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{\an8}ADAPTED FROM A SHUQI.COM NOVEL
ORIGINAL AUTHOR: SENLIN LU

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Or someone is using this
to harm the prince,

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it all goes
to the Palace Investigation Bureau

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for a thorough investigation!

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Physician Liu,

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ultimately,

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you'll have

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to explain it yourself.

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No.

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This prescription can't be wrong.

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Did you mix something up?

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No, it can't be.

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My master checked it.

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He scolded me for being stubborn.

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But it wouldn't kill anyone
even if it's strong.

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Let me out.

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I want to see Liu Jia's body.

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I need to know the truth.

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To stop the epidemic from spreading,

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the Imperial Medical Office
burned the bodies.

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Then I'll never clear my name.

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Instead of proving
that eunuch is at fault,

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find a way to prove your medicine works.

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Your Ladyship, please get me a set
of used bowls and chopsticks.

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No one has ever
ordered me around like this.

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I spoke out of turn, Your Ladyship.

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But I'm not doing this
to compete with Supervisor Huang.

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This epidemic shows no mercy.

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We can't lose anyone else.

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Saving lives comes first. I'll help you.

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Pei Yu, Her Ladyship gave you this.

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Be careful with it.

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{\an8}PRESCRIPTION

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- Where's Her Ladyship?
- She went back to her room to sleep.

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She's usually up past the Hai Hour.

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Why did she turn in so early tonight?

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You're sick?

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Your Ladyship?

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Open the door!

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I'm fine.

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I'm still alive.

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Li Peiyi? Open up!

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How dare you

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call me by my full name?

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Don't hide.

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You're burning up.

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Why is it so bad?

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Did you catch it in Lady Su's palace?

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No. We can't waste time.

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I'll go get Physician Liu.

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Mr. Xiao, wait!

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What's the use of finding
the imperial physicians?

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We both know
there's no cure for this right now.

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If I'm not meant to die,

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I'll make it through this.

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But if I can't escape it…

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Don't talk like that.

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I'll call the imperial physicians.

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Once they arrive,

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it won't be easy for me

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to see you again.

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You know

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what haunts me most

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is the truth behind the massacre
at the Prince of Duan's manor.

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If I die,

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please uncover the truth for me.

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You're thoughtful,

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kind, and sharp.

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I trust you.

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You won't agree?

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You never speak straight.

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Forgive me. I can't promise.

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If you won't, fine.

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After I'm gone,

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you won't let me down.

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But then,

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you wouldn't even
agree with me saying that.

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That old man Du Zhixing

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never lets anyone rest easy.

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He looks tough,

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but all these years,
he's ruined his health.

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If I die,

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promise me you won't
mess with him using poison again.

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And make him drink less too.

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That girl Wuren

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has gotten better at cases.

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I'm not worried.

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Prosecutor Gu is a good man.

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If one day she wants to marry him,

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you need to vet him for me.

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Wait for me.

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Mr. Xiao!

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You want me to gamble with fate?

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You're just lucky.

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Thank goodness
that arranged marriage wasn't binding.

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Otherwise, if I really died,

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you'd be a widower at such a young age.

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These past few days,
more people have fallen ill.

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Our medical officials
have gone to the palaces.

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No one's left to make house calls.

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If she runs a fever, she should drink
this Minor Bupleurum Decoction.

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If she coughs or her throat hurts,
she should take these pills.

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This is all we can do for now.

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Tomorrow morning,
if any medical officials return,

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they'll go
to the Palace Investigation Bureau.

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Your Ladyship,

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the imperial physicians
are all out on calls.

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Here's something for fever and throat.

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Take them for now.

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We both know they won't help.

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They can't cure it, and they taste awful.

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That's what really makes me suffer.

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If you're truly miserable,

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don't hold back.

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No medicine beats getting a good sleep.

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You should rest too.

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If you catch the epidemic because of me,
it won't be worth it.

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So much for "I don't believe in that."

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Looks like he's scared I'll die.

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You didn't catch a chill, did you?

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Last night, you fell asleep in the yard.

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Her Ladyship told us to carry you back.

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Her Ladyship is already sick.

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You can't fall ill too.

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Thank you.

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How is Her Ladyship?

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She won't let us see her.

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To clear my name,

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you even made yourself get infected
to test my medicine.

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I will do everything I can…

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Mr. Xiao, you visited
the Imperial Medical Office.

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Since no physicians can treat me,

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let Technician Pei try.

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In that case,

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Technician Pei, please do
everything you can to treat Her Ladyship.

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He's so kind.

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If I die by your hand,

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then no one can help you anymore.

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Why are you coughing so hard?

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Does Pei Yu's medicine even work?

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Put it down. Go.

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You wouldn't let me see you.

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Even just one day,

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I missed you like crazy.

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How can you be so heartless?

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I'm not fully better yet.

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I just didn't want you to catch it.

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I got this from the Imperial Food Service.

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It's cold and sweet.

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It'll soothe your throat.

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Take your medicine first.

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Stop waiting for him. Mr. Xiao

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left early this morning.

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No.

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He didn't ask if you're feeling better?

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And you aren't curious whether I'm better?

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Fever's gone.

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My cough's much better too.

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You were coughing so hard earlier.

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So you were faking it.

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Mr. Xiao, you're back.

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From your pulse,

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you have recovered.

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For the next few days,
eat some nourishing foods,

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and you'll be back to normal.

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How do you feel, Your Ladyship?

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Much lighter.

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I didn't cough at all last night.

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Slept till dawn.

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I told you my medicine was fine.

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Tell Mr. Xiao

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I'm not dying anytime soon.

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Mr. Xiao left early this morning.

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He didn't ask about me at all?

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He's just calm and reserved.

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He must've known I'd recover.

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Your Ladyship, you're done for.

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Now you even make excuses for him.

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That day, a supervisor
from the Imperial Medical Office came.

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He'd draw lots to pick someone
to test the medicine.

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He carried a bamboo basket
filled with folded slips.

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He said whoever drew a slip
with writing would go test it.

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Everyone drew?

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Yes. At first, a dozen were blank.

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Until Liu Jia drew one with writing.

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Everyone envied him at first,

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until they heard the drug killed him.

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Then they all got scared.

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Did you see what the slip looked like?

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On Liu Jia's slip, there was a character.

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Everyone tried to get a look.

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But Liu Jia said his hands were wet,

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and the paper got damp and tore,
so he tossed it.

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What did the supervisor look like?

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A man.

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He had a scar
on the back of his right hand.

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Got it.

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Greetings, Your Majesty, Your Highness.

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You're really recovered!

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Look at you.

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You got sick and didn't say a word.

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Only told us after you got better.

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I'm here today to beg forgiveness.

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With the palace gates sealed,

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you still managed to stir up trouble.

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I didn't cause a disaster this time.

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Let's hear it.

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Last time we tested the new prescription,
a eunuch died suddenly.

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Yet the Physicians
at the Imperial Medical Office

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all said this prescription
wouldn't cause such a violent outcome.

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To verify it again,

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I chose to infect myself

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and asked Technician Pei to treat me,

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using the same prescription.

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I acted first and reported later,
so I'm here to apologize.

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You were far too reckless.

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Good thing you recovered.

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Truly a stroke of luck.

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Since this was to verify
the new prescription

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and ease Your Majesty's burden,

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then please don't punish her.

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Get up.

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Look at you.

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You made me and Consort Shu worry sick.

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That's a crime!
And crimes deserve punishment!

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But… not today.

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Where's the one
who wrote the prescription?

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She's only a woman technician.

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She's waiting outside.

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Summon the technician!

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Your Majesty.

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This guilty subject, Pei Yu,
pays respects to Your Majesty.

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Look up and speak.

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Is this prescription
the same as last time?

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What Her Ladyship took
was the same as last time.

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Then why did it kill someone last time?

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Your Majesty, because that man

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already had a severe stomach illness.

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These past few days,
I've spoken to his coworkers.

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They all knew
he'd suffered from it for years.

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The records show it as well.

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When I took his pulse before the test,

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I could tell he had stomach trouble.

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But it didn't seem serious.

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It seems he took stomach medicine
before the test.

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I adjusted the prescription,

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but he still couldn't handle the strain,

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so…

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So the problem wasn't the prescription,

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but the hidden condition,

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which affected Technician Pei's diagnosis.

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With this medicine,

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can Jing handle it?

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Before treating the young prince,

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I'll review the pulse records
from these days

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and his current condition.

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Good. Then my son is in your hands.

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I won't fail Your Majesty!

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You've recovered?

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Yes. Thanks to Technician Pei's medicine.

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And thank you, too,
for getting help that night.

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It was nothing.

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If it were me who fell ill,

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I'm sure you would do the same.

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I have to say it, after all.

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Mr. Xiao,

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I got infected on purpose to help
prove Technician Pei's prescription.

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I promised you before
I wouldn't hurt myself again,

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but I broke it.

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Say what you want.

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I won't make excuses.

272
00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:54,760
I trusted Technician Pei…

273
00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,800
but I didn't know if I'd live.

274
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,760
I lied to you about why I got sick.

275
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:06,240
But what I said back then
was all from the heart.

276
00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,080
If you're angry,

277
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:09,800
I don't blame you.

278
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:11,720
But…

279
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:16,000
being sick is awful.

280
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:16,960
Don't ever get sick.

281
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,400
I've seen you risk your own body
for the cases.

282
00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,600
And I always thought it looked brave

283
00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:29,880
yet somewhat reckless.

284
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:31,800
But this time,

285
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,080
I finally get your intention.

286
00:21:34,680 --> 00:21:35,880
In this deep palace,

287
00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:38,640
sometimes only a do-or-die move

288
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,760
can lead you to the truth and save lives.

289
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,120
You're flattering me.

290
00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:49,080
I'm not that noble.

291
00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:51,880
My position just grants me

292
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:53,680
more room to act than others have.

293
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:56,440
I'm anxious about the epidemic here.
That's true.

294
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,440
I wanted to help Pei Yu
prove the prescription. That's true too.

295
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,280
I'm not afraid of death. That's true.

296
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:04,480
But I'm afraid…

297
00:22:10,120 --> 00:22:11,000
Don't be.

298
00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,440
You drew an auspicious hexagram.

299
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:14,720
I knew I'd be fine.

300
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,120
You didn't come to check on me those days,

301
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,880
so I thought you were mad.

302
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,040
Turns out I was being petty.

303
00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:24,920
You were investigating
that eunuch who tested the medicine.

304
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,240
If I were hovering around you all day,

305
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:30,920
you wouldn't have recovered this fast.

306
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,720
You wanted to clear Technician Pei's name.

307
00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:36,120
All I could do was a small thing

308
00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:39,440
to prove that failed test
wasn't entirely her fault.

309
00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,760
Liu Jia being picked to test it
wasn't a coincidence.

310
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:44,200
Right.

311
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,480
The one who came to pick someone
was Huang Futong.

312
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,480
You chose Liu Jia on purpose, didn't you?

313
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:52,360
So you're saying

314
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,960
his death from Pei Yu's prescription
was my scheme?

315
00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,640
That woman can barely practice medicine,

316
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:03,680
yet her witchcraft is impressive.

317
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,560
Everyone's defending her.

318
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,280
Pei Yu's prescription is harsh.

319
00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:11,000
To keep her from rising,

320
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,080
you found Liu Jia
infected with the epidemic

321
00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:14,440
and with a stomach disease on top of it.

322
00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:18,080
How ridiculous.

323
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,040
I do one rotation every three months,

324
00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,800
and I've treated countless.

325
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:25,400
How would I know who has stomach trouble?

326
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,560
Besides, the patient
was picked by drawing lots.

327
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,760
It was fate.

328
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:38,600
HUANG FUTONG

329
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:40,560
Fate…

330
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:42,640
like this?

331
00:23:45,120 --> 00:23:47,280
I don't know what "magic" you're playing,

332
00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,960
but if you have solid proof

333
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,000
that I rigged anything,

334
00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,320
I'll plead guilty.

335
00:23:54,120 --> 00:23:55,240
Otherwise,

336
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,600
I'd ask you to stay away
from the Medical Office.

337
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,160
We're already short-handed.

338
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,000
If you delay treatment for the nobles,

339
00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,400
you won't be able to bear that blame.

340
00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:09,680
It's alum.

341
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,040
The Medical Office has plenty of that.

342
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,640
I suspect Huang Futong used alum water
to write on every slip,

343
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:20,240
then tricked Liu Jia to wet his fingertip
before the draw.

344
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,240
That way, no matter which slip he took,

345
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:24,400
the hidden ink would show.

346
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,080
But Liu Jia is dead,

347
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:30,000
and the slips from that draw
have long vanished.

348
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:34,640
Master!

349
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:36,600
Master!

350
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,360
Still steaming your eyes now?

351
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,960
Master?

352
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,760
Master?

353
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:03,440
Master?

354
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,760
Master?

355
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:10,280
Master…

356
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,400
Master…

357
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,880
When you arrived,
Physician Song was like this?

358
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:34,800
No.

359
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:36,520
When I came in,

360
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:38,560
Master had a cloth over his head.

361
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,640
He had an eye illness.

362
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:42,400
Every night before bed,

363
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,720
he would steam his eyes
with this decoction.

364
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,040
He leaned over the basin
and let the steam bathe his eyes.

365
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:49,640
It's been cold lately.

366
00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,520
With a warm cloth on top,
the water would cool more slowly.

367
00:25:58,120 --> 00:25:59,440
Could there be something wrong
with this medicine?

368
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,760
I know Master's formula.

369
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,440
It wasn't the problem.

370
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,200
Then this decoction?

371
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:26,080
If there were an issue,
Master would've noticed.

372
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,240
And it was mild in nature.

373
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,560
No clashing ingredients in it.

374
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:33,720
Did he steam his eyes every night?

375
00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:35,720
Yes.

376
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,320
Who knew about this?

377
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,480
Everyone at the Medical Office knew.

378
00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,840
Technician Pei,
please step outside with me.

379
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:55,760
Without her master's protection,

380
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,760
with that blunt temperament,

381
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,520
it'll be even harder for her there.

382
00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:09,400
Had Physician Song been acting odd lately?

383
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,000
The epidemic can't be contained.

384
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,640
Every day, Master was working
on new prescriptions.

385
00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,160
Last night I spoke with him a bit,

386
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:19,560
then someone called him away.

387
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,040
What time was that?

388
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,280
Around… half past the Xu Hour.

389
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,080
Did you see him after that?

390
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:30,520
The next time

391
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:32,640
was just now.

392
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:51,120
Your Ladyship.

393
00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:09,040
Your Ladyship,

394
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,880
this wasn't caused by medication.

395
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,240
His eyes were bloodshot, his ears flushed.

396
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:18,280
Likely from a violent surge
of qi and blood inside.

397
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:20,160
A sudden stroke?

398
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:21,840
That's right.

399
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,400
He passed out in an instant,

400
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:25,280
and his face fell into the decoction.

401
00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,560
When it hit, he still had a faint breath,

402
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,640
but couldn't save himself and drowned.

403
00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,680
He was in his prime.
How could he have a stroke so suddenly?

404
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,640
Physician Song already had
a tendency toward strokes.

405
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,080
With the epidemic, he was swamped.
No sleep, no rest.

406
00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,320
So it struck him all at once.

407
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:43,720
Pei Yu! Physician Song
died because of you!

408
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,480
Huang Futong! Don't lay a hand on her!

409
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,560
You've never obeyed Physician Song.

410
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,600
He must've stopped you
from crossing the line,

411
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:54,920
so you killed him!

412
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,160
Nonsense!

413
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,240
I have proof!

414
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:01,600
Your Ladyship.

415
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,400
I saw Pei Yu arguing with Physician Song
in the dispensary last night.

416
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,160
I couldn't hear clearly
what they were saying,

417
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,040
but his last words were loud and clear.

418
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:12,480
What did he say?

419
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:13,920
He said,

420
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,320
"Only over my dead body!"

421
00:29:16,080 --> 00:29:18,920
- So you killed him!
- I didn't kill my master!

422
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,520
Supervisor Huang said you argued.

423
00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:22,560
Is that true?

424
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:25,760
I…

425
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,560
Yes, I argued with Master.

426
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,040
Master and I have always argued like that.

427
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:33,800
Sometimes we say harsh things.

428
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,040
But how could I kill him for that?

429
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:37,120
Still lying, are you?

430
00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,080
We've already checked.

431
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,640
Physician Song died of a sudden illness.

432
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:43,720
No one killed him!

433
00:29:43,800 --> 00:29:46,600
But his stroke-related illness
had persisted for over ten years.

434
00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:47,880
He was always fine.

435
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,080
If not for working
himself to death lately,

436
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,680
how would he die so young? So suddenly?

437
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,160
If you'd noticed sooner

438
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,200
it wasn't a cold but the epidemic,

439
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,880
you could've eased his burden.

440
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,960
He wouldn't have worked himself to death.

441
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:02,800
- You…
- Enough!

442
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:05,160
Your Ladyship,

443
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,400
Physician Song's sudden death

444
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,280
leaves Supervisor Huang
overwhelmed with grief.

445
00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:10,480
Forgive the outburst.

446
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:12,400
Leave.

447
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,840
Treating the young prince
matters most. Go back first.

448
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:20,720
I regret that.

449
00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,280
I shouldn't have given
Master that prescription

450
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,200
and made him angry.

451
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,920
Father, Mother, I'm done drinking it.

452
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,800
Come on. Let's go play!

453
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:52,800
Just keep it up for seven more days,

454
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,800
dress warm, morning and night,
and he'll be fully well.

455
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,040
We really have Technician Pei to thank.

456
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,240
Your Majesty should reward her.

457
00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:03,000
Of course I will.

458
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:04,760
Thank you, Your Majesty.

459
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:07,720
Thank you, Lady Su.

460
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:15,680
Your Majesty,

461
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,640
Technician Pei has studied
under Physician Song since childhood.

462
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:19,760
She's exceptionally gifted.

463
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,440
She just never had the chance
to ease Your Majesty's burden.

464
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:26,600
Now that the new prescription works

465
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,000
and she understands this illness,

466
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,600
I believe the epidemic here

467
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,320
can be wiped out within half a month.

468
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:37,560
So you're saying

469
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:40,840
Technician Pei already has a cure?

470
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:42,440
I'm still working on it.

471
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,560
You're being modest.

472
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:47,600
You've studied this illness

473
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:48,960
and written so many notes.

474
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,200
Everyone at the Medical Office
has seen it.

475
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,120
Our previous treatments were too cautious.

476
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,520
But your approach is a pleasant surprise.

477
00:31:57,600 --> 00:31:59,440
You'll surely overcome this epidemic!

478
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,840
Earning Your Majesty's trust is my honor.

479
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:04,840
I'll give it everything I have.

480
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,560
If… I can't clear
the epidemic within half a month,

481
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:09,960
I'll resign.

482
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:16,680
She got a few compliments

483
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:18,640
and thought she's something,

484
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,440
swearing an oath
right in front of His Majesty.

485
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,280
In half a month, she'll pack up and leave.

486
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,760
Supervisor Huang
really knows how to play it.

487
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:29,920
I've never liked her, honestly.

488
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:31,040
Right?

489
00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:32,600
I…

490
00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,640
I worked hard to find that eunuch
with the stomach disease.

491
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:41,280
I didn't expect her to be so lucky.

492
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:43,040
Even the County Princess
is protecting her.

493
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:46,240
I thought once she "killed" someone,
she'd be kicked out.

494
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,120
Instead, she ended up
winning the Emperor's favor.

495
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,560
Don't celebrate too soon.

496
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,720
Only the end reveals fortune or ruin.

497
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,840
Fine. We'll just endure her
for half a month.

498
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,080
Your Ladyship, save me!

499
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,920
Your Ladyship! Pei Yu's trying to kill me!

500
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,440
She found out Liu Jia
was picked by you on purpose.

501
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:16,960
How… How did she know?

502
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:19,040
You deserve death.

503
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:22,600
Your Ladyship!

504
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,680
I did do something awful to her before,

505
00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:26,440
but does that make murder okay?

506
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,120
You can't just ignore it!

507
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:31,680
Look, you haven't lost a single hair.

508
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:33,120
Why say she's trying to kill you?

509
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:34,120
It's…

510
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,720
Because…

511
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,920
Because on my bed was a headless dead rat!

512
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,000
She did that to warn me.

513
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,960
She'll kill me the same way
she killed that rat!

514
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,400
Your Ladyship, it's right there!

515
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:03,640
You're a supervisor.

516
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,520
Can't you tell the cut isn't from a blade,

517
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,800
but from a cat or weasel's teeth?

518
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,880
Maybe that witch trained it?

519
00:34:13,159 --> 00:34:15,719
Then summon Pei Yu and confront her.

520
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,199
Forget it.

521
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,280
If you're truly scared,

522
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,120
come back with us
to the Palace Investigation Bureau.

523
00:34:22,199 --> 00:34:23,400
We'll keep you safe.

524
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:24,960
Really?

525
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,239
You killed Liu Jia.

526
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:29,040
That's enough to rot in our prison
for the rest of your life.

527
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,560
I spoke without thinking just now.

528
00:34:33,639 --> 00:34:35,600
If you want to pursue this,

529
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:37,000
then show me proof.

530
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,880
I have urgent business to attend to.

531
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:41,920
Your Ladyship. Deputy Director Xiao.

532
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:43,960
Take care.

533
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:02,920
Someone's dead!

534
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,800
Someone's dead!

535
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,640
Someone's dead…

536
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,440
You're not
from the Imperial Medical Office.

537
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:23,360
Your Ladyship,

538
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:24,280
‪XIA SHISAN
‪IMPERIAL FOOD SERVICE EUNUCH

539
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,600
this servant
is from the Imperial Food Service.

540
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:28,880
Did you see anyone pass by just now?

541
00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:30,920
I…

542
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:33,360
I just came out and saw…

543
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,760
Enough. If you remember
anything, report it at once.

544
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:38,640
Understood.

545
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,480
Before it happened, where were you two?

546
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:45,160
Your Ladyship, we were in the dispensary,
sorting the new medicines.

547
00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:47,000
Did you notice anything unusual?

548
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,480
When it happened,

549
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,880
you were standing closest
to the dispensary.

550
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:56,480
Did you see anything?

551
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,000
The Imperial Medical Office
has been nonstop today,

552
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,440
not a moment to rest.

553
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,200
If that eunuch hadn't screamed,

554
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,920
we'd never have known a murder happened.

555
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,520
The killer likely used a rake
to pry up the millstone,

556
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,080
then set one side of it
on a wooden sleeper.

557
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:38,520
The millstone slid down.

558
00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:40,240
There was no one on the roof.

559
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,600
The millstone must've been held in place
by some method,

560
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,840
then dropped at the right moment
when Huang Futong showed up.

561
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:55,200
So that's it.

562
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:56,800
Rope.

563
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,040
Let's check inside.

564
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:08,320
This spot is perfect.

565
00:37:09,240 --> 00:37:11,040
With a rope from the roof into the room,

566
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,720
someone inside can control the millstone.

567
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,400
There were five
or six people in here then,

568
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:16,440
all busy with their own work.

569
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,000
No one likely noticed who was who.

570
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:19,440
Supervisor Huang is dead!

571
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:21,440
Supervisor Huang is dead!

572
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,320
Pei Yu killed Supervisor Huang!

573
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:26,480
Pei Yu killed Supervisor Huang!

574
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:28,640
Your Ladyship, save me!

575
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:31,000
It… It had to be Pei Yu!

576
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,040
I can't stay here anymore. Your Ladyship!

577
00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:34,840
Pei Yu will kill me too!

578
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,800
She'll kill all of you!

579
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,440
Your Ladyship, save me!

580
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,320
It was her.

581
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:48,040
It was her!

582
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:50,680
Pei Yu hasn't come back
to the Imperial Medical Office.

583
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,800
How can you be so sure
she killed Supervisor Huang?

584
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,720
Who knows how she did it?

585
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,280
All I know is, if you cross her,

586
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,640
nothing good happens.

587
00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:01,160
Technician Pei has been focused
on the new prescription.

588
00:38:01,240 --> 00:38:03,760
So what did you do to offend her?

589
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:07,920
That woman really has some skill.

590
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,160
Even Mr. Xiao speaks up for her!

591
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:12,840
Quit talking nonsense out of jealousy.

592
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:15,600
If you were innocent,
we'd speak up for you too.

593
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:18,480
Before,

594
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,120
Pei Yu leaned
on Physician Song's protection

595
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,080
and looked down on all of us.

596
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,920
Now, because of one prescription,
she has won His Majesty's favor.

597
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,960
All of us who studied for years

598
00:38:29,040 --> 00:38:29,880
feel even more bitter!

599
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,080
So a few days ago, Supervisor Huang

600
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,400
deliberately praised her to the skies
in front of His Majesty,

601
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,560
forcing her to promise

602
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,760
to end the epidemic within half a month.

603
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:40,120
And if she can't?

604
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:41,520
If she can't,

605
00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:43,400
then, of course, she'll get kicked out.

606
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:47,600
As imperial physicians,

607
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:49,760
instead of stopping the epidemic,

608
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,080
you waste your schemes
bullying your colleagues.

609
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,000
If Huang Futong
really died because of Pei Yu,

610
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,280
then maybe it's fate.

611
00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,520
No, Your Ladyship!

612
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,320
You have to save me! Please, save me!

613
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:12,640
Where would the rope be tied?

614
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:21,160
No.

615
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,400
The sleeper hasn't moved.

616
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,240
If it were tied to the sleeper,

617
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:26,760
it'd be hard to pull the rope back.

618
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,320
It must've been something smaller,

619
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,480
lower than the sleeper.

620
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,840
The sleeper's edge has cut marks.

621
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:39,720
The killer likely cut it
to the right length

622
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,560
to test and balance the weight.

623
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:45,680
Wait.

624
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,200
How long has it been since you went back?

625
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:24,080
I haven't kept track.

626
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,000
His Majesty allowed you
to go out openly and treat patients,

627
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:30,720
but it must still be hard.

628
00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:33,440
I'm still just a woman technician.

629
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:34,800
His Majesty gave the order,

630
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,040
but those people may not listen to me.

631
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:38,680
So I have to do everything myself.

632
00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:42,200
Huang Futong is dead.

633
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:48,920
We're short-handed now.

634
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:50,320
The Imperial Medical Office
will be even busier.

635
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,040
You don't want to know
how Huang Futong died?

636
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,040
If what you mean is
whether I killed Supervisor Huang,

637
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:01,560
then I'll tell you now,

638
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:03,520
it wasn't me.

639
00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,000
These days, all I think about
is to keep people alive.

640
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:11,760
I don't want to see anyone else die.

641
00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,840
The epidemic has improved a lot.

642
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,960
The consorts and princes
are getting better,

643
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:20,640
but the infected servants
are still dying in droves.

644
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:22,600
I can't stop for even a moment.

645
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,840
Why? Don't you already
have a prescription?

646
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,200
Rhino horn and pearls
are far too rare and expensive.

647
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,800
Ordinary eunuchs and maids
can't get treated.

648
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,720
I want to use common herbs
to make a new prescription,

649
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:39,520
but I still haven't cracked it.

650
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:51,800
Your Ladyship, it's all ready!

651
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:52,960
Keep watch at the entrance.

652
00:41:53,040 --> 00:41:54,040
Understood!

653
00:41:58,240 --> 00:41:59,920
Your Ladyship, begin!

654
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,120
It landed right on the spot
where the millstone fell that day.

655
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:09,480
This pit.

656
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:11,200
Looks like we're right.

657
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:13,760
But…

658
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,560
Where could a rope so long be hidden?

659
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,040
There really wasn't any rope
in the dispensary.

660
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:25,840
No, Your Ladyship.

661
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:27,440
Look,

662
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,520
the millstone fell here,

663
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:31,640
right by the edge of the dispensary door.

664
00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:34,560
But when people go in and out,
they rarely hug the side.

665
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:36,280
How did the killer know

666
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:39,320
Supervisor Huang would enter
through this exact spot?

667
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:42,560
- That cart.
- That eunuch.