(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
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?
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!
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!