Original subtitles

I committed a sin by pushing the King into making a wrong decision

and letting an incompetent doctor care for the patient.

Proceed.

Stop!

Stop the punishment! Stop the punishment!

Gongbin queen's brother's illness is cured.

Master...

When the medical officer grabbed the handle of the

Episode 45

- sharp-edged blade! - Oh, dear.

I couldn't look at Doctor Hur's hands that were placed on the block.

So I turned my face away.

The tears ran down my face endlessly.

What hands are they?!

They are the magical hands which have cured the paralysis

of the deputy prime minister's wife.

They are the hands of a doctor who refused to take his exam when

- the poor patients in Jinchun needed him. - You�re right.

That's not all.

He made the eyes of dumb Dolswe's mother open.

They're hands of light. He also sympathized with the patients...

You're driving me nuts. So what happened?

Then...

The Royal Physician stood up and roared,

with his beard fluttering, 'Proceed.'

Oh, my god!

The sky became dark and yellow, sandy wind grew stronger

and thunder even struck.

Stop! Stop!

When I opened my eyes, one of the officers who serve the King came

and said, 'The patient is cured'. 'He's cured, so stop the punishment! '

The sky calmed down and a miracle happened.

The vast sky protected Doctor Hur's hands.

You're right.

I think you can stop there.

What? The story is finished anyway...

Oh...

We had no idea how Joon was suffering...

Why are you crying on such a happy day?

I'm crying because I'm happy.

Stop crying and

why don't we try the food the King has given us.

Yes, yes. What are you doing? Lift it.

So these are the dainties of all lands and seas that the King eats.

They are the finest foods from all over Korea.

Even in the palace, only the King can taste them.

Watch your hands!

Why don't you go ahead?

Yes, yes. Let's eat.

Go ahead, Miss.

Oh, my! They say free lunch from good neighborhood.

I'm so lucky to have this. Thanks to Joon.

All sorts of delicacies. This is it.

Yes, yes!

Since Joon cured a patient, even surpassing the Royal Physician

who is the best in Korea, he will become one in no time, right?

Yes! He'll be like... 'Hello, Royal Physician.'

That wouldn't happen.

Dahee, what are you doing? Eat some.

I'm going to give this to Unyun.

- It's salted from Gangjin area. - Anyway... what's this?

It's clothing material from the queen.

Cloths? It's fine fabric. He just said 'cloths'.

Oh, my goodness... Look at these.

They're precious goods which can't be seen even in the market.

Ilsuh, if we sell these at the market,

it would be enough to buy food for six months.

Six months only? It would be enough to feed us for a year.

No. We must make clothes out of it.

How can we wear such precious materials?

Gongbin queen ordered us to do so.

You must wear it and come to the palace.

What does that mean?

Gongbin queen said she would like to see you and Dahee.

What about us?

Gongbin queen...

Dahee...

I wonder if there is a man worse than me in the world.

A bad son, a bad husband...

and a bad father.

Joon...

I can't promise you a comfortable life, even after all the times

I've made you, mother and Gyum suffer so much.

I'm not confident I can do that. So I can't even look at you.

Please don't say that.

I never thought you were irresponsible to our family.

I teach Gyum that it's more important to live like a human

than to make a living and eat.

I teach him he should follow his father,

if he wants to live honorably.

The reason I can teach him like that is because of your example.

Thank you for trusting me.

I was a trouble-maker in Yongchun, blaming my lowly origins.

But, you made me want to live like a human being.

It was also you who supported me, allowing me to live like that

until now...

I can't promise you I will make you rich.

But I will never disappoint you.

Sorry, I put aside the patients while I took a break.

Welcome.

You'd never imagine how much of a fuss he made while you were gone.

Fuss? Fuss!

I thought I was going to die.

You see the most patients, so the gap you left was large.

If you were absent, no one would notice, right?

Hey!

Did you rest well?

Yes.

Let's go out. There is someone outside.

He's coming.

Master!

The country boy looks alright now, after earning some money.

Doctor Hur.

Although he was in the early stages,

it still must've not been easy to cure stomach cancer.

Good job.

Your teacher, who is buried in Mt. Chunwang, would be most happy.

Is the monk well?

He's the same.

On his request, I've come to hand over these kids to your care.

He would like them to be made a medical officer and a nurse.

I asked Mangyung to be an agent,

so you just have to have interest in them.

Since they wish to learn medicine, it's Samjeok's wish that they

learn from you.

How could I...

You would be the best teacher.

Like Doctor Yoo and Samjeok, lead these kids well.

Doctor Hur...

Your mother is here.

Why are they here?

We need to go and see Gongbin queen

This is Jinsook palace where Gongbin queen resides.

The queen is waiting for you. Please come in.

Let's go.

Please come in.

Sit down.

Thank you for calling us, who are of the very lowest.

I received a kindness from your smart son.

Is this your wife?

Yes, Your Highness.

I give you greetings, Your Highness.

I heard your nature and assistance is very good.

Please continue as you do, so Doctor Hur can fulfill his duties in the future.

Thank you, Your Highness.

He looks smart. He resembles you.

My name is Hur Gyum.

I asked people to observe how you live and

I heard from the men of Samgae you're living in an abandoned house.

To repay your work for me,

I prepared a straw-roofed house, so please move there.

Your Highness, you have bestowed enough things on us.

So please undo it.

I have permission from the King, so take it without another word.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Listen, Ms. Kim.

Yes, Your Highness.

Take his family for a tour around the palace

and serve them refreshments at the other building.

Yes, Your Highness.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I would like to have a word with you.

Please have some.

Your Highness, the Royal Physician is here.

Let him in.

Sit down.

Yes, Your Highness.

My brother has returned to his house and he's doing very well.

Now he is the first to follow Doctor Hur's instructions.

So my father is very happy that a spoilt child has become

an adult after spending time in the palace.

And the Royal Physician also did a great job in this.

I would like to thank you for looking after my brother's health.

Thank you, Your Highness.

I called you two because I wanted to discuss something.

I would like Doctor Hur to become the palace doctor and look after

the two princes. What do you think?

With his skills and nature, I would be assured

of the princes' health.

If that's your will, I will appoint him as the palace doctor

and let him be responsible for the princes.

Will you?

Your Highness, I don't deserve such a role.

You don't deserve it? You're being too humble.

Your Highness, please.

I don't mean to show humility.

There are many doctors with excellent skills in the Royal Hospital.

I believe it would be right to entrust such duties to them.

I would like to look after the patients at the public hospital, so please allow it.

I can't let your worthy talent

rot away in the public hospital.

I don't feel that looking after the patients at the public hospital

is abandoning my skills.

I am working hard to improve my skills while looking after those patients,

so please undo your order.

So you refuse?

Yes, Your Highness.

Then how's this?

You can look after the patients at the public hospital, as you wish.

But, when the princes get sick, you come and look after them.

I will give in this time,

so don't reject my request next time.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Please excuse me.

Can I see you?

Do you know them?

They are Doctor Hur's family.

Then it means Gongbin queen called them in, right?

How do you know that?

I opened the dead body of my master, who had stomach cancer.

He left his body to me...

And told me to understand the causes of all the illnesses in the world.

I... thought it was the way my master could live forever

and dared to open my master's body.

Sit down.

It's already been over 20 years.

Your master, Yoo Weetae, and I had a childish acupuncture match.

You know game of nine needles?

I have heard of it.

I lost. And as we had agreed, I admitted aloud

that the best doctor in Korea was Yoo Weetae.

I was never more humiliated in my entire life.

I couldn't accept my loss.

But now... now...

'The best doctor in Korea is Yoo Weetae'.

He's not some country doctor, but the best doctor.

Sir...

You said this to me the other day.

That a doctor should only look at the illness, not at one's position.

That you will only work for a cure, and not covet honor and compensation.

You said you swore it in front of your master's death bed.

Since he gave his body to you to study the cause of all diseases,

Yoo Weetae was a doctor until the moment he died.

You were right.

The decision to treat stomach cancer first

and the medical skills used to treat that illness. You were right.

It's now right for me to admit

that Yoo Weetae, who trained a student like you,

was the best doctor in Korea.

Sir...

You may go.

You were right,

The decision to treat stomach cancer first,

and the medical skills used to treat that illness, you were right.

It's now right for me to admit

that Yoo Weetae, who trained a student like you,

was the best doctor in Korea,

Is that true?

Yes, Gongbin queen requested Hur Joon be in charge of the princes.

But don't worry.

He refused.

So the queen will request his service only when the princes are ill.

And you will be in charge of them otherwise.

That's a relief, right?

Not worry about what? Be relieved about what?

I've already lost Gongbin queen's trust.

What would be the use of keeping the title?

Ms. Haman says... Gyum's mother and grandmother

made clothes from the valuable silk given to them by Gongbin queen

and went to the palace and were presented to her.

Is that true?

Yes, and she gave a house to Doctor Hur.

So they're moving soon.

Ma'am, Mr. Yoo is home.

Doji.

I'm back, Mother.

What is going on?

Is it true that Hur Joon's family

went to the palace and greeted Gongbin queen?

Aren't you the doctor of Jinsook palace, where Gongbin queen lives?

How could that happen to Hur Joon and you be left out?

I would like to have some rest.

Doji, Doji...

How lucky am I to know Mr. Hur...

Not there yet?

Dahee.

Thank you.

- This is like a palace... - Yes.

Your hardships are over.

Is it true that Doctor Hur refused Gongbin queen's request

for him to become a palace doctor?

Yes, he said he would like to take care of the patients at the public hospital.

What a strange man... If that's what he wants...

To recognize him for his work, we should at least upgrade his rank

so you and Royal Physician think about it.

Yes, sir.

If a doctor looks after the patients with sincerity, success follows.

So don't become selfish in front of them and fulfill your duties,

taking Doctor Hur as your model.

Yes, sir.

If a doctor looks after the patients with sincerity, success follows,

so don't become selfish in front of them and fulfill your duties

taking doctor Hur as your model.

He was talking with me in his mind,

Not only did I lose Gongbin queen's trust,

I lost favor with the deputy minister.

What should I do... What should I...,

Sir...

Sir...

Don't mind it too much.

How could a doctor make no mistakes?

Since Gongbin queen was very fond of you

she will soon look for you.

It's not your business, so leave.

How could I feel easy when you're so worried?

I said leave!

Sir...

It was my mistake while I was drunk.

I don't feel comfortable with your attention.

I don't want to see you again.

Sir...

What are you doing?

I can't do that.

I don't know if it was a mistake that you held me,

but I gave everything to you.

Step away.

Please don't throw me away like this.

Do you know what happens to a doctor who has an affair with nurse?

Please don't throw me away.

Don't treat me like this.

Do you know what happens to a doctor who has an affair with nurse?

What are you doing here?

I have something to talk to you about.

You're a fool, you know.

Why do you like him so much?

Frankly speaking, he can't change your life, right?

He's not of noble blood either.

Stay quiet if you don't know anything.

I'm not doing this just to upgrade my life.

Recently, Doctor Choi was caught having an affair

and got reprimanded.

It's not a good time for it.

If the matter becomes known, you will be damaged by it severely.

You must do something first

before she does.

What should I do?

Leave it to me. I will handle it.

I can blame something on her and send her to the disciplinary office.

Bring the medicine quickly.

Hurry!

Go and bring a doctor.

Yes...

Excuse me...

Why are you alone?

They're all looking after emergency patients.

Doctor Hur said he would come soon.

I should open the windpipe with acupuncture.

No, I will do it.

What are you doing?

Did you apply acupuncture?

I asked if you applied acupuncture or not?

Please forgive me. The patient was in emergency situation...

Shut up!

How dare you apply acupuncture as a nurse.

Do you want to die?

Is anyone outside?

Take her away.

Sir, you should listen to her story first...

You don't need to interfere. Step away.

Sir, Sir... What is going on?

These two applied acupuncture.

No, you must have misunderstood...

I saw it myself.

How could a nurse try to handle one's life thoughtlessly.

It's ridiculous!

I did it because I could.

What?

I know I was wrong to disobey the rule that we can't apply acupuncture

without a permission, but it's inappropriate to say it was thoughtless.

It was an emergency. If we didn't do something right away,

the patient's life would have been threatened.

You, leave!

Sir, they are right.

Because they applied acupuncture in time, the patient is alive.

If they had waited until a doctor arrived, the patient would be dead.

Even so, they can't be forgiven for disobeying the rule.

Who is the rule for?

The rules in here are for saving patients' lives!

I don't want to hear it! I said, it's not for you to interfere.

Sir...

What's going on?

What were you doing?

How could a nurse apply acupuncture?

How can you talk about doctor's authority in a situation like this?

When the two people who are in charge of the public hospital

are negligent of the patients,

how could we talk about doctors' authority?

What do you mean?

Am I wrong?

A nurse holding needles is much better than

a doctor who is sitting behind a desk.

There are rules in the Royal Hospital.

It's clearly wrong for a nurse who hasn't learned

the basics of medicine to treat patients.

But sir, due to them, the patient lived.

It was just luck.

They copied an act of a doctor and it was spot on.

That's not true.

Sohyun has excellent skills, as good as a doctor.

I trained them, and though they lack in clinical experience,

they are well acquainted with the basic medical books.

The patient has junhoopoong and was in a state in which air wasn't circulating.

Jun Hoo Poong: Emergent illness which causes acute inflammation

If the nurse hadn't opened the windpipe with acupuncture

Swelling sore throat, fever, chill difficult breathing

the patient may have lost his life.

Why did you make such a mistake?

Didn't you know that only the nurses in the palace

can apply acupuncture without doctor's permission?

You were a fool.

You will be considered being negligent of the doctor's authority

and receive heavy punishment. You might be thrown out of here.

But Sohyun did it to save the patient.

It's no use.

Since the Royal Physician found out, it won't end quietly.

Ma'am! Ma'am!

The Royal Physician is calling for Sohyun and Yejin.

Why are you here?

Please forgive these girls.

They weren't thinking clearly,

so please don't throw them out of here, for my sake.

Did I say I would abandon them?

So you're Sohyun, right?

Yes...

Were you aware of the illness the patient had?

He had Junhoopoong.

And the patient's condition?

It's caused by a concentration of heat in the throat, the chest feels tight at first

then you become out of breath and the hands and feet become cold.

If breathing stops, you can lose your life in a moment.

Then what do you need to do?

Haedokwoonghwangwon woonghwangsan can be used, but...

Hae Dok Woong Hwang Won Woong Hwang San

when one's throat is blocked suddenly

used in emergencies caused by junhoopoong

The cause of the illness advances rapidly, so

the primary emergency treatment would be

to apply acupuncture and induce throwing up blood.

Excellent that a nurse knows that much.

Well done.

Anyway, since you saved a person's life, I will pardon you.

But remember, the rule that you can't treat a patient

without a doctor's instruction, has not been changed.

Yes...

Why did you keep useful ones in the public hospital till now?

If there is a chance, send them to the palace.

Yes, sir.

Who served this decoction to the palace?

I did.

You wench! Leave the decoction room now!

- Ma'am... - I said leave now!

What do you mean? What did I do wrong...

There is mangcho and daehwang in the decoction for the King.

Erigeron canadensis/ Medicine with cold qualities, it cools the fever and treats tumor

If you had seen the prescription, you would have known!

Rhubarb/ It has the effect of cleaning toxic and extravagated blood

But what's this?

It's honeyed water.

If you use honeyed water with Erigeron canadensis and rhubarb,

the medicine becomes too cold-natured and becomes toxic instead.

Didn't you even know that?

I was instructed to serve honeyed water to lessen

the bitterness of this decoction.

Who instructed you?

The maid said she got permission from the doctor...

Shut up!

You relied on the words of a maid?

Who are you trying to blame?

It's true. Please believe me.

Get out.

Ma'am...

I will not handle this lightly.

If I ignore a person like you, you will cause a disaster.

I will send her to the disciplinary office

and let her never be near the decoction room.

Yes, ma'am...

Ma'am, please forgive me.

Ma'am...

It's no use. Don't you know her temper?

Let me go! This is not fair. This is not my fault.

Go outside.

Mr. Jung of the Royal Hospital is looking for you.

Hello.

You don't look good.

Why are you...

I saw what happened at the decoction room.

It looks like you will be unfairly sent to be disciplined.

So I would like to suggest one thing to you.

How about this?

If you promise to stay silent on what happened between Mr. Yoo and yourself

then I will let you stay in the Royal Hospital.

Did he instruct you?

And in the decoction room, too...

What nonsense!

This is all for your benefit.

It looks like you will be taken away to the disciplinary house.

It's not a bad suggestion, is it?

I will go and talk to him.

You don't get it, do you?

If you don't want to be kicked out, do as I say.

You must take it to the grave.

What is it? What did he say?

Watch whether it will be as easy as you wish.

Is that true?

It can't be.

What are you whispering about?

You know Doctor Yoo...

What did he do?

Is that true?

He and the nurse did something kids shouldn't see...

Hush!

Take your hands off me.

Make sure it'll spread out.

Right...

I thought something was not right the other day.

A wrong-doer rages, they say.

I knew it when he was out of temper before.

What are you muttering about?

Have you heard this rumor before?

What rumor?

Your ear...

Did Sehee and Doctor Yoo really do that?

Everybody in the palace

knows about it.

Sehee always flirted with men.

I knew she would make trouble someday.

Here.

Sir, I have something to tell to you.

- Sit down. - Yes, sir.

What is it?

There is a shameful rumor spreading in the Royal Hospital.

What?

Regular meeting should be after four months, what's going on?

I know.

Isn't it obvious? Doctor Hur will be promoted.

You're right.

He deserves it after all his hard work.

You'll become a specialized doctor from now on?

You can't look down on us after you've been promoted.

Stop joking. We will be late.

You should pull your shoulders back.

You can do that.

Of course.

We will present promotions for the officers in the medical field.

Doctor Hur, come forth.

For his excellent talent and work, Doctor Hur of the public hospital

will be appointed with 7th rank.

This exceptional promotion is because of

your trusted talent.

Do your best not to disappoint us.

Doctor Yoo.

Yes, sir...

You are appointed to be the doctor who delivers

private messages to Myung country.

So prepare yourself for that.

Isn't that done by the doctors in the lower grade?

Not always.

It's decided already, so don't argue about it.

Why am I being treated so harshly?

Don't you know?

Don't you know about the shameful rumor spreading in the hospital?

Consider yourself lucky you can stay.