sunshinelemons]

My money is on him being part of the Royal family and is hiding as a eunuch with the Emperor's knowledge.

It's already been spelled out. He had the kirin/qilin hairpin, he's Ah Duo's son, etc.

 

[WinterknightX]

I've read the novel, and

Spoiler: this is what happens next.

They're never mentioned again and the new MC spends like 5 pages licking his balls

WHUT.......fr ?

 

[Madologist]

Well, the wilfully ignorant servant staying in the dark to avoid trouble, might get a sudden reveal of a rod in the future.

 

[izarist]

Here comes the frog, I can't wait for next chapter 🤣

 

[thirty7timeslucky]

bro just went for it💀

 

[Lame_Security]

And yet she refuses to connect the dots... she is trying so hard to ignore Jinshi that she doesn't realize there is something way too unusual about him.

She did realize something is unusual about his circumstances and is exactly why she refused to; curiousity killed the cat and she knew it.

 

[tsunamininja]

Well, that excalated quickly.

actually, it de-escalated quickly.

 

[Aureliano]

She did realize something is unusual about his circumstances and is exactly why she refused to; curiousity killed the cat and she knew it.

She has been prying all the time in this manga, even when attempted murder is involved. It is just him that she decides to ignore.

 

[ChocoPies]

 

[Pallington]

frogs

 

[yetiking]

I dont understand the hood, if Jinshi is playing the emperor's brother why not decline like all his other engagements? why would he have to entertain this particular political family?

 

[cksn]

awww she wants him to rape her

 

[Rodrigez89]

The kitten has fallen into the water ... that's mighty dramatic for a kitten. 😋

Thanks for the new chapter. 😃

 

[AnotherDuck]

actually, it de-escalated quickly.

Ackchually, "escalate" doesn't mean only up. It also means down. If you're talking about escalators. Otherwise it's about intensity (or similar), which isn't a direction.

 

[Arenesos]

definitely him trying to make her fall in love by staging an attack and saving her, calling it now

Nah, I'm guessing there's some political bs going on behind the scenes to do with consort Rou Ran's father. With what it is I think he's trying to figure out who Jin really is. Mao Mao is probably there for insurance, I.E making the host and other guests think she's the night "help", so that the host guy doesn't have a reason to send a woman in as a spy.

 

[tsunamininja]

Ackchually, "escalate" doesn't mean only up. It also means down. If you're talking about escalators. Otherwise it's about intensity (or similar), which isn't a direction.

I dunno if I'd agree with that. Merriam-webster and oxford dictionaries both say it means to increase.
I'd argue escalators are an exception - and also that they're unnecessary for going down.

 

[AnotherDuck]

I dunno if I'd agree with that. Merriam-webster and oxford dictionaries both say it means to increase.
I'd argue escalators are an exception - and also that they're unnecessary for going down.

Yes, increase, and de-escalate means decrease. But that's about intensity or magnitude, not height or altitude. This scene definitely increased in tension.

Sure, you can argue escalators are an exception, but that they're unnecessary for going down is irrelevant to the definition. The definition for "escalate" includes going down an escalator, and it's the only definition of the word that's a physical direction.

So I'd argue that what my first comment in this thread is more correct: It escalated in a downwards direction.

 

[The5thSeraph]

Fact: Characters being "invited on a hunt" in fantasy / historical fiction = Assassination Attempt.
Should have seen this coming from the start.

 

[Carn109]

Looks like something happened

 

[imstantnoodle]

oh i miss rihaku, glad that he appeared again