The Apothecary Diaries - The Eunuch & The Courtesan

Also, I forget to post…I have 40+ drafts

To people who followed me for one specific fandom, I am so so sorry

yeah your girl booped me. idk man you'll have to talk to her about it

I know this is belated but I had to share this cute little cat!!!!

happy new year everyone!! <3

i don't respect americans and what they refer to as chicken sandwiches because when i was working at my old job as a barista slash sandwich bitch (australian) i had this american tourist come in and order a chicken sandwich so i started MAKING. her. a chicken sandwich. asked her what kind of bread she wanted and she looked at me funny. i said We have sourdough, rye, multigrain, wholemeal, plain white bread. she said I Want A Chicken Sandwich. i, roughly 19 years old at the time and not getting paid enough to deal with rude americans, realised we were at some sort of stalemate, although i didn't really know why. i change tacks for a second and say Okay. Well would you like chicken schnitzel or would you like plain roast chicken. and she says. Are You Listening To Me? I Said I Wanted A Chicken Sandwich. i am smiling at her from behind the counter and gripping a large knife. "i'm trying to make one for you, i promise. i just need to know what kind of bread and what kind of chicken and also what other fillings you want". or at least i say something LIKE that. secretly at this point i'm hoping that she outright yells at me so i can have an excuse to go stand in the walk in freezer for a few minutes. eventually we figure out that her idea of a chicken sandwich and my idea of a chicken sandwich are not the same, and i have to explain to her that we don't have burger buns here and we also don't have fried chicken. she says fine, but she says it in a tone that indicates that she cannot believe this is happening to her and that it is, singularly, my fault. i give her a bunch of options for food we DO sell and she ends up ordering something With Ketchup. i smile at her and i say "oh you mean Tomato Sauce". i was antagonizing her just a little bit at this point. a tiny bit. because she deserved it. she looks me in the face and says, Americanly (smugly) something about my attitude and how she won't be tipping. i gleefully tell her "we don't have tipping here." and then i secretly charged her two extra dollars for being an awful person. and that's my story about americans and chicken sandwiches. okay love you.

the problem with reading and writing leading to a strong vocabulary is that you tend to know the vibe of words instead of their meanings.

if I used this word in a sentence, would it make sense? absolutely. if you asked me what it meant, could I tell you? absolutely not.

Hua Cheng: Gege is perfection 🥰

I love how this episode basically was:

Feng Xin: I can fix xie lian.

Mu Qing: I could fix xie lian but what's going on is way more interesting.

Hua Cheng: "i can fix xie lian" yeah? Well, I could accept him as he is. You don't like the murder? Grow up. The atrocities are part of him.

xie lian save me xie lian...my midterms...my assignments my grades...........

[ID in plain and alt text: digital art page of xie lian drawn 3 times. one the left is a full body drawing of him squatting down one arm propped on his knee, cheek resting on his hand. He is looking off into the distance with a sort of blank contemplative look. In the top right is a full body drawing in a chibi style. Xie lian is smiling at the camera, arms extended out on his sides. There is a small heart drawn next to him. On the bottom right is a half body drawing of him in the same chibi style. 3 butterflies flutter around him, one resting on his finger. He greets them with a flustered smile. End ID]

I’ve watched a few Chinese court dramas growing up and I have to say, nobody got game like Mao Mao