All language subtitles for 09.en

You have worries? Is His Majesty unwell?

Sometimes feeling depressed is
more worrying than physical illness.

I understand that His Majesty is
already attending to the administration.

That should be a good start.

It's just a formality.

His Majesty can't express his
views on the administration.

Take the declaration of war
against the foreigners for example.

His Majesty objected
strongly. Unfortunately

Empress Dowager insisted on going ahead.

So His Majesty has been really upset
ever since he got back to Yingtai.

Everything's difficult in the beginning.

I hope His Majesty
won't give up so easily.

Unfortunately Empress Dowager
is still biased against him.

It's almost impossible for His Majesty
to get Empress Dowager's approval.

I've had a question
I've been wanting to ask

But I'm worried you'll think
I'm nosy if I speak my mind.

Please go ahead.

I wonder why His Majesty doesn't
seem to like the Queen much.

He had wanted to make me the queen. But
the Queen is Empress Dowager's niece.

In the end Empress Dowager
nominated her the Queen.

No wonder His Majesty loathes the Queen.

Has it occurred to you that His
Majesty is biased against the Queen too?

I want to help improve
their relationship too

so The Queen will say good thing about
His Majesty in front of Empress Dowager.

Unfortunately, it's not that easy.

I have an idea.

I can't believe the
Queen can dance so well.

I know she practiced all day
so she could perform for you.

She's really so good to you.

Consort Zhen, you're good to me too.

Consort Jin, are you OK?

Your Highness, are you OK?

It really hurts.

You're really good at playing tricks.

Now the Queen has made a fool of
herself in front of His Majesty.

She even hates me now.
She thinks I'm her enemy.

You've got it wrong.

I just wanted to improve the
relationship between the three of you.

I didn't expect an accident to happen.

You knew I'm not a good dancer. You
still asked me to dance with the Queen.

Isn't that an ulterior motive?

You look so pitiful. No wonder
His Majesty's mesmerized by you.

You want to help improve my
relationship with His Majesty?

I don't need alms from you.

His Majesty wanted to be with me first.

But you stole my chance.
Otherwise how would he be with you?

Do you expect me to thank you for that?

So you're still upset by
what happened back then.

Of course I am.

His Majesty had summoned me to sleep
with him. But I suddenly got sick.

So he slept with you instead.

Looking back, maybe you
played some tricks back then

so I lost the chance to
sleep with His Majesty.

You've got me wrong. I'm innocent.

We're biological sisters.
Why would I do that?

We're biological sisters and
we share the last name Tatara.

That's why every time you cross
Empress Dowager, she gets mad at me too.

I got demoted to the status of noble
lady time and again with you. Why?

I play my role properly.

But I have to get punished with you
every time you do something wrong.

Yet when you get His
Majesty's favor, I'm neglected.

If I had known, I wouldn't have saved you

when you fell into the
well when you were a kid.

I should have let you die in the well.

Granny Wong, Granny Luk,
it's good to see you two.

I've made some poria cakes.

They have better beautifying
effects than the ones last time.

Why don't you try some?

Sure...

Yummy?

Very.

Too bad Granny Chan's dead.

She loved my poria
cakes when she was alive.

She paid so much attention
to nourishment and health.

I can't believe her life was so short.

No wonder she looked so young.

She was always secretly
taking White Phoenix pills.

Otherwise how would she
have such nice complexion?

White Phoenix pills are very
expensive. Was her pay very high?

She was well-connected in the palace.

She had her ways to get
the medicine she wanted.

Dr Kwan treated Granny Chan
every time she got sick.

He even did the autopsy for her.
This is too much of a coincidence.

My examination shows no
apparent wounds on her body.

There's no trace of toxins either.

It's very likely that she died
of an accident or a stroke.

Brother To.

Brother Yam, I have a question.

When the grannies and
maids get sick in the palace

and need to see an imperial doctor,

are they treated by a designated doctor
like the Queen and the other consorts?

Of course not. It
depends on who's on duty.

They'll be treated by the duty doctor.

Did Kwan Pak-chuen come in today?

What a coincidence! I
ran into him just now.

He said something had happened
at home. So he had to leave early.

When did he leave?

Just now. He left with Dr Fuk.

What? Kwan Pak-chuen and
Fuk Ling? This is bad.

Dr Kwan, your home is so far away.

It must be tough to travel to
work at the Imperial Hospital.

Honestly, this is my
first time coming here

What do you mean?

What do you mean?

You've been asking around about
Granny Chan. What are you up to?

Are you the guy she talked about?

She didn't keep her promise.
She told you everything.

You didn't have to kill her.

You could have paid her and asked
her to shut up. Why kill her?

She was so greedy. I didn't have
a choice. She had herself to blame.

You don't need to be so
fierce. We're friends.

What do you mean friends?

Wind blowing in garden. So cold
that butterflies won't come.

You understand, right?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Wind blowing in garden. So cold
that butterflies won't come.

You still don't get it?

Enough. We work for money.

How much do you want to keep
your mouth shut? Name me a price.

How much?

It's not that I'm afraid of you.

I just don't want to stop reselling
medicinal herbs from the Imperial Hospital

Don't be greedy like that dead woman.

Reselling the Imperial
Hospital's medicinal herbs?

You killed Granny Chan
because she knew you did that?

It seems like you won't let it go.

Hey, we can talk about
this. Put away your knife.

Kwan Pak-chuen.

I'm going to kill you.

Why are you yelling so
loudly? I'm being so gentle.

Pak-hop will find out when you go home.

And to think you said you
didn't want her to worry.

You're rubbing so hard. Are
you doing that on purpose?

If you can't endure the pain, you
shouldn't have played hero to save me.

So he played hero to save her.

I shouldn't have helped
you. You fight so well.

I should have let Kwan Pak-chuen
stab you with his knife.

You don't think I deserve my reputation?

We exposed that crook's
crime and nailed him

You get credit for this too.

Why are you so quiet?

Could you not get so close to me?

What? Are you shy? Just pretend I'm a man.

But you're a woman. How
can I pretend you're a man?

I won't think of you as a man then.

I'm a man. How can you...? I
need to pee. Where's the bathroom?

At the back... He's shy.

Ling, why did you need Dr To
to risk his life to save you?

Mom, focus on the main point.

You should ask why Dr To was willing
to risk his life to save Ling.

I saved him. He didn't save me.

You can fight so well.

It's not surprising
for you to save someone.

But Dr To is such a gentle
person. He can't fight at all.

But he was willing to risk his
life for you. He's really selfless.

Is he still fond of you,
his so-called concubine?

Aunt Chu, what do you mean so-called
concubine? Don't talk nonsense.

There's nothing between To Chung and me.

Not today, not tomorrow,
not in the future.

Don't talk nonsense or people will gossip.

You shouldn't be so sure.

You don't need to keep me company
while I wait for a rickshaw.

It's OK. You're a guest. Your
neck's hurt. You can't look around.

Actually Aunt Chu was joking
just now. You don't mind, do you?

Why would I mind? I know she's kidding.

Right. They know we're
just ordinary friends.

Ordinary friends?

Aren't we?

How are we ordinary friends?

At most we're just colleagues
at the Imperial Hospital.

Colleagues?

Here comes a rickshaw.

Thank you for the massage just now.

Of course. We're colleagues,
right? Next time you'll have to pay.

Sure.

See you.

See you. North Main Gate please.

Wai-Shan, have some sesame cakes.

Wai-Shan, you cracked a case for
the government. You should be happy.

Why do you look so down?

I'm fine.

I think you're really amazing.

You exposed the murder committed
by that imperial doctor.

I don't need to work at
the Imperial Hospital today.

I'll go sunbathing with you later.

Great.

Dr To, Mrs. To, Miss Ling has come.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Miss Ling, you came so early today?

I have to go to the palace earlier today.

So I'm here earlier to
steam your legs for you.

Now?

Yes.

Oh, I forgot that I had promised Dr Yam

I'd study some old cases with him
at the Imperial Hospital today.

I can't keep you company, Pak-hop.

You have to leave now?

Yes. I need to go now.

I'll go inside and pack my
stuff. You two carry on chatting.

Why was he in such a hurry?

Deputy, I heard this morning
that Kwan Pak-chuen was arrested

for reselling medicinal herbs
from the Imperial Hospital.

He's remanded in the Judiciary's
cell now. Is that true?

He was so stupid to kill that
granny in order to shut her up.

In the end To Chung got
suspicious. He asked for this.

Oh, no. Will he get us into trouble?

Don't worry. We just need to be careful.

Don't be reckless like
that Kwan Pak-chuen.

Then there won't be any problem.

But that To Chung's so nosy.

If we don't get rid of him now,
he'll ruin our plan sooner or later.

To Chung, do you know

you've put everyone in the Imperial
Hospital to shame by doing this?

Kwan Pak-chuen killed Granny Chan
because of their personal conflicts.

He resold medicine from
the Imperial Hospital.

That's our internal affair.

You should report this to
the Imperial Hospital first

so that we could figure
out a solution internally.

You shouldn't expose
this and make us look bad.

Don't you understand?

Now the government knows about this.

The Imperial Hospital's
reputation is tainted.

You handled this matter recklessly.

Forgive me for being dumb.

Kwan Pak-chuen resold the
Imperial Hospital's medicine.

He killed Granny Chan to shut her up.

He's the one who put the
Imperial Hospital to shame.

I just discharged my duty
and nailed the culprit.

Commissioner, what have I done wrong?

To Chung, you're not remorseful at all.

You're even talking back to the
Commissioner? You're so arrogant.

Why is everyone here?

Princess Wojia.

At ease. What was going just now?

Did Dr To do something wrong so he
was being lectured by the Commissioner?

No, I was just trying to clarify
some minor problems with Dr To.

Why are you here, Princess Wojia?

I came here to read you guys
Empress Dowager's verbal decree.

We're listening respectfully.

Empress Dowager says Princess
Wojia is kind and clever.

She will join the Imperial Hospital and
learn medicine from Imperial Doctor To.

Hope she will excel academically
and heal all patients.

I will comply with the order dutifully.

Dr To, from today, I am your student.

You want to study medicine.

You must first read different books.
Then you can learn clinical diagnosis.

Are you serious? There are so many books.
It'll take a long time to read them all.

You have plenty of time to read them.

I have something else to do.
You can take your time to read.

Dr To, you heard Empress
Dowager's verbal decree just now.

She said I'm clever. Let's
skip this step of reading books.

I'll just go treat patients with you.

More haste, less speed.

Medicine is about saving lives.
You need to do that step by step.

You must read all the books here.

If there's anything you don't
understand, you can ask Dr Yam. Goodbye.

There are so many words
in all the medial books.

Even reading one page is so boring.

All these books were written
painstakingly by our predecessors.

They're really invaluable.
I enjoy reading them so much.

I don't believe you've read all
the books here, Yam Sik-kang.

I have. I can even recite them.

Let me test you then.

What's Huangdi's Canon of
Internal Medicine about?

The book records

Emperor Xuanyuan's discussion with his

officials about the
way to practice medicine

It includes yin-yang,
conditions of internal organs,

channels and ways of treatment.

What's the Synopsis of
Prescriptions about then?

That's written by Zhang Zhongjing
from the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There are 25 chapters.

It lists almost 60 kinds of illnesses.

That's so simple. I could
have told you that too.

You have to talk about the specifics so I
can determine whether you're exaggerating.

OK. Please have a seat. Let
me tell you everything then.

OK.

Synopsis of Prescription mainly talks
about the techniques in internal medicine.

Its contents include Behcet
disease, yin and yang intoxication,

pulmonary disorder, gas rushing,
hernia, diabetes, jaundice...

This snuffbox is the work of Ma Shaoxuan,
the Beijing school master. It's unique.

It looks nice. Name me a
price, Dr Fuk. I'll buy it.

If you like it, Cui
Gong-gong, just take it.

Our friendship can't
be measured with money.

I've done nothing to earn this.

I'll be honest with you.

Ever since I started doing
foot massage for the consorts,

my skills have been highly recommended.

Chuen Yan Clinic's
business has improved a lot.

No wonder you're so generous
to give me this snuffbox.

So I was thinking that if I could teach

the other eunuchs in the
palace how to do foot massage,

Chuen Yan Clinic's business
will be even better.

Since Kot Kan is my sworn younger brother,

I will help you.

Thank you, Cui Gong-gong.

Cure the patient by dealing
with the cause of illness.

Yang is heaven and yin
is earth... Brother To

Brother Yam, this morning I asked you to
supervise the princess while she reads.

Why are you giving her a lecture instead?

She didn't believe I could
recite the medical textbooks.

So I'm proving it to her.

How can you be sure she's
really listening to you?

She's so focused on listening to my
lecture. She hasn't talked at all.

Her not talking may be
because of other reasons.

The princess has fallen
asleep? Am I really such a bore?

Yam Sik-kang...

Dr To, when did you come
back? I'll read the books.

I remember the last two phrases
in Empress Dowager's verbal decree.

She wanted you to excel academically
and heal all the patients.

She didn't ask you to
sleep during a lecture

I was paying attention at first.

But Yam Sik-kang was so
boring. So I fell asleep.

Since you're so clever,

I believe there are other
things you could learn.

Why learn something so boring?

But I want to study...

What's so boring? So Princess
Wojia's here? Your Highness.

At ease.

Why have you come here again?

I'm running a class later

to teach the eunuchs in the
palace how to do foot massage.

But I can't teach so many people
on my own. So I need your help.

This morning Empress Dowager
gave her verbal order.

Princess Wojia will study medicine
under me in the imperial Hospital.

I don't think I can
squeeze any time for you.

You mean you'll teach me?

You're so eager to learn.
Of course I'll teach you.

Come on. Read this book.

OK. I will work hard.

See? I really can't help you.

If you don't mind, you can
ask Brother Yam to help.

I'm sure he can give you a hand.

But I don't know how to do foot massage.

Dr Yam, you're so clever. You'll
pick it up easily. Come with me.

Dr To, we were just informed that

Officer Rong Lu's daughter
Miss Youlan is sick.

The Commissioner wants
you to go treat her now.

What's her illness?

I don't know.

If you want to know what
happened, you can come with me.

Wow.

Miss Youlan, please allow
me to check your pulse.

How is she, Dr To? Are you done?

What's the matter with Youlan?
What happened to her face?

The red dots on your face,
do they sting or itch?

Neither.

Have you eaten anything special lately?

Just the usual food. There's
nothing extraordinary.

Dr To, my daughter seldom falls sick.
What's wrong with her? Is it serious?

According to her pulse, her
condition isn't serious. But...

But what?

Princess Wojia, you stay here
to keep Miss Youlan company.

Officer Rong, let's talk outside.

Dr To, how's my daughter?
You can be candid with me.

Just now I realized that the
rash on her face is spreading.

If she doesn't get treated
now, it will get worse.

I'm afraid it'll fester.

Oh, no. What if the rash
on your face ulcerates?

How can you marry anyone then?

Now what? I don't want that to happen.

Think hard then. Have you eaten
anything different recently?

Otherwise I'm afraid even Dr
To won't be able to cure you.

I heard Prince Chun say
at Deling's birthday that

Consort Xiang's body was fragrant
because she ate petals every day.

So I tried that too.

But I got rashes all over my
face after eating the petals.

You heard Prince Chun say

one would smell nice
after eating flower petals.

So you ate them
immediately. You're naughty.

But I make tea with rose petals
too. I'm fine when I drink the tea.

Common flower petals are
innocuous to human health.

Some people use them to cook.
Some even use them for medicine.

But some people are allergic to pollen.

There are different
symptoms like coughing,

shortness of breath or breaking
out in rashes on the face.

I get it. There's pollen on the
petals. Youlan inadvertently ate it.

So she got rashes on her face. Oh, no.

If Miss Youlan has told us
everything, then that's the cause.

I'm not withholding anything.
I only ate the petals.

Don't worry. Dr To will cure you.

Very soon your face will
be really beautiful again.

Sir, we know the cause now. I'll
prescribe the appropriate medicine.

The rash will subside in a couple of days.

These past couple of nights, I
dreamt of the spirit of my baby

wandering alone in the
Northern Three Places.

Every time I tried to touch it,
our gap grew bigger and bigger.

I couldn't even touch my baby's hand.

Your Highness, the heart controls the
mind. Depression will make you fall sick.

For the sake of your health,
you shouldn't worry so much.

I've had this dream since
I moved back to Yingtai.

I can see His Majesty all the time now.

But I can't go back to
the Northern Three Places

to pay respects to my baby.

He must be so lonely in the hereafter.
That's why he appeared in my dreams.

You may not be able to leave Yingtai,

but you can tell me how to help you
since I can go anywhere in the palace

Really?

Yes.

I don't know whether
you're a boy or a girl.

But your mom told us to
come pay respects to you.

She really misses you very
much. But she can't come here.

So she told us to come.
Don't be mad at her.

Actually you could have come
alone to pay respects to the baby.

My presence is immaterial.

Consort Zhen was worried that the
spirit of her baby might fall sick too.

So she asked you to come with me
since you're an imperial doctor.

Maybe that makes her feel better.
She told you to come. I can't help it.

I don't know if you're lying.

Hey, are you really afraid to see me?

I didn't say that.

Someone's been acting funny
when he sees me lately.

He leaves in a hurry every time.
You used to talk loudly to me.

I talked loudly because...

I didn't kill you. I
played no part in that.

I'm not the culprit. Don't come after me.

That's Granny Yue.

What's going on?

I really don't understand
why you checked her pulse.

Just leave her in her deranged state.

Didn't you find it odd that
Granny Yue suddenly lost her mind?

How odd is it?

First, she said I played no
part in it. I didn't kill you.

That means she knows someone was
killed. She knows what happened.

Second, she said she wasn't the culprit.
That means she knows who the killer was.

Third, she suddenly went to the
grave of Consort Zhen's dead baby

and kowtowed to it.

She looked after Consort
Zhen after the miscarriage.

Based on the above facts,
there's only one conclusion.

You mean the crazy things Granny Yue said

could be related to
Consort Zhen's miscarriage?

Yes.

Even so, we still need to
prove that it did happen.

Of course.

I just made a bold assumption just now.
Now we need to verify that meticulously.

You killed my son. Give me back my son.

I didn't.

Talk. Who killed my son?

Don't come after me. I didn't hurt you.

Who made you do it?
Talk. Who killed my son?

Talk now.

I didn't want you to get a miscarriage.
I didn't play a part in that.

Don't come after me. I wasn't involved.

Enough. If you keep scaring
her, she'll really go insane.

Talk.

I can't. I was forced to do it...

Who killed my son? Who made you do it?

I can't tell you or
I'll die. I can't talk.

Talk.

Your worry has come true?

I'm so mad. Granny Yue
almost told us everything.

She's so chicken. She got so
scared that she passed out.

She was already so frightened.
Then you scared her further.

I'm afraid she may even die.
Let's do this one step at a time.

What shall we do next?

I'm prescribing some
tranquilizing decoction

to help her calm down and feel better.

You want her to get better? If
she gets better, she won't talk.

More haste, less speed. It
won't help to be so impatient.

I'm not impatient.

I just want to find the mastermind behind
this to see if my conjecture is correct.

It seems you have an answer already.

I'm sure the mastermind is
that bad guy Prince Duan.

If Consort Zhen had a son, her
baby would become the Crown Prince.

Prince Duan's son wouldn't
become the Big Brother.

Exactly. You think so too?

According to your theory,

it's unavoidable that if
Consort Zhen had a son,

the Queen and Consort Jin would be
given the cold shoulder immediately.

Both of them are suspicious too.

Anyway we need to ask Granny Yue
for an answer when she wakes up.

Brother To, something bad has happened.

What's the matter?

Just now the grannies from the
Northern Three Places informed us

that Granny Yue has
hanged and killed herself.

What?

Why did Granny Yue suddenly hang herself?

I'm sure that bad guy
Prince Duan killed her

in case she let out the
secret in her deranged state.

I examined her body just now.

There's a ligature mark on her
neck caused by a strip of cloth.

There's no trace of a
struggle on her limbs.

There's no evidence to
say she was murdered.

No one found out

that someone had caused Consort
Zhen's miscarriage either.

That's just a conjecture.

We can't presume it's true
without any concrete evidence.

Fine. You stay here and look
for the concrete evidence then.

I'll tell Consort Zhen
what Granny Yue said.

Let her decide if it's true.

Are you crazy? Consort Zhen
is still mourning her baby.

Now you want to tell her that
someone made her miscarry?

Do you think she can
take such a severe blow?

Anyway we must keep this to ourselves
until there's concrete evidence.

I hope you and I can
keep this secret together.

What? You want me to
keep this secret with you?

No, I mean...

I wouldn't have.

But now you've requested me to
keep this secret together with you,

So I will keep it
secret together with you.

No... I...

I can't believe you and I have
another secret together again.

There are things that
you simply can't avoid.

No... Hey...

Wai-Shan, I brought you some poria cakes.

Oh, really? When did she come?

Who?

Oh, nothing. Why are
there so many poria cakes?

Miss Ling made them.

She left them here when she helped
me steam my legs this morning.

You're reading so late.
You must be hungry.

So I brought some for you.

It's late. Why don't you go to bed now?

You too. Go to bed soon. Mind your health.

Lin-chi, help her to the bedroom.

OK.

I'll go back to the bedroom then.

You want to drown me? Go
ahead. I'm not scared at all.

It's much happier to
die with the man I love

than marry you as your concubine.

Aunt Ping, I told you that

I don't want to marry a concubine
for the sake of procreating.

If I want a concubine, I'll
only marry someone I truly love.

Don't give it to me then.
I won't beg you for it.

I didn't have you arrested because
I don't want Pak-hop to find out.

You know what you've done.

Your lips are swollen.

My life in exchange for
hers. Why are you so silly?

I didn't do it to save you.
Don't get the wrong idea.

There's nothing between To Chung and me.

Not today, not tomorrow,
not in the future.

Pak-hop, Miss Ling has massaged
your legs so many times.

Has it been helpful?

It's more or less the same.
You can't blame her for that.

I haven't been able to move my legs for
years. They won't get well so easily.

That's true. You can't push it.

But Miss Ling's really busy
working in the palace lately.

She mentioned that too.

She said the consorts in the palace

compliment her a lot
on her massage skills.

The consorts really trust her.

Several of them often summon her to
the palace to do foot massage for them.

Sometimes she's really busy.

She's really busy.

But she still squeezes time to
massage my legs. It's tough for her.

Recently there have been conflicts
between the Boxers and the foreigners.

It's getting more and more chaotic. It's
dangerous for her to walk around alone.

I think we had better ask her
not to come for the time being,

until the situation improves.

When my workload in the
palace isn't as heavy,

we can ask her to come again
to massage your legs, OK?

Sure. Why don't you tell her to
stop coming for the time being then.

OK. I'll tell her when I see her.

Your Majesty, you want to
negotiate peace with the foreigners?

We haven't recovered from our
defeat in the Sino-Japanese War yet.

How can we defeat the strongly
armed eight-nation alliance now?

The morale of our soldiers and
people now is high. We're united.

The Boxers are invulnerable too.

I have absolute confidence that
we'll defeat the foreigners.

The Boxer's invulnerability is just
some tricks of charlatans to fool people.

How can they withstand the
guns of the allied army?

Don't fool yourself and
others anymore, Prince Duan.

Even The Empress has witnessed
the Boxer's invulnerability.

They will support Qing and exterminate
the foreigners in due course.

You don't need to worry so much.

If we negotiate peace with the
allies, we can avoid much killing.

Do you want numerous soldiers and people
to get killed for your personal desire?

This isn't my idea at all.

It's Empress Dowager's decision
to declare war on the foreigners.

I'm just carrying out her order.

You just need to tell her the
truth about our military strength.

When she realizes that this is
critical, she'll withdraw her order.

Since you know this is a
critical moment for the army,

then please excuse me since I don't
have time to chat with you now.

Zaiyi, stop.

I'm not as stupid as you believe I
am. You know what you've done to me.

I hope you will agree to
negotiate peace with the allies

in consideration of Qing's interest.

Then I won't take issue
with what you did to me.

I don't follow.

If you object to declaring
war on the foreigners,

you can seek Empress
Dowager's instructions.

Take my advice.

Face reality and mind
your own business. Goodbye.