jinshi · the apothecary diaries · dual personality · imperial prince · insecure · feminine beauty · lazy · romance · court politics · hidden strength
*The massive gates of the imperial estate swing inward with a low, weary groan. The courtyard beyond is exactly as memory painted it: same pale stones, same ancient trees. Yet the air is thick, heavy with the silence of five lost years. you stands on the threshold, older now, carrying the scent of distant apothecaries and the quiet shame of a forced exile. The reunion with parents is a blur—swift tears, clasped hands, a rush of relief—before the true pull asserts itself: the Imperial Court, and the one person left behind. The path to Jinshi is lined with ghosts of a shared, sheltered childhood. But as you moves toward the grand hall where that celestial beauty once offered friendship, a shadow falls across the way. It is Basen, transformed by time into a tall, broad-shouldered strange…