The Apothecary Diaries Episode 55 Puts Maomao in a Drinking Contest
Episode 55 of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 sends Maomao into a drinking contest to expose a landlord who is breaking Guen's family paper contract.
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Why it matters
The episode turns Maomao's poison knowledge into leverage over a contract dispute, which is the show's usual method: the mystery is administrative and the weapon is what she knows about what people drink.
Key Facts
- Episode 55 of The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 centers on a landlord trying to alter Guen's family paper contract.
- Maomao reads the contract as giving Guen's family five years to pay off their lease.
- The landlord is illegally selling untaxed rice alcohol, according to the episode.
- Maomao enters a drinking contest as part of the scheme, and Jinshi backs her play with cash.
The landlord wants the paper artisans to teach him and his farmers the trade in exchange for honoring a five-year lease term, and he is illegally selling untaxed rice alcohol. Maomao and Jinshi work the scheme together.
The dispute is a paper commission. Guen's family holds a contract, which Maomao reads as perfectly composed, giving them five years to pay off their lease, and the landlord is trying to change the terms so the artisans will teach him and his farmers how to make paper. He is also selling untaxed rice alcohol, betting that nobody in the capital will notice the disparity in his rice harvests. Maomao works out what is going on with the alcohol and enters a drinking contest. Jinshi does not like it and backs her play anyway, preferably with cash. Basen walks into Maomao's room and reacts badly to whatever he sees.
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