Original subtitles

♫ Not meeting each other, not meeting each other That one person, that one glance ♫

♫ Not resenting the years we wasted ♫

♫ In a certain year, that one gaze, who is nostalgic, who is silent? ♫

♫ Brushing past each other's shoulders, do not argue about our fate ♫

♫ If not for that one look, the fleeting sense of yearning ♫

♫ I would be unaware I had loved that person for a lifetime ♫

♫ Until now, even if the city is abound with rumours, do not explain ♫

♫ Using up the world's medicine, it is still hard to cure the affections of the mortal world ♫

♫ The heavy rain is coming and the ground is damp The memories are fading in front of my eyes ♫

♫ Many years later, all the stories turn out to have similar endings♫

♫ Don't say you love someone, don't say but Please do not overdo the tears ♫

♫ Gains and losses will always come around in a cycle ♫

♫ Gains and losses will always come around ♫

♫ in a cycle ♫

The Imperial Doctress Episode 8

All medicinal references used in this drama are based on fiction. Do not try at home.

Hey

Aiya!

How come I can never control what comes out of my mouth!

Sir, give it try, see if you can move it now.

Living Bodhisttava! If it wasn't for you my hand would have been destroyed!

Abbess

Yuanbao

asked me to give this to you.

Yuanbao?

It's Zhengqi.

His nickname is Yuanbao.

When he was born,

both of his ears were a little round.

Just like a small gold ingot.

Therefore his mother gave him this nickname.

All these years, it became a habit for me to call him that.

Abbess, have a seat.

He knows he said something wrong,

but doesn't know how to show he's sorry.

So he wanted me

to give you this.

Silver needles?!

He's afraid that you can't get use to them,

so he wanted you to just give it a try.

This is great.

I was just worried about not able to give acupuncture to patients.

Abbess

Can you... tell him thanks for me?

That child,

has a bad temper.

But

it's rare

that he wanted to let you how sorry he is.

Don't take it to heart. He lost his mother ever since he was little.

He grew up with his stepmother.

His temper, can't help but became a little bad.

His birth mother is also no longer around?

His birth mother is a lot like you.

knows a lot about medicine.

So he's very fond of you.

Oh...

That child, I watched him grow up.

He's not a bad person,

he just doesn't know how to think in other people's shoes.

But he really looks at you as a friend.

That day,

you got angry and left suddenly.

He regretted it so much.

He kicked that short wall down

and it was so painful it brought him to tears.

So did he get hurt?

He's fine.

I already asked someone to escort him home to rest.

But I was thinking,

he's definitely still worried about you.

Are you still mad at him?

I actually... forgave him a while ago.

Why would I stay mad at an idiot?

Miss, it's so late already why aren't you resting?

I'm in no hurry.

You came at a good time. Help me pick flowers.

Picking flowers?

-This can also be used as medicine? -Of course

medicine for the mind and spirit.

Ah?

I'll hold this for you Miss.

Your Majesty.

Abbess Jingci from Yongqing Convent asked someone to bring this here.

She said

it's made by the person who argued with you.

Osmanthus honey!

Such nice fragrance.

Tell everyone

without my order, no one can touch this jar.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty!

You Majesty! Something bad has happened!

What is it?

The Yellow River has flooded!

Sunjiadu, Xinxiang both places dam destroyed.

Kaifeng, Xiangfu, Fugo, Tongxue and other 25 places flooded.

Thousands of people hurt.

Along the riverbank,

4000 people hurt.

50000 more people

were left homeless.

What are the officials at Huaiyang Court doing!

Tell Caonai

to quickly come to Wenhua Hall to discuss this.

Also, minister of Ministry of Works

and head of the Water Beaureau, ask all of them to come.

Your Majesty.

I still want to ask people from Eastern Depot

to go to Henai.

Why?

You think something's not right?

I think the dams at those places were build under the direct leadership of Elder statesmen Yang.

It hasn't been more than two or three years. Also, year after year money were used for its maintenance.

How can they destroyed so suddenly?

According to the secret report, it's because thunder hit an ancient tree

caused by landslide.

Doesn't matter how I think about it it doesn't seem right.

Could it..

have something to do with the Empress Dowager?

Quickly investigate this.

Yes Your Majesty.

What is all this?

These are all send over by Master Zheng. He said it's to return your favor.

Hm?

Longnao Powder

Qizhen Pellet

Qianjin Dihuang Tea Pills

These are all great medicine!

Really?

Now we are even.

This guy is so weird.

He also gave me silver needles.

Forget it.

These medicine came just in time.

I was just worried about there are more and more people in the convent that there's not enough medicine.

There's not enough medicine again?

I remember Madam Yu just had someone send over a lot of medicine just a few days ago.

That's still not enough for the increasing amount of people!

Miss, you need to rest you worked too hard.

Did you know

I just found out after looking through some medicine books these few days

there's meanings behind all of Madam Luo's prescription.

I knew so little before.

Here, Zisu have a seat.

Let me tell you, actually we can see good prescription everywhere.

Today, I was talking to my patients in the backyard.

When rural folks have a cough,

they make soup with gourd vine and guayule root.

How great would it be if I can know all these cheap but useful prescriptions?

Tomorrow, see if you can also ask people for me.

Ok

But my good miss, now you must go to bed.

Let's go.

Sit

Before when you were at the manor

you would chant scriptures and not fall asleep.

Now, you're chanting scriptures, treating patients, and still not sleeping.

Enough Miss, don't read anymore.

Look at your dark circles.

If you continue like this

who dares to marry you in the future!

Mother, I'm so hungry!

-We are almost there. -Mother, I'm hungry!

Bear with it a little.

There's food up there.

Are you okay?! There's going to be food in the town.

Please be generous!

-Go away! Hurry! -Give us some food... Give us food...

There's no food. There's no food.

Our county is so small,

how can we provide food to this many refugees?

Close the gates!

There's no food here so just leave!

Hurry, hurry!

What's happening? Why didn't they open the doors yet?

The doors are open! The doors are open!

Open the door! Someone came out! Someone came out!

Miss! Miss!

There are so many people have come here outside. Each one is vicious. Really scary.

Let's go look!

Open the doors! Hurry! Open the doors!

Open the door faster! Hurry, let us in!

There are so many people outside.

I don't know what they're doing.

Based on their appearance, they must be thugs from the mountain.

I've seen it before.

Each one of them kills without blinking an eye.

Miss, do you want to send a message to Master?

They're probably not thugs; they don't have swords.

Plus, where woudl there be thugs who bring children?

-This... -Right.

What Yunxian said is right. Open the door.

We can't, Abbess. What if they...

Open the door.

Yes.

The door is open! It's open!

- There's help! - Please help us.

I am the Abbess of Yongqing Covenant.

Come forward, what is the matter?

Abbess

We just suffered a huge flood and escaped here.

We're so hungry we can't walk any longer.

We heard you had free porridge here,

Please be generous and give us some food!

Save us, please.

We're starving.

Shi Tai please help and give us some food.

Elder sister, I'm so hungry.

I'm so thirsty. Can you give me some water?

Ge ge, I'm so thirsty, I want to drink water.

Grab her!

Elder sister...

Yes, just wait here.

Elder sister will get it for you now.

Go.

You all should go help too.

Miss, the water is ready.

Wait one moment.

Thank you Young Master, let me do it.

Could you get some bowls?

If there aren't enough, bring the water buckets too.

There are so many peopel outside, is that enough?

Now there's only this much rice left, so we have to make do.

Zi Su,

go help bring bowls here.

Drink porridge, drink porridge!

Everyone come drink porridge!

Don't worry, one by one.

Come--

Don't crowd, come one by one.

Don't rush.

Thank you, thank you.

Drink slowly, careful it's hot.

let's go, good granddaughter.

- Yunxian. - Shi tai.

Look, that man looks like he has some sort of illness.

It might be malaria; let me go look for a second.

Don't go!

It's not convenient for a girl to go over there.

What's not convenient?

I've already treated many people before.

Before, those patients were nearby residents.

I had already spoken with them before.

So they wouldn't go out and tell people.

But now, they're all refugees.

I fear with so many mouths, the news might get out.

The infleunce wouldn't be good.

I got it! I'll just borrow a set of men's clothes alright?

Yunxian!

Thank you! Thank you!

Come come come, there's porridge to drink here.

Here, get up and eat some porridge.

Wake up, eat some porridge...

Eat a little more... Slowly...

Open your mouth and let me see.

What?! Cholera?!

Yes.

At first I thought it was malaria, but after checking their pulse

I discovered an incorrect energy.

I've counted, and there are dozens with sunken eyes,

vomiting and having diarrhea.

Their faeces is runny, and some even have blood.

Most likely it's cholera.

Cholera...

That's a plague!

We can't contain it.

Yunxian,

from this day on, don't treat them anymore.

Let the people here go back and don't go near them.

I'll send someone to take care of this.

Zhitong!

Come.

Since the victims are here, it definitely will also get to the capital.

Cholera is a plague; we don't have any way to deal with it.

Quickly go to Huimin Apothecary and tell them about this.

Have them quickly send someone to handle this.

Also,

Use my token to enter the Capital, and

report this to the Emperor.

Quickly go and come back.

Report, Your Highness, right now the city is full of epidemic,

elderly are dying and wounded.

Bring the minister of Shuntian Prefecture (Supreme Court) to me.

also, people in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Within the capital, there are already a few infected.

The Emperor has given an order. We must guard the Capital,

and control the spread of cholera.

Official Liu and I already discussed this just now.

Official Liu will handle the Inner Palace, the Six Ministries,

and the third rank officials or higher, as well as their families.

Along with Huimin Apothecary, I will take care of the needs

of patients in the Capital.

You all must separate into two teams. From today onwards,

everyone must be on rotation day and night,

and eradicate the sickness within the Capital.

Yes.

You all attend to your duties.

Cunxia, I'm telling you.

Your teacher's things over there, even though they look quite important,

actually

people in the Inner Palace and the Six Bureaus are pampered.

They don't get sick easily.

Your teacher especially ordered you to follow me

actually

was just to let you find an opportunity to render meritorious service.

I've seen those epidemic reports.

It's only a common malaria.

As long as it's controlled

If you perform well, you will never need to worry about your future again.

Yes, uncle.

Wan Ning?

Your Excellency

Until when are Huimin Apotechary's people delaying before they come?!

Hurry, go take a look!

Yongqing Covenant is not an ordinary place.

You must prepare more of Radix Dichroae (root of deciduous undershrub),

- Amomum tsaoko (ginger-like plant) and Areca palm. -All right.

Uncle!

I feel some incorrect energy.

The few patients that just came don't look like they had malaria.

It actually looked like cholera.

Cholera?!

Not good! If it's really cholera,

more people will die!

Wan Ning,

the medicine on the carriage outside

- Change it to Zhuge's Marching Powder and silkworm faeces. - Yes.

Cunxia,

immediately notify people in Shuntian Prefecture

to bring all the refugees here.

For the rest, separate them into groups and order them in lines.

Prepare to accompany Shuntian Prefecture's people to examine the entire city.

Yes.

Now is the time when we see the truth.

Everyone come out with me.

Examine all the victims outside once.

-Yes. -Let's go.

Cholera?

Yes.

When the previous Emperor was in Nanjing, an outbreak also happened once.

It's nothing big. Have the Imperial Faculty of Medicine watch over it.

I also think so.

However, some things

I must report to Your Highness.

How could it be like this!

It never occurred even in my dreams

that Eastern Depot's people would be crazy.

They dare to ruin the levees in private.

Your Highness,

This is the token we found after doing a physical search on the man who ruined the levee.

Count of Yongcheng's manor?

He dares to hurt me!

Your Highness,

he's killing two birds with one stone.

My wife and Your Highness

aren't you both from Yongcheng Bofu?

Your Highness, this Emperor's intention is too ruthless.

If the victims believe

if the levee was destroyed on orders of the Empress Dowager and the Duke,

- Then-- - He's gone mad!

He can't kill me

so he wants me to be taken down!

It looks like I can't be nice.

Where are the traitors? immediately hand them to the forces.

You must force them to do a written confession.

I want everyone under the heavens to know

that this murderous criminal isn't fit to be the emperor!

I can't do it.

They have already drank poison and committed suicide.

Keep your eyes on the emperor. As soon as he does anything, alert me immediately!

Especially the Supreme Court.

We cannot allow the Emperor to continue his rashness while the refugees flow into the Capital.

And tell Prince Cheng to come back immediately.

Wait for Duke Ying's presence.

Your Highness, the emperor requests entrance.

He says he wants to discuss the Yelllow River's situation.

Just tell him I'm ill; I won't see him!

Yes.

You may go.

If the allocation of grain from the Ministry of Revenue didn't require the imperial seal, I wouldn't have bothered with her.

This doesn't make any sense!

Now she's putting up an attitude!

Your Highness, there are more urgent matters

I havent't told you about. I received notice...

What?

Now among the refugees, they're all spreading this saying

They're saying that "The Emperor lacks virtue, thus Heaven's punishment befalls us."

"When the Yellow River overflows, the Goddess appears."

This wench

has ignored millions of people in favour of her own personal gain.

Okay then. You want to make it hard for me. I will take care of it myself.

I just won't believe that after those bureaucrats see me

that they won't obey!

Ah, excuse me, excuse me.

- What's wrong with you? - Shopkeeper, give me all the medicine that can treat cholera.

Sell it all tome.

Do you want cloves or fructus amomi (aromatic herb)?

It doesn't matter, anything is fine.

Yes.

Who caught Cholera?

Refugees came here.

A lot of them have Cholera!

If you contract it, you'd likely die!

-Really?! Is this really true?! -It's true.

From whom did you hear this from? Is this true?

Why would anyone lie about this?

My brother works at the Huimin Apothecary.

There are a few thousand refugees outside the city, and rumor has it that they've all contracted it.

They're coming to the city for medicine!

Hurry hurry.

I've heard that the cholera is especially scary.

Excuse me, excuse me.

I want some medicine for Cholera! I want some too!

It's already a mess over there and you're still eating? Hurry and leave!

What?

Run! Run! There is Cholera!

Everyone, don't take by force, one by one please!

This medicine can only cure diarrhea, not cholera!

Stop taking my medicines!

Hurry and run, the city doors are closed!

Run! There is Cholera!

- Let us out! - To guard against the spread of infection,

all the city gates will be closed immediately.

Anyone without a token from the Shuntian Prefecture (Supreme Court)

is not allowed leave or entry.

-Be quiet! -You can't close it! You can't close it!

You unruly people.

You can't close it You can't close the gate!

Official Qi. Why must you close the city gates?

I am doing this on the orders of Empress Dowager, as a method to halt the spread of cholera.

if we shut them out now

then what about the citizens outside the city?

I'm following orders from the palace.

These citizens are pitiful, but as a royal guard,

safety is priority!

Everyone quiet down! Quiet down!

Minister Qi, can we wait another hour to close the gates?

Can we wait another two hours, so the people can bring their relatives inside?

I am willing to ask for another imperial edict from the Emperor.

How is that permissible?

If the disease enters the city, then the person who'd have business on their hands is me first.

You are a governor from the Ministry of Defense.

I don't think you need to worry about affairs under the Shuntian Prefecture.

Minister Qi!

If you're worried about the disease, then station physicians in the gates and examine everyone.

If I close the gates now,

then that's completely neglecting the lives of the citizens!

What Official Yu said is right! The city gate can't be closed.

We are both senior third rank,

you don't have the right to command everything.

Men!

Remove Yu Dongyang from this place!

Let me go! The gates cannot be closed!

- What is everyone doing? - You can't close the gates!

Sir, sir!

Mother...

Someone's been killed!

He...he killed a guard!

Such audacity.

How dare you kill one of my guards?!

Guards! Take him down!

You, you're too savage!

Eunuch Wang!

Qi Long, you have such audacity,

You dare murder the Emperor?

This is the Emperor!

Why don't you all hurry and kneel!?

Your Highness, I deserve to die!

Yu Dongyang, I've told you

Your lukewarm personality won't help at all if you want to help out.

I order now for the gates to be opened and to let the citizens in!

Open the city gates!

How is he the Emperor?

Right. My eyesight is terrible,

and I didn't have the chance to be in close proximity with the Emperor.

- Qi Long. - I am here.

This time, I could pardon you from death.

But I'm sending you to the Imperial Medicine Bureau.

so you have to help save the patients.

yes.

Minister Yu, please get up.

This time, your protecting people is meritorious

I will grant you the sword of the Son of Heaven.

I will also promote you to the position of Inspector General.

You can oversee the preparations for the reparation of dykes along the Yellow River.

Come.

I thank Your Majesty's mercy.

You just recognized me? Don't tell Yunxian.

Yes.

Citizens!

I will personally keep a watch on this epidemic.

You don't need to worry or frantically buy medicine.

I will have the Imperial Medical Bureau give everyone medicine for free.

As for your relatives,

as soon as they enter the city,

I will have the gates locked,

and ensure that the disease does not enter.

Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!

Your Highness, the Empress Dowager requests you immediately return to the palace.

The Empress Dowager is ill?

Duke Wang, you came at the right time.

As the highest ranking minister in the Ministry of Revenues, I order you to bring 100,000 taels of silver

to prepare for saving lives.

Long live the Emperor! Long live the emperor!

Though this patient seems to have fainted due to dehydration,

But you have to look carefully.

His face is pale, demeanor cold.

His hands and feet are cramped. This is the effects of deficiency in yang levels.

You need to use the prescription of Fuzi Lizhong pill (secondary root of herbaceous plant) and alkaline foods.

What medicine did you use?

Your Excellency, I used Restoration Powder.

Restoration Powder is useless.

I will immediately change the prescription.

How is it over here?

This person is in the early stages, and experiencing diarrhoea and vomiting.

I'm thinking of using Agastache powder to rectify qi levels.

Good.

-Go tend to other patients -Okay.

Careful! -Uncle!

-Uncle! Hurry, get some ice water! -Yes!

You skin is burned!

Uncle, why did you cover for me?

It's better if I get hurt than if you get hurt.

It's okay.

I've always thought that the birthmark on my hand was ugly.

It's okay that it was scorched.

Supervisor,

all the things required by us when we leave for Yongqing Convent have been prepared.

When do we leave?

Uncle, with you like this right now, you shouldn't go anywhere.

I will go for you instead.

Wait!

Wan Ning, take ten people over there first.

Me?

Yes. I need more people right now.

Take a few people to find out the situation.

Come back for more people if it is too much.

Uncle, I can do it.

Go do it!

Yes.

Uncle, why won't you let me go?

You know I am more proficient in medicine than Wan Ning.

Cunxia.

You can die if you are infected with Cholera.

One of us is already injured,

and I can't have you take this risk.

Do you understand?

Your idea is great!

It helped me gain the people's faith easily.

Your Highness is generous in compliments.

I just had this sudden inspiration.

Those citizens just like watching shows regularly.

Your Highness was valiant and dealt with injustice.

Isn't this the best show?

Good. Bring those dog-like bureaucrats to the court.

I want to thoroughly punish them.

Yes.

Oh! I totally forgot about her!

Your Majesty?

I was so happy

that I forgot about Abbess Jingci's place.

-I have to go there immediately. -Your Majesty!

You can't go!

There is an epidemic over there. You can't!

That's why I have to go there.

Yunxian is still there.

If anything happens, then it'd be over.

Your Majesty!

Miss Hang is highly skilled in medicine.

Therefore, she must know how to protect herself.

And there must be people willing to help her.

Your majesty, right now the most urgent matter

is how to handle the Empress Dowager ni court.

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

Your Majesty! Where are you going?

To find the Empress Dowager to argue!

Whoever leaves the city without permission will be hit thirty times.

Anyone who steals in this time of crisis will be killed.

Take care of your own family.

Anyone who kills, hurts or commits arson will be beheaded.

Mother, why are you here?

Yunxian is still outside the city borders.

I heard that these groups

have come from Yongqing Convent.

I have to go take her home.

Mother, you can't.

The Emperor has already told the guards to close the gates.

You guard the gates so you can just let me out.

Lady, I am following imperial orders

and cannot deny them.

She is your daughter!

I have to go save her!

How am I using the law for personal gain?

Mother, you really can't.

Don't worry. Yunxian is being cared for by Abbess Jingci.

She'll be fine.

Anyways, it's not like she doesn't have any medical knowledge.

If she is careful, then she will not catch Cholera.

Mother, just go back home.

-Take her home. -Yes.

-Come on mother. -Let's go back home.

Dried tangerine peel, lilyturf root and wrinkled giant hyssop.

Get me them. I need them.

Physician, please hep me!

I don't want to die!

There are too many that are sick! I can't help them all!

-Water! - Physician!

Physician Hang! The people from the Huimin Apothecary are here!

Who let you give him the medical broth to drink?

It's me!

is there anything wrong?

Who are you? Where did you come from?

The sick here are infected with Cholera.

I have diagnosed it to be dampness-percolating, with some stagnation.

How can you use ginger that will supplement heat?

Gongfeng may not know this, but

Before you came, there were just too many patients.

The medicine were all used up.

I had no alternative but to use ginger wine tonic

to relieve their pain.

I learned this from other places.

Using wine and ginger can cure diarrhea?

Where did you get this?!

That was what a medical woman taught me.

She used this method and saved many lives.

Are you just speaking nonsense?

As a physician, how could you learn from a medical woman?

Yes. Ginger can prevent vomiting.

But I've never heard that it could stop diarrhoea.

Have you ever read the Essential Prescriptions from the Golden Cabinet? T/N: Clinical book from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

- Pinellia ternata, ginger... - Gongfeng,

Those people over there, upon drinking wine brewed with ginger,

have recovered from their ailments quite a bit.

I already said before

using ginger was just a temporary alternative. Moreover, not all the cases of cholera here

have been caused by dampness-percolation.

Their vomit is rancid, and they have a thick yellow coating on the tongue.

These qualities show them to suffer from toxic heat.

What wrong is there in using ginger to prevent vomiting and diarrhoea?

The medical books literally say

cinnamon and ginger are foods that create toxic heat.

Cholera sufferers will die if they eat those.

But they aren't thirsty, and there is no one with overly high levels of toxic heat.

Why can't I use ginger as a temporary alternative?

- You-- - This is not a time for debate.

Even if these people feel nothing

after drinking the ginger wine tonic, you may write new prescriptions for other patients.

I have to go cure other people. Goodbye.

Hey! Don't leave.

You mean this old physician's skills aren't prime?

I must deliberate this clearly with you!

Huh? I recognize you. It is you!

Aren't you General Hang's--

I'm not!

Wan Gongfeng! He's that

You are clearly General Hang's daughter

who brought me in front of the court

and questioned me!

and didn't even confess it. -enough! Stop arguing!

I don't care about how you cure the people. If you can save them, then it's ok.

You are from Huimin Apothecary?

This epidemic was discovered by Physician Hang.

If you want to stay and help the patients, then you should stop talking and go do your work.

If not, then wait for the Emperor

to punish you for not being professional enough.

This side needs at least three physicians.

Wan Gongfeng. I will leave this place to you.

As for the rest of the physicians, please follow me.

We are imperial officials of the court.

Why should we listen to a woman's command?

Please stop saying such nonsense.

If there's anything that's not to your pleasure, please let us know.

Why are you guys doing?!

Your Highness, I've instituted an order regarding the Yelow River's flooding

and would like to withdraw 500,000 silver pieces

to fund rescue efforts. I plan on using 20,000 local workers

to repair the river banks.

Now, there are 20,000 refugees coming this way.

This affects the safety of the City. Please make a decision, Your Majesty.

- As I see this matter- -Arrival of the Empress Dowager!

Hmph.

♫ Used to think the winter had always been this cold, ♫

♫ unrelated to my stubborn obsession ♫

♫ If the heavy snow froze everything ♫

♫ I will wait at the beginning, waiting for you to appear. ♫

♫ Perhaps our vows will change, ♫

♫ as will the times. ♫

♫ Constant, yet ever changing ♫

♫ even if the world changes ♫

♫ Even if my complexion ages with time ♫

♫ I am still the young one in white ♫

♫ until the day I return to meet you ♫

♫ When that day arrives, we will return to familiar places ♫

♫ Appreciating the colourful world, and watching the light dance across your face ♫

♫ When that day arrives, we will return to the first snowfall ♫

♫ Forgetting our obsessions and the past we have lost ♫

♫ Even if my complexion ages with time ♫

♫ I am still the young one in white ♫

♫ until the day I return to meet you ♫