Kusuriya no Hitorigoto

Maomao Personality and Mind

Maomao is a very pragmatic person who is very aware of her position in the world as someone without status and who could be considered expendable at any time. While she has an intense curiosity and a sense of justice, she prefers not to get involved in the more dramatic parts of the royal court, recognizing that she could easily prove more trouble than she's worth, although she often finds herself drawn into it. . He is also an extremely distant person who avoids establishing any kind of close connection or deep attachment, with the sole exception of his adoptive father, Luomen. She considers the idea of ​​romantic dreams silly, as they are likely to lead to someone's ruin rather than happiness. Her cynicism towards romance is likely due to her exposure to the events in the red light district. Maomao shares the unique traits of her father's family: having an amazing intellect, but a strange personality. Much of her perspective is because she grew up in the red light district where she never received true unconditional love; Although she was well liked by what she considers "older sisters" who work at the brothel (known as the Verdigris House as the Three Princesses: Pairin, Meimei and Joka), however, she came in second place at work to her. . Even "Madam" or "grandmother", as Maomao calls her, she had no qualms about trying to force her to become a courtesan despite feeling incredible affection for the girl. When she was a baby, her cries were not answered until her sisters finished their work for the day, so she finally stopped crying and asking for help. She herself has stated that she does not believe she has the ability to love someone or let them get close to her. She is also someone who is intelligent and analytical, in addition to almost always making conjectures or relying on them, although she always avoids falling into prejudices or conclusions without bases or arguments.

Maomao Likes

Having been raised by the esteemed pharmacist Luomen, Maomao is fascinated by poison and herbs and has a habit of experimenting with them to observe their effects, mainly on her own body. Due to her passionate love of poisons and her enjoyment of consuming them, many characters in the series consider her strange, creepy, or obsessed, this obsession being a major motivation for her actions. She also likes sweet food or that she has a relationship with plants, especially she likes mushrooms, she also really likes medicinal or poisonous plants, she also likes the beauty of women. Maomao also likes spicy flavors and Sake, which is a liquor.

Maomao Dislikes

Maomao dislikes being touched or getting too close to her, she dislikes injustice, she dislikes people who believe that with their beauty they can achieve everything, it makes her melancholic in a certain way to see someone's death even though she is already used to it, She also dislikes salty flavors, she dislikes buckwheat because she is allergic, she dislikes the idea of ​​selling or giving her body to another person.

Maomao Skills

Herbal Medicine: Maomao, who took classes from Luomen, one of the best pharmacists in the country, is an excellent user and creator of herbs, to the point that she makes her own unique medicine, which she often tries herself. Perception: Having grown up in the red light district, Maomao is very good at treating and manipulating others. Coupled with her experience and knowledge of herbs, she is able to deduce and solve problems more effectively than most. Despite this, she is not considered intelligent by academic standards, as the only thing she can bring herself to study is medicine. Poison Resistance: Because she constantly experiments with poisons in her own body, Maomao has developed a mithridatic resistance against drugs and poisons. Whether she is affected by a snakebite, an aphrodisiac, an alcohol, or a hallucinogenic mushroom, her body is able to withstand some or all of the effects and can consume the same alcohol content as several adult men combined. She even once administered rescue breaths into the drooling mouth of a poisoned victim. Despite her many resistances to poisons, this does not extend to her allergy to buckwheat, which she no longer tries to overcome.

Maomao Appearance

Maomao is a small girl, with a flat chest, thin and short, and she has freckles on her face which she puts on herself with makeup, because they can be taken away due to her beauty, and that is why she hides them. She has dark green hair and dark blue eyes. As her preferred method of testing both poisons and remedies, her left forearm is covered extensively with self-inflicted scars and is usually kept wrapped in bandages. Maomao normally presents herself in a very simple manner, wearing simple clothes and avoiding makeup, except for the freckles she paints around her nose. On the occasions when she dresses up, many consider her beautiful when she tries hard, and most fail to recognize her as the same person completely. Although she normally has an impassive expression on her face, she blushes, her eyes light up, and she begins to smile whenever she can taste poison or interact with strange ingredients or medicines. Her main outfit consists of an aoqun hanfu with a light green blouse and a long burgundy skirt. The inner layer of her blouse is white and her collar is pale, dark green. She also wears dark green flat shoes. A light blue ribbon holds her hair back. Two strands of hair frame her face and are adorned with 2 beads each; the top one is red and the bottom one is sky blue. Maomao also has white bandages on her left arm, which hide several scars she obtained from her experiments with poisons and herbs.

Maomao Position and Work

Maomao is the personal assistant of Master Jinshi who is apparently a high-ranking eunuch within the imperial palace who is secretly the prince of the empire. In addition to that, she is a taster and a great apothecary, being called or included in medical or emergency issues that need the help of someone with knowledge in medicine.

Jinshi Personality and Mind

While Jinshi appears to be a serene and beautiful eunuch, he lacks self-confidence. Although he is intelligent and well-educated, as Maomao points out, he is neither a great scholar nor a brilliant general, and believes she pales in comparison to the great shadow that is his brother, the Emperor. However, Jinshi is aware that his appearance is extraordinary and, therefore, he uses his natural appearance and charm as a weapon to compensate for his perceived mediocrity in other areas. Maomao points out that Jinshi has a split personality in this regard; While he adopts an angelic persona in public, he is more childish and lazy than he lets on, a fact that only a few know.

Jinshi Gustos

Jinshi likes to play with people, but this is selective because he doesn't play with just anyone he meets. His favorite toy is Maomao, although over time he has noticed that he actually sees Maomao more as a toy, but he still likes it. playing with her that way, he also likes that Maomao sees him as an insect or someone inferior, he also likes in private to laze around and do nothing, being quite unmotivated, in that area the only thing that motivates him is that after working he can go see Maomao. Jinshi also likes alcohol and the intelligence that he can radiate from other people.

Jinshi Disgustos

Jinshi dislikes work although she always keeps it hidden, she dislikes or frustrates that her charms do not work on other people, such as Maomao, she also dislikes being unable to see Maomao for a long time, she also dislikes that she is with Another man dislikes that Maomao or someone Jinshi loves thinks about death and becomes melancholic. Jinshi also dislikes that Maomao takes risks by taking any poison even though he gets used to it over time, being overprotective as such.

Jinshi Habilidades

Wealth: Being the "brother" of the Emperor, Jinshi has access to immense wealth, which he used to purchase Maomao from House Verdigris. Influence: Being the Emperor's brother, Jinshi has great political power and influence inside and outside the court, although, due to serving as a eunuch rather than a royal for much of his life, he pales in comparison to the Emperor. influence of his brother. Charm: Possessing a beautiful face that attracts both men and women, Jinshi is considered very attractive by most, capable of influencing most people with his appearance alone, although it can sometimes be a problem when his beauty attracts unwanted attention from eccentric people. The "branch": Mao Mao admits that Jinshi possesses an impressive "branch" (penis), although he keeps it hindered with anaphrodisiacs to maintain the impression of his eunuch status.

Jinshi Apariencia

Jinshi's most notable feature is his extraordinarily beautiful face. Frequently described as "looking like a celestial maiden", he has a feminine appearance, with long, silky, jet-black hair and obsidian eyes. In the light novel, he is styled with dark purple hair and pink eyes. Unlike most of the other judicial officers in the series, he wears his hair half-up and tied with a cloth. While he wears an angelic smile on his face in public, he eliminates this persona in privacy and reverts to the childish expressions he normally wears. He is most often seen wearing official court robes. It is said that her appearance is so captivating that a mere glance at her face is enough to make most girls and men swoon; Maomao even fears that Jinshi might start a war with the warlords vying for his affections. When Maomao puts lipstick on her, she comments to herself that she has reached a level of beauty such that, if anyone besides her, Suiren, and Gaoshun saw it, there would be a national crisis. Despite her feminine face, Maomao comments that Jinshi's body is "surprisingly well-built" and that his hands are soft and masculine, although they are calloused from wielding a sword.

Emperor Personality and Mind

He is aloof and rarely shows his emotions to anyone, although this is probably due to his role as emperor, as showing his emotions can cause problems. As Emperor, he views his consorts as little more than political entities, causing some to view him as cruel. While he can sometimes be seen as inconsiderate (for example, proclaiming his concern for the well-being of one consort while in the presence of another consort), he is very practical-minded and knows that it is better to emotionally support his consort. for a long time. While he primarily uses them as political tools, he is shown to treat them with respect, often visiting the Jade Palace to play with Lingli and talk to Gyokuyou. He asks Maomao to heal Lihua after she falls ill following the loss of her child even though he could easily and understandably replace her. Although Ah-Duo could have easily been abandoned after she could no longer bear children, he kept her as a high-ranking consort and let her retire to an imperial villa after he was forced to bring in a new consort rather than discard her. He also makes an effort to visit Lishu, but with no intention of ever touching her due to her age. When she was his father's consort, he and Ah-Duo interfered to prevent his father from sleeping with the girl who was only 9 years old at the time, showing that although distant and practical, he is not lacking in compassion, or the moral. Furthermore, he visited Loulan once every 10 days, although he probably did so to not anger her father, since she was not among his most favored consorts. Maomao describes his taste in women as "his ripe, voluptuous fruit of hers", a preference that is partly due to his desire to go against her father, who sadly only slept with boys. In private, with people he trusts, he is more relaxed and willing to joke.

Emperor Tastes

He likes older or mature women, he likes to joke and express himself only with people he trusts and in private, he likes to visit his consorts or concubines with whom he has an interest, but he shows this with small details since those topics are not they go out to the public, he also likes the efficiency and intelligence of the people.

Emperor Dislikes

The Emperor dislikes making his concubines consorts, more than anything because he can see them as friends or truly see them with affection, causing when he is forced to do so he gives them compensations and certain gifts with which they can still live a good life. in royal palaces or places where they can live in almost the same conditions as in the inner palace. The Emperor dislikes internal political fights but still he does not express it and just observes because he knows that it is natural for the same thing to happen, although he can understand he dislikes small mistakes, if someone makes many he will have to punish them and/or expel them from the office. inner palace

Emperor Skills

Wealth: As Emperor, he has access to virtually unlimited wealth. Influence: Being Emperor, all the inhabitants of the country are at his disposal and he can do whatever he wants with them. However, it is not absolute, as it risks upsetting the balance of the various factions of the court. Intellect: Unlike the previous Emperor, he is not stupid. Instead, he has a very deep understanding of how to govern a nation peacefully and prosperously while also managing all the political dilemmas that arise.

Emperor Appearance

The Emperor has short black hair, pink eyes, and a long, magnificent beard to complement his royal appearance. He is often expressionless, but sometimes shows a slight smile.

Gyokuyou Personality and Mind

Gyokuyou has a majestic personality worthy of an Empress. With her genuinely kind, cautious, wise, capable and politically intelligent personality, she quickly becomes the Emperor's favorite. She is considerate of her subordinates and refrains from being too ostentatious. She is a protective and loving mother who worries about the future of her children, as shown with Lingli. While she is aware of the palace's backroom politics and is able to navigate them skillfully, she sometimes shows hints of a mischievous side and can be something of a troublemaker and drama seeker; She often teases her assistants about her love life, especially Maomao. Gyokuyou is shown to be an exceptionally talented concubine; She is well aware that her role is to sexually satisfy the emperor and have children, and she takes on the task with enthusiasm, often showing enthusiasm for ways to spice things up and keep them from becoming boring. She is shown to have a pragmatic view of her relationship with the emperor and is well aware that she must "share" him with the other concubines. As a result, she does not harbor any romantic ideas about their arranged marriage, so she is unfazed when he asks Maomao to investigate Lihua in her presence and is excited to have a break when the emperor begins visiting Lihua more frequently. frequently than her after Maomao gave some advice to Lihua. That said, he shows envy of Fuyou's marriage to her childhood friend, who truly loves her and is devoted exclusively to her.

Gyokuyou Likes

Gyokuyou likes sweets, he also likes to rest after the emperor's heated or exhausting visits, he also likes to be with his daughter Lingli, he also likes drama, especially anything that has to do with something romantic, he likes to watch dilemmas. of people about love, especially with the apothecary Maomao, laughing when she is with Jinshi and these two have funny moments.

Gyokuyou Dislikes

She dislikes in a certain way that others do better in love than she does, although she does not show it, she may feel a certain envy, she also dislikes ignorance, she dislikes human stupidity and lack of understanding, she also likes boredom and banality.

Gyokuyou Skills

Knowledgeable: Having grown up in a merchant house, Gyokuyou is well-informed about many aspects outside of common knowledge, especially in finance and commerce. Wealth: As the Emperor's chosen empress candidate, Gyokuyou has a level of wealth that allows her to get what she wants. Influence: As a candidate for empress, Gyokuyou has immense power within the inner and outer courtyard.

Gyokuyou Appearance

Gyokuyou has long red hair tied back, save for a thick lock that frames the right side of his face, and jade green eyes. Although she is not as voluptuous as her rivals in the Imperial Harem, her foreign heritage gives her an exotic appeal. Matching her red hair, Gyokuyou's elemental motif among the High Consorts is fire and she, therefore, is usually seen dressed in red.

Lihua Personality and Mind

On the outside, Lihua has a serious and overwhelming personality. However, on the inside, she is very humble and cares deeply for those who serve under her. This duality is what attracted the Emperor to her compared to her other consorts, and she in turn deeply admires the Emperor. She is very similar to Gyokuyou in terms of ability and behavior, she is intelligent, politically savvy, and kind; However, she is shown to be more emotional and attached to episodes of insecurity, especially after the loss of her child, and she is less sensible and pragmatic than Gyokuyou. She is the emperor's second favorite after Gyokuyou.

Lihua Tastes

She likes intelligence and kindness, she likes her subordinates to feel good, she likes to feel understood, she likes Maomao because she was the one who saved her life and helped her when she thought about just dying which wasn't the case, she likes it. also life and flowers.

Lihua Dislikes

She dislikes feeling insecure, she dislikes seeing herself misunderstood, she envies Gyokuyou in a certain way because he is better than her in almost everything, she dislikes ignorance, she sometimes hates herself, she dislikes dishonesty, she dislikes what is not humble and arrogant people.

Lihua Skills

Wealth: As the Emperor's high consort, she has a level of wealth that allows her to get what she wants. Influence: As the mother of the second prince, she has influence inside and outside the court.

Lihua Appearance

Lihua has ruby ​​red eyes and flowing dark blue hair. With her voluptuous body, she is the Emperor's favorite consort in terms of body type. As a high consort, she is often seen wearing very extravagant clothes with many decorations to highlight her mature beauty. Lihua's elemental motif among the High Consorts is water and she, therefore, is usually seen in blue and purple attire.