The Ballad of Jinshi and Maomao

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• down the line, through my veins by apr1cot for ryo (reviiely)

  Fandoms: 薬屋のひとりごと - 日向夏 | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries - Hyuuga Natsu, 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Anime), 薬屋のひとりごと | Kusuriya no Hitorigoto | The Apothecary Diaries (Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  24 Apr 2026

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  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jinshi/Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Jinshi (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Gaoshun (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Sanfan (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Arranged Marriage
  • Letters
  • Love Letters
  • Falling In Love
  • Strangers to Friends
  • Moon Prince Jinshi (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Married Jinshi and Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Jinshi's True Identity (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Jinshi's Real Name (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • POV Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • Unreliable Narrator Maomao (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto)
  • heavy on the unreliable please
  • Slow Burn
  • Slowest Burn
  • its not even burning by the end of this but it is but slowly so please trust the process
  • Postpartum Depression
  • not maomao having ppd
  • Angst and Humor
  • Happy Ending
  • Hopeful Ending
  • To Be Continued
  • no LN spoilers

  Summary

  When Maomao is sent to the palace dressed as a bride to the elusive Moon Prince, she doesn't know what to expect. But it is safe to say she did not expect him to become her... pen pal?

  Or! Arranged marriage Jinmao AU!

  1/3 (?) part series. Consider this the prologue starting off the slow burn.

  Series

  • Part 1 of The Ballad of Jinshi and Maomao

  Language:

  English

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