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You shouldn't be doing this.

What are you talking about?

- Episode 43 - Though it's under the jurisdiction of secretive eunuchs,

you really thought no one in the palace would find out?

I said, what are you talking about?

Are you really going to keep feigning ignorance?

Feigning ignorance? How could you say such a thing?

Didn't Jang Geum take His Majesty's private medical records?

His Majesty's private medical records?

What are you talking about?

Even with the Queen's permission

it's clearly illegal for her to enter the private records room

so we examined her reasons and made sure she wouldn't go there again.

So who says such reckless words?

Who said such things?!

Even if it was so, it's still the affairs of eunuch inspectors.

We only follow the order of His Majesty.

How dare you argue about this as a court lady of the inner court?

Go back right now!

Do you understand the seriousness of what you did?

I'm sorry.

You went into the private records room?

And you even took out the King's private medical records.

I'm quite bold myself but even my heart pounds

seeing what she's done.

You're lucky the head eunuch was there for you.

I'm sorry for making you worry

but no matter how much I think about it,

it was caused by misdiagnosis.

It's not that I can't understand you, it was clearly a cold even when you and I looked into it.

Any physician would've come to the same conclusion.

Head physician said you'd return

much later from an errand.

What happened?

It just turned out that way.

Where are the other female physicians?

His Majesty has a cold, so they've gathered to discuss it together.

What? A cold?

Why are you surprised? It's not a serious disease.

I think he gets that often because he's weak to the cold.

He'll be all right in a few days.

Yes.

When the illness is related to meridian Tae-Yang

the person can't be healed without sweating.

You have to allow yang energy to flow and

in order to get rid of the cold energy,

use ephedra sinica

Soh ying is related to the kidneys.

It doesn't like cold and dry materials...

so it can't be heated without aconite.

Guhr ying is related to the liver.

It stores blood and provides nutrients

so medicine that raises internal body temperature

has to be used to heat it.

Sir...

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Is it because of the King's cold again?

Jang Geum has been freed.

How?!

The chief court lady is very upset because of it.

So she wants to see you.

Okay.

He used to take court lady Jung's side

and now the head eunuch blocks my path.

But it's only our presumption

and there's no other way.

Jang Geum is freed?

The head eunuch persisted in denying it.

But I know I'm right.

The reason for her to came back to the palace,

and going into the private records room even while physicians were scolding her.

It must be to get King's medical records.

I hate the fact that she's squirming in places I don't know about.

I'm sure it's the same for you as well.

If they find out that it was due to misdiagnosis...

Misdiagnosis? The physician at the time checked.

It was definitely not misdiagnosed.

It's the same as now.

So are you saying you'll have Jang Geum stay in her place?

Wouldn't the palace record keeper (Deputy Rank 4 Eunuch) know everything?

But no one can break through

the eunuchs' ranks and secrets.

It's just that no one has tried.

Okay. Since you're busy with the King's health,

I'll take care of that.

Yes.

I told my uncle that the King suffers from a cold often,

he has gotten biryong (flying dragon bird) and hoodoo mushrooms (monkey's head mushroom)

and white oak mushrooms and other precious mushrooms from Ming.

Can I prepare a stew for him?

Sure, go ahead.

Yes, sir.

Sir...

Aren't you Mak Gae?

Yes, sir.

What is it?

The right prime minister wants to see you for a moment.

The right prime minister?

Yes.

Just what kind of relationship does your family have with Jang Geum?

Relationship? What do you mean?

When we were expelling Court Lady Han

we didn't have to punish her, since she didn't confess.

But you asked to kill her too, didn't you?

It's the same situation now.

Those eunuch inspectors report directly to the King.

None of the officials have any say in it.

The King's trust isn't the same as it used to be.

It''s the same with the Queen's trust of the chief court lady.

Why set ourselves for blame in such a situation?!

But if she's intent on disclosing the truth about that

then it won't be good for you either.

How could a mere female physician disclose such a thing?!

Sir, I've brought him into a separate room.

Okay.

So what is this about?

I've received a report that

female physician Jang Geum had taken the King's medical records.

I'm sorry, but it's none of the Royal Court's business.

I'm the adviser of the Royal Pharmacy.

What is an advisor?

I'm responsible for everything that's related to the King's health.

It's simply absurd for me to have no knowledge of that!

Even if I know about it I'll take care of

Jang Geum quietly, so just tell me.

I can't tell you,

nor is there anything to tell you.

Are you going to keep this up?!

Should I tell the head eunuch about this inquiry?

You know about our rules so why are you doing this?

I'm afraid someone might find out

I've met you for this type of thing.

I'm leaving now.

Didn't I tell you it wouldn't work?!

According to Hyang Geum, after the eunuch record keeper came out, sir Choi went in the room.

Suddenly the right prime minister yelled at him.

I don't know, but

there shouldn't be anything to worry about.

Yes, but it's too early to know what they're up to, so keep an eye on them.

Sure ... Well,

I think I should buy my guys who are keeping watch a meal today.

Yes, sure.

Here.

Don't drink too much.

All these...?

I've only made him angry.

He's been upset since the event related to Queen Dowager.

We'll have to do it ourselves.

I understand.

What is it this time?

I was just told to deliver this to you.

He used to come down with it only once a year

but nowadays it's too often, don't you think?

And it used to last only about a week

but now it's over half a month.

Are you sure he doesn't have any other illness?

No... he doesn't have other conditions...

I'm sorry to say this but he keeps growing weaker.

Yes, he has lost his appetite, too.

So I'd like to serve biryong (flying dragon bird)

and hoodoo mushrooms (monkey's head mushroom) through my family.

You've brought those precious items?

Yes, Your Majesty. The head court lady should be preparing them right now.

Thank you.

Aren't you losing confidence because of what happened last time?

Didn't you tell me you consulted the royal physician

because thought maybe he has some other disease?

Yes, I did.

But he was healed after a few days.

Yes, he did.

Then isn't it a cold for sure?

You're worrying for nothing.

No, he gets sick too frequently, just as the Queen said.

And it lasts longer, too.

And I'm starting to think that the disease is subsiding...

rather than being cured by the medicine.

Then what are you thinking of doing?

Make sure no one finds out.

Sure. Then what should I tell the kitchen?

The food isn't much of a problem.

so you can take care of it yourself.

Madam...

Here's the list of food to be avoided.

Okay.

What will happen to Jang Geum?

Things will turn out fine as the chief court lady is involved herself.

Yes.

Queen Dowager and the Queen are very worried about His Majesty's health.

How about if we discuss it with everyone here?

Yes, the head physician will take good care of him.

It's not that I don't trust him so don't misunderstand.

Yes ... I was thinking that it'd be better to discuss it altogether.

On the first day, his head hurt and had a chill,

and he said his back felt stiff and heavy.

On the second day, he had a low fever,

with pain around the eyes and had a dry nose.

On the fourth day, his throat felt dry.

On the fifth day, he felt restless all day.

His mouth and tongue felt dry and he had sores.

What does everyone else think?

Cold is caused by the penetration of cold air and if he is weak

or if he isn't treated well it could move through tae-yang,

yang-myung, so-yang, tae-eum, and so-eum.

Yes. That means the symptoms of tae-yang are moving onto yang-myung.

which means he could have a bad fever.

Shouldn't we try energizing medicine?

We're already doing that. But he's not recovering as quickly as last time.

You can't feel any other pulses related to other organs?

No.

Then I think we should prepare ginseng medicine.

What is it?

Sir, I have something to ask you.

What is it?

Does the cold always cause severe ulcers or mouth sores?

Not necessarily.

Then when do they appear?

Shin Bi, you tell us.

Usually, sores are caused

by heat concentrating in the bowels

or chronic stress.

You have to use medicine that will mitigate the heat.

But if it's a severe ulcer caused by weak energy

you have to use medicine to fortify ying energy.

Yes, so though not everyone who has a cold gets severe ulcers,

he can suffer from mouth sores due to weakened energy

or the heat concentrating in the bowels due to the cold.

Is this because of the King's health?

Yes, sir.

If you're curious about it, read about the cold in the medical books.

I did take a look, but aren't there any more details?

There's a book on cold written by Jang Joong Kyung.

Is there such a book?

Most of the information on the flu in medical books is from that book.

I see.

I think I'll have to read it carefully again.

Thank you, sir.

You're in charge of preparing the King's medicine?

Why?

The head physician suddenly gave the job to Yeol Yi.

So I am doing it with physician lady Yeol Yi.

Can I look at the prescription that physician Jung Yoon Soo wrote?

Only Yeol Yi has it, so I don't know.

Physician lady Yeol Yi?

Yes.

And you don't know?

She told me to go in and rest,

so I just came in.

And you listened to her?

Is that how it is?

Jang Geum, what's wrong?

What are you thinking about?

You were a palace lady

and now you're so curious about the King's health,

so what's going on?

I want to help you.

What?! That's what happened to you?

And even Yeol Yi is supporting Chief Court Lady?

Why?

I don't know why.

So you're trying to find out more about this because symptoms are similar?

So help me.

I'll do it. Please go in and rest now.

I'm fine. You go in.

No, I'll do it.

I said, I'm fine! Just do as I say!

Okay.

You feel hurt, huh?

It's all because of that Jang Geum.

I'll leave now.

That's strange, isn't it?

Why is she throwing away the leftovers?

You should've just done what you were told to do.

Why come and be scolded?

It's not like I wasn't doing my work.

You think she's okay right now?

She used to check the Queen's pulse.

And now she's only preparing medicine for the King now.

But still, I'm also a female physician for preparing the medicine for the King, too.

She doesn't tell me the ingredients or let me prepare it.

Yes, she's been acting somewhat strange for the last few days.

The color of the medicine seems to change everyday,

and the smell's different, too.

You must put devotion into each ingredient of the medicine.

That's what I'm doing.

It's unsafe to eat anything that hasn't been fully detoxified.

I know!

Medicine requires love.

Are you trying to kill me?

Why do you say the same thing over and over again everyday?

You might as well hit me everyday.

I'm a physician, so how can I possibly injure a person?!

Sun Dol...

Hi, Jang Geum

Hello, sir.

Are you here for the medicine?

No, we want to see the list of ingredients that the female physicians

have been taking out from here.

Why do you ask?

Why do you need to know that?

Jang Geum should see it if she wants to.

Go ahead and take a look.

It's all the same for the King.

These are so-shi-ho, dae-seung-gi, jo-wee-sung-gi, lee-joong-sa-yuk.

The rest of these were for the court ladies.

Court ladies?

Let's check them.

Why? Did Yeol Yi make a mistake again?

No, thank you.

She's like a butterfly and I'm your flower...

Jang Geum...

You're like an insect.

What's this?

It's something we secretly copied from merchant Choi's place.

Isn't this a map?

Yes. I brought it as potential evidence.

What are these dots?

I'm not sure.

Is she the one?

Yes.

So did you get the map?

Yes.

They scattered around to get the details,

and there are many unknown symbols.

So...

Is she Japanese?

Yes. It's suspicious how the Japanese have scattered to examine every corner of this kingdom.

They're probably looking for the items they can sell or buy.

What do these dots mean?

What is it?

I remembered a map that I had taken from a Japanese spy a long time ago.

Is this the same map?

No, but the dots on the map seem similar.

Then go ahead and check it out.

I think I need to.

What's the hurry?

There's something I need to confirm.

And what's your hurry?

I have something to confirm quickly as well.

I see.

What? You haven't received any treatment from female physician Yeol Yi?

I haven't been sick so why would I?

I see.

I was treated.

Yes. Then did you receive any medicine?

No, I only received acupuncture because she told me that was all I needed.

Doesn't that mean the head physician thinks something is strange?

Yes. I think he's trying to find out what illness it is.

It's either a very difficult illness or some unknown disease for sure.

Yes, I think so. If no well known physician in Joseon knows what it is, then...

We must find out.

I don't want to compete like this but in order to restore Court Lady Han's status,

I must find out before the head physician does.

If he finds out first, he will try to cover it up.

Why were you in a hurry?

The map that was secretly copied from merchant Choi's place seemed

similar to the one that was taken from a Japanese spy,

so I was checking it out.

And?

Although I clearly gave it to King's executive office,

they said it disappeared.

Excuse me?

I must find out. I think the dots represent the same things as the previous map.

Then, that was true.

Yes.

It's alright. I don't need it.

Please.

I said, it's alright.

Though I disclosed it, this must not be discussed in the court.

If she is to be punished, it must be done by the eunuch inspectors.

Please follow that guideline.

I understand.

How did you do it?

What's their job? It's to keep track of and increase the King's assets.

So?

Don't you think people would not have gained personal wealth in the process?

What? The eunuch inspector talked to the right prime minister Oh for sure?

Yes. I said I'd give her 1000 coins.

So she came running early morning to whisper it to me.

Because of that, my wife nearly killed me.

Maybe not 1000 but you should give me at least 2 coins...

He doesn't spend his money at all.

It's hard to earn anything.

My Lord, what brings you here?

Palace Lady Seo, where is she?

She already went to the palace.

I told you not to discuss this!

Why you...!

I heard everything from the eunuch inspector already.

How could you?!

I'm sorry, My Lord.

But I felt this wasn't something you could just resolve on your own.

I have something to tell him...

so would you mind leaving the room?

What are you going to do?

You should punish her according to the eunuch rules.

The right prime minister and I know about this.

Shall we open it up to the rest of the court?

No way!

Then, would you take care of it yourself?

I'll tell the Queen about this.

The Queen?

Why does she have to know about such things?

It should normally be reported to the King,

but since he's sick right now it should be reported to the Queen.

But...

It's a Royal Family affair!

You're going through such a hard time because of me.

Please go rest.

Oh, no, Your Majesty.

What is it?

Your Majesty, I have something to tell you separately.

Okay.

What is it?

There was a small mishap in one of the investigations of the eunuch inspectors.

A small mishap?

You gave Jang Geum permission

to enter the private records room, right?

Yes, I did. I trusted her.

But Jang Geum has taken out the His Majesty's private medical records.

What?! His Majesty's medical records?!

Because she wanted to find out more about my health,

I made an exception and allowed her to do so.

Why did she take out the His Majesty's medical records?

I think she was trying to look after His Majesty's health.

But even so, isn't this an unforgivable crime?

But...

And do such a thing on my trust?

I cannot forgive such a behavior.

Punish her according to the eunuch rules.

We will carry out your order.

The Queen has found out about this.

And...

she has ordered that you be punished according to the eunuch rules.

I can't help you anymore.

Si, sir...

Since it's daytime right now carry out Her Majesty's orders at night.

I understand.

Sir!

Sir!

Your Majesty, that is biryong (rare bird)and mushrooms known to be

the best things for health in Ming (old China).

Is that so?

Just as pine mushroom is best in Joseon,

hoodoo (monkey head) mushroom is well-known in Ming (old China).

I see.

There's a saying in Ming,

in heaven, dragon meat is the best,

and on earth, black horse meat is the best.

Here, the heaven's dragon refers to this rare bird, biryong.

How did you get these rare items?

Your Majesty, my brother trades with the Ming dynasty

so he got them from there for you.

Is that so?

What happened?

The head eunuch and I told the Queen

and the Queen couldn't just let a crime of this magnitude go.

Besides, she feels Jang Geum has betrayed her trust.

I see.

I saw her being dragged away by the eunuch inspectors.

You must make sure she's dragged outside the palace tonight.

Yes.

Madam, I'm not afraid.

I have no regrets, either.

But I feel sad.

I know I can reveal the truth.

I have to reveal...

I must disclose the truth.

Open up the bag.

Yes.

Did they see it?

Yes. Mak Gae and Court Lady Yoon have clearly seen them.

Then is it really over now?

Yes... it is over.

It's finally over.

How dare she come back to the palace.

She should have been grateful when she was kept alive.

She came back and that happened to her,

and we've lost so much.

We lost the Queen's trust and the right prime minister's position was shaken.

I never want to see her again.

Never again!

Madam!

What is it?

Please come out ... the eunuchs...

What's wrong?

Head Court Lady of the Royal Kitchen, follow us.

What is it?

His Majesty had trouble sleeping during the night and he collapsed

What?

We must examine you so follow us right now.

Examine me? That is...

What's going on all of a sudden?

What's going on?

Stop it. They're just investigating.

Calm down...

How could this happen again?

Is it a problem with the medicine?

I'm like this because I'm not even sure of that.

I did keep changing the prescription to find the answer,

but they aren't that powerful to make the King collapse.

Though it could have happened due to the strong medicine last time,

it couldn't be the medicine this time.

I assure you no one would collapse from taking only that much.

It's getting more difficult to find out.

You have to keep on insisting for now.

Since it was like this last time

it will be easier for you to insist.

But they're Chief Lady Choi's family this time.

They aren't easy to be taken in.

I'll take care of it.

You just keep steady and confront this.

What on earth did you serve His Majesty?

What do you mean?

He's asking the Head Court Lady.

Because of his frequent illness, I've asked my family to get

biryong, hoodoo mushroom and white oak mushroom from Ming.

I served a strew made with precious ingredients.

Did the royal pharmacy inspect them?

They were precious items and there seemed to be no problem according to the medical books,

so we allowed it.

Then it isn't a problem with food.

So why do you bring up the problem with food?

The medicine we gave His Majesty is the same he's been taking all along.

He can't get high fever all of a sudden

by medicine he's been taking for over a week.

Though this could be my fault,

the ingredients of that dish weren't from Joseon,

but from Ming.

They haven't been confirmed whether or not they're okay for Joseon people.

What did you say?

Chief Court Lady, why are you keep doing this?

It's not the time to bring up personal emotions.

His Majesty's health is the important issue here.

We should listen first.

And this happened last time, too.

The ingredients weren't normal ones from the Food Services

but some ingredients personally brought in by the Head Court Lady of the Royal Kitchen.

These things are happening only during a time for potential problem with the inspecting process.

Sure, let's assume that.

But if it's that much of a reason

couldn't it be caused simply by the King's illness rather than food or medicine?

Caused by his illness?

You have diagnosed as a cold but maybe it was caused by another illness that you don't know about!

Are you saying the head physician misdiagnosed?

That's not so.

The head physician worried about His Majesty's illness

that he had openly discussed it

with the rest of the physicians.

Then everyone must have misdiagnosed.

- What do you mean, "misdiagnosed"? - Enough!

Treating His Majesty's illness is the most important thing right now.

So all the physicians should discuss His Majesty's health to care for him.

and the royal kitchen will...

We only have to follow the precedent.

A precedent?

First, the head court lady will be locked up in the eunuch office.

Eunuchs and physicians will examine the food.

Lock her up?

Go ahead.

Your Excellency!

Madam, what's going on?

Will the head court lady be locked up?

You bite the hand that feeds you?

The head physician... that jerk...

What about the head physician?

"Since this type of thing happened last time, we'll do the same this time?"

Nonsense.

Does he think we're like Court Lady Han?

What?! That's what the head physician said?

Yes ... please find the best physician in the city.

I'll persuade the Queen to have him check the King.

I'm going to disclose the head physician's misdiagnosis.

What's wrong?

I can understand your rage,

What if you do that and what we've previously covered up comes to light?

If they find out it was due to misdiagnosis and not the food.

The right prime minister wouldn't want that, either.

and the head physician won't be idle.

Everyone's connected to it, so you must be prudent.

The head physician has an advantage over us in this.

Anyhow, we must act so the head physician and Geum Young can both be saved.

The head physician probably did it out of urgency.

We must cooperate with him again.

Since His Majesty's health is of the utmost importance,

I cannot do anything else.

So the investigation of the royal kitchen

can be done by associate Jo, physician Choi, senior female physician and royal female physician.

What happened?

I've turned the blame to the royal kitchen.

But we shouldn't take the chief court lady lightly.

I'll have to treat the King's fever first

then think about the relationship with the chief court lady again.

Yes.

What do you think?

Well ... from what the head physicial told us, it's clearly a cold.

Unless it's another illness, he couldn't just collapse from a cold by suddenly having a high fever.

That means food is the problem.

What is most problematic?

Though I wasn't here last time, I think it was the same situation...

You mean when Sir Jo was killed?

Yes.

Jang Geum was expelled with Court Lady Han

and she told me that there wasn't any problem with the food.

So that's why Jang Geum was showing interest in the King's cold.

Is that so?

Yes. She seemed to be intently studying about a cold.

Probably so, since she came back here to take revenge.

Revenge?

Though I scolded her for having the heart of revenge as a physician,

I can understand her.

How about if we check his pulse ourselves?

No, that would be holding the head physician in contempt.

How about if we take a look at his private medical records?

Do you want to help Jang Geum?

It's more out of my guilt.

Guilt?

You know that I've hurt a person by misdiagnosing him.

I've hurt a person as well as his family with my pride.

Listening to Jang Geum's story, it feels like I did it.

So I feel more guilty.

We must find out either way.

If he's that way with the right diagnosis, it means...

it's probably a strange reaction to food he's been eating.

How disturbing. I heard the same thing that happened a few years ago.

It is happening again.

It happened a few years ago, too?

Yes... I heard His Majesty collapsed after eating some food.

Have you seen Jang Geum today?

You're right ... I haven't seen her.

I didn't see her yesterday either.

Did she even come into the palace?

She's so arrogant. She doesn't even come when she's told to.

You guys!

You should be acting more responsible in urgent and disturbing situation.

Shin Bi.

Yes?

Go find Jang Geum and bring her here.

I'm going to give her a hard time.

Yes.

And who told you to chat here?

If you have time for this, then go read one more medical text!

- You were chatting with us, though... - You girls!

Did the head court lady really get arrested?

Yes, Madam. The royal kitchen is completely devastated.

Probably so. It was the same when Court Lady Han was arrested.

Is that why Jang Geum hasn't been here for the last two days?

That's probably so. Jang Geum should be dancing now that

the head court lady has been arrested.

She's probably waiting for the right time.

Anyhow, it's really facinating.

What is?

Court lady Choi made court lady Han that way.

And now the head court lady

is facing the same fate.

What's so facinating about that?

It's really pleasing!

Madam, it's female physician Shin Bi.

Come in.

Why did you come by yourself?

Where is JangGeum?

She didn't come here either?

Why? She's not at the royal pharmacy?

No. I've been looking for her for the last two days.

What? Why is she not there?

Then Jang Geum doesn't know what happened to the head court lady?

I'm not sure.

Don't worry. I'll look for her.

Yes. Please tell her to come to me quickly.

Yes.

Physician lady! Physician lady!

Aren't you a physician lady?

Yes... is the private physician lady here?

No, she left saying she had to find out something.

Is that why there aren't any patients in the infirmary?

Yes, she sent them away to some place, too.

How about Jang Geum?

Did she go with her?

No. She went to the palace 2 days ago

and hasn't come back yet.

To the palace? Are you certain she went back to the palace?

Yes.

Really? Did the head court lady really got arrested?

Yes. I heard it clearly with these two ears.

Honey, what's wrong?

Why are your shoulders moving?

I don't know... I don't know why my shoulders are moving like this...

What's wrong, honey?!

What kind of illness could this be?

Honey, I think it's a shoulder dance, a shoulder dance...

I think a 10-year-old indigestion...

stopped and I'm dancing.

Honey, what's wrong with me?

Please stop me.

- This is so great! - Jang Geum.

Jang Geum.

Who is it?

It's me, Shin Bi.

It's very late at night...

Isn't Jang Geum here?

She isn't here.

Isn't she at the royal pharmacy?

No.

Y...Your Majesty.

Have a seat.

You have used my trust to secretly

take out His Majesty's medical records.

No one can be forgiven of such a thing.

So I've ordered the eunuch inspectors to punish you

according to their rules.

You've disappeared from the palace already.

You're a dead person.

However, the reason I've postponed your death temporarily is

because you firmly believe

His Majesty's illness is due to misdiagnosis,

and that's why you took out his medical records.

Is that so?

Yes.

Can you find out?

No, I don't need to hear your answer.

Find out.

If you can find it out, then you'll live.

Or else, you will disappear forever.

I will repeat it one more time.

You can step in the palace again,

only if you find out His Majesty's illness.

Do you understand?

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