Discover The Apothecary Diaries from Xiaolan's perspective in novelist Natsu Hyuuga's official spin-off story!Though born into poverty, Xiaolan was content with her simple life caring for her siblings. But out of desperation, her family was forced to make a terrible decision... Sent to the imperial palace as a servant, Xiaolan now spends her days washing laundry and tending to the consorts' needs. She doesn't mind her new lot in life—after all, there's foo...

It’s time for all the first-years to pick a mentor for their divine powers, but Nagi hasn’t even found her power yet. What’s she supposed to do? Meanwhile, Tsukuyomi and Hoshino are on the run from the horde of students who want Tsukuyomi as their mentor. When the three bump into each other, a lightbulb goes on over Hoshino’s head…!

Maomao must help keep Consort Gyokuyou safe during her pregnancy. An imperial consort being with child is supposed to be a matter of the utmost secrecy, but this is the rear palace, where maneuvering and backstabbing are as commonplace as banter and tea parties. Threats seem to lurk around every corner—but it’s not just the rear palace keeping busy. Jinshi finds himself struggling to entertain a most unusual request from a pair of visiting ambassadors. Later, he’s invited to an important g...

A seemingly innocent retreat from the ballroom brings Chloe face-to-face with danger and the truth she has been seeking-or so she thought. While the noble who attacked her admitted to the murder two years ago, she can't shake the feeling that the true mastermind is still at large. As the selection exam draws to a close and Erald prepares to free Salome of her curse, time is running out for Chloe to uncover what truly happened to Ciro that day…

In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she encounter...

Rejected by her first crush, Mashiro finds herself hooked on an unbeatable music-themed otome game. Her high school days are spent learning the wonders of music, obsessively trying to claim the romance ending with the handsome 2D character who stole her broken heart. On the way home from her college entrance exams she gets distracted by a billboard for the game’s remake and unexpectedly falls down a manhole and plunges to her death!Mashiro finds herself reincarnated in a world bear...

She's married to her job. Why would she need a partner? She wouldn't actually fall for this loser, would she...? Hoshika is the ace of the planning department for an online magazine, but after getting framed for an office scandal, she finds herself on the brink of a severe demotion, or worse. However, her boss gives her one last chance to prove herself, pairing her for a project with Waku, the useless office loser. Just as she's struggling to accept her current situation, he suddenly asks ...

While pursuing the secret of the mysterious jade, Maomao and Jinshi found more than just the tablet’s owner—they’ve also discovered a forbidden book that has long lain hidden. As the book is gradually reconstructed, they discover that the knowledge and secrets within might be extremely important to someone very unexpected. Meanwhile, Maomao finds herself helping her father Luomen in what appears to be a large-scale drug trial...but what are they treating? And why?

Dismissed from the rear palace, Maomao returns to service in the outer court—as the personal serving woman to none other than Jinshi! That doesn’t necessarily make her popular with the other ladies, but a bit of jealousy might be the least of her problems. A mysterious warehouse fire, an official with a very bad case of food poisoning, and the mysterious last will and testament of a deceased craftsman all demand her attention—but are these cases really separate, or do they share a troublin...

Maomao, Jinshi, and the others finally return to the royal capital to discover that life went on while they were away: Lahan is still working his abacus, Maamei is still pondering the future of both the Ma clan and her little brother Basen, and Yao and En’en are still pursuing their dreams (to become a doctor and to geek out over Yao, respectively). Maomao might have hoped that things would quiet down now that she no longer has to deal with locust swarms and succession crises, but it turns...

Weeks have passed since the successful surgery on the Emperor, and winter is coming on. Now that the upper physicians have taken over postsurgical care, Maomao’s daily life is both getting back to normal and getting busier.One day, a letter arrives for Dr. Lao that makes Yo go pale. It reports a rise in patients with pustules... Maomao has a bad feeling about this, and as ever, it proves correct—there’s been a smallpox outbreak. Contagious and often deadly, survivors of smallpox ar...

After breaking a "curse" on the imperial heirs, a palace servant with training in herbal medicine is promoted up the ranks to food taster...and right into the thick of palace intrigue in this lushly illustrated period mystery series!Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break...