but of course you have to check it out yourself:
The Apothecary Diaries
E.g here: https://aniwave.to/watch/kusuriya-no-hitorigoto.9ojkn/
It’s best if you have some fable for sarcasm.
You don’t have often heroes of the story which prefer toxic plants for creatures, and experiment with it. It’s also nice if you like science at work. Maomao know quite a bit and was raised by a) an Eunuch and b) in a brothel.

And works in a sort of high end brothel also, it’s called the read palast, and the concubines or wifes are for the “emperor”.