"The New Pure Consort" is the 14th episode of the The Apothecary Diaries anime adaptation.
- Ah-Duo's replacement has arrived in the rear palace, and Maomao is assigned to give a certain lecture to all four high concubines. Later, Maomao helps Lihaku investigate a warehouse explosion.
Translated blurb from official anime website...
Summary[]

Characters in Focus[]
Characters in italics debuted here.
Soundtrack[]
All the music featured in this episode, in order.
- Ambivalent (Opening song)
- My Hometown
- Problem
- Pizz Comedy
- Girl's Gathering
- Sadness
- Consort Education
- Not on the Same Wavelength
- Cold
- Maomao's Daily Life
- The Pleasure District Gates
- Understanding the Situation
- Verification
- Food Taster
- Gossip
- Feeling Gloomy
- Ai wa Kusuri (Ending song)
- Apothecary (Episode preview)
Changes[]
- Loulan is shown entering the rear palace with her ladies-in-waiting and into the Garnet Pavilion, where she carelessly takes off the Pure Consort's tiara.
- Maomao is shown planting some herbs in the outer court, while commenting on its lack of herbs. Suiren then interrupts to remind her to clean the office.
- The Madam is shown smirking while increasing the price of the teaching materials in Maomao's memory.
- Maomao recognizes the lady-in-waiting in charge of makeup from her time taking care of Lihua.
- At night, Loulan is shown slightly narrowing her eyes while sitting on her couch at the Garnet Pavilion.
- Maomao goes to sleep while getting excited over her reward from Jinshi. She wakes to an explosion then occurs somewhere in the Imperial Palace, with soldiers rushing toward it. Though Maomao sits up, she thinks of Suiren and goes back to sleep.
- At the explosion site, Rikuson makes an early appearance searching for Lakan, whom he finds inside the burnt warehouse inspecting a white powder. A smoking pipe is also shown on the ground.
- The next day, Maomao wonders what the sound last night was. She confirms later that it was the explosion.
- Maomao makes a rectangular hole from the corner of the board, instead of a circular hole in the middle.
- A man is shown smashing a jug and crying over his failures in a restaurant, while another man looks on.
Trivia[]

Videos[]
- Crunchyroll clips
References[]
- ↑ Translated from "Episode 14:Atarashī Shuku-hi" Summary - Official Anime Website (in Japanese)
External Links[]
- "Episode 14:Atarashī Shuku-hi" Summary - Official Japanese Anime Website (in Japanese)
- "Episode 14:The New Pure Consort" with multi-language subtitles & dubs - Crunchyroll
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