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♫ 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 dampThe 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 butPlease 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 DoctressEpisode 41

All the traditional herbal therapies and prescriptions are only intended for usage in this drama. Please do not test or imitate.

♫ Used to think it was an unimportant scroll ♫

♫ simply filled with longing. ♫

♫ Longing for the forgotten details, ♫

♫ I suddenly look forward ♫

♫ yet discover that tears have become useless ♫

♫ The wind has already pierced my eyes ♫

♫ 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 ♫

Yunxian. Yunxian!

Wake up. It's me.

Qiyu.

- You have come. - Yunxian.

You have come to save us.

Hurry and find your elder brother.

He must be in danger right now.

Hurry, hurry and go save him.

Hurry! Go!

Hurry and go! Go!

Go!

Save me...

Save me!

Save me! Sa--

Save me!

Save me...

Save me...

Be careful.

Stop the cart! Stop!

What was that sound?

I think it came from there.

Go. Let's take a look.

Wait here.

Let's rest for a bit!

Have the horses been pulled?

Let's go.

Look! There's a person!

Miss! Miss!

She's still alive!

Let's carry her to the cart.

It's so cold.

Brothers, just hold on a little longer.

Once this blizzard is over, it will get better.

Miss, where are you from? What is your name?

Why are you here alone?

My family name is Hang,;

there's another person.

There's still a person who went to look--

and then he disappeared. Sir, I'm begging you.

Please look for him and save him.

There's another person? Where did he go?

Toward the south; he went toward the south!

He walked for...

two hours now.

Is there anyone else in the south?

No.

The storm is so big; it's too dangerous.

Miss, it's not that we won't help.

We only have a few camels in this mercenary group.

The blizzard is so big right now, so if we get lost, then it's over.

How about we look for your companion after the blizzard is over?

How is that?

Ahjussi,T/N: Korean for Uncle or Sir

he's not my companion.

He's my husband.

I'm begging you to help him.

A Joseon (Korean) person?

I'm not from Joseon, but my mother is.

When my mother married my father, we lived in the Ming territory.

My parents can't meet...

My husband (chagiya) is my only family.

Ahjussi, I'm begging you.

Please save him.

I have money...

Thank you...

Please...

Okay, since you're related to Joseon people,

we should help.

Everybody, come here!

Coming!

- What is it? - Everybody,

our friend's husband got lost in the south.

I'm asking you all to help and look.

- Okay? - Okay!

Hurry and help find him!

Let's go.

Miss, you're so frail

so go back on the cart. We're here.

Thank you ahjussi.

But you all don't know what he looks like.

I should still go with you.

Your husband has a wife like you.

His life is pretty much fulfilled.

Let's go and look over there.

Zheng Qi! Zheng Qi! Zheng Qi!

Zheng Qi! Zheng Qi!

Be careful!

Zheng Qi! Zheng Qi!

We don't see him.

Your Majesty,

you cannot be in trouble.

You cannot! Your Majesty...

Miss! Miss!

Ahjussi!

They found a person over there! We don't know if it's him.

- There? Yes.

- Over there? - There.

Here!

Be careful.

Does he have a chance? He's been pretty frozen.

How is he?

I heard a heartbeat!

Then let's bring him back to the cart first.

Yeah! Let's go.

Is there a chance?

Ahjussi...

Could you give me a dish of hot water?

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Zheng Qi...Zheng Qi, wake up!

Zheng Qi...

Zheng Qi...

Yunxian...

It's me!

We are both alive.

Ms, give your husband some water.

This is the ginseng soup Joseon people drink.

Thank you!

Here.

Let's all go so that they won't be disturbed.

Thank you for saving our lives.

You are welcome. That pendant you gave us is worth quite a lot.

Are you a physician?

Yes, I am.

I remember that for those people who got frost bite,

we must use snow to heat up their hands, their feet, and their chest.

How can you use hot water?

You can't use snow.

Even though that can also wake people up,

but the skin of those who got frost bite are very fragile,

it will cause their skin to swell up and blister.

Then why did you add snow into water?

Because it's too hot. I need warm water.

To cure frost bite, we should start from the feet and then move onto hands.

Because feet are further away from the heart, the frost bite will be more severe.

In the past, people always say that frost bite wounds cannot be soaked with hot water.

That's only because they were in a hurry, and used water that was too hot.

That's why the skin got hurt.

So that's why!

It's hard to find such a good physician like you in this desert.

Can you also diagnose for the people in our team? What do you say?

-Yeah, that's right, Ms.-Is that okay, Ms?

Can you please take a look at me?

Sure!

I didn't have any symptoms before today...

but now I have headaches and fever. I don't feel well.

Ms, whenever the weather becomes cold,

my right knee cannot be bent. It hurts so much.

Yeah, and I throw up all the time...

These couple of nights, I perspired a lot, and I don't sleep well.

I keep getting dreams,

and I have to go to bathrooms at night. It feels terrible.

Stop the carriage!

Physician Hang, you said that you want to buy medicine, right?

There is a medicine shop near in front.

Yes!

This is frostbite cream.

This is chilblain powder.

Mirabilite can be used on chilblain.

If the wound opens, use less.

If the wound doesn't open, you can use more.

These are purple gold elixirs.

If you eat them, they can cure nausea, vomit, dysentery, and infantile convulsion.

If you use them on skin, they can help with ulcer and infections.

I also made some watkins panchrest plaster.

It helps with dysentery, chest pain, and unknown soreness.

Ahjussi (uncle), these can all be useful when you are out traveling.

Ms Hang, I just wanted you to

make two Po Chai pills for me.

These medicine must be very expensive.

I know that you don't have much money.

Ahjussi (uncle), you're being too polite by saying that.

Aren't those red ginseng that you gave to us

also very expensive?

These...are just a courtesy. It's nothing much.

Also...I need your help for something.

To be honest...

me and my husband ran away from our home to get married.

Even now, his family is still looking for him.

If someone ask you about us...

Can you say that you've never seen us?

No wonder you don't want to travel with us anymore.

So that's the reason.

Your husband is indeed a good man. He deserves your care.

Don't you worry. When I get back, I will tell them

to not talk about it.

Thank you, Ahjussi.

When did I become your husband?

You're awake?

Here.

Slowly.

That man gave the red ginseng to us. I used it to make soup.

You must drink all of this.

Your hands have severe frost bite right now,

and your body is very weak.

You must take good care of your body. Don't move...

What you just did was right. I just want to tell you

that we'd better leave this place soon.

Or else it would be too dangerous.

You go rest for now. We'll leave tomorrow morning.

No.

The longer we stay, the more dangerous it gets.

How about this? You go buy a cart,

when the Joseon people leaves tomorrow morning,

we'll follow them.

Okay.

Here.

Oh, and you know how to speak the Joseon language?

When I was in the palace,

I learned it from Consort Quanli.

Then what did you tell that Joseon merchant I was called?

Chagiya.T/N: Endearing term used exclusively between spouses.

You have the mood to joke with me right now?

You have no idea that...

I honestly thought you were frozen to death back then.

I'm sorry.

Look at me. I'm fine, you see?

Don't be upset.

Wait a moment. Let us inspect.

-Hey you, stop for a second. Look at this.-You can go now.

Empress Dowager Sun surely puts in a lot of work.

-You can go.-Thank you.

Be careful. Let's go.

You can go now. The two of you, wait a second.

Stop here.

Officer!

Please be careful. My husband got some strange illness.

I'm carrying him outside of the city to find a doctor.

Stop talking. Get up!

Wait a minute.

Go.

Quickly, go!

Thank you, officer.

Inspection. Stop there.

Here.

It's fine now.

Looks like being in the Oirat Clan for half a year

has really roughened my appearance. They can't even recognize me.

Don't say that.

It's because what I did on you made them scared...

You just brag about it. Look,

What is this? Soybean!

That soldier was too dumb.

Oh, and...

I saw some people from the Eastern Depot among them.

After Wang Zhen died,

the Eastern Depot should be managed by Cao Jixiang right now.

I didn't expect them to be...

Duke Wang is not in charge of the Eastern Depot right now, correct?

It won't be Qiyu either.

Once we find my godfather, everything will be clear.

Since we made it through this time,

it shouldn't be that hard in the future.

We just have to keep pretending to be villagers that came into the city to look for physicians.

In ten days or half a month, we'll get there.

How much money do we have left?

Less than one tael (of silver).

Everything else was used to buy the horse cart and medicine.

What happened? Did you get sick too?

It's nothing. It's just that I couldn't catch my breath for a moment.

Yunxian,

you went through all of these obstacles with me.

I am probably

the poorest emperor in this whole world.

Oh, and...I was too cold that day

in the tree hole.

Just forget about the words

I said.

That day I was also frozen, so

I couldn't really hear what you said.

Let's go.

Ridiculous!

I can't believe you did this behind my back!

He is your brother!

Mother, I really didn't know about this.

You didn't know about this?

Who sent those people from the Eastern Depot?

Also, who sent out the left defense of Imperial Guards?

I did. It's because that many captives have escaped from the Oirat Clan these days.

-Duke Wang is afraid that there might be spies among them.-Your Majesty!

Is the ruler of Ming named Zhu or Wang?

I remember that in the past,

you weren't this close to Duke Wang.

But now you're listening to every word he says.

Your Majesty, are you afraid your brother will come back peacefully

and take your throne away?

I have no intention of overstaying my welcome.

Your Majesty, I installed you on the throne.

You also know

how much I dislike your brother.

But, don't forget.

Both of you are from the Zhu family.

Now that you've settled on the throne,

you still let your brother suffer in the Oirat Clan.

Can't you even tolerate a Retired Emperor?

I have no such intentions.

I never sent assassins to kill Imperial Brother.

I knew nothing about this from the start to the end.

Someone ran back to the capital to find Ms Qian in the South Palace.

You don't even bother summoning him,

to ask him about the Retired Emperor?

You probably do not want your Imperial Brother to return alive.

I...

I was too busy these days.

Okay. My health is not good.

I don't want to take care of the politics anymore.

Recall the soldiers.

Send someone to bring back the Retired Emperor.

I would never force you to give your throne to the Retired Emperor.

To be honest,

even though I've fought with him in the past,

I never wanted his life.

Or else, how can I have to face to see your father?

You may go now.

I will take my leave.

Immediately call Duke Wang into the palace. Yes, Your Majesty.

The Emperor's father-in-law is here.

Father, what did His Majesty say?

Don't mention it.

He gave me a serious scolding.

That‘s just because the Emperor is angry.

Father, don't take it to heart.

Zhu Qizhen...must be killed.

Or else, with those old ministers being there,

His Majesty's throne will be threatened.

These people are sure weird.

When Zhu Qizhen was still the Emperor,

they kept saying that he is a foolish Emperor.

Now that Zhu Qizhen is back, they've changed their words.

They're saying that he should be the Emperor,

and the Emperor right now should only be temporary.

These days, I've been running to and from

cities near the border.

But I found no track of Zhu Qizhen.

And there is no news from the Oirat Clan.

Maybe something happened to him during his escape.

Maybe...he died in some barren mountain?

Really?

I'm just guessing. I still need to investigate.

Those people from the Eastern Depot are unreliable.

We need to send some men down there.

We can never let Zhu Qizhen come back to the Capitl.

How is it over at Empress Dowager's place?

Her health is not good.

I also don't want to bother her.

Her temper has been out of control lately.

I can't bear it.

Before we tolerated it because she is the Empress Dowager.

But now, I am Empress.

I am the most honourable woman in the world.

She keeps on blaming me, blaming the Emperor.

Then are we no better than that Zhu Qizhen?

That is correct.

No matter how close, the Empress Dowager is only your mother's older sister.

The Emperor is your husband.

The two of you are the closest ones.

Father, don't worry.

In a while, I will go to Qianqing Palace and comfort the Emperor.

And let him know that our Wang Family is helping him.

What is with your stomach?

Still not pregnant yet?

I still need to wait a few days after I take Cheng Cunxia's prescription.

I should go ask for another prescription.

But, with your condition now, you should also take some medicine.

If you don't eat,

then I won't eat.

Okay. I will also get myself some medicine.

Shopkeeper, I'll take 100 grams of angelica, and 50 grams of cassia twig, peony,

liquorice, and ricepaper pith each.

And I'll also take 100 grams of dates with herba asari.

I am busy. You take it yourself.

please give me 50 more grams of liquorice.

Is that meagre amount of liquorice enough to cure your pneamopathy?

And you want to make angelica sini decoction? Anemia and cold limbs

aren't that serious as long as people aren't dying.

Yunxian? Teacher.

What are you doing here?

Hey, hey. Put it down. Put it down.

Look at your hand's strength, can you really carry it?

Then after your injury was healed, why didn't you return to the palace?

Wan Ning spread news that the Empress is investigating about your false death incident

causing the Medicine Bureau to be in a state of terror.

I have always been a carefree person.

Might as well just hide and it's more peaceful like this.

But it's also because of that that I was able to bump into you.

Or else, I really have no where else to go.

Bring your hand here.

What kind of illness did you get?

Fever, weight loss, excessive sweating,

these are signs of tuberculosis.

What are you talking about?

Weak and slippery pulse, fast breathing, and pale face, this is clearly inadequate Chi and blood.

And also your hands, they are full of wounds.

You just focused on Your Majesty. Don't you feel pain from your own injuries?

I only felt pain when I saw Teacher already.

I'll go pour the medicines. Go take a good rest. Don't tire yourself anymore.

Your Majesty. Your Majesty.

- Your Majesty- Lao Liu.

Come, come, come.

Slowly.

Your Majesty, allow me

to give you your medicine.

It's fine already. Lao Liu,

Before in the palace, you were never this humble to me.

Get up now. Get up already.

Before is before.

Now, I have witnessed Your Majesty's safe return.

I am beside myself with happiness.

Oh right, Lao Liu. Have you checked Yunxian already?

I just heard her cough.

I told her to take medicine, but she wouldn't listen.

Enough. You say so much, teacher will tease me.

Your Majesty, Yunxian's illness is not to be worried about.

With me here slowly nursing her body, she will recover.

Your Majesty, do you have any future plans?

Have you heard any news?

Recently, there are a lot of Imperial Guards around the capital catching criminals.

I secretly peeked into the drawings they are holding and it looks 80% similar to Your Majesty.

But Your Majesty can relax. My place here should be safe.

It's the Imperial Guards again.

There must have been a misunderstanding. Qiyu wouldn't--

I know.

Lao Liu, I cannot move around conveniently at present. I must trouble you to do some things for me.

Please help me send this letter.

It's very important. You must personally give it to them.

I'll follow.

Yunxian, take good care of His Majesty. I will do it immediately.

Is is a letter to Godfather?

And others.

Physician Liu! Physician Liu! Are you at home?

I have an urgent matter! Physician Liu!

Are you at home? Please help!

Physician Liu! Someone is dying!

Physician Liu! He isn't here.

He went out of town.

Then do you have snake antidote here? My little brother was bitten by a snake.

I already went to a lot of pharmacy. I just lack some Oldenlandia.

Please help me find it. Please help!

Physician Liu! My little brother is almost dead. I beg you to save him!

Physician Liu!

Wait.

You have it?

Miss, here is your medicine.

Take it back to save him.

Thank you. How much is this?

A string of bronze coins.

Then, thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

I'll just grind these then change your wound dressings.

Did she leave?

She left.

Your habit has still not changed.

She was urgent to buy medicine to save a life. How can I not help her?

But I still find it weird.

If she was urgent to buy medicine to save someone,

and no one answered at first, then she should have gone to another place to find medicine.

Why would she continue to yell outside?

You are too imaginative.

Perhaps I am.

Here, here. It's right here.

Where are they?

They should be inside.

Come with me!

Hurry!

Run! We'll go together!

It's them!

Zheng Qi!

You go quickly. Don't worry about me.

I won't go!

Abbess...

Child. I finally see you.

Yunxian, are you alright?

I'm fine.

Abbess, why are you here?

Because of him, I came just on time.

Go and check the surroundings. Get rid of suspicious people.

Take my decree and go to the town proper.

From the Town Head to his servants, there must be no one

who will send this news to the capital.

Yes!

Her highness? Yes.

Before the Abbess was a nun, her surname was Hu. She was originally the Empress of my father.

Was she the Empress Jingci that you reinstated previously?

That's right, it was her.

She previously was harmed by Chen Shisan causing her to have no children, being deposed as Empress, and forcing her to become a nun.

Grand Empress Dowager pitied her for being innocent, hence, gave her the title Abbess Jingci.

And also because she was deposed for no reason at all and was previously personally praised by Emperor Ren Zhong as a virtuous daughter-in-law,

hence, among the old court subjects, she is still regarded as my father's original Empress.

Godfather is still just a subject.

If Empress Sun wants to do something (against us), as long as Abbess Jingci is around, she can put pressure on her.

That's right.

Child, Yu Dongyang and Shi Heng are here.

Hurry and let them in.

Yes, Your Majesty!

How did you bear all that?

Child.

I, respectfully welcome Your Majesty back to the capital.

Please rise, please rise.

Godfather!

Godfather.

Good child.

I thought I would never see you again.

Didn't I come back?

- Godfather, have you been fine?- I dare not conceal information from Your Majesty but I've heard rumors from our spies

that the Oirat's Grand Preceptor Ye --

Shut up!

I deserve to die!

Minister Hang risked her life to escort me back to the capital. She did a great merit.

I don't want to hear any rumors that insult her.

Yes, sir!

Go.

♫ 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 ♫