(Episode 51)

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, please take back
your command

I cannot become
your personal physician

Your Majesty!

Your Majesty, there is big trouble!

Prince Kyung-Won...

Prince Kyung-Won is
in critical condition!

What? Prince Kyung-Won?

What happened to my son?

How? What is his condition?

He became feverish and
fainted after convulsions

A physician entered
his quarters just now

When did the fever start?

The temperature wasn't
that high last night

My son, my son

Have you been checking him?

Yes, Your Majesty

Continue...

Did he show unusual
symptoms last night?

He was yawning and
coughing frequently...

so I made him go to sleep early
worrying he might catch a cold

Yawning and coughing?

Isn't that a common cold?

Do you faint over a cold?

A young child can have convulsions
and faint over minor illness

His earlobes are cold
How were his eyes?

He wasn't talking so
I couldn't find...

What is the nurse lady's job?

How can you not know such things?!

Did he go to sleep immediately?

No. He was restless and
he was rubbing his eyes

What is it? What illness is it?

I've narrowed it down to
3-4 illnesses with the symptoms...

but I still have to
check him more carefully

I'm sorry,
but please wait a little longer

Wait?! The prince is unconscious
and I should wait?!

Queen! I understand how you feel...

but you know that it takes time
to diagnose an illness

And it is common for minor
and major illnesses to strike...

during one's childhood,
so don't worry and wait

Check him carefully to find out
his illness and treat him accordingly

Yes, Your Majesty

Queen, if you're that worried
for the Prince...

why don't you have
Jang-Geum take care of him?

Huh?

You already know that her diagnosis
and prescription are by far the best

No, thank you. He's a prince!

How can I let a physician lady
take care of him?!

Aren't you the one who valued...

Jang-Geum's talent and
allowed her to treat me?

Then I had no other means

I was suspicious of
the head physician along with...

other physicians who were under him

If the other physicians had time
they would've found out, too

Your Highness, you disappoint me

Disappoint?

Were you like this when
the Crown Prince was ill?

What are you talking about?

You weren't calm like this
when he was sick

Even though he was born later,
Prince Kyung-Won is your son, too

How could you be
so calm and indifferent?

You even try to assign
a physician lady?

Queen, you are misunderstanding me

I know you are misunderstanding me

Yes, I ordered Jang-Geum to act as
a secret agent by telling me...

the health conditions of
the Crown Prince, your Mother...

and yourself through the pharmacy

Jang-Geum refused to take the order...

and I threatened to
make her my attendant lady

But have you ever thought about
why I would even...

give such an order
to a physician lady?

I don't know who did it
but it's a curse against the Prince

Every moment someone is trying
to threaten me and my Prince...

but I'm unable to say
what's going on out of fear that...

you might become suspicious of me...

when I don't know how or
what will happen in the future

But Your Highness, I'm a mother, too

I can endure all things...
except harm being done to my son

I had to know what's going on, too

I also know
you gave me a silent warning...

by ordering Jang-Geum to be
your personal physician...

I'm so sorry, Your Majesty

Please forgive me and
take back your command

And please...

please protect my son... your son

Your Highness...

Don't you have to deal with
Prince Kyung-Won's fever first?

Fever normally accompanies
illnesses of a child

But sometimes you have
to let the fever run its course

We could make the situation worse...

if we decide too quickly
when we can't even ask questions

Physician Shin is checking him
in many ways, so please wait

Sure. Physician lady Jang-Geum has
finally realized her wrongdoing of...

bringing trouble to the pharmacy...

and the court, so she has politely
declined the King's promotion

Jang-Geum, go back to...

the public center
and fulfill your duties

The Royal Pharmacy will go back to
its place and work hard as well

How could you give up that easily?

How... how did we get back here?

Didn't I tell you that you'll face
even greater things than this?

But I can't do it while stepping above
my teacher and harming Lady Suk-Won

Lady Suh...

I'm sorry... I'm sorry

Call her Yes, Sire

A long time ago, when you were little
when you brought drinks to me...

I asked you what you were...

going to tell the person
who sent the drinks

Yes

You replied,
"The King has received it...

with appreciation
but he looked deeply troubled"

Did I really?

But I wasn't troubled
I was thankful, and I drank all of it

I thought of you as I drank them

Does she even know
what the palace is really like?

I was troubled because I didn't
want to go into the palace and so...

I was wondering why
you wanted to go so badly

When I woke up from the drinks...

I found myself to be the king

If you hadn't brought the drinks
I wouldn't have become the king

I wouldn't have become the king

So you have to be responsible

Responsible?

Of course, you're responsible!

You sent me in here and
you asked to come in

So how could you just go out
while leaving me here?

Jang-Geum has returned to
the public health center...

so what are all these appeals?

I'm sorry to tell you this
but they're appeals to impeach...

a high official, head of the pharmacy

A high official, why?

When you were sick, bedridden...

he carried out
the secret order of the Queen...

and when you ordered Jang-Geum
to be your personal physician...

he was the only one who approved

So they're asking you
to send him away as an exile...

for violating the Royal Court's rules

Really? What is his name?

He's Min Jung-Ho

Min Jung-Ho?

Even though he's a high official
he only came here a few times...

so you probably
don't know him very well

But there was a time when you
had personally offered him drinks...

for passing a national exam
when he was only 15

Get Min Jung-Ho here

Yes, Your Majesty

Is your name Min Jung-Ho?

Yes

You won first place on the exam

The theme this time was about
the ways of the ruler and his servant

What did you write?

Yes, Your Highness, the ways of
the ruler and his servant are...

That's right... it's that kid...

Your Majesty,
official Min Jung-Ho is here

Let him come in Yes, Sire

All the other servants opposed,
but you're...

the only one who accepted my command?

Yes, Your Majesty

Is this a scheme?

Is it a scheme to be noticed by me?

For generations there have been
officials who stood out...

by accepting the King's command when
all the others were opposing it...

Then Your Majesty, I'm sorry to ask
but did you command it...

to pick out the faithful,
the traitors and villainous...

among your servants?

Your Majesty, servant Min Jung-Ho
dares to petition the King

Please command the physician lady...

Jang-Geum to be your physician again

Jang-Geum is a lady and that's why
all the officials are opposing it

Why are you the only one
insisting on this?

Because the most
important thing is the person

The person?

Yes, Your Majesty...

The most important thing
you must do is select...

a talented person and
put that person in the right position

It's not about selecting a talented man
to put him at the position...

but a talented person to
put him or her at the right position

Physician lady Jang-Geum has
already taken care of...

the Royal Family's health and
corrected the misdiagnosis...

during the last plague
to save many people

Was that lady Jang-Geum's work?

Yes, it was

And as you've seen during the trials
of the head lady, Sir Oh...

lady Jang-Geum does not give in to...

any threats or temptations

I know that...

So what does she lack as a physician
whom you should have at your side?

Your Majesty, I dare to ask you again

You should separate those
you should have beside you...

from those you shouldn't
have beside you...

and put them at
their rightful positions

Yes. That's what
you said when you won...

first place at the exam, too

That it is the way of the ruler...

The way of the servant is to
know his capacity, and go beside...

the King if he is fit for that or
go far away if he's fit for that...

or increase wealth
if he's fit for that

So what kind of servant
have you become?

I've become a servant who
helps other servants who...

should be at your side...

but who can't because of
jealousy and taboo

And I've come to believe that...

that is the loyalty I owe you

What? He's meeting
the King in private?

So that was it

That's why he accepted his order,
going against the rest of the court

It was a scheme to earn his trust

How wicked of him!

Though his personal physician issue
has passed without much result...

we can't just leave Min Jung-Ho

Yes! Think about
the unprecedented trust...

the King has bestowed on Jung-Am

I agree. In only 4 months he went...

from 9th class official
to the head of internal affairs...

It won't be hard since the scholars
and officials are on our side

And this is enough of
a reason to exile him

Yes, sir

I never dreamed
Min would stop us like this

I know...

If we don't strike
Min Jung-Ho first ourselves...

our people will break apart

So... what should we do?

Man...

My child is sick, so why not...?!

No way! Even though this is
a public agency, we don't...

receive beggars like yourselves!

If a person is sick,
he should receive treatment

Why can't we receive it?

If one or two of you
start to gather here...

this place will soon turn into
a filthy hangout of beggars!

Sick people who come here
would be stricken with diseases!

What's going on here?

These filthy beggars are
trying to come in here

What's wrong?

Ma'am! My child is feverish and
I think he's going to die!

Please save him! Please save him!

Ma'am, we'd be in great trouble
if you start to accept them!

Even if we're a public health center
we shouldn't do that...

We should accept everyone

Taking care of sick people
is what we do

What's wrong?

Where are you taking him?!

Ma'am!

Sir!

What is it?

We have big trouble!

It's a big problem!

This is...!

Yes, that's right...

What?! What?!

Are you sure it's smallpox?

I'm sorry to report...

Smallpox?! Smallpox?!

How could the Prince...
the Prince...?!

Tell us the details! The details!

We hoped it'd be a cold
from looking at the symptoms

but there are whistling sounds and...

he has a fever but his earlobes...

felt cold and seeing reddish muscles
from the top of his ears...

Physician Jung and I have
diagnosed it as a case of smallpox

Are you sure that's correct?
It isn't a misdiagnosis?

Your Highness, he already started to
have one or two pustular eruptions

What should we do?

What should we do?

First of all, find out if any others
have been infected...

and isolate the Prince
so it doesn't spread in the palace...

We already did that

What? The Prince...?!

He's having a hard time
because of a fever and headache

We have to help him sweat
and have loose bowels...

that way he can have it easier

There's no choice

Yes, sir

Move! Move, I said!
I'm going in to see...

my own son,
so why are you stopping me?!

Move away right now!

Your Highness! Smallpox is contagious

It can pass on to an adult

You must not go inside

I don't care! It doesn't matter!

Queen! Queen, calm down

Calm down?! Calm down?!

What mother would be calm
when her own son is dying?!

Please allow me to go in

Please allow me!

No! You might catch it, too!

Whatever happens,
no mother would stand outside...

while her own son is ill

Think how much
he may be looking for me

Think how much he'd resent me

Please let me go inside... please...

Prince... Prince...

Queen!

What kind of
reckless behavior is this?!

As a mother myself...

I fully understand you
But you're a mother...

of a son, and a wife of the King!

You should think of
the King's welfare first

Go back to the Royal Chamber

You go back, too, King

There's no cure for smallpox

Even if the person stays alive...

he normally loses eyesight
or gets his legs paralyzed

The heavens are the only physician

Did you arrange physician ladies
who will assist...

physician Jung and
the head physician lady?

Yes

Then we'll have to
leave the treatment...

of the Prince to
physician Jung and the head lady

So you go and visit...

the civilian pharmacies and the east,
west public health centers

If it's in the palace, then
it should be in the city as well

What good would that do? There's no
treatment for it, we can't prevent it

People hide,
afraid of being quarantined...

Hey! Is that something
a physician should say?!

Everyone, find out what's
going on and make plans...

to minimize the casualties

Yes, sir

Please take me away instead...

take me, and save my Prince...

save my Prince

God, I pray...

Your Highness...

How is he? How is he?

There's no change to his conditions

He's still only sweating...

Why?! Why?!

Since there's no
prescription for smallpox...

Then is it the will of the heavens?

I must trust my Prince to the heavens?

We haven't received any patients
with smallpox here yet

Really? That's strange...

Didn't send 'em away
thinking it was a fever?

No. We clearly didn't have any

Physician ladies examine
the children, right?

Yes

Then gather the ladies and ask them
if they had any with a high fever

If there were similar symptoms,
send me a message right away

You understand?

Yes, sir

Shin-Bi and I'll check
the east center pharmacies

so you and Eun-Bi should check
the pharmacies on the other side

And we'll meet again
at the west health center

Sure

Distribute this medicine
to all taverns in the city

All these for free?

Yes. Please don't try
to gain profit out of this

Who do you think I am?!
I've lost two...

of my own children over plague

I don't do such things

Sure... I'm sorry. I take it back

Are you sure it can be
prevented by eating this?

I don't know. I'm only doing it
since I'm told to do it

Sure...

You go with townspeople to find
shepherd's purse and ume flower

You'll find them in mountains
since it's spring now

Are they good, too?

Yes

If I had known that earlier...

I wouldn't have had to send away
my Il-Do and Yee-Do like that

What are you doing? Get going!

I'm a physician from the Royal Palace

So?

So? So why are you
giving out medicine...

when you aren't even a govt official?

What does it matter whether
I'm a government official or not?

Are you selling it at a high price
telling people it's a wonder drug?

Hasn't been confirmed whether
this prevents smallpox or not...

so how can you distribute all of it?

To check if it works
since it hasn't been confirmed yet

That way I can find out which one
is effective for prevention

They said, if I can save...

just one patient, that's what
a physician is supposed to do

Who?

Why would you want to know that?

I said I'm a physician
from the palace!

If you came to check for smallpox

go to the west health center

We told all pharmacists in the city
to send any cases of smallpox there

West public health center?
Isn't that where Jang-Geum works at?

Yes. Jang-Geum's probably
meddling in this for sure

Be careful with your words!

I can't stand it when people
become pejorative with Jang-Geum

You bad girl!

Where should I take this?

Take it to the ferry point

It's like that here, too

I know...

Let's hurry

You let the patients be
at the health centers...

without isolating them first?!

We don't have any here

Then why did you order all of them
to go to the west health center?

And you're even distributing
unconfirmed herbal medicine!

I opposed it at first but there was
nothing wrong with what she said

Who?

Sir, this is all done with
Jang-Geum's recommendation...

Jang-Geum?

Yes, sir. She said
the public health center treats...

those who can't afford it anyway...

and if one of the medicine
is found to be effective...

in stopping the smallpox
it will be great

As I witnessed the ill effect
of smallpox 5 years ago...

I happened to agree with her

Where is she right now?

I don't know...
she wasn't at the health center

Follow me

Sir! Sir!

Sir, look over there!

Let's go

So just do what this says!

So if we do that, we'd be
completely free of smallpox?

Not completely, but only that...

you could prevent it

So what are you saying?

I'm only doing what
the physician lady has told me to do

Just do what it says

How come you can't understand?

What does it say?

So... it...

Hey! How can you read it
when you're holding it upside down?!

Then someone who can read
should read it aloud

First of all, take baths
not with regular water...

but with yellow mud water
or charcoal water

Yellow mud water? Charcoal water?

Second!

If you have shepherd's purse
keep eating it in porridge

and if you have ume flower, dry it
in the shade and powderize it...

and mix it with honey and make it
into large pills before eating it

Third!

Make three cuts from
the sponge gourd tip...

and put the peel and seeds
in porcelainware with a lid

Sprinkle salt on mud and seal the lid

Heat it with paulownia log and then...

roll it right and left...
brown and yellow...

After making it into powder
you make it into cake

Fourth!

We don't understand you at all

You don't?

You want a shorter or longer version?

You should tell it
so we can understand

Tell it so you can understand?

Come near... come near...

Come close...

I don't know why they're doing this

I'm hungry!

You have to wait for it
to finish cooking

Give me food!

Move away!

Why you...! If you're beggars
you should act like beggars!

Why are you cleaning?!
Even boiling water?!

Who are you?

Who?! We're physicians
from the Royal Palace!

Bow your heads immediately!

You're from the palace?

Why? So you can burn the town?

No, they came out to meet Jang-Geum

Our physician lady?

Why our physician lady?

"Our physician lady"?

OK, OK
They didn't come to harm you...

so lead them to her quickly

Follow me

Ma'am! Ma'am!

Go wash your body
with charcoal water now...

and drink charcoal powder drink too

Yes, ma'am!

My son will be OK, right?

I'm doing my best...

but I could fail to save him

No, no, that's all I ask

I've been so worried
that he might not get...

any treatment
because he's a beggar's son

I'm more than grateful for just that

Whatever the outcome...

it's heavens' will especially smallpox

Please deliver this to physician lady
Jang-Deuk in Yong-Jin village

Sure!

Then Jang-Geum is in there by herself?

Yes. No one wanted to go in there...

To save a beggar's son? Yes

To try treating smallpox?

I said, yes

Jang-Geum! It's me, Shin-Bi

Shin-Bi I'm going in

No! Only smallpox patients are in here

But you're inside

It's because this is my job

You're a physician lady who
takes care of the high court ladies

Actually, Prince Kyung-Won
has smallpox

What?!

If you found out anything
please let us know

I haven't found out anything yet

I'm only recording whatever I see...

and I'm only dealing with symptoms

Two have already died...

I really want to find out...

This is killing too many people...

But even so... how could she
put her life in danger like that?!

Sir... Sir...

Why don't you at least
say something to Jang-Geum?

Jang-Geum... Jang-Geum... trust me

Sir, do you want to see me die?

Queen!

Your Highness...

Queen... why do you keep doing this?!

Your Majesty, please let me
see him for just once!

Please!

It's smallpox! If he dies like this...

I'd be so ashamed!

Your Highness!

Your Highness! Your Highness!

Prince!

It's your mother... open your eyes

Open your eyes...

you should see me before you die

I'm here. You should open your eyes...

Your Highness!
You could get infected, too!

Save him! Save Prince Kyung-Won!

Save him!

Your Majesty, save him!

Please save him!

Save Prince Kyung-Won!

Your Majesty, please save him!

Your Majesty, please...

Whether it be a civilian method or
a Ming Chinese method, save him

I'm worried for Prince Kyung-Won...

but I can't endure the pity
I feel for the Queen

Didn't you witness it, too?

As you saw
motherly love is embracing...

the son even if
she could get infected herself

Do whatever you can

Whether it be civilian method or
Ming Chinese method, save him

I'm worried for Prince Kyung-Won...

but I can't endure the pity
I feel for the Queen

It's your mother... open your eyes

Open your eyes...

you should see me before you die

I'm here. You should open your eyes...

Your Highness!
You could get infected, too!

Save him! Save Prince Kyung-Won!

Save him!

Your Majesty, save him!

I'm only recording whatever I see...

and I'm only dealing with symptoms

I know it's hard for you...

I should be a better physician
and ease your pain

What's wrong?

It hurts

I'll die, won't I?

Right?

Why would you? No, you won't die

Really?

Of course not... I'll heal you...

so you have to endure it

If you endure it well
I'll make a kite for you

Really? Yeah...

I won't eat it

You must eat it. If you keep
starving yourself like this...

your health will deteriorate first

What does it matter?

As a mother, as a queen,
I haven't been a good example...

to my son, and I'm helpless like this

So what does it matter?

Take it away

Your Highness! You must stay strong

They say those around a patient...

must be strong for
the patient to recover

It is said the patient and people
around him must believe...

that he'll be fine for him to recover

It is said that people around him
must not give up first

It's Jang-Geum, isn't it? Huh?

Those are Jang-Geum's words, right?

Yes

That's right...
she said that to me once

And that she doesn't give up
no matter who she takes care of

He's been completely cured

Really?!

He's really cured?

Take a look
I'm sending him out so receive him

My arms will fall off

It's true! I thought he'd have
a pitted face! But it's clean!

His legs are fine, too!

His eyes are fine, too!

His eyes are fine, too!

Physician lady! Thank you!

Thank you, ma'am! Thank you!

Ma'am!

You want to get all the credit?

Good job!

Stop it

So did you find the prescription?

No, not yet...

No?

I didn't find a prescription
I made him go through the disease...

so he can overcome it

What are you saying?

Normally we tried to reduce fever
when the person is infected...

and get rid of the eruptions
when they occur...

but I did the opposite by letting him
sweat it all out when a fever came...

and when eruptions started,
I tried to...

have him go through it
while cleaning it

So I haven't found
a treatment for it yet

Did you write it all down? Yes

This is such a great finding!

But... it'll be different
for each patient

So it's not the way to save them all

We told them to try every
preventive measure you've told us...

so it seems to have stopped spreading

And we're trying to find out which
preventive measure works the best

Sure

Go rest, I'll take care of him

What's going on?

Why are they here?

Are they here to burn the village?

That must be it!

Sir! Sir! He's completely cured!

My son's cured of smallpox!

Please don't burn us!

We don't have any other place to live!

Sir! Spare us!

Be quiet! Move away!

Is it true?

He's really been cured of smallpox?

Yes

Who is that? I don't know

How was he cured? How?

Our physician lady cured him!

Our physician lady?

I'm talking about Jang-Geum

Really? It's truly Jang-Geum?

Yes!

Is physician lady Jang-Geum inside?

The Queen is here

Jang-Geum, come out and
greet Her Majesty the Queen

Your Majesty...
how could you come this far?

Please make my son well!

Excuse me?

Please cure my son...

Please... Jang-Geum...

I heard you saved a child
who was infected with smallpox

But I didn't find the prescription

Even so, that's hopeful

It means there's hope!

Right! It's hopeful! Hope, indeed!

Let's give it a try!
Let's give it a try!

Yes, let's do it together Yeah

Shin-Bi, what's up?

I'll assist Jang-Geum from now on
so you go and rest

You haven't slept for days

Really? Is that OK with you?
It's a contagious disease

I told physician Shin already,
so go and rest

And make sure to wash
your body with charcoal water...

And eat it, too

Why?

That's what Jang-Geum ordered

And she wrote down...

many preventive measures
in the office so do those too

Really? That's the way to prevent it?

If that's what Jang-Geum said
we'll do it of course. OK

Shin-Bi, thanks anyhow

We'll get the medicine ready and
delivered on time so don't worry

OK

Jo-Dong... Huh? What?

I think I'm starting to like
Jang-Geum and Shin-Bi

I was like that from the beginning

But you like me more, right?

He had many eruptions
in the beginning...

but most of them have gone away

Head physician lady, I've received
permission to assist starting today

OK

What are you doing here?

I've received permission, too

You went to get permission?

Yes

OK... let's all work together

Here

Your Majesty, it seems the smallpox
has stopped spreading because of...

the quick decision of
the west public health center

Really?

Yes. And whenever they do have
a patient from time to time...

they isolate the person
to a separate hut for treatment

And they've spread
the information on...

all types of preventive measures
all over the city...

preventing any great danger

Really?
Who made such a quick decision?

It's the physician lady Jang-Geum

What? Physician lady Jang-Geum?

Yes, Your Majesty

Your Majesty! The Queen has brought
Jang-Geum from the hut...

where she was treating
smallpox patients...

And she's treating
Prince Kyung-Won right now

What? Really?

The Queen traveled
incognito to her herself?

Yes, Your Majesty!

Then you're saying his smallpox
is related to his lungs?

Yes, I used medicine for the liver
if the blisters showed a bluish color

If the eruptions are
wheat pod color, then kidney...

If blisters are white
then you used medicines for lungs?

Yes

Yes... that makes sense

And fortunately, one of the children
that was saved had white blisters, too

Really? That's a relief

But you said that child
had normal eruptions...

but the Prince had his eruptions
and then it mitigated

So what prescription did you give him?

I used Go-Jin medicine
after much deliberation

Some physicians try
to reduce the eruptions...

but from what I know, trying that...

seemed to be more dangerous, so...

I think that's better

It seemed that the children
whose eruptions had...

run their full course healed better

Those children had scars...

but they didn't die

You're saying it's better for
patients to suffer through smallpox?

Yes, I think so

Then what should we do?

Many of his blisters are not pustular

It's dry and they aren't pustular

Yes, we should use Nae-Tak-San with
extra ginseng, milk vetch root...

and angelica root
to get the pus out better

If you're trying to
make it more pustular...

then it's better to add half a cup of
warm liquor and breast milk

That's right! That's the method
to get more pus out

OK. Nae-Tak-San with extra ginseng,
milk vetch and angelica...

with liquor and breast milk, right?

I have nothing to do because of Eun-Bi

Did you get the prescription?

Yes, it's Nae-Tak-San

Nae-Tak-San... ginseng, milk vetch
and angelica root...

They said to add
good liquor and breast milk to it

Liquor and breast milk?
I've never heard such a prescription

In any case, ifJang-Geum said so,
we should do it!

Go get the liquor from the kitchen...

and you go get the breast milk

What? Breast milk?!

Yes, what's wrong?!

How could I get
a woman's breast milk?!

Why do you talk so much?!

Go get your wife's then!

Sir!

Sir, there's a nurse lady for
the Princess at Lady Suk-Won's place...

so I'll go there and get it

Yes... and I'll go get the liquor

What are you doing?
Get the herbs right now!

Now you're finally thinking
of doing some work...

What?! That's right, I'm a workaholic!

Do you know anything about work?!

Wait...
you look like a caterpillar today

That wasn't intentional, by the way...

Here you go

He'll have scars afterwards

You can wrap the other foot

Ouch!

What's wrong?

His back is hurting

He said only his stomach was hurting

Young people always say
their stomach hurts...

whenever they're hurting somewhere

Yes, that's right. When someone
asked me where I was hurting...

I always told them my stomach hurt

Even though it had nothing
to do with my stomach

Then is this a bad symptom?

Yes... it's a very bad sign

We should use Shin-Hae medicine

OK...

Scabs have appeared for about half
his body but not for the other half

We should use Juh-Shim-Yong-Nwe-Go

The temperature should drop
when scabs have appeared...

but he's heating up inside and...

his knees and feet are cold

What should we do?

It's because his energy is low

Let's use Lee-Gong-San

The scabs have come off...

but some are reddish
and some are white...

They should be reddish...

a child whose spots were white
died after a while

Then...

We should use So-Dok-Eum

So-Dok-Eum?

What? He's been cured?!

Yes, Your Majesty

That's the message I received

Your Majesty...

We shouldn't be here like this

Let's go over there

What are you doing?

Escort her Yes, Sire

It's all done now

Prince! Prince!

Let me see...

Prince... Prince... thank you

Mother...

I don't know what to say to you...

you entered the hut
with a beggar's child...

you sacrifice yourself without
any regard for your own life

I have no excuse
for I had given you an order...

to harm someone else's life

I tried to use the illness...

of someone else's son without knowing
that my own son would be ill

Seeing how you jumped in to...

find a way to save him,
I have lost all words

I acknowledge my mistake

Please forgive me

Your Majesty...

I'm going to be encouragement to you

Practice medicine
to your heart's content

Your Majesty!

I grant Jang-Geum who
has contained smallpox in the city...

and who has cured Prince Kyung-Won...

51 bushels of rice...

and 15 rolls of cotton cloth

And...

I'm appointing her as
a 9th class official...

and as my personal physician!

Your Majesty!

That is utterly unreasonable!

A high government official
status for a woman?!

Such a command is like a thunderbolt
on a clear day shaking...

the whole Royal Court and government!

What are you doing, Sir Min?!

Carry out the order and
the announcement now!

Yes... Your Majesty

9th class official?!

I understand what the King is doing...

but I'm worried that...

it would be burdensome for Jang-Geum

So if she's a 9th class official...?!

Well... if it's 9th class,
then it's a lower rank than us

Yes... it's lower...
But that's not the issue here!

Could a woman do that?

No, of course not

It's not like Jang-Geum
turned into a man...

so what's going on?

This is impossible!
How could he give...

a government office to a woman?!

Such a thing has never occurred
in the history of Chosun

I couldn't even speak
because I was so agitated

And Sir Min Jung-Ho even
received the King's order willingly

That can't be!
As a scholar of Confucius...

how could he do such a thing?!

The problem is with Sir Min Jung-Ho

Even if lady Jang-Geum
did something great...

how could the King even
think of giving such an order?

It's clearly Sir Min Jung-Ho's scheme
to make her the personal physician

I heard that the King often
asks for Sir Min Jung-Ho

We can't stay like this
We'll gather our strength...

You should go to
the Royal Chamber right now...

and petition the King with great force

We should...

Your Majesty!
Such a thing has never...

happened since the founding of Chosun!

And this would be
something that will shake...

the foundation of
the court and government...

which could remain
a great blemish in history

Listen, Sir Min!

I appoint Jang-Geum
as an 8th class official

so go and do that!

Your Majesty, why are you doing this?

That would turn the whole system
and rules upside down...

and it would break the hierarchy
of the Royal Family's pharmacy

If you do this, who is going to obey
the commands of the physician lady?

Your Majesty, Sir Shin of
the Royal Pharmacy is here

Let him come in

Shin Ik-Pil, tell all of us
what you have written to me

Your Majesty, servant Shin Ik-Pil
of the pharmacy writes these words;

All the physicians, including myself,
along with all physician ladies...

of the Royal Pharmacy
will accept your will

What the...?!

What is the reason?

I'm physician lady
Jang-Geum's teacher...

but the reason why I'm willing
to receive orders from her is...

her attitude and character
as a physician

Physician lady Jang-Geum's practice
of medicine is like that of a mother

In order to save a child's life
she wasn't concerned with her own...

and to prevent the child
from getting infected...

she quickly gave out
preventive measures...

and in order to heal the child
she kindled hope to unite people as one

Everyone witnessed it when
she treated people in the city...

and Prince Kyung-Won for smallpox

All physicians and physician ladies
of the pharmacy...

followed Jang-Geum's orders
without any complaints

believing they could cure
Prince Kyung-Won's disease

That's why I will accept your will

Your Majesty! This is an unjust action
that shakes the foundation of Chosun!

I appoint physician lady Jang-Geum
as a 7 th class official!

Your Majesty... I'd kowtow
100 times to say this to you...

this is not right!

I appoint physician lady Jang-Geum
as a 6th class official!

Sir Min, go make the order!