♫ 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 29
All the traditional herbal therapies and prescriptions are only intended for usage in this drama. Please do not test or imitate.
Please think of the Empress and the little prince.
Surely they wish for you to be safe and sound.
Don't worry. I'm not going by myself.
I want to showcase our Ming dynasty's might.
If I don't enter the battlefield,
Our soldiers will laugh at me.
Don't worry. I'll return safely.
Your the Ming Emperor?
Looking at you. You may not even be able to kill a chicken.
Killing you will be enough.
Didn't you say I can't even kill a chicken?
You're even worse than a chicken.
Do you admit defeat?
I surrender! I surrender!
See!
My soldiers are here!
Kneel! Kneel!
Why aren't you going after him?
Shut up! This is not your place to talk.
All of you, shut up. I let him off today.
I can catch him again some other day.
Your Majesty is really showing our dragon's might.
Your Highness is the best! Your Highness is the best!
Satisfying. Satisfying!
Yunxian, did you see how I took care of them today?
I saw it. You're not bad at all.
Except when I was watching from above, I was still worried.
You should be more careful next time.
You women have small guts.
Who says I have small guts?
I have seen what war looks like with my dad before.
All right. I admit my mistake.
When we arrived at Da Tong tomorrow,
I'll wage a beautiful fight for you to see.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
When Your Majesty entered the battlefield today, those Oirat people were beaten to the point of running away.
Congratulations, your highness, on you r victory.
Your Majesty, really was showcasing our Ming Dynasty's Dragon MIght.
Wang Zhen is right.
If I had came earlier...
maybe this Oirat people won't become so arrogant.
Xiao Ma'zi, relay my orders.
- Grant Wang Zhen the title of Knight. - Yes.
Thank you, Your Highness.
Congratulations, Eunuch. The Emperor further rewarded you.
You're very lucky.
Is the Emperor inside?
He is.
But General must wait a moment. His Majesty is planning.
General,
if I'm not wrong, do you dislike Wang Zhen as well?
You're right. I've always disliked the Eunuch.
He knows nothing, yet he's always scheming.
Do you know what are the provisions he's prepared?
I just checked them.
It's all spoiled rice. It's been sitting there for at least five years.
Then can the soldiers eat them?
Even if we don't want to, we must eat it. There were two protestors today,
but I halted them.
I thought today's matter was suspicious.
These Oirats are clearly skilled,
but why did they become so weak once the Emperor entered the battlefield?
They couldn't perhaps have purposefully lured us into a trap?
You're a physician. Why do you know about fighting?
My father is a general too. I heard his talk a lot in the past.
Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!
Never thought that the defense of this Da Tong is so easily broken.
Looks like, these Oirat barbarians are just so so.
Ye Xian is nothing but a clown.
Once you led the attack yourself, he instantly fled.
Of course!
Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperoro!
Elder brother! You truly have foresight!
The Ming Emperor really fell for it!
He's not even grown up yet.
Does he really think of himself as a reincarnation of the Heaven General?
Relay my order! Prepare to move out.
Brother,
But from here to Beijing, even the fastest route is several days long.
You're right.
Just a small Da Tong City doesn't mean a thing.
But...this Ming Emperor can't be this stupid, right?
- Move out! - Move out!
It's fine. You can drink it.
Come! Brothers, drink some water!
Physician Hang, as an army physician, you have great luck.
We've been fighting for mroe than ten days, but there haven't been many severe injuries.
Datong has been surrounded for so many days, and everything was settled easily.
I'm not sure what those Oirats are thinking.
Cun Xia, bring me some water.
That's right.
Datong is such an important place,
why are the Oirats giving up without a fight?
You haven't eaten a good meal since leaving the capital several weeks ago.
I saw that there was a kitchen here, so I made you a bowl of
Chicken Japonica Rice Congee with Angelica and Lotus. Something that can decrease tiredness.
Yunxian, come here.
Look.
- Look at what? - The stars.
Ever since that Lunar New Year's Eve when you accompanied me stargazing,
I never saw such bright stars again in the capital.
I grew up in Beijiang. This is actually quite common there.
But I think it's uncommon.
I never thought
that there could be happiness going into battle.
I wasted my time being the Emperor for so many years.
I realize now that men ought to do it this way.
In the future, you'll be even more outstanding.
I definitely will.
I still have to kill upto the Oirat's Imperial Palace.
Catch Yexian and their Khan alive.
Yunxian, when we've reached their fields,
let's gaze at the stars together. The scenery would definitely be different.
That would be nice,
but why do I feel that all of this shouldn't be this easy?
Your Majesty, Minister Wang and General Fan request an audience.
- Let them in. - Yes.
Greetings, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, please be the judge.
Eunuch Wang insist that I send 30,000 troops to run after the Oirat.
But we just arrived here at Da Tong City,
Our soldiers have already traveled for 10 days.
If they don't rest, a problem will occur, Your Majesty.
Yoru Majesty, Fan Zhong's words are too preposterous.
Our army right now has irresistible force.
We should take this chance and ran after them. Destroy the Oirat's Royal power with one blow.
If we rest for several days, the soldier's spirits will also decrease.
Missing out on a good military chance, who can bear this responsibility?
And also, we saw how defeated the Oirat's were.
Watching them escape like that, I feel truly discontented.
Who says the Oirats have lost?
What do you mean by that?
If they were really defeated, how come they left still with such good formation.
Even though we've successfully entered Datong, but if we calculate it carefully,
how many of those dead are actually Oirats?
You mean...the Oirats have a scheme?
Indeed. Ye Xian is so mighty
that the four to five generals sent from all of the Ming died at his hand,
and even my father lost to him.
But why after all this time
won't he show you his face
and swiftly retreated? This doesn't make sense.
That's because he was pressed by His Majesty's valor.
Physician Hang, it doesn't matter if you're a female official or an army physician.
We're discussing national affairs here. This is no place for you to butt in.
I think she's not wrong.
Your Majesty, I've been conflicted for the past few days.
I feel that this battle has gone too smoothly.
What do you mean by that?
Will you only be happy once a few thousand people die?
Without any bloodshed, that's what a good war should be.
Your Majesty,
Anything that's against the usual should be treated as evil. Just consider General Fan as overthinking.
Deploy a few more scouts to keep an eye on the Oirats' movements.
At the very least, we'll find out the current locations
of the Oirat Generals.
After all, this place is too close to Beijing.
Better to be safe than sorry.
There's trouble. It's the grain supply.
Bring water quickly!
What happened?
Your Majesty, I'm incompetent.
Spies were able to enter. The guards overlooked it and this happened.
Hurry and send people to put the fire out!
- How much grain do we have left? - It's all here.
(Ming's Heaven Sent doesn't have a plan nor a strategy. Burning your food supply to show our might.)
Damned Ye Xian... I won't spare you.
The Emperor ordered for all forces to pursue the Oirats.
If you don't ride the horse, how will catch up to us?
Ride the horse? But it hasn't been long since you taught me.
What are you afraid of? You already ride well.
Zhou Xiang, protect Physician Hang.
Get up.
Let's go.
Your Majesty, we cannot suddenly attack.
We're not sure if the Oirat's are using reverse psychology.
I have 200,000 soldiers. Why should I be afraid?
But we should not let all soldiers leave. Datong is an important military stronghold.
We must at least leave 10,000 soldiers to guard it.
Fine. Let Guo Deng stay to guard Datong.
Those in the back, hurry up! Keep up! Quick!
Your Majesty, we've walked for a day. They're not made of iron.
We cannot pander. Continue walking!
They've caught up with us! Hurry and go!
Oirat soldiers! After them!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
You guys stay back. You come with me!
Onward!
Capture him!
Zhu Qizhen! You're even stupider than I imagined!
You've only gotten here after a six hour cahse!
From all Emperors of the Ming dynasty, you are the most useless one.
Move!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
- Come back! - Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty!
Thank you.
Why won't you speak to me?
I think you know the reason why.
I know
you want to say that I was too rash.
Leading the soldiers running after them for so long, I can't endure it anymore.
The Oirats all know Ye Xian was born into slavery.
Even he doesn't mind.
Why are you so upset?
Plus, just because of your small frustration,
you led the troops for an entire day and night to the point of exhaustion.
Was that necessary?
A good number of soldiers
walked to their deaths.
What do you mean by small frustration?
I am the Emperor!
Moreover,
I didn't do that over a small frustration. He burned our supply of grain!
If I didn't go after them, what were my 200,000 soldiers going to eat?
- Calm down. - Calm down, my ass!
Do you think I'm incompetent?
Incompetence and incapability... go beyond the surface.
Come back! Come back!
How many were injured/killed?
More than a hundred have died. There are quite a few injured.
Who'd have thought these Oirats are rather strong.
It looks like we underestimated them.
Director, Yexian's strategy today
clearly shows that they have the upper hand. They want to topple us.
You didn't think I noticed?
I'm worried that their goal is the capital.
Look, we are currently at Mountain Dujia.
It's already very near Xuan Fu.
This is a diversion scheme to make us go far away from the capital while they attack it afterwards.
This won't do. We must return to the capital quickly.
If we return to the capital like this, what about the Empress Dowager?
If we aren't able to defeat the Oirat, then Your Majesty will lose power.
Going back defeated, Empress Dowager will surely use this to criticize Your Majesty.
By that time, don't say my just my Knight General title,
I'm afraid I won't even be able to protect the Eastern Depot.
This Ye Xian is really vicious.
No matter what, we can't return to the capital.
We must think of a way. Look for a route that the Oirat people must take.
We'll wait for them and block their path.
To wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy, we definitely will win big.
Definitely will win big? Where do we go?
Go to YuZhou?
If they are going to to invade the capital, this is a place they must pass.
Besides, Yuzhou has abundant resources, which could make up for our troop‘s lack of food and money.
Nonsense! We've been fighting with the Oirats for years, they always choose to go through either DaTong or XuanFu.
Now that DaTong is within our control, we should guard XuanFu in the north.
YuZhou is in the south. Why are you inciting His Majesty to go to YuZhou?
How do you know that they would go through XuanFu?
YuZhou is also very close to ZiJingGuan.
That would take us one more day of traveling.
Ah...I remembered, Director Wang, you're from YuZhou, right?
No wonder you want His Majesty to go there.
Are you planning on going home to show off your status as an earl?
How rude of you!
You’re only a third-class military officer and you dare to guess the thoughts of someone ranking higher than you?
Your Majesty, you mustn't go to Yu Zhou.
YuZhou is just a small place. It cannot supply enough food for twenty-million soldiers.
Your Majesty, do you not trust my words?
The person who is in charge of YuZhou is my nephew. He is the most loyal.
Not just food, he can even supply Your Majesty with enough people to make up for the troops we have lost.
Enough. Stop arguing.
Wake up, wake up!
What's going on?! What happened?!
- Yunxian. - Wake up!
Protect the Emperor!
Get out of here, Your Majesty!
Get back here, you son of a bitch!
Let's go.
How many have we lost?
4000 are dead. There are even more injured.
It's all my fault.
What are you here for?
I'm a physician. I'm going to save people.
You go rest somewhere!
Stop minding me. I'll save every one I can.
I can't move my hand.
Relay my orders. Let's proceed to Yu Zhou.
-Your Majesty! -At least...
It's closer in distance.
- Wang Zhen. - Present.
If there is no food there, I'll hold you responsible for that.
Don't worry, Your Majesty.
It's fine that we didn't kill him this time.
After all, theirs numbers are great. They have 200,000 men.
However,
if we harass them a few more times, they'll be done.
Hold on.
Let me wrap up for you.
They're going to the south.
What do they mean by this?
Grand Preceptor,
Wang Zhen is from Yu Zhou. If I'm not wrong,
He is bringing the Ming Emperor to YuZhou.
Oh?
Director, it's bad.
The Oirats came out from ShuoZhou, YuZhou has already been surrounded.
What?
And, your nephew send message that says the carts that are carrying food have been robbed by the Oirats on their way here.
How did this happen?
Why aren't we going anymore?
It's all farmlands there. I'm just caring for the people's livelihood.
I'm afraid the troops are going to trample the crops.
Liar! You clearly said YuZhou has enough food.
I only heard it from others.
Your Majesty, how about we return to XuanFu right now?
Wang Zhen! It's always you!
What do you take these 20,000 soldiers for? Fools?
Fan Zhong, don't you add insult to injury!
If it weren't for you not being able to defeat the enemies, we would not be in this situation!
Silence!
Wang Zhen, you delayed the troops, I will take away your earl status, keeping your job for observation.
Fan Zhong, bring the troops to XuanFu.
You go find in XuanFu a defense general named Yang Hong. Let him arrange things for us.
I'll do as you say.
Everyone, prepare to leave for Xuanfu!
Get up! Prepare to leave for Xuanfu!
Get up!
Everybody, hurry up! Get up, time to go!
Quick! Move!
Holy shit! This much food isn't even enough to fill in our teeth!
How could this be for us? I cannot eat this!
-How could this be for us? -Sit down!
Sit! Sit down!
Stop complaining. if it ain't for the Emperor, you'll just be eating grass.
The Emperor and General Fan know that you guys are hungry, they gave up their own food so that you can drink porridge.
What are you complaining about?
What is this?
Eat up.
What have you come for?
To bring you food. You must have been tired all day.
No need. I have food to eat. Go look at those injured of yours.
They are your injured, not mine.
Drink it.
I'm not hungry.
Enough. Your stomach is grumbling.
Letting the men eat your share of food is a good deed but you can't starve yourself sick.
That's strange. Each person only has one share of rations.
Where did you get this ration from?
Besides, if you give yours to me, what are you going to eat?
I'm small in stature. I have enough to eat.
Are you pitying me? I'm telling you. I don't need-
Zhengqi! Cut the crap. If i tell you to drink it, just drink it.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have thrown a temper at you that day.
Enough. Didn't you save my life yesterday?
You must think I'm laughable.
I went to into battle and things turned out like this.
You are a good Emperor.
It's just that you trust Wang Zhen too much.
Before, Qian Jiejie and I kept on reminding you to not trust Wang Zhen too much.
But you?
Yunxian. Wang Zhen has been with me for many years.
Only he hasn't betrayed me.
What's right is right; What's wrong is wrong.
Once we get to Xuanfu, think carefully.
Next time when you are in front of the enemies, be sober, and you won't end up like this.
The Oirats are back! The Oirats are back!
When will these Oirats stop harassing us?
-Here, I'll help you. -Do you still have medicine for wounds?
I don't have any left as well.
Doctor Hang, the cart with medicine hasn't left yet, I'll get you some.
Thank you!
Thank you very much.
Why is it dirt?
Uncle, what about yours?
How come it's yellow dirt?
How come? It's all just dirt!
Who is trying to harm us?
The medicine has all been switched! Even ours are switched!
Look.
This...
What's going on?
This is the medicine you bought.
How did it become this?
Your Majesty, I- I really don't remember.
Oh, yes, Your Majesty!
It was him! It was him, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, Wang Zhen is obviously the person who's responsible for all of this.
I saw with my own eyes that he had accepted a bribe of more than ten thousand dollars from the man who sold medicine.
If you don't believe me, you could search him!
-Search him! -What are you doing?
Let go of me! Your Majesty! Let go off me!
He really has money!
It's him! It was him! He took a bribe!
He put us in danger! He doesn't have conscience!
Kill him! Kill him!
He can't live!
Wang Zhen,
you've betrayed the kingdom.
Your Majesty, this person puts the kingdom and the people in danger. He should be beheaded immediately!
Kill him! Kill him!
Your Majesty, he's harmed us to this state.
Why don't we kill him?
Right! Kill him!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Bad news.
The Oirats have returned. Ye Xian himself has brought the army this time.
They're back. He's come himself.
Heaven is cursing us.
The Ming troops have finally started to fight with each other.
Cheng Shisan, your plan works!
That's because the Heavens is blessing Grand Preceptor.
The Ming Emperor's luck is over.
Now it's time for us Oirats to rule the world!
Well said!
I'll be waiting with respect for the victory of the Grand Preceptor.
Empress Dowager.
Emperor.
I said it before.
Those hate you have given me...
will be returned to you!
Your Majesty!
Protect the Emperor!
You guys fight! FIGHT!!!!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Let us flee quickly.
If we run to Xuanfu, we can still ensure our lives.
At least we could share the country with Yexian!
How about it, Your Majesty? It's better than dying, right? Your Majesty!
Let's run quickly, Your Majesty!
What did you say?! It's all your fault! If it wasn't for you,
would I be like this? Would the Emperor be like this?
You useless slave!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, go! Go quickly!
Your Majesty!
What are you doing?
If you die,
what would happen to the soldiers of Ming?
Who's gonna bring them home? Who's gonna take revenge for them?
Zhu Qizhen!
If you have the skill, come fight with me!
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!- Don't go! Stop the chase!
Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
How have you been, Emperor of Ming?
Last time, you made me kneel to you. This time, you took the initiative to kneel to me.
Your Majesty!
A soldier may be killed,
but will not be dishonored. Kill me!
"Ning Yuan"
The treacherous Wang Zhen deceived people with untruthful words, causing our Emperor's abilities to go to waste like a pearl in dust,
repeating the tragedy of Jing Kang (Royalties been captured and humiliated by enemies in the Song Dynasty)!
Duke Zhao, what did you say?
His Majesty has been captured by the Oirat Clan.
Now that our country is in danger, Your Highness and Empress Dowager,
please be calm in this turmoil, and calm down the situation.
Yu Dongyang, say it one more time.
Has the Emperor really been captured by the Oirats?
I am incompetent. I ask the Empress Dowager to punish our sin.
We are incompetent. We ask the Empress Dowager to punish our sin.
My husband in heaven,
I have broke my promise to you!
Mother!
♫ 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 ♫