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(2 years later)

- Episode 31 -

- Episode 31 - Did you get everything?

Yes.

How about your identity tag?

Oh, my tag!

Here! Okay.

See you later.

How about some money?

Right, money!

I almost went to Jeju without a penny.

Can you give me some money?

Here.

How do you expect me to travel all the way to Jeju with only this?

You don't want to go?

This is like nothing.

You said you might be late for the boat. Aren't you going?

I'm leaving.

By the way, what are you taking with you anyway?

Clothes.

And?

Straw sandals.

And?

That's all?

Liquor ... just a little.

Why would you pack liquor for going to Jeju?!

You shouldn't take that out.

What are these?

And this?

Why are you taking them out? I need them...

You don't need these!

Give this to Jang Geum.

What's this?

Jang Geum likes dried persimmons.

But as a servant, she probably can't eat much.

You're the only one who cares for her.

If I didn't have to deliver liquor to the government office, I would follow you.

I'll leave now.

Go ahead.

What?

They'll think you're going to war or something.

Just go now!

Okay.

What are you doing?!

I'll be back.

Go to Jeju with this?

She probably didn't know about this.

Baek-hwe, jun-jung, sang-sung,

chan-jook, jung-myung, seung-eub...

young-hyang, ye-poong, ji-chang, seung-jang.

Jang Geum! Jang Geum!

The physician lady says you can come out now.

She's so harsh. You do your best but she keeps you

in the cold cave and tells you to practice.

She's just jealous that you're doing better than her, huh?

Examine by looking at the shape and the color of his face.

Below your eyes are blue and yellowish and you can't open your eyes wide.

It looks like a headache caused by a weak stomach.

Are you feeling dizzy?

Yes.

You don't feel like talking?

Right.

Do you feel nauseated?

Yes.

Check his pulse. Please lie down.

So is that it?

Yes. It's like a rolling marble so it's for sure.

How would you treat him?

After acupuncture treatment on joong-hwan, poong-ryu, baek-hwe and tae-yang,

since his arms and legs are cold,

he needs medicine for spleen & stomach weakness,

Give him acupuncture.

Go ahead and perform acupuncture.

Start from the beginning again.

When you apply acupuncture on the face

piercing the blood vessel will make the person blind.

If the vessel on the crook of the knee is pierced

the person collapses and becomes pale.

If the lungs are pierced the qi will rise

and the person will struggle with breathing.

No one is better at finding the acupunctural points than you.

Why does she keep telling you to do this over and over again?

A martial artist would memorize these acupunctural points to harm a person

but a physician must be able to do this even in her sleep in order to save a person.

Why do you memorize the same thing everyday?

It's a mistake in the teaching process.

I know. I made the same mistake when I was learning.

Then why are you training her harsher instead of comforting her?

She can't apply acupuncture because she's become more afraid.

I know how that feels because I went through it.

The reason she can't apply acupuncture ever since

is not because of my harshness but because she can't forgive herself

for putting my life in danger by making a mistake.

She needs more time to punish herself

But...

I won't decide when it'll be over, Jang Geum will decide.

It's been too long.

She'll learn more about the value of human life as more time passes.

But during that time, her body and heart are getting hurt.

Or you can teach her yourself.

Palace Lady Seo.

I must train, please go away.

It was only a mistake. People make mistakes.

Of all the mistakes,

only mistakes made by a physician take away the life of a person.

If she hadn't rushed the prescription,

she could've died.

That was the difference between making food and medicine.

I was arrogant.

Thinking of taking revenge,

and choosing medicine as the means to go back to the palace.

That was my arrogance.

Sir Jung's words are right.

But I still don't want to give up either one of the two.

I can't let go.

I want to do both.

Physician lady's likely making me meditate so I can clear my mind...

Physician lady's likely making me meditate so I can clear my mind...

but thoughts of taking revenge for Court Lady Han fills my mind.

I can't clear it.

The more I think about it, the more I can't apply acupuncture.

I used to think I could accomplish anything as long as I had the will

and I didn't give up.

I realized that there's something I can't do for the first time.

But I'm going to do it.

I'm going to do it.

So please leave.

We have to offer 300 horses as the offering to His Majesty.

Yes, I know.

But the offering ship keeps on being raided by Japanese pirates.

I think you'll have to guard it with soldiers until it arrives at Jeolla.

Yes, I understand. But would it be okay to take the soldiers from here?

There are commanders here and soldiers protecting the border.

And we can recruit civilians as soldiers, so it'll be alright. Go.

But what if Japanese pirates attack?

It'll only be for a short time and I'm sure nothing will happen. Don't worry.

And take Jang Duk with you this time.

Why the physician lady?

I read the report that there are sick soldiers at Woo Island.

They are asking us to send the physician lady ofJeju, so take her with you.

Yes, sir.

While some of the main soldiers of Jeju are gone,

make sure the remaining soldiers do not neglect the job of border protection.

Yes, sir. Don't worry

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

That's good.

Yes, you can take care of all patients while the physician lady is gone.

She always trains you but doesn't give you the chance to practice acupuncture.

So how can you be a proper physician even if you keep training?

What did you do with patients who came while she was gone before?

We sent them back or

civilian physician Park came occasionally to see the patients from time to time.

Then please bring physician Park.

Why physician Park? What a fool! This is your opportunity.

That's right! You should accomplish things while she's gone...

so you can become a well-known physician.

Are you afraid she might scold you? Don't you worry about it!

Move over! Move over! Move!

Jang Geum! Hurry!

What's wrong?

It's an emergency patient. Emergency.

Ahjussi!

You know him?

Yes. Ahjussi! Ahjussi!

Ahjussi, do you recognize me?

Jang Geum, Jang Geum...

Ahjussi... What happened to him?

What happened? Though I've been ferrying for many years,

I've never seen a person who had been seasick this bad.

He started to feel nauseated as soon as he got on the boat.

He kept demanding to be let off and later he even tried to jump off.

So he didn't eat anything during the trip, right?

Of course not! He couldn't keep anything down. I thought he was going to die in the boat.

Ahjussi, I'll fix this for you so don't worry.

I'm sure I can do it for you, so don't worry.

What are you hesitating for?

This isn't a dangerous spot.

No. He hasn't been eating for days, so he could have side effects...

or he could feel very weak and it could get worse.

What are you doing? Do it quickly!

Please prepare the moxa.

Why moxa? The physician lady would usually use acupuncture as it's faster.

Please prepare the moxa...

Why? She isn't here, so it's alright.

Are you really a physician?

Hurry...

Where am I? Am I in hell?

Seeing a pretty lady here I guess I'm in heaven.

But you look so much like Jang Geum. Are you Jang Geum?

Yes, Ahjussi.

- Jang Geum?! - Yes, Ahjussi.

- Are you really Jang Geum?! - Yes

Jang Geum! Oh, Jang Geum!

- Ahjussi. - Oh, Jang Geum.

I thought I was going to die in the boat before I could see you.

Am I dead or is this Jeju?

Jang Geum!

Though it's shabby, it's good for resting.

Thank you very much.

Don't mention it.

How come a young man's room is so smelly?

What?

A person who can stand this must be insensitive

but you're hot-tempered.

What?!

Oh, he's just joking.

It's not his room but temporary room for officers' use.

He's letting you use it because he has to guard the shore today.

Really? Thank you.

Jang Geum...

So how have you been?

I've been fine... how have you been?

You've lost so much weight.

I've been doing fine, too. How about your wife?

She's always doing fine.

By the way, you had a younger sibling but he died not too long ago.

Really?

I'm really sorry to hear that.

How did it happen?

I was so distressed to hear what happened to you and Court Lady Han.

I took all those sulfur ducks and ate them for over three months!

And then suddenly...

she got pregnant!

And?

But last May, he caught the pandemic influenza...

My Yee Do!

Ahjussi, don't be so sad.

It was heaven's will so what could you have done?

And besides, she could become pregnant again, right?

It's all useless.

I used to hope so when I lost Il Do,

but we'll need luck to have such a thing happen again at this age.

I don't even wish for it anymore.

We don't even think about it anymore.

Is there anything else you are curious about?

How about... the palace?

And Yeon Saeng?

I don't know.

Why not? Why don't you know?

After this happened to you,

Court Lady Choi became the Head Court Lady and she pushed me out of my position as a royal chef.

We couldn't even provide the palace with liquor anymore.

What?

But even so, how could she do that to you?

I don't think Palace Maiden Yeon Saeng or Court Lady Min have been doing well, either.

I don't think Palace Maiden Yeon Saeng or Court Lady Min have been doing well, either.

Where are you going at this time?

Is it so wrong,

to want to be physician...

in order to avenge you, Court Lady Han?

Do you really want me to stop here?

Huh, Madam? Huh?

The Japanese!

What?!

The Japanese invaded the government office and they'll be here soon...

How come the signal-fire didn't go up?!

Since the high officer took some soldiers, we had very few solders remaining.

That's when we got the surprised attack!

Then...

You must flee.

But...

Flee for now.

People are fleeing to the mountain

after seeing the signal-fire that went up later.

Go there and plan things for the future.

Man... Gosh...

What the...

Search all the places thoroughly!

And go catch them!

Let's go!

Did you secure Jung-Ui and Dae-Jung regions?

Yes.

Is this everyone you've captured?

Yes. Someone lit the signal-fire...

and everyone fled to the mountains.

We only captured those who couldn't.

How about the horses and goods?

They're being carried to the pasture.

Free a few servants from the government office to serve us,

and imprison the soldiers

and everyone else.

Yes, sir!

Imprison them!

I'm not a soldier. I'm a civilian.

I don't know anything. I'm just a civilian!

"Hurry" is "desuyo,"

and "slow down" is "hayaku."

Did you find a physician?

Civilians fled to the mountain,

so we couldn't find a physician.

We changed our course to Jeju because our chief is sick!

What do you mean you couldn't find a physician?!

We'll look for him again. But if we can't find him...

It's not like we can attack the mountain again.

Just find him! No matter what!

Yes, sir!

Chief!

So did you find a physician?

No.

Damn! Something can happen to him,

if he goes to Daema Island in his condition!

Sir! Sir!

What is it?

There's a pharmacy among the government offices.

A pharmacy?

Doesn't that mean they had a physician here?

Yes, sir!

Who is a physician here?

We saw the pharmacy in there.

If there's a pharmacy there ought to be a physician.

Who is the physician here?

There's a very good physician lady

but she went out to Woo Island...

and she isn't here right now.

What? She isn't here now?!

I know you're lying to me because you don't want to heal us!

Who is it? Tell us right now!

Beat them so they talk!

Take one person at a time and start whipping them!

There's someone here...

Who is it? Who just talked?

It's me.

She even healed me when I was dying.

Who is it?

It's Jang Geum!

Yes, that's right. Though she isn't as good as the physician lady...

she is clearly very good.

That's right!

Jang Geum, stand up and show yourself.

Who is Jang Geum? Come over here.

Are you the one?

Come inside.

I'm a physician but I'm not someone who can heal people yet.

They say you're very good so what are you talking about?!

Drag her inside right now!

Yes.

Oh no...

Hurry and examine him.

Check him right now!

What is it?

I said, what is it?!

It's Hayoo pulse. (a light, intermittent flow of blood)

Hayoo pulse?

What is that?

It's an intermittent flow which feels like shrimp playing

on the surface of water and disappearing repeatedly.

So what illness does he have anyway?!

It's a bowel disease similar to acute appendicitis.

Acupuncture must be applied at certain points right now.

Or else he could die in 7 days.

So,

are you saying you can heal him or not?!

I can't heal him.

Like I told you, I'm still training.

and I can't practice acupuncture yet.

But he must receive acupuncture treatment.

If I do it, he can get much worse.

She says she has never practiced acupuncture before.

Is that right?

That's right. She has never practiced it on a patient.

But the physician lady said she's better than herself at diagnosis

and she's been training for a long time already.

She can even point out the acupunctural points in her sleep.

The physician lady said it's hard to accurately point them out

and the acupuncture itself isn't that difficult.

Then you're trying to escape because you don't want to heal him, huh?!

Oh, no, I can't practice acupuncture.

Shut up! Do it right now!

I've never done it before.

It doesn't matter if you've never done it before.

There aren't any other physicians here and there's a first time for everything.

Our chief can be your first patient.

Go and do it.

I can't do it.

Do you want to die?

Fine.

If you keep this up,

I'm going to kill people here one at a time.

Jang Geum! Why are you saying you can't do acupuncture?

Tell him you're good and just puncture anywhere!

Patriotism is not important when people here could be killed!

Okay, we can kill that guy first.

Drag him out!

Yes, sir.

Please...

Jang Geum... I must live...

I have work to do at home!

I must live, Jang Geum.

What good is patriotism?

You think someone will give you a reward for not treating the enemy?

This won't do.

Kill him!

Yes, sir!

I'll do it!

I'll do the acupuncture treatment.

Good. Bring her in.

Yes, sir!

Concentrate on your fingertips

and find the acupunctural points

Recite in your mind all the places

you shouldn't be piercing...

shin-jung, nyu-ho, shin-hwe...

ok-chim...

sung-moon...

Now transfer your concentration to the needle.

You must make sure you don't pierce anywhere else...

but the place you've spotted and think what organs are...

underneath the points... the depth... Ow!

I can't...

I can't do this.

So will you do it once we kill someone?!

Concentrate on your fingertips...

and find the acupunctural points.

Recite in your mind all the places you shouldn't be piercing...

Now transfer your concentration to the needle

Think what organs are... underneath the points... the depth...

Think of the depth and let the needle and the fingertip be one.

Receive the energy from the needle and be one with the needle.

Is it over?

Yes.

I have to prepare medicine...

so send the servants from the pharmacy...

and get them to buy the ingredients.

Okay.

Hey!

Thank you, Jang Geum.

Oh, no, Ahjussi.

If it weren't for you...

if your life was not on the line I couldn't have done it.

What do you mean?

The chief woke up. He woke up!

The servant brought the ingredients.

Bring them in.

Yes, sir!

How long will it take?

Well...

I need to treat him for at least 10 days.

No way! We must leave tomorrow.

If so, he could get worse.

You will go with us.

What?

You'll go with us.

You can continue to treat him on the ship.

What now?

What's this letter in the package?

High military officer who had left for Woo Island must've seen the signal-fire on the Halla mountain.

So he returned with his soldiers secretly.

But he's not attacking the enemies for some reason.

It must not be time yet.

It makes me glad that you were able to perform acupuncture,

even though we're in a bad situation.

If I know their situation,

it will help me in strategizing. So please write me back.

Use the ingredients as an excuse for the servants go in and out.

Since they'll be leaving tomorrow, I'll have to go out tomorrow somehow.

How?

This isn't it! How can you not recognize the correct ingredient and bring the wrong things?!

What's wrong?

Did you get the horses and goods?

Yes!

And the rest?

The civilians are still imprisoned and we're only taking the soldiers.

I'm not a soldier, though...

I don't know how to speak their language.

Come on.

Wait, we can't go now.

There's something we must take.

What is it?

It's rhubarb root but the pharmacy didn't have it.

So what are you going to do?

There's a field nearby, so it won't take long.

No! She can easily find them in Daema Island, too!

Then do whatever you want.

Though effects will be much worse, but we'll just have to use what we have.

Okay. Are you sure it's nearby?

Yes, it's something we've been growing ourselves.

Okay!

Is this it?

Yes. If everyone helps, we'll save time.

The root shouldn't be damaged.

All right.

Go in! Pull them out without damaging the root!

Yes, sir!

Come, follow me!

Why you were defeated so easily?!

I don't know. It happened so quickly.

How about the governor?

I heard about you just about when

I was about to launch an attack.

Whether it was you or me, this is good.

I'm thinking of reporting your achievement.

Sir!

How long has it been?

I know... if I'd known you were here in Jeju,

I would've come here more often

with the excuse of delivering you liquor.

Probably so. You would have done that.

You should've seen it.

You mean Palace Lady Seo?

Oh no, I'm talking about me!

They pulled out their swords

and they asked for the physician.

If not, they would kill people one at a time.

They said, "Sodekara, warekara..."

And I came forward

and told them, "Here's a great physician Jang Geum!"

If I hadn't done that, we would've been in great trouble.

But Jang Geum said, "I can't practice acupuncture."

So I said, in that case, "I'll put my life on the line!"

If I hadn't done that

everyone would've died!

Sir, you know what kind of girl Jang Geum is, huh?

When she says no, it's 'no' till the end.

That's right.

But I'm the only one who can break her will. How?

It was my life on the line...

so how could she just sit and watch?

Right, Jang Geum?

Of course, Ahjussi. Thank you very much.

If it weren't for you, I couldn't have found such courage.

But why did you keep on hesitating when people's lives were on the line?

You shouldn't play hard to get in those times.

I thought I was going to die.

You've stepped forward after all.

Yes.

Actually, when I heard you'd successfully done it,

I thought of something that I hadn't realized.

One part of me

wanted you to...

not being able to practice acupuncture

and wanted you to stay where you were.

As you step forward one step at a time,

I wonder if your pain and life is becoming more difficult...

Just... you and me here...

I'm bad, aren't I?

I just happened to think such thoughts,

when I saw you going through hardships. Just a thought.

As I know you'll keep going

no matter how difficult the path is.

Because on that path,

I can't be of any help to you.

But you always see me...

You see my skills as my skills...

my will as my will...

understanding me as a woman...

and as a human being...

you always understand me for who I am.

When I was a palace lady,

the way of a palace lady came before the way of a human being.

Now, the way of a servant comes before the way of a human being.

But no matter what I am,

you only see me for who I am.

So I'm happy.

I feel sorry and sorry again.

Happy and happy again.

It doesn't hurt at all.

Now that I've received the acupuncture treatment, I won't be seasick again, right?

Right.

I have to go,

but when I think about getting aboard again,

I feel like I have to stay in Jeju.

You'll be fine, so don't worry.

Okay, I trust you.

So did you finish touring through Jeju Island?

Of course. Though it's part of the same Joseon land, it's so different here.

There are many new trees,

and I've eaten so many tangerines.

Ahjussi, you could get in big trouble if you just pick and eat them.

People already have a hard time collecting enough of the offerings to the King.

People already have a hard time collecting enough of the offerings to the King.

Really? Then let's keep it a secret.

Okay.

Sir, will you be on a different ship?

It's the same ship. It'll stop by Jeolla on the way to Hanyang.

Then it won't be boring.

Are you going there because of the last invasion?

Yes, to report it to the governor.

We'll have to get going now.

It's almost time to get on board.

Sure.

Jang Geum, I'm relieved to know you'll be with him.

Well,

be well.

Sure. Come back again.

Next time I come, I'll come with my wife.

Yes, you must come back.

Okay. Bye.

Be careful.

I'll teach you treatments using insect poison from today.

I thought only you knew that and you don't teach anyone else about it.

I didn't teach it because there was no one I could trust.

Medicine itself becomes poison if it is taught to just anyone.

You know I don't repeat myself, eh?

Listen carefully.

The snake's natural enemy is the centipede,

and the centipede's is the slug.

So you use slugs as an antidote for centipede's poison.

A physician has no time to be disgusted!

You should be busy finding a way to use them in treatment.

Horseflies and leeches suck on human blood

but nothing works better in preventing the coagulation of blood.

Toad secretion is good for boils.

Call servant Jang Geum right now!

This is a command to send Jang Geum to the Royal Judiciary Office in custody!

What? Why?

Saving the invaders' chief's life is clearly an act benefiting the enemy!

There will be an investigation.

What?

- Bring the criminal in custody! - Yes, sir!

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