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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 47

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

I am going to return to the Qianqing Palace,

so I won't be escorting you.

Your Majesty take care.

You seem to be very special to him.

The Noble Consort Hang has offended the Empress Dowager, hence

is ordered to reflect upon her actions within Wan'an Palace.

As you command.

Does she really know black magic?

We're already at this point, and yet she won't die!

Your Highness, didn't you hear that the Emperor forbade her to leave her palace?

This means that the Emperor is already tired of her.

This is better than killing her.

Retired Emperor, is it worth it to be like this?

If I think it is worth it,

it is enough.

Zheng Qi, the debt I owe you

won't be able to be returned in this lifetime.

Physician!

Physician, open the door. Physician!

-Physician!-Physician!

Please take a look at my brother!

Physician! What happened to my brother?

Look!

Physician. Physician!

Physician! Please tell me what is happening to my sister!

She has a fever and is spitting blood and she is coughing!

Physician, I also have a servant in my household who has the same symptoms as her.

I can't cure her, so leave.

Go, go, go!

Go, go, go!

What's wrong with them?

I don't know.

Could it be the plague?

-Father! Father! -Don't come near me!

I've contracted the plague. I'm afraid I won't be able to live much longer.

Quickly, leave!

Qianqing Palace

Your Majesty, ever since the flood in Nanjing, refuges have continued coming to the Capital.

This time, the plague has come in full force.

Though having Beijing in lock down stopped the plague in the 13th year of Zhengtong (Zhu Qizhen's reign), it won't help us this time.

This plague is extremely contagious. Minister Zhou Ming from the Ministry of Revenue, Inspector Xie Nanxiang from the Ministry of Justice

and Vice-General Liu Zhiguang from the Ministry of Defense died within three days of contracting the plague.

Your Majesty, in this time of crisis,

please order the Imperial Bureau of Medicine and Huimin Apothecary to take care of the emergency.

Otherwise, this Capital will be a dead city

before the Oirats can launch another attack.

Memorial

You don't need to be alarmed.

Every dynasty and every generation has plague.

As long as our court controls it well, it will definitely calm down.

- Duke Wang. - Yes.

Since you are part of the State Council, and lead the Ministry of Revenue,

you can lead Shuntian Prefecture (Supreme Court) in taking charge of this matter.

Yes.

Why have you gone and come back?

Your Majesty, Capital Inspector Du Fulai

Minister of Military Bai Jin and the Supreme Court's Zhou Jiang

are all under the Noble Empress Dowager.

They are in charge of the most important bureaus of the Capital.

Since Your Majesty has always been seeking opportunities to remove them,

how about since this is a time of low suspicion,

take some people who have contracted the plague over there

and then remove them with that excuse?

Not bad.

Then you can be in charge of this.

I will not let you down, Your Majesty.

Take him down.

Yes. Go!

Go.

Quickly.

General Shi, you're really smart.

This time, if it weren't for your military power,

we wouldn't have been able to finish this huge business so quickly.

Why the need to be angry?

This time, I have done you a huge favor.

After completing such a large task,

His Majesty will forget about your past sins.

My personal visit to the retired emperor could not have been known by anyone else!

You were the one who told him!

Since when did you become the Emperor's lapdog

and forgot about everything you did with the retired emperor!?

When the Emperor changes, his court of ministers also has to change.

Who told Wang Zhen to dirty the Eastern Depot's reputation?

If I don't serve the Emperor, am I supposed to remain as an Imperial Guard until death?

I don't have any descendants. If I don't become a Head Eunuch even once,

I can't live that down.

You want to be the second Wang Zhen!?

As if!

Last time, when the officials wanted to force the Emperor's abdication,

Duke Wang was planning to use you as scapegoat.

You have a lucky life.

Let's see how much longer you can be so comfortable!

I'll bring you medicine now!

Don't worry!

Everyone, do not panic!

Quickly, go boil the medicine now.

Immediately, immediately.

Official, there is trouble.

On your orders, I led the physicians from Huimin Apothecary and set up relief stalls.

However, before the mungbean soup was even cooked,

the soldiers from the military bureau stormed through my stalls.

What? You didn't tell them who you were?

I said I was from the Imperial Medicine Bureau, setting up relief stalls

and giving out mungbean soup across the Capital according to the royal order.

However, the General said that we couldn't set up stalls without their permission.

They are still messing with us in this situation?

Go report this to Elder Statesman Wang (Duke Wang).

Quickly boil the medicine. Quickly.

Bai Jin, look at what your military is doing!

When there is a plague, we must still keep order.

For the safety of the Capital, I am separating the crowd. What does this have to do with you?

You!

Bai Jin!

Hey, move out!

Move out! Move out!

Move out!

Don't take down my stall.

Don't break my stall!

Don't break it!

What are you doing?

Stop!

Stop! Don't break the stalls!

- Move away! - Don't break it!

Stop, stop this!

Don't break the stalls!

Please, stop!

Don't look around. Yes, I'm talking about you!

Elder Statesman. The most important method used in curing the plague is having a clear passage of air and good ventilation.

Why is everyone closing their windows and doors?

I can't do anything even if I wanted to. General Bai Jin has gone crazy.

He has locked the city gates from the outside.

He isn't listening to anyone's words.

- Close the gates! - Yes.

Your Excellency, these corpses must be taken and buried outside the City.

Otherwise if they start rotting, the consequences will be unimaginable.

You cannot close the city gates.

The Emperor wants to use the Eastern Depot to kill me.

I will not let you out.

Let's die together then.

No matter what, raise the relief medical stalls.

I will kill the next person that moves forward.

- Your Majesty... - Do not kneel.

What is the situation like outside?

The Empress Dowager told me she could hear the cries of the civilians from inside the Palace.

That is true.

Thousands of people have died in the City.

Moreover, they all died within three days of contracting the disease.

An eunuch serving the Outer Palace has also contracted the disease.

- Heavens! - How could this happen?

Didn't I tell Duke Wang to take care of this?!

Duke Wang did want to take care of it,

it's just that the Eastern Depot wants to kill Bai Jin, supposedly on the orders of Your Majesty.

This person has gone crazy. He has already escaped the city, and locked the city gates from the outside.

What am I supposed to do now?

Quickly convene the troops and try and open the gates.

The majority of troops within the city have been taken by him.

The remaining soldiers are quite disheartened. It would be hard to open the city gates in a short amount of time.

Your Majesty, what will we do if we can't exit the Capital?

Why are you worried? I have my own plans.

The Palace is huge. I will find a place where we can temporarily hide.

Right. Isn't there an island in the middle of the Taiye Lake?

We can go there. All the rations and daily necessities can be delivered there via boat.

Your Majesty, at this time, please remain at Qianqing Palace so the situation can be controlled.

No. The Emperor must leave.

If anything happens, who will take responsibility?

Mother, you are correct.

Minister Yu, you can handle all the matters

related to containing the plague. If anything happens, send me a letter.

As you command.

What are you waiting for? Let's leave.

No. Yunxian is still at Wan'an Palace.

Your Majesty. I will send people to escort Sister Hang.

Take mother and leave first. This is an emergency. Not a single moment can be wasted.

Fine.

I will leave Yunxian with you.

Let's go.

The medicine women are still in Changshou Palace.

Quickly row back.

I heard the Emperor say that the island can only take 50 people.

The medicine women's lives are also lives.

Quickly, row back.

No. Keep rowing.

Your Highness, even if you kill me, I cannot let you go back.

The plague is extremely contagious. I've heard that the people who died have all turned black.

If you also contract the plague, what will happen then?

Their whole body is turning black?

Yes.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?!

Your Highness!

Hold onto me.

Your Highness. Quickly, drink some tea.

It was lucky that we just happened to pass by.

Otherwise...

Thank you.

Your Highness. There should be other boats in the Palace.

I can swim. How about letting me escort you to the island?

It's fine. Someone on the island doesn't want me there.

The City is in a state of emergency due to the plague.

We can't just sit and do nothing. We have to think of a plan.

Come with me to the Imperial Medicine Bureau. Then we'll go to the City and see what is actually happening.

Yes.

Hold him down.

He's dead.

Here.

His whole body is deep purple, almost black, as if he's been poisoned.

How can there be so much poison in the city? Has the entire city contracted the plague?

The purple and black colouring is a sign of toxic heat in the blood.

Coughing and shortness of breath

can occur due to blood poisoning.

Then we should use rhinoceros horn powder and radices rehmanniae to cool the blood and remove poison.

But there are so many patients in the City. We don't have enough medical supplies.

Then we can use gypsum, rhizoma anemarrhenae, water buffalo horn powder,

rhizoma imperatae, agrimony and three seventh powder to detoxify the internal heat,

remove the phlegm and feeling of tightness.

Let me have a look.

Your Highness. Your Highness.

Why are you here? It's too dangerous here. Return to your palace.

Senior, I am also a physician.

During the plague in the thirteenth year of Zhengtong, I cured the plague along with Physician Wan.

We will be more experienced than all of you in coping with the plague.

That's right.

Then be careful.

None of us have seen such a strange plague. You must take care of yourself.

It is the black neck* sickness.T/N: Annals of Emperor Jingtai did not record which type of plague had happened.

You know what type of sickness it is?

A physician once told me about it, but I've never cured it myself.

This type of sickness has happened quite often in Oirat, and each epidemic can cause tens of thousands of deaths.

However, this sickness can be cured. One type of antidote is highly useful.

What antidote?

Rhubarb. The Mongols use rhubarb soup to cure victims.

Rhubarb?

Though it can detoxify, surely it can't cure this.

Many patients are coughing up blood.

Furthermore, many patients are suffering from diarrhea. Rhubarb actually causes defecation.

The Mongol physicians refer to rhubarb as Zhumusa.

Their medical rules and philosophy are completely different from ours. I cannot explain it in such a short time.

No matter what, we should still try with rhubarb.

These sicknesses are highly contagious. Anyone who is contracted will die within seven days.

Hence, we must start as soon as possible.

Fine. Let's listen to Her Highness.

Otherwise, do any of you have better plans?

Cheng Xin. Go to the raw medicine storage room and bring over the rhubarb.

Since the rhubarb is useful, then what we hypothesised just then was correct.

Any medicine that removes internal toxic heat will work to some degree.

Wan Ning, continue to boil the medicine, but add in sweet flag and honeysuckle.

- This time, we must provide the antidote to each household. Do not set up stalls anymore. - Okay.

However, we don't have enough people in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Follow me. I have men with me!

Godfather. Father!

The Emperor has ordered me to take charge of this matter.

If you want rhubarb, I can take as much as I can from the medical clinics in the Capital.

These are all men from the Ministry of Justice. I have already told them to cover their clothes with sulphur,

and cover their faces with moist cloth. I will send antidotes to each household.

Do not worry about General Bai Jin's people. They have sized up the situation.

They won't mess with you anymore.

Thank you, Officials.

Your Highness, this is a matter of life and death. I cannot care less about social hierarchy.

You are high skilled. Please help us resist the plague.

We are also willing to help resist the plague.

Yes, we are.

Everyone,

even if our lives become endangered,

we must do our best to control the epidemic.

As you command, Your Highness.

I just went back to the main Palace, and some people have already contracted the disease.

Now, the entire Palace is in a mess.

What about the Noble Consort? Have you found her?

Lan Cao is still searching for her.

Report to me immediately if anything happens.

As you command.

Cao Jixiang.

Yes.

Go back to the mainland, and control the situation in the palace.

Also, burn all the boats.

No one is to enter the island without my permission.

As you command.

Your Majesty, then...how am I supposed to come back?

Just go. I will immediately grant you the title of Head Eunuch,

and Director of the Eastern Depot and Imperial Guards.

Cao Jixiang. You are loyal and trustworthy.

I believe you will definitely be able to control the situation.

You are very magnanimous, Your Majesty.

Lan Cao, you are back.

Her Highness sent me to escort the Noble Consort,

but I couldn't find her at all.

I asked around, and heard from someone

that the Noble Consort left the palace. Perhaps she was worried for her family.

She left the Palace?

A consort like her left the palace without an edict?

Your Majesty. How about I send someone to go find her?

Why would you look for her? If she doesn't see herself as a Noble Consort, I'll just leave her be.

She's gone missing, but the servant I sent hasn't returned either.

They have searched around several times. The Palace is in a state of confusion right now.

Did the boat sink? Did anyone see her afterwards?

Though we did discover her pair of shoes near the lakeside.

That's right then.

She must have drowned. The servant was afraid of the consequences, and escaped.

What is everyone doing? Come and take the medicine.

Quickly, quickly.

Her Highness the Noble Consort personally boiled this medicine.

Take turns.

Everyone gets one.

Quick, deliver this over there.

Here.

Senior. The rhubarb indeed works. Her pulse and other vitalities have become stronger.

What about your area?

Same here. However, rhubarb isn't enough to stop them from coughing blood.

What about adding gypsum and licorice decoction?

You are right. Restoring Pulse Powder and Decoction for Yang Exhaustion can be given to those who are unconcious.

It doesn't matter whether the method is Han or Mongolian - it's fine as long as it detoxifies the bloodstream.

Yes.

Your Highness, Your Highness!

He's not doing very well. Come take a look.

He's coughing too much. He's going to choke.

Someone must help him suck the phlegm out.

Open your mouth. Open your mouth!

Retired Emperor!

Do you feel better now?

When fish bones were caught in my throat, that's what my mother did to me.

And you. You know this plague is spread by spit.

Are you crazy?

Why are you here? How did you come out? What about Qian jiejie and the Crown Prince?

The eunuchs guarding the South Palace were afraid of the plague, and have all run away.

Li San helped me escape during the chaos.

Greetings, Your Highness.

While we were walking, we heard that a woman was giving out medicine.

I was just thinking who would be such a busybody.

Turns out that it was you, Hang Yunxian, doing foolish things again.

Leaving your palace without a word is the more foolish thing.

It is dangerous here. Go and stay with Qian jiejie.

At Yongqing Convent, I couldn't remain by your side.

This time, even if I die, I will die with you.

Are you okay?

Here.

Let me have a look.

Grandmother. Take care of these patients for me.

You can go. I'll watch over them.

Junior Sister. There's not enough rhubarb. All the medical clinics have run out.

Bring down the fever first. Use golden cypress, root of thorowax and cordate houttunyia.

I will.

- Li San. - Here.

Yes.

Here.

Use root of thorowax and liver-cleansing soup.

Tie a green ribbon on him.

Noble Consort is indeed wise.

She is using different coloured ribbons to separate the patients.

This time, giving out medicine will be more efficient and correct.

I'll have a look for you.

retired Emperor! retired Emperor!

retired Emperor. I have found the medicine.

Great. Take it over there.

Yes. Quickly!

Quickly!

Lift the bags over there.

Quickly.

Last time when I was in the army, there was not enough medicine to go around. Hence, a rebellion occurred.

They were afraid.

Though the epidemic can be controlled with medicine, the civilian's heart is more important.

Yu Dongyang. The civilians trust you the most. Use your seal to write up bulletins telling the people how to resist the plague.

As you command. However, if the bulletin begins with

"Ordered by the retired Emperor", I believe it will be better.

retired Emperor, you have become the mainstay for us.

Exactly.

Fine then. Write it as that.

Official Hang, Yunxian...

No, the Noble Consort said this plague was caused by rats.

Take some men with you and hunt down all the rats in the Capital.

Yes.

Greeting, retired Emperor.

Duke Zhao, please rise.

retired Emperor, in this chaos, someone took the chance to rob my manor.

Please be my judge.

Do not worry. I have already ordered Shi Heng to be in charge of Capital defense.

If anyone steals during this period, they will be beheaded.

Thank you for your magnanimity, retired Emperor!

You may leave.

retired Emperor, with the help of Abbess Jingci,

Bai Jin has been captured, and the city gates unlocked. From the shen hour (between 3p.m. - 5p.m.)

1,200 corpses have been buried, and 700 rats have been killed.

Okay. Continue to hunt for the rats. Tell the people to use flowing water when cleaning themselves.

Yes.

retired Emperor, from the shen hour (between 3p.m. - 5p.m.),

the Imperial Medicine Bureau and Huimin Apothecary have delivered 420 pots of medicine,

and taken in 724 victims.

87 people have died, while 435 people have improved.

The remaining people still need to be observed.

Good. Since there are improvements, there will be hope.

Continue saving the people.

Everyone, you have worked hard.

Are you feeling better now?

What is the Noble Consort doing?

She is conjuring a medicine spell.

Go paint all the houses using water mixed with sweet flag.

The Noble Consort has saved many people in this period. They all think Guanyin has come down from the Heavens.

Some people even want her blessing.

Is it really useful?

The Noble Consort actually agreed?

The Noble Consort said that this is Zhu You spell.

As long as the patient believes they can recover, then the healing process will be much faster.

And look, when she is giving the blessing, the oil she is putting on their foreheads

is Ruyi oil, used to ward away dangers.

This time, it's all due to the retired Emperor

and Noble Consort taking control of the situation.

Otherwise, this Capital would have been finished.

Exactly. The Emperor only knows to hide in the Palace.

Are you better?

What's happened?

Nothing. I thought you would be cold, so I gave you a coat.

I just had a nightmare, in which everyone had died.

Everyone had turned black,

including you,

my godfather

and my father.

Don't worry so much.

Look, aren't I just fine?

Moreover,

a few hundred people have already improved.

We will definitely be able to cure them.

Thank you.

I really owe you too much.

We've already promised to live and die together.

Why are you always going on about debts?

Don't you think it's bothersome?

Hurry and sleep a little longer.

Otherwise I will be worried.

Sleep.

Grandmother. I'm hungry. Grandmother.

You've recovered?

You've really recovered?

My child has recovered.

The Living Guanyin saved us!

My child has recovered, he's recovered!

Thank you. Thank you.

Now, the epidemic is under control. Do not be nervous.

Anyone from the Six Ministries who had escaped during the epidemic

will not be punished as long as they carefully take care of the victims.

All the Heads of Households will immediately check all the patients.

Send anyone who is sick to the Imperial physicians,

and bury those who have died.

Junior. What's wrong?

I'm fine.

You have uneven chi and blood levels. I'll take a look.

Senior, it's nothing. Please help the others.

It's fine. The general situation is under control. It's all thanks to your medicine women.

Otherwise, we would be very lacking in helpers.

Since the epidemic is under control,

it's not common for you to be leading the imperial physicians and I the medicine women.

How about we have a competition?

That's great. Let's have a competition to see who can cure the most patients.

Those over there are all young girls.

If the imperial physician loses, we'll be the laughing stock of everyone.

Fine. I can feel pulses with both hands.

Let's see who is fastest.

I can give two people acupuncture at the same time.

Right. He has that skill as well.

Great. Then let's go visit the patients.

Okay.

Everyone, come over.

Though we are not as skilled, but everyone is more willing to be treated by Her Highness.

Hence, we shouldn't feel discouraged.

Show them how formidable we can be!

Exactly! Let's start.

Your Majesty. The epidemic is under control.

I ask that Your Majesty return immediately.

Did you see clearly? It really was Yu Dongyang?

I am sure of it.

Your Majesty. Let me look around first.

That's a good idea.

Minister Yu.

I heard that the retired Emperor was taking control of the situation outside,

and is very popular among the people.

Correct. And?

Are you willing to help him ascend the throne again?

Only those who are virtuous and skilled and take the top position.

I have no intention of serving

an Emperor who leaves his ministers to die, no matter how greedy I am.

Do not speak nonsense.

Do you know how many people will die if the throne changes hands?

The City is in a state of turmoil, yet you are thinking about this.

Your Majesty.

- Your Majesty. - Yu Dongyang.

The retired Emperor helped combat the epidemic along with the Six Ministries .

The Noble Consort went to save the victims with the medicine women?

That is correct.

Your Majesty. Sister Hang and the retired Emperor work in perfect harmony.

It is a great fortune of Ming.

Prepare my procession. I want to leave the Palace.

As you command.

Your Highness. What's wrong?

Don't come near. I may have contracted the plague.

Don't come closer.

Yunxian.

Don't come near.

I may have contracted the plague.

What?

retired Emperor!

What are you looking at? You've seen so many patients already.

Go.

Tell Cheng Cunxia to come over.

You are fine. You do not have a fever.

Let go of her.

What are you doing. Who allowed you to leave the South Palace without permission?

And you too. As a Noble Consort, how can you leave the Palace like this?

Be careful, Your Majesty. I may have contracted the plague.

Don't speak nonsense. Where do you feel most uncomfortable?

Where is Cheng Cunxia? Come feel the Noble Consort's pulse.

Let go of her. You're hurting her.

What does that have to do with you?

Men! Escort the retired Emperor back to the South Palace.

You can't. The retired Emperor saved us all. How can you lock him up?

No. Do you all agree?

What are you doing?

Tell them to leave.

You are the Emperor now.

Move away.

Quiet! Do not surround the Emperor.

Your Highness. I will be taking your pulse.

Quiet down!

The retired Emperor cannot return. The South Palace is filled with patients.

I have come late.

If you came any later, these peasant would have harmed me.

Cheng Cunxia. Check if the Noble Consort has contracted the disease.

If she has, move her to the Imperial Medicine Bureau. If she is well, I will take her back to the Palace.

Your Majesty, the Noble Consort did not contract the disease.

However, she must be extremely careful,

because she is 2 months pregnant.

The Noble Consort is with child. What joyful news.

I have a child. I have a child!

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♫ 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 ♫