♫ Not meeting each other, not meeting each other That one person, that one glance ♫
♫ Not resenting the years we wasted ♫
♫ In a certain year, that one gaze, who is nostalgic, who is silent? ♫
♫ Brushing past each other's shoulders, do not argue about our fate ♫
♫ If not for that one look, the fleeting sense of yearning ♫
♫ I would be unaware I had loved that person for a lifetime ♫
♫ Until now, even if the city is abound with rumours, do not explain ♫
♫ Using up the world's medicine, it is still hard to cure the affections of the mortal world ♫
♫ The heavy rain is coming and the ground is damp The memories are fading in front of my eyes ♫
♫ Many years later, all the stories turn out to have similar endings♫
♫ Don't say you love someone, don't say but Please do not overdo the tears ♫
♫ Gains and losses will always come around in a cycle ♫
The Imperial DoctressEpisode 18
All the traditional herbal therapies and prescriptions are only intended for usage in this drama. Please do not test or imitate.
Yunxian. Yunxian.
Zheng Qi.
Are you better?
You were tortured. Your legs are still swollen.
You...
Why are you...?
I am the Emperor
and I am also Zheng Qi.
Sorry. I lied to you.
But don't worry.
In the future, other people nor I will bully you.
Your Majesty.
No, no, no
Later when you see me, no need to salute.
Treat me the same as when I was Zheng Qi.
This is a secret. Don't tell anyone.
If I knew you were Emperor earlier, I wouldn't have stayed there for so long.
It's all my fault.
You can blame and tease me.
You are the Emperor. Who will dare tease you?
That's true.
Oh right, how did you get on the list of names allowed to
enter the Palace and give medical consultations for Empress Dowager?
I heard,
Your Highness, why did you come?
You rest. I'll go look.
I came uninvited. Please forgive me, Your Majesty.
Why did you suddenly come to Qianqing Palace?
I just heard someone say that
Your Majesty brought a young lady back.
If my guess is right,
it must be the presumed dead Miss Hang.
That's right. I also didn't think she would get on the Palace name list,
entered the palace and cured the Empress Dowager.
Lady Hang's heart must miss Prince Cheng.
Couldn't find him upon returning to the capital,
so she looked for a way to enter the Palace.
What do you mean?
I want Prince Cheng to be happy, so
I decided on my own to dispatch someone...
Prince Cheng, Zhu Qiyu,
requests an audience with Your Majesty and the Empress.
Qiyu.
Miss Hang. Miss Hang
You still can't get out of bed.
Miss Hang.
Qiyu.
Yunxian.
Qiyu.
Your Majesty. We should go outside.
Let them have time to talk.
♫ Longing for the forgotten details ♫
♫ I suddenly look forward ♫
♫ yet discover that tears have become useless ♫
♫ The wind has already pierced my eyes ♫
♫ Used to think the winter had always been this cold, ♫
♫ unrelated to my stubborn obsession ♫
♫ Don't say you love someone, don't say but ♫
♫ Please do not overdo the tears ♫
♫ I will wait at the beginning, ♫
♫ waiting for you to appear. ♫
You talked for so long.
I've also been waiting. A single man and woman. Where's their decency?
Call Prince Cheng in here.
Your Majesty.
Prince Cheng and Miss Hang are engaged. They just reunited after a long absence.
Truthfully, its also understandable.
Your Majesty, calling Prince Cheng here
is what I meant to do.
I really couldn't bear to see Your Majesty
ruin your brotherhood for the sake of a woman.
When Prince Cheng thought Miss Hang was dead,
you saw how heartbroken he was.
Knowing this, is it worth it for Your Majesty to be reluctant to part from Lady Hang?
Don't speak rashly.
When have I ever been reluctant to part from her?
I spoke out of turn.
Your Majesty and Lady Hang are on friendly terms,
you should consider her as an intimate friend.
No, a little sister.
I also think like this,
so I listened to Your Majesty's instructions,
and asked Prince Cheng to enter the Palace.
I don't know if what I said is correct.
Empress, you...
I know that forcing Your Majesty is a serious crime,
but Your Majesty also knows
that I'm not a jealous person.
If it were any other woman, I would take her into the Palace,
and serve Your Majesty together with her.
I remember
when your majesty visited Prince Cheng once and said,
You have only this biological brother.
Have you really forgotten
the sight of Prince Cheng vomiting blood?
If you take Lady Hang as your concubine,
Prince Cheng wouldn't be able to take it.
What kind of person do you think I am?
What?
So that Miss Yun is actually the living Guanyin of the Hang household?!
Mother.
Yu'er. Why does the Emperor and Empress suddenly want to see me?
Is it because they found out about Empress Dowager's plan?
Is it? Mother,
You don't have to be afraid.
Actually...
You will find out later.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Greetings, Your Highness.
Rise. Prince Cheng, please help get a seat for your highness.
Mother, please sit.
I don't know for what important matter Your Majesty and Empress summon me.
Empress, why don't you say it?
There actually is an important matter.
Consort Dowager, Prince Cheng is only younger than the Emperor by three years.
But he doesn't even have anyone serving him.
I was worried so I thought I'd help and be Prince Cheng's matchmaker.
Thank you, Your Highness!
Empress Dowager has also said a few times that
Princess Anhe and Yu'er are a match made in heaven.
Mother, the person her Highness is referring to
is not Princess Anhe.
Not Princess Anhe?
Then who?
Fine. If Father hadn't said that you can make decisions regarding Prince Cheng's marriage,
I wouldn't bother going through you anyways.
Yunxian, why don't you come out.
Consort Dowager Wu, she is the one I choose to be Prince Cheng's Princess Consort.
Greetings, Your Highness.
She is the one I keep talking about,
Lady Hang. Hang Yunxian.
She... Didn't she die already?
Consort Dowager, Lady Hang and Prince Cheng must have been destined together in the past,
so she came back to life after experiencing hardships
to marry Prince Cheng again.
But... but...
Don't "but".
Why Hang family's ship was robbed for no reason,
I'm afraid only you and Empress Dowager know.
I... I haven't done anything!
Consort Dowager, His Majesty can
treat past matters as if they never happened.
But I hope from now on you let them go
and sincerely accept Yunxian marrying into your household.
All right, Consort Dowager Wu.
Now you have seen the person.
Are you satisfied with this match I made?
No! No!
Your Majesty, Yu'er is my only child.
I would rather rebel but I cannot accept this marriage!
-No! -You!-No!
Brother, please allow me to say a few words to my mother in private.
-Madam. -No! No!
Madam, slowly.
-Mother! -Let me go!
Mother, in order to see me,
Yunxian didn't hesitate to wander a thousand miles to get to the capital.
If she wasn't skillful and treated Empress Dowager...
What? She was the medicine woman who gave Empress Dowager medicine?
That's right.
Mother, in order to see me,
Yunxian paid such a high price.
I absolutely cannot betray her feelings for me.
Can't you accept her for me?
I can't!
She's the daughter of a lowly official. How can she match you!
Also,
her bad reputation as Living Guanyin is already spread everywhere.
Aren't you afraid that Empress Dowager will be angry if you marry her?
Afraid that everyone will laugh at you?
What are you talking about?!
Yunxian's medical skills have saved hundreds of victims, and the Emperor has bestowed the title "Xianju" on her.
Mother, you couldn't have forgotten.
Let me go! Don't talk to me.
Don't pull me.
-Your Majesty! -Mother!
Your Majesty!
Mother!
I cannot accept this marriage!
I am guilty and deserve to die. It's just that this medicine woman, Miss Hang,
came in to the palace to cure Empress Dowager.
This has already spread throughout the capital
and a lot of people have seen her.
Yu'er is a prince of this dynasty after all.
He has not married. If he marries a woman who was once married, he will be a laughing stock!
Mother! Her identity as a medicine woman was only a disguise.
Right now Yunxian is still unmarried.
But she was following a group of male doctors and entered the Palace together with them!
She already lost her reputation!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
You are an emperor,
can you really have the heart to humiliate him?
Late Emperor, why is my life so difficult?
Late Emperor!
Madam
Mother!
Mother, what's wrong?
-Madam. -Mother.
Let me take a look.
What is going on with my mother?
It's nothing serious. It's just a panic attack,
so she fainted.
Hurry. Call for an imperial physician.
Yes.
Mother. Mother.
Mother, wake up.
Your Majesty, things have come to this extent,
I'm afraid it's not too good for Lady Hang to stay here.
Why don't I take her out first,
stay put, and wait until Consort Dowager wakes up.
All right. Take her out of here first and take care of her.
I'll handle the rest.
Your Majesty, don't worry.
Mother.
Yunxian, come with me.
Consort Dowager Wu cannot understand only temporarily.
After a while
she will slowly accept you.
Consort Dowager Wu did not faint at all.
This is a method often used by women in the Palace.
I just want to practice medicine and save people.
Is that really such a bad thing?
Your Highness,
when I met Qiyu
I really did not know that he was Prince Cheng.
I am not materialistic.
I know you are a good woman.
Official Liu, it's been a while,
why hasn't my mother woken up?
This is...
Empress Dowager has arrived.
Greetings, Your Highness.
What's going on? I was only out of the Palace for a moment, and something so big happened.
-Cheng Shisan. -I'm here.
Hurry and take Consort Dowager Wu's pulse.
Yes.
Report, Your Highness. Consort Dowager Wu is in a stupor due to anger.
Blood surged through seven apertures.
What?
Your Highness, why don't we do this?
Why don't you and Prince Cheng retreat first,
and I'll give Consort Dowager an acupuncture session.
Prince Cheng,
Recently, you have been very ill and wanted to die.
Just as soon as you saw your lover, your steps have become lighter as if nothing happened.
I also never thought
that medicine woman, Miss Yun, is actually Hang Yunxian.
Mother, I already asked Brother to issue an order for marriage.
I hope Mother can help.
I actually can help you,
but what about Consort Wu?
Don't forget
that your mother comes from a slave family.
Ever since you were born, you were expelled from the palace by the Grand Empress.
After so many years of hardships
you have to go to the Cheng State.
your mother didn't think of eating or drinking because she missed you.
Whenever she comes to greet me, all she ever talks about is you.
But you,
for an ordinary woman
make your mother like this.
I am guilty. But I also never thought
that mother won't accept Lady Hang like this.
If it were me, I also wouldn't be able to understand.
That Miss Hang revealed her face in public and was tried in court.
How many men have those hands touch?
If this kind of daughter-in-law married into my family,
I also would be anxious to die and seek peace.
I don't want to force you,
but don't you forget
that you are a prince. You must think clearly.
Forgetting filial piety is indeed a disgrace.
Do you want everyone to criticize you behind your back?
Aunt
Don't worry. Prince Cheng is taking care of Consort Wu.
He won't have time
to be worried about anything else his own problems.
How could that Hang Yunxian still haven't died?
Prince Cheng, he... How could Prince Cheng ask His Majesty for a marriage order so quickly?
I always stayed by his side until he recovered,
thinking he would forget that woman and remember my kindness.
You are too stubborn.
If you didn't try to kill that Miss Hang in the first place,
Prince Cheng wouldn't be angry at you like this.
You should listen to aunt.
Don't stir up trouble again.
I already laid my words today.
As long as Qiyu listened,
he definitely wouldn't be fussing about marrying that Miss Hang again.
I already let Cheng Shisan tell Consort Wu what to do.
There are many ways of harming people imperceptibly in the Inner Palace.
I'm just afraid that someday that Miss Hang
wished she never came to the Palace.
Lady Hang, why don't you stay in this room for now?
I will send two maids to wait on you in a moment.
Thank you, Ru Xiang jiejie.T/N: "-jiejie" is an endearing term used to address older females
I don't deserve to be called jiejie.
Lady Hang, you can just call me by my name.
If you need anything in these next two days,
just send them to me and let me know.
Ruxiang, there is a maid named Ding Xiang within the pharmacy.
Do you know her?
Ding Xiang, there are some litharge on top of the table.
Bring it to your room and crush it,
put some oil and wipe it to your armpit. Then the smell will be gone.
No need.
I already applied ginger slices in the morning, so it's much better now.
That's only temporary.
Rely on this for it to heal completely.
Without reason,
why would want to help me?
What evil intentions would I have?
You helped me this morning. I just want to return the favor.
Is there anything wrong with it?
I am not worthy of your care.
I'll go wait outside. If you have any orders, just call me.
Stop.
Ding Xiang, I know you experienced hardships before
so you have extreme views on people.
But who hasn't experienced difficulties?
As long as your heart is kind...
Don't say those pleasant words.
You're someone who is about to become a princess consort.
How would you know what kind of hardship we lowly people experience?
Then what kind of hardship have you experienced?
I was doing fine at first
I was about to meet my Aunt.
Then somehow I got this body odor.
I was at the lowest and everyone keeps avoiding me.
But you're still here and okay.
say that I'm extreme.
When I was little, I caused my grandfather and older brother to die a tragic death.
A maid who was like a sister to me died in order to save me.
When I was wandering in Jiangnan for a few months, I didn't dare to come back home.
I was bullied by a eunuch in the morning,
and in the afternoon Consort Dowager
said my reputation wasn't good enough, that I don't deserve to marry Prince Cheng.
Who do you think is more tragic: me or you?
But I still want to help you,
because I always believe
people's life span is so long
we can't let every thought give us a hard time.
Your Highness, madam has woken up.
Your Highness, please stay put.
I would like to remind you.
Even though madam's health has been better lately,
However, the toxin in her body
are still very much active.
Simply put, when Your Highness talk to madam in a short while,
you absolutely must obey her.
Don't let her feel sad.
Otherwise...
I understand.
Thank you.
Mother.
Do you feel better?
Yu'er, I hope I didn't scare you.
It is me who is not filial
and spoke too quickly without explaining everything to you.
It was me who scared you.
When I was unconscious just now,
I actually understood something.
Just marry whoever you want to marry.
I'm someone with a foot in the grave already.
Why must I care about who you marry
and annoy you for no reason?
Mother, don't say that.
I know you have been suspicious of me.
The thing with Hang household's ship,
Empress Dowager and I really don't know anything.
The reason why I don't want you to marry her
is because she shows her face in public all day long and doesn't stay put at home.
Doesn't seem like someone who can take a good care of you.
But it was my fault
for not giving you a good family background.
So I wanted to help you find a wife of noble family background
to help you.
Yet you always think I mean you ill.
Forget it.
As long as you're happy, marry whoever you love.
After I die,
I won't fear people talking behind my back anyway.
Mother, it's me who is not filial.
Don't worry, your son will think of a way.
You can't think about these now.
Why don't you go? I'm a little tired.
Your Highness.
Your Highness, Empress Dowager is already asleep after taking her medication.
Go and tell those palace maids
to wait on mother with great care. They will be rewarded when the time comes.
Your Highness, I would like to say a few words, but I don't know if I should say them.
What is it?
I've been serving Her Highness since I was young.
I really can't bear to watch madam become like this.
I have thought of a way
that perhaps can solve this intricate problem.
Say it. What way?
Right now, the thing that madam cares about
is Lady Hang's past reputation.
Your Highness, if...
You want me to conceal my identity?
Yes.
Think about it. What my mother cares about,
isn't it that you have been tried for seeing a patient?
She fears that we would lose face if this spreads out.
If we first change your name and conceal it,
wait until after we get to Chengzhou to plan everything, it would work out.
Then what about my father and others?
Can we hide it from them first
and wait until we have spent some time in Chengzhou before talking about this again?
The name of a Princess Consort will be written in the royal family registers.
Do you really want me to assume someone else's name for the rest of my life and marry you?
It won't be like that.
There is Brother Emperor. Wait until my mother doesn't care about this anymore
We'll get someone from the Imperial Clan Court to change it later.
Yunxian
I know this is hard for you.
But for us, for my mother's health,
can you put up with it first?
I understand.
Want to change name,
then let's just change it.
As long as Consort Dowager gets better soon,
I'm fine with everything.
Yunxian
It's just this one time.
I guarantee that you definitely won't have to go through other grievances in the future.
Are you a fool? How can you agree to something like this?
Did I have any other option?
Actually, Consort Dowager Wu is not sick at all,
but I don't want to make things difficult for Qiyu. They are mother and son after all.
Then since you know, why didn't you tell me earlier?
Also want to change last name.
Later he'll torment you with a hundred more things.
He won't. Qiyu said
he won't let me go through any grievances again.
I believe him.
Then since you have thought it through,
why did you come to find me?
Your Majesty, my last name is actually not Hang.
That year, my family received an edict from the Grand Empress
to change our last name and flee to the north.
My grandfather, Tan Fu,
was originally a supervisor in the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Ten years ago, because he was framed by a sly scoundrel, he had no choice but to hang himself.
I request that you investigate this case thoroughly,
wash away my grandfather's grievances, and restore my old family name Tan.
Get up, get up, get up.
Didn't I say before,
whatever happens, no need to salute me.
Including... Including you keeping me in the dark, no need to apologize.
So that's what you have in mind.
I was overjoyed at seeing you, and completely forgot about this matter.
You know about my family matter?
After the incident happened to your family, the Eastern Depot handled the matter.
At that time, I found out.
Actually, Wang Zhen also handled this matter.
The Official Qian who saved your entire family at that time was the Empress' father.
It's just a pity that he left eight years ago.
Then I need to properly thank the Empress.
Let's talk about this later.
But I only knew that your grandfather committed suicide.
I didn't know that he was harmed by a scoundrel.
What actually happened there?
To make it short,
it was my fault for not understanding things at that time.
She is willing to give up her identity as a member of the Hang family?
Right. Yunxian said
Since the Emperor has already buried Miss Hang
with the etiquette befitting of a noble lady,
she doesn't want to make a fuss out of it either.
Mother, I already thought it through.
You see, since Yunxian already take Yu Dongyang as her godfather,
then isn't everything clear now?
Mother.
Madam.
I'm feeling unwell. I spaced out for a while there.
Okay. As long as she can turn over a new leaf,
I'm not an unreasonable person.
How about this? Wait until my body recovers,
and bring her here again to take a good look at her.
Thank you.
What should we do?! Didn't Cheng Shisan say
as long as we force her to change her last name, she absolutely wouldn't agree?
Madam, don't worry.
Empress Dowager sent someone yesterday to instruct me.
She said that even if she is willing to change her name, we have a backup plan as well.
Who is the thief that lied to you? If I find out who he is,
I'll rip him to shreds.
When I entered the Capital,
I mentioned my family to an elderly uncle.
He said that the culprit was most likely someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau.
Because he is part of the Imperial Medical Bureau,
apart from examining the nobility in the palace, he usually only mixes with his colleagues.
That's right. Only those whose medical skills are not as good as your grandfather
will think of such an insidious tactic.
I trust that you will help me investigate this.
After my grandfather left, who got promoted within the Imperial Medical Bureau?
It's actually not hard. It's just that there are at least a few hundred court physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau.
These past ten years, people have come and go.
Do you really not remember what that scoundrel looks like?
If I see him
maybe I can recognize him.
Ah right, he has a red birthmark between his thumb and index finger.
Red birthmark?
Now it's easier to handle. I'll dispatch people in the Eastern Depot to investigate this immediately.
If we can return your grandfather's clean name, you can change your last name back to Tan. It actually doesn't count as a problem.
What is it?
Thank you.
I knew you would help me.
Don't be polite. If there's anything in the future, feel free to come and find me.
Your Majesty's patronage is my honor.
Of course.
Right. Try to minimise your visits to Renshou Palace.
Even though my relationship with the Empress Dowager has gotten better,
there are still unresolved matters.
Try to avoid her from now on.
I understand.
It's just that, isn't it bad to leave Renshou Palace without notifying anyone like this?
When I was at Renshou Palace, Empress Dowager did not mistreat me after all.
After Consort Dowager Wu made such a ruckus,
Empress Dowager must know your identity by now.
Wang Meilin is her niece. She'll hate you even more because of that.
Are you still thinking about her?
Greetings, Consort Dowager Wu.
Rise.
You are a neat lady.
I have heard Yu'er said
that you were willing to turn over a new leaf.
You understand that revealing yourself in public was against the code of ethics,
and is willing to change your name for Yu'er.
It is indeed hard to come by someone like you.
It's just that marrying into the prince's household is not that simple.
You cannot be lacking in any of the skills and duties that ladies require.
I heard you grew up in the north.
Have you been disciplined by a training-momo?T/N: "-momo" is a term used to address older female servants
How is your needlework? Have you learnt how to take care of a household?
My needlework is okay, and I have learnt manners under a training-momo.
Mother, Yunxian is very talented in making food therapies.
The Empress Dowager was praising her as well.
I know.
As a wife, cooking skills are unimportant.
Which daughter of an official has done such lowly chores?
Only ladies from poor and humble families will take pride in that.
Mother.
What? I didn't say it's her.
Lady Hang, where was your mother from?
My mother, Lady Huang, was Wuxi county magistrate.
She passed away fifteen years ago.
You are the only daughter?
Yes.
Yu'er. The ancient saying goes that there are some ladies you can never marry.
The last precept is that you can't marry the oldest daughter of a widower.
because this kind of girl didn't have a mother teaching her,
it's hard for her to avoid improper conduct.
I grew up with my Grandmother.
My Grandmother is a fifth rank noble lady.
I didn't ask you. What are you doing talking back?
Mother. Why don't you sit down?
Mother, can you say fewer words?
Yunxian, you can just answer when my mother asks you questions.
Fine, fine, don't say any more.
I don't want Yu'er to think that I don't like you.
Lady Hang,
even though your previous conducts were improper, but looking at Yu'er like this
I won't make a fuss.
But Lady Hang, once you marry into the prince's household, whatever medicine or medication,
you cannot touch any.
How will the commoners view Prince Cheng?
You're telling me to stop examining patients?
Of course.
When you enter the royal family, you're not allowed to reveal yourself in public at will,
or examine patients.
Looking at your expression, surely you're not thinking of becoming a female physician
and examining lowly men?
Mother.
Your Highness, please excuse my discourtesy.
If Prince Cheng didn't ask me to examine you late that night,
you wouldn't be sitting here, continuously humiliating me.
It has always been my wish to learn medicine and cure people.
If Your Highness cannot tolerate that, I won't be begging to enter Prince Cheng's household.
You...how dare you say such things?
Yunxian, can you speak less?
Fine.
Yunxian.
You are well aware
This...
of my passion for medicine.
Your Highness. Your Highness.
Your Highness!
Your Highness, she...
Mother. Mother, what's wrong?
♫ Used to think the winter had always been this cold, ♫
♫ unrelated to my stubborn obsession ♫
♫ If the heavy snow froze everything ♫
♫ I will wait at the beginning, waiting for you to appear. ♫
♫ Perhaps our vows will change, as will the times. ♫
♫ Constant, yet ever changing, even if the world changes ♫
♫ Even if my complexion ages with time ♫
♫ I am still the young one in white ♫
♫ until the day ♫
♫ I return to meet you ♫
♫ When that day arrives, we will return to familiar places ♫
♫ Appreciating the colourful world, and watching the light dance across your face ♫
♫ When that day arrives, we will return to the first snowfall ♫
♫ Forgetting our obsessions and the past we have lost ♫
♫ Even if my complexion ages with time ♫
♫ I am still the young one in white ♫
♫ until the day I return to meet you ♫