Koku-u

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Koku-u is a lady-in-waiting in the Jade Pavilion and a minor character in The Apothecary Diaries. She joined Gyokuyou prior to the Crown Prince's birth along with her older sister Haku-u and younger sister Seki-u. She aids in cleaning and cooking, along with the other ladies-in-waiting. The middle of three nearly identical sisters, Koku-u wears a black ribbon in her hair to differentiate her from Haku-u (white ribbon) and Seki-u (red ribbon). Maomao describes the sisters as having almond-shaped eyes and charcoal-drawn eyebrows. Maomao notes Koku-u as having the strongest of spirit out of the three sisters. She is also protective of Gyokuyou, having gone as far as to read her letters and send back her hair stick as a threat.