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Dear Herbal Lord Season 1

Episode 4

Who?

Jing Yiran?

Yes, my lord.

I swear it was him.

He was in mourning

with a wreath in his arms,

saying that Qingyun was dead?

That's what I heard.

Master!

Master.

My condolences, Master.

Master.

Shut up.

You came to play this nasty prank on me?

Master,

you haven't heard of it yet?

Master, please be strong.

I beg you not to go to extremes

after learning of Qingyun's death.

Shut up.

Wretched disciple,

where did you get that false rumor?

My daughter is alive and well.

I'll show you.

Father,

the congee today is so good.

Qingyun,

you're alright?

Yiran,

why are you dressed like this?

You are alive?

Qingyun!

Let go of her, wretched disciple.

Get your dirty paws off my daughter.

Ouch.

Master.

This is odd.

Yesterday Herbal Lord said…

Herbal Lord?

You've been serving Herbal Lord long enough

to forget your master, huh?

Get out.

Go and copy out the medical book.

Please forgive me, Master.

Master.

Go.

I shall get to the root of the problem

and reform my school starting today.

Get out.

What are you doing here?

Where's Herbal Lord?

How dare you mention him?

It's all your fault.

Herbal Lord found out about it.

You've become bold.

You dare yell at me now.

No, no.

Your Ladyship, please calm down.

I came here to discuss the matter with you.

Alright.

What happened?

Do you remember how you rushed out

in pursuit of Herbal Lord yesterday?

Yeah, I guess so.

But that wasn't my fault.

Herbal Lord was right in front of me,

with his handsome figure

and gentlemanly elegance.

I simply couldn't control myself.

Right.

But

once you lose control of yourself,

it'll be harder for me to keep you in line.

When that happens,

things will get out of control, right?

How could it be?

Right.

You're a spiritual being now.

Our body will suffer if you pop up suddenly.

It will fall into a coma

without breath or pulse

once you fail to control it.

If someone

should discover us

and bury us efficiently,

it would take us ages to grow up.

No.

We'd be gone, right?

You're right.

But Herbal Lord was just in front of me

with his handsome figure

and gentlemanly elegance.

Your Ladyship,

please listen to me.

Let's make a deal.

If you

stay here quietly,

I'll help you

woo Herbal Lord.

If I succeed,

you can hug him all you like every day.

OK?

Alright. Alright.

I'll manage to accept your terms

for the future happiness

of me and Herbal Lord.

Your Ladyship

is such a sensible spiritual being.

I'll carry out your romantic mission for you

as long as you don't pop up abruptly.

What do you say?

That's more like it.

Wait a second.

Do you mean

Herbal Lord found me not breathing anymore

and held me in his arms,

calling me softly,

"Qingyun. Qingyun."

But I was as motionless as a statue?

No, no.

Go to Qinghe Residence to explain the matter immediately,

or my efforts

would be in vain.

I…

But I…

Hurry.

Master,

I'm really sorry.

Could you please let me go home?

Which chapter are you copying now?

Continue.

Master,

please listen to me.

Herbal Lord expended too much internal energy last night.

He is weak

and needs my attention.

He expended too much internal energy?

Why would he need to expend any internal energy

when our land is peaceful and prosperous?

He did it to save Qing…

Qing?

The stray cats in Qinghe Residence.

Jing Yiran,

are you asking for a good beating?

How dare you fool your master?

My good master,

it was for Herbal Lord.

Which of us do you find more important, me or him?

One day as a teacher, a life as a…

Go on.

Copy the book out.

Yiran.

It's Qingyun's fault.

I'm not to blame.

Indigowoad Herb,

Herbal Lord is ill.

Go and take care of him.

A man is most vulnerable when in sickness.

If you go look after him,

he may fall in love with you.

The side door is on the left,

silly Indigowoad Herb.

He'll exude herbal essence when he's ill.

No. No.

I've got to protect my herbal essence.

Herbal Lord,

I'm coming.

You want to go in there?

You want to go in there, too?

But the guards at the gate won't allow us in.

Because of Chu Zhimo?

He got injured,

so I wanted to gather some herbal essence

and give him some medicine.

Does he deserve your attention?

Yes.

He's great.

You really want to go in there?

I'll help you.

You've got a plan?

Who is it?

Your Lordship,

an assassin has intruded into our mansion.

So soon?

Does Your Lordship need more guards here?

No.

Send more men to guard the study in the annex.

Yes, Your Lordship.

Qinghe Residence is so huge.

Where is Herbal Lord' room?

Why can't I find it?

Come on.

It's been hours.

I've had a nap,

and you're still looking for Herbal Lord?

Are you dilly-dallying again?

Hurry.

OK. I'm on it.

Why are you acting like a sniffer dog?

Don't disgrace me, OK?

Protect our image.

What a fragrance!

This must be it.

The herbal essence here is so strong.

It smells so good.

It smells so good.

What a pervert.

Someone is coming.

Someone is coming?

What am I going to do?

Go hide yourself.

Where could I hide myself?

The screen. The screen.

Hide yourself behind the screen.

OK.

Your Lordship,

the guards reported

that they couldn't find the assassin.

He must have left the mansion.

Is everything going well?

Things happened just as we'd expected.

I'm glad that he escaped.

Or I'd have got him into trouble again.

You can go now.

Yes, Your Lordship.

Jiang…

Your Lordship.

Your Lordship.

We belong to different worlds now.

You should forget about me.

What is Your Lordship talking about?

Miss Jiang, I'll help you out

if you have some unfulfilled wish.

What?

He knows that I'm Indigowoad Herb?

Then you should marry me.

Could she be unaware of her…

Your Lordship.

Stay where you are, Miss Jiang.

I'll take care of your funeral,

but marrying you is out of the question.

My funeral?

Silly Indigowoad Herb,

he thinks you're dead.

He saw how you were

not breathing anymore yesterday.

Listen.

What happened yesterday was a misunderstanding.

I'm alive actually.

Good grief.

Stop staring at each other.

Just ask him to feel you pulse.

You don't believe me?

Just feel my pulse. It's still there.

Feel it.

Come on. Fee it.

Your Lordship,

are you afraid of me?

Nonsense.

Then try it.

I'm telling you the truth.

Feel it.

This is a good opportunity.

Go for it.

What a handsome figure

and gentlemanly elegance.

If you don't take action,

then I'm…

I'm coming.

Stop. Leave it to me.

Drat.

My master was so ruthless with me.

I'm his only disciple,

so how could he be so ruthless with me?

Chu Zhimo.

Darn it, Chu Zhimo.

Your false military information

almost got me killed by my master.

You're going to explain it to me today.

Chu Zhimo,

just you wait.

Your Lordship.

Let go.

Don't move, Your Lordship.

Let go of me.

Well, well.

While I was getting a beating and a scolding from my master

and was made to copy books,

you two have been snogging here

so scandalously.

How could you do this to me?

It's not what you think.

Take her away

and I'll explain it to you.

No way.

You take her away.

I'll do no such thing.

I've finally escaped the clutches of my master.

I'm not going back, either.

Your Lordship is seriously ill.

I came to look after you.

Your Lordship,

I've figured it out.

Let go of me.

Speak.

I've figured out

what the assassin stole

is the herb transport map of Herbal Lord Valley in the annex study.

In this case,

issue my order

that the person is wanted in the city.

Yes, Your Lordship.

Wait.

There must be some misunderstanding.

He's no thief.

Qingyun,

you know that assassin?

No,

I don't.

Did you bring the assassin here?

No, I didn't. He brought me here.

Nobody brought anybody here.

Anyway, I don't know that…

That assassin.

But the missing of the herb transport map

is a serious matter.

We must take it seriously.

Maybe you're mistaken.

Perhaps you lost it.

Perhaps it wasn't stolen

by the assassin this afternoon.

Does Your Lordship agree with me?

Jing Yiran.

See her out.

You're not giving her a lecture?

If you don't see her out,

I'll ask the guards to throw her out.

Your Lordship.

Why is he so capricious?

Who asked you to speak up for the assassin?

That Xiao…

Maybe that assassin isn't a villain.

I don't know if he's a villain,

but if I return to your mansion,

your father will make life miserable for me.

Life has been so cruel to me.

Good grief.

Son,

you did an excellent job.

With this herb transport map,

we'll have nothing to worry about.

Father,

please don't ask me to do this sort of thing again.

OK. You have my word.

With this map in hand,

we're prepared for action now.

What's the matter, Father?

What?

I can't believe it, Father.

I found it

in a secret nook

in the most heavily guarded room.

How could it be a forgery

if it was so heavily guarded?

Chu Zhimo.

It must have been Chu Zhimo's idea.

No wonder we got hold of this map so easily.

Someone wanted to play a trick

and lure us into a trap, it seems.

This means Chu Zhimo is suspicious

of what we did in Herbal Lord Valley.

We'll be in serious trouble

if he takes advantage of this situation.

Father,

can't we pull back from our plan?

We've made a fortune over the years.

Shut up.

You've been busy running after that girl of the Jiang family;

have you helped me for once?

How could you ask me to pull back

when we're at daggers

drawn with Chu Zhimo?

Father.

Shut up.

Yes, Father.

Lord Xiao.

Who is it?

Lord Xiao,

our enemy played a deceptive trick;

why don't we use a cat's paw to get rid of him?

But there's nothing we could do

at this critical moment.

Don't be so modest, Lord Xiao.

I'm just a messenger.

Everything is in order,

and Your Lordship

only needs to wait and see.

Brother Peach,

what are you doing here?

Sister Woad,

you're finally back.

This could be the last you see of me.

My father wanted to have you felled?

Don't worry.

I'll talk to my father.

No.

It's…

She's really transformed herself into a girl?

Do you know how long

I've been waiting for you?

Long time no see.

Lyuluo.

Good girl.

It's time to go to bed.

Your Ladyship,

before leaving for the City Governor's mansion,

His Lordship had bid me

to keep you company all the time.

Yes, yes.

This time I'll be good

and stay in my room.

Lyuluo,

why don't you go back for a rest?

No.

I must keep you company

and watch you go to asleep.

Lyuluo, my dearest Lyuluo.

I promise I won't slip out.

Go to sleep.

How could I fall asleep

with you staying by my side?

Well,

I'll get you a box of rouge

next time I go to the market,

OK?

Three boxes.

Rose, plum and peach.

Each rouge in a different shade. I'll keep my promise.

I'll be staying next door.

Let me know if Your Ladyship needs me.

No problem.

You guys should have told me

that you've moved out together.

That was mean.

I went to so much trouble to come to Herbal Lord Valley alone.

You didn't line the street to welcome me,

and worse still, you were all gone.

You'd lived there for millennia.

Why did you move on a whim?

You should have sent me a message at least.

Have some more.

OK.

You're ignoring me, huh?

You have guts.

Here. Take this.

You're ignoring me, huh?

I've got here a bottle

of the Snow Mountain Nectar Grandpa Tree Fairy gave me.

Sister Woad,

your human form is so beautiful,

almost as gorgeous as mine.

Yeah.

Your skin is as white as snow

and your dark hair is as smooth as silk.

You're the envy of us five-thousand-year-olds.

Yeah.

We've missed you so much.

We came for you

as soon as we left Herbal Lord Valley.

What did you make me drink?

I didn't make you drink it.

You grabbed it.

It's the finest chili oil,

rarer than Snow Mountain Nectar.

Woe is me.

I haven't had any fine spring for days.

Look how my skin has suffered.

Herbal Lord Valley is a nice place.

Who asked you to move away?

We had no choice.

We were forced to move away.

Who'd do that to you?

My silly little Indigowoad Herb.

Herbal Lord Valley is a place where herbs grow.

But for reasons unknown,

not only has the herbal essence got thinner lately,

loads of toxic weeds have also sprung up.

Many herbs were withered.

We couldn't continue our cultivation.

I see.

So what I saw that day was indeed toxic weeds.

But we didn't suffer much.

Our neighbors who hadn't attained

the human form yet

lost all their cultivation

and almost lost their spiritual sense.

But for Old Tree Fairy's protection,

they'd have lost their spirit.

Didn't Grandpa Tree Fairy

leave the place with you?

Old Tree Fairy said he had to take care of those little fairies.

For if he should leave with us,

they'd be doomed.

But if this continues, Old Tree Fairy

will get weaker and weaker.

What shall we do?

What can I do to help?

You should…

That's why we came to you.

It's so hot.

Saffron, give me a leave to chew.

Go away. Stay away from me.

My hair is a mess.

No.

Sister Woad,

how did you become

the young lady of the Jiang family?

Brat.

My hairdo.

Sister Saffron, where are you going?

Leave her alone.

She must have gone somewhere to fix her hair.

Listen to me.

The Jiang family has been practicing medicine for generations.

And their mansion is filled with herbal essence.

It's no match for Herbal Lord Valley, of course,

but it's not too bad.

I declare

we should stay here for a couple of days.

No way.

It's settled.

Excellent.

Let's go.

Alright.

By you mustn't get me into trouble.

Wait.

There must be some misunderstanding.

He's no thief.

Perhaps you lost

that map.

You can't find it now,

but it doesn't prove that it was stolen by the assassin in the afternoon.

Does Your Lordship agree with me?

What nonsense.

Why do you always side with him?

What's the matter?

What are you muttering about?

Why did you barge in without knocking?

Huh?

I did knock, but you ignored me.

Had I waited a little longer,

my hands would have got burned.

Look at my hand.

I was made to copy a medical book for a whole day,

while my real job is to give acupuncture treatments.

My poor hand.

The onset is drawing near.

Yeah.

You suffer an attack of this illness once a month

like clockwork.

We'll stick with the old rules.

When the moon begins to wane,

you should stay indoors

without regulating your internal energy.

Be extremely careful.

I want to have peace of mind.

But Qingyun won't leave me in peace.

That's because she loves you.

Wait a moment.

Now you reminded me of something.

How could you deny it

when I caught you in each other's arms?

Stop. Leave it to me.

My dear Herbal Lord,

did you two do something

unspeakable…

What utter…

Utter nonsense…

Don't be rude.

It's alright.

After all, you keep sneezing

when meeting with young ladies,

and my master's daughter

is the only exception.

You're a perfect match for each other

physiologically speaking.

Come in.

Your Lordship,

the City Governor has just

sent for you.

No, no, no.

Not in a few days.

His Lordship

is having an onset.

That's what I told the messenger.

But he said…

Out with it.

The City Governor was mysteriously poisoned and is in critical condition.

What?