Xiaolan

Xiaolan is a secondary character in The Apothecary Diaries series, but the focus of The Apothecary Diaries Side Story: Xiaolan's Memories manga. She is a close friend of Maomao and was a maidservant in the Rear Palace until her term ended. Xiaolan is a young woman with brown or hazel eyes and long brown hair that she braids into buns. She wears simple servant-class clothes, which comprise of an inner robe and an outer shirt. In the anime and manga, her hair is shown as brown, but shown as near black or dark brown in light novel color illustration and Notebook manga.

Despite having been sold into the Rear Palace by her own parents, Xiaolan possesses a positive attitude and remains grateful that she has a place to stay and food to eat. She is very well-versed in Rear Palace gossip and shares it with Maomao with excitement and enthusiasm. In addition to her love f...