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- Episode 36 -

What now, Jang Geum?

We'll be going to the civilian office because of that Sir Jo.

Shin-Bi...

What?

Wasn't it a little strange when you checked Her Majesty's pulse?

Was it? Actually, I did feel...

but I wasn't sure... and I don't even know what could be wrong.

Because the diagnosis that Female Physician Yeol Yi gave and

the Her Majesty's symptoms didn't match up it's been continuously bothering me.

But Female Physician Yeol Yi seems to be the most outstanding of the female physician.

And the physicians trust her, too

I know that too but

still it's a little strange.

Then are you saying that my diagnosis could be wrong?

No, it's not that.

Her Majesty feels pain in the lower abdomen, doesn't she?

Also her face color is black and blue and isn't clear, right?

You saw the shape and color of her tongue.

Yes, it was black and blue.

That's right. It's for the same reason.

If the person suffers great stress after a miscarriage

and so there are cases that extravasated blood will clump and clot.

And sometimes even the gall bladder can become clotted by extravasated blood.

But with Her Majesty, that isn't the case.

You may have noticed it already

but her pulse felt like a log floating down a stream.

But if you had palpated it properly,

it's subtle but there will have been the feeling of the pulse disconnecting at times.

That's not Bu pulse, but Kyu pulse, typical when there is bleeding.

But if you were even more careful you would have felt another type of pulse.

It's Nuyh pulse. Even when you think it's subsiding, it has strength

and there is no change as it pulsates. That shows...

When the person had a miscarriage or bleeding uterus.

Right.

So is it still strange?

I'm sorry. We're just...

The pulse can be interpreted differently according to

the person taking the pulse as well as the patient.

So those kinds of misunderstandings can occur.

That's why one must be even more careful, and prudent.

Anyhow, it's good to see you new ones who have just come in

acting so diligently.

Don't be afraid to speak to me if you think differently.

and tell me at any time.

I don't always think that my diagnosis is right all the time.

Whew... I thought we were going to be scolded.

Why?

No matter how I think of it it still seems strange.

Then you should have told her.

She told us to tell her without being afraid.

But I'm not sure about it myself.

About what?

What is it?

Never mind.

No matter how I think of it, that doesn't make sense.

What do you all think?

The bad blood has remained after the miscarriage and the cold wind seemed

to have gotten in through the empty spots at Po flow to clog the blood.

Then are you saying it's a morning sickness due to extravasated blood?

Yes, at first it was simply stress-related but it grew worse and became a morning sickness.

How is her pulse?

It felt like Kyu pulse but I also found Nuyh pulse.

What's your opinion, royal female physician?

Her lower stomach is stiff and seeing as she dislikes the pressing down of it,

so it seems to be extravasation as Yeol Yi felt in the pulse.

Female Physician of Royal Pharmacy?

Pain in the morning is common after miscarriage and

because of the shock, she's probably showing many symptoms from complications.

How are we going to treat her?

I'm thinking of preparing medicines for postpartum symptoms.

Do as you say.

Feel the spots between the vessels.

Yes.

Go ahead with acupuncture.

Yes.

Cauterize her with moxa.

Yes.

Confirm again that there wasn't laxness on your part for even a moment.

Yes.

What's wrong?

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

What's going on?

Didn't you clearly say that it was morning pain?

How about the acupuncture?

Did you do the acupuncture right?

Yes, I told her the right spots.

I did it on the right spots.

There was no mistake.

Then what could it be?

If the prescription was right

it means there's something wrong with the diagnosis.

How come you aren't saying anything?

Yeol Yi is the better than anyone else for diagnosing patients.

Then how could this happen?

How am I going to tell this to His Majesty? How!

Isn't the Great Minister of the Right also in charge of the Royal Pharmacy?

Your servant is embarrassed, Your Majesty.

So what have you been doing while the Queen has gotten into that condition?

This is a regrettable situation, Your Majesty.

Besides, she must not be feeling well after losing a child.

Take care of it quickly!

Yes, Your Majesty.

Why isn't the Food Inspector here?

The food can't be the problem right now.

But shouldn't we be preparing the table for His Majesty?

The Royal Pharmacy is in no condition for such thing.

You do it by yourself for now.

Yes, Madam.

His Majesty has been worrying about the health of the aging Queen Dowager,

and now that the Queen...

I know.

Head Court Lady, make sure court ladies don't cause any trouble,

and the Head Court Lady of the Royal Kitchen should make frequent trips

to the Royal Pharmacy to prepare the table for His and Her Majesties.

Yes.

What are you doing?

Why? I can't look around? Do you own this place?

You come here.

I don't know why there are so many patients wherever I go.

You don't have to lie to me like that.

Lie??

Her Majesty, the Queen, has gotten sicker while being treated

and the whole royal pharmacy has been turned upside down!

What?

They won't even be looking for you now that there is so much chaos.

Things like this always happen whenever I'm not here.

I can't leave my post!

It would be better for you to not be here.

Why you little!

What are you doing?

I'm just walking around.

What is it?

Her Majesty is that sick?

Who are you anyway?

I'm specialty chef Kang.

I'm here to look for the new assistant female physician, Jang Geum.

Jang Geum?

I was sick some time ago and I asked her for a check-up

but she hasn't come back for many days.

I have no idea who Jang Guem is, but

if she is a female physician, she's probably in no condition to go home right now.

The Royal Pharmacy has turned upside down

so how can a mere assistant female physician leave the palace?

Even the Pharmacy head has been staying in the palace for several days.

It's chaos here ... continuous trials.

Give me some of those deer horns.

No way.

What are you looking for?

I'm checking if such thing has been recorded.

What is it?

It's not reasonable but I still feel it's strange.

Just what do you think you're doing?!

Who is the physician in charge of the Queen's Palace?

It is me.

Tell me. What happened?

Your Excellency, don't spare my life.

I left my post for a little and this happened.

I'll take care of this.

I'll take the responsible for this in honor of my father's name.

It's only proper that we inquire about the responsibility for the Queen's miscarriage,

but you, as physicians, are not doing anything when the Queen is in such a state?

If, by any chance, Her Majesty's recovery is delayed at all,

then I will start an inquiry and severely punish

not only the physicians and female physicians, but all those who are responsible.

Do you understand?

Yes.

Professor.

I have something to tell you.

It was different from Yeol Yi's?

Yes, but I'm not sure yet.

Do you understand what is involved here?

Yes, I do.

That's why Jang Geum hasn't been able to say anything, because she isn't sure about it either.

And I'm not free from doubts myself.

Very well.

Jang Geum, did you find it?

No, not yet.

What now?

Why?

I told the professor about it.

How could you tell him? We're not sure about it yet.

That's why I told him only.

I'm not sure what it is,

but it's clearly not caused by extravasated blood.

I heard it from Physician Shin.

Is it true that your diagnosis was different from that of Yeol Yi's?

How could you trust a new assistant?

The experienced one isn't always right,

nor is the new person always wrong when feeling the pulses.

And she shows amazing concentration when feeling pulses.

Then are you saying she's better than me and the Royal Pharmacy female physician Yeol Yi?

No, that's not what I am saying.

All I'm saying is that an experienced person may depend more on her experience.

She's more vulnerable to jump to a conclusion

and align her feeling of the pulse to that.

Sometimes, it's better not to be so experienced.

You tell us yourself just how it is different from hers.

The Queen's face was dark reddish.

I saw that, too. It's like that when there's extravasated blood.

And I saw the tongue and it was also dark and bluish.

Extravasated blood can cause that, too.

Everyone saw that as well.

And the fingernails had bluish color.

So then what is different?

Her gum was bleeding so her breath smelled bad.

Her gum was bleeding?

How come you didn't know about this?

Her gum was reddish, but...

And I felt a pregnancy pulse.

San pulse? You know how to feel San pulse? (San pulse is typically felt before the labor)

That's not an easy one to feel.

But I felt...

So let's go over what you've told us.

Her face and tongue were dark red, fingernails were bluish

and her gums were bleeding with bad breath.

She also feels extremely stuffy at the chest

and you can feel pregnancy pulse.

Yes.

I think a dead baby is still in her.

Didn't you clearly say that you saw a stillborn baby.

I clearly saw it.

Jang Geum, didn't you see it too?

You see? We're foolish to listen to an assistant like this.

Sir, the Queen has clearly given birth to a stillborn child.

But Her Majesty...

It's a twin! It must be a twin!

Yes, I think she had 2 babies.

That's right. If she had twins,

then one came out stillborn, and the other is dead in the womb.

[ Ja Sa Bok Joong: A dead unborn baby in the womb ]

Jang Geum only said what she has learned, saw and heard.

There's nothing to scold her about.

But how dare she talk in that place?

Does place matter?

As a female physician, it should be perfectly normal.

I would have done the same thing if I had confidence.

You don't need to be like that.

It's a relief that you caught something that I wasn't able to.

So are you saying you're going to follow a mere assistant female physician's words?

If it really is a twin, then...

But there's never been a twin in the Royal line.

It's also rare among peasants.

So what are you going to do?

Even so, we can't go with mere assistant female physician's words.

Even an outstanding one like Yeol Yi can have a hard time to discern pregnancy pulse.

And she's probably never felt it before.

That's why it's harder to believe the assistant female physician's words.

We'll examine her again for now.

With that assistant female physician?

We'll have both Yeol Yi and Jang Geum do it.

So we should all be together and judge ourselves.

Since we've never experienced this, we should gather everyone's opinions.

And if there really is a unborn dead fetus, then the Queen is in a dire situation.

Go ahead and do that.

There must be no mistakes.

Be careful and concentrate not to miss anything.

Yes.

First of all, exam her face.

How is she?

It's reddish.

It's closer to dark red.

See if she's feeling pain in the same spot.

Yes, she is.

Feel her abdomen.

How is it?

It's cold.

Press lightly on the fingernail and see the color of the blood.

Yes.

It takes some time for the blood to reappear.

Exam her gum, do you see her bleeding?

I can't see the bleeding, but there's pinkish red color.

Has Her Majesty's nose bled?

I haven't seen her do that.

Though I haven't seen it myself, inside of her nose is very reddish.

Did she hesitate to drink water even though she's feeling thirsty?

Yes, she did.

Do you see the dark spots on the tongue?

Look at it carefully.

I don't see it.

Check her pulse.

Close your eyes and empty your thoughts. And concentrate.

How is her pulse?

It's a strong and steady pulse (nwe pulse).

Are you sure?

Yes, the pulse is settled and it's strong.

Isn't this clearly nwe pulse?

If there's a dead fetus then she can't be feeling nwe pulse.

Jang Geum, you check her.

Yes.

Close your eyes and concentrate.

How is it?

It feels like meat rising while boiling a beef broth.

It's a floating pulse.

It feels settled, but it doesn't feel strong.

No, the pulse scatters.

Keep telling us what you're feeling at your fingertip.

When I press little harder with the fingertip,

the fingers feel full

and the pulse doesn't converge after being scattered.

The pulses feel unclear and distracted

and I feel like the pulses have no roots.

It's a pregnancy pulse for sure.

Try feeling it once more.

Yes.

How is it?

It's still the same.

Sir, if it's a pregnancy pulse, then she's in danger.

We must treat her immediately.

Sir!

Yeol Yi, check her again to see if you can feel pregnancy pulse.

How is it?

I clearly don't feel pregnancy pulse.

What are you going to do?

If Jang Geum's diagnosis is right

then the Queen's life is in danger.

But if she's wrong...

Yeol Yi has never been wrong in her diagnosis.

And no matter how talented she may be

it's very hard to discern pregnancy pulse immediately even for the experienced physician.

Though I was tough on her training to prevent her becoming rash like I used to be,

her seriousness and concentration is far better than others.

Even Yeol Yi lacks experience, but she's better than other female physicians.

This is why it's difficult to treat the female Royal Family

since I can't check them myself.

So what happened?

It was a tie, both of them sounded very convincing.

How frustrating you are.

Then what are you going to do?

The physician in charge should decide.

What are you going to do?

There was no improvement following Yeol Yi's diagnosis.

Then?

We'll use Bul-Su-San (decoction to help with labor).

Are you fully aware of the side effects?

Yes.

If something goes wrong following assistant female physician's words...

You're also aware of the consequences?

Yes.

I think it'd be right to treat her with Sil-So-San, (prescription to treat dead blood)

but if you, who are in charge, think that way, we'll have to go with your decision.

Prepare Bul-Su-San.

Sir!

What are you doing? Prepare it quickly.

Yes.

And Yeol Yi, prepare the acupuncture again.

Sir, that's not the pulse I felt.

Jang Geum should administer the acupuncture as well.

It's an acupuncture on the Queen.

Who else could do that?

I'm sorry to say this,

but how can a person unsure of diagnosis administer acupuncture with confidence?

I started acupuncture early in my work as well.

Please allow it, physician lady.

You can drop this if you aren't confident.

I will try.

If something goes wrong

I can't guarantee your safety.

I know.

Keeping calm is the most important thing in acupuncturing the Queen.

You can't acupuncture her if your mind is shaken

since she's part of the royal family.

Yes.

Spot her hap-gok meridian.

Spot her sam-eum-gyo meridian.

How could a mere assistant female physician...

She's acupuncturing, please do not break her concentration.

I could't do that.

There you go.

Really, how could you be calm in such a situation?

Even though I can't, I know you can.

Since life itself is calm for you.

Don't worry, it's must be the right treatment.

I thought we would be better off because of Yeon Saeng

but that wasn't it.

I thought we were adapting well but Jang Geum appears to give us trouble again!

I can't live like this!

Just what bad things did I do in my previous life?

I know, Madam, I think we'll have to perform some spiritual ritual to get rid of bad luck.

This girl, really!

Jang Geum!

Good thing you are here.

Why did you do that?!

What did you learn from the last time?

In the palace, you must shut your mouth, close your ears

and bury your nose in the blanket.

That's right. Why did you step out when even physicians were quiet?

It turned out that way.

It turned out that way? That's the scariest thing!

Don't let that happen!

Right. Like Court Lady Min says,

you should live so that you aren't too visible.

How can a female physician live like that?

Then, we might as well not have become female physicians.

She's a troublemaker, too.

Jang Geum brought someone just like her.

Please help her Majesty the Queen to get well soon.

She must get well so Jang Geum can live.

What is she doing?

Please help Her Majesty get well...

I pray to thee.

If something goes wrong for Jang Geum again,

then I'll never visit the pantry again.

You heard me, right, Court Lady Jung?

I mean it.

Please grant my request this time, Madam.

How is the Queen?

No improvement yet.

How about the Royal Pharmacy?

They are all feeling anxious that the treatment may have been wrong.

If that's the case, it would be striking two birds with one stone.

Jang Geum will be kicked out and the Queen...

Where do you think you are to say such a thing?!

We are by ourselves.

Even so!

Haven't you learned from Jang Geum?

No matter how much you try to get rid of her

she always comes back next spring like a weed.

You see, she was wrong.

It's been two days now and no blood has been discharged.

At that rate, only the Queen could suffer needlessly.

How come there is no change?! No improvement?!

Sir! Sir!

It's been a long time.

How come you're so busy these days? I haven't been able to see you whenever I came to your place.

Not much going on but I've just been acting busy.

I've been staying at the inspectors' office outside the palace, so it's been a while since I last visited the palace.

I know you're busy, but

please take care of Jang Geum.

What? Did something happen to Palace Lady Seo?

She gave a different diagnosis from a female physician of the Royal Pharmacy.

Physician Jung has taken

Jang Geum's diagnosis for treatment.

What? I heard that Her Majesty the Queen is sick.

Is this about the Queen perhaps?

Yes, so everyone is anxiously waiting for the result.

If something happens to...

Our Jang Geum... What if something happens to her...

Then Jang Geum...

Our Jang Geum...

Sir...

So what are you saying happened? What?

There was no improvement since the miscarriage, so we changed the prescription

and I'm sorry to say this, but her breathing became rapid all of sudden.

What?!

I must go see her at once.

Follow me.

Yes.

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty...

She's bleeding!

It's a child!

It's a stillborn child!

Bring the hot water!

Yes.

Find out what happened immediately.

Yes, Your Majesty.

How is she?

After she started bleeding, she gave birth to a stillborn child.

She must have had a twin.

Is she okay now?

Yes, the physician said she's okay now.

And she's also calming down from her rapid breathing.

Is she really okay?

I'm sorry to have worried you, Your Majesty,

but I think she's okay now.

That's good. Good job.

Your Grace is immeasurable, Your Majesty.

Good work.

Over the Queen's illness,

His Majesty had worried so much.

Now he can relax a little.

It was my fault, please punish me.

Of course.

But finding that pulse itself was difficult.

No, as a female physician in charge of checking the Queen's pulse

I was arrogant and careless.

Please demote me to the civilian clinic.

I need more training.

You don't need to,

you've already realized what you did wrong.

No, the Queen's life was in danger because of me.

How could we tolerate a mistake with a female physician?

A mistake in medicine begets another mistake.

Please demote me.

Don't torture yourself over this.

He has said himself that it was a hard one.

Take your words back and keep going forward.

Then I'll take up shifts in training

until I can forgive myself.

Please allow that.

Very well. Go ahead and do that.

This issue isn't just about Yeol Yi.

You are female physicians who have

a heavy responsibility of taking care of the female side of the Royal Family.

Be more diligent in training.

Yes.

But all of you can take a rest today.

You didn't have to go that far.

No. There can be progress only if one knows what she did wrong.

I'm going to learn from Jang Geum from now on.

Yeol Yi is too straight and good.

Right. That's why she always excels.

I'm overwhelmed with shame and gratitude.

Tear me down in one stroke?

Excuse me?

Good job. You did very well.

Oh, no...

You should've told us that earlier.

It's because you've scolded her so much.

If she can't decide on such a thing, she can't be a female physician.

I taught her. She's done it at last!

I should be going home now.

You're beautiful.

He's not a bad person.

Yes.

It's become a little more difficult,

but I'll try to remove her from here anyhow.

All meridians of the human body are concentrated in the feet,

so by spotting the hard and painful areas of the feet,

you can find out which part of the body is hurting.

The spot that is a finger size up from your stomach pit. Don't it hurt?

Massage it when you're alone.

It's blocked off there.

If you don't unclog it then your heart could go bad.

That's why your spleen and stomach aren't well.

Take it easy.

It's strange... It's strange...

No more of that feeling?

Right... is this okay?

I anesthetized on purpose so don't worry.

Now, open your mouth wide.

Did it hurt?

No, no.

So this is how one feels to have a bad tooth pulled out.

I did hear about a Jeju female physician being good with treating teeth.

You must be the one.

If you swish warm salt water in your mouth, rub your teeth,

and have upper and bottom teeth touch about 100 times, then your teeth will grow stronger in five days.

I will do as you say.

So did you establish a good relationship with her?

How hard could that be for a physician?

That relationship is established as soon as someone gets sick.

Fortunately, she was at ease with my treatment.

I'm sorry for asking you to do such a thing.

I'll have to get going now.

Sure, go ahead.

Jang Geum, it's here.

Did you see Sir Min Jung Ho?

No.

He just left. He must've taken a different path.

Really?

He seemed to be very busy with his work these days.

He should be.

Anyway, when did you get all these set up?

How hard could it be?

All you need is myself and a hut.

You're doing okay?

Yes.

Don't get me started. With her having healed the Queen's sickness, people were going...

Follow me.

Where?

Where could it be? Since she's at a pharmacy, she should see a patient.

But she's been struggling with others' illnesses.

I hate to let you leave without teaching you something.

From now on, come on your days off and learn from me.

Yes, ma'am.

Hey, she's really torturing her.

That's the only way to replenish the weapons.

There will be much opposition.

Even so, we can't burden people with more taxes.

We can only put our trust in the King.

He's called for you to increase the national strength.

Very well.

Decrease one reward land out of ten that were given to worthy officials,

and increase the arms with that?

Yes, Your Majesty.

The weapons of Jurchens and the Japanese have been improving daily,

but ours haven't improved at all since the Great King Sejong.

Right.

They can think of it as sacrificing only a little for the kingdom,

and offer only one out of ten.

Those reward lands were given to those who had accomplished much for the kingdom,

so I think they will offer it willingly.

What do you think, Great Minister of the Right?

Yes, Your Majesty. I fully understand the meaning of this.

Why? Are you saying it's difficult?

No, it's not that.

I was a little worried about the financial situation

but if the worthy officials would do that it would be like gaining a thousand soldiers and ten thousand horses.

They'll do it willingly.

Yes, I believe so too.

How dare he hit me from the back?!

He was talking about reconciliation.

You have the most reward land.

It is clear that he is scheming to harm you.

Perhaps you could come up with other plans.

Gather the officials!

Yes.

Thank you, I would've been in a great trouble without you.

Your Majesty, actually,

a new assistant female physician contributed the most.

Is that so? Even when I was not fully conscious,

I did feel that it was a different female physician who was treating me.

So, it must be her.

Yes, Your Majesty.

We weren't sure since there was no precedence of having twins,

but she diagnosed it correctly.

I see. So there was someone else that I should've been thankful to.

Bring her with you often for check ups.

Yes, Your Majesty.

A mere physician girl is not the problem at this time.

Excuse me?

They have lifted a sword against us.

What are you saying, Your Excellency?

To increase the weapons...

They asked His Majesty to reduce the officials' reward land.

Then His Majesty has agreed with them?

He hasn't given any orders yet but he has shown his will already.

We must move quickly.

His Majesty will accept our request

but I'm not sure how they'll respond.

Our justifications are clear,

it won't be easy for them to rebel against it openly.

We can't ever know.

The letters of the scholars should be hitting the court like the rain.

Are they requesting to reduce the reward land of the officials?

No.

Those are letters about how they've been moved by the officials' willingness.

Some scholars will offer their own lands as well.

What shall we do?

Officials are being hesitant to come forward because of the letters of scholars.

How cunning of them.

I don't think this will do for us.

There's only one place we put our trust in.

Then?

I'll do it myself.

How is the Queen doing?

She has almost fully recovered.

We'll stop the medicine after the check-up today

and restore her strength with food.

How is Queen Dowager?

Her illness from age is growing deeper.

Her chronic arthritis and lungs are getting worse.

His Majesty is very worried. Do your best.

Yes.

Did it go well?

Yes. His Majesty won't help but to take his words back.

What are you talking about?!

Why would my mother do such a thing? Why?!

I don't know why.

I'm going to go to Queen Dowager's quarters immediately. So prepare.

Yes, our Majesty.

Your Majesty, it's an earnest plea.

I said, I don't want it.

Your Majesty, your illness is growing worse.

If you don't receive treatment, it could get serious.

Your Majesty, His Majesty is here.

Mother, what's wrong?

Why did you stop the treatment all of sudden?

You will damage your health, please reconsider.

When did you ever worry about my health?

Go back.

And I don't want to see you anymore.

Mother. Why do you say that?

How could I not worry about you even for a day?

You worry about me?

Then how come you don't listen to me at all

since that last event?

Also, why did you discharge our relative's physician like Lee Hyun Woo

and assign me a negligent physician?

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