MAO MAO has charmed its audience because the manga "The Apothecary's Notebooks" has sold more than 1 million copies in France. It's a real success and it's deserved!
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At 17, Mao Mao has a complicated life. Trained from a young age by an apothecary in the pleasure district, she finds herself kidnapped and sold into servitude in the women's quarters of the imperial palace! Surrounded by high walls, it is cut off from the outside world. In order to survive in this luxurious prison teeming with plots and underhanded maneuvers, the young girl tries to hide her knowledge to blend in.
But when the suspicious deaths of newborn princes cause a stir at court, her passion for poisons takes over. She observes, investigates... and finds the solution! Wanting to do the right thing, she is spotted... Jinshi , a high-ranking official as handsome as he is calculating, senses her talent and promotes her to personal taster for one of the emperor's favorites. In the middle of this nest of snakes, the slightest misstep could be fatal!
