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[Nirvana In Fire II]
[Episode 22]
I have a hunch.
It will be effective this time.
The natural law is ever-changing and unpredictable.
At my age, I often feel the how small humans really are.
However, as a doctor
I refuse to give up until the very end.
Mentor.
If the patients start breathing steadily as the night progresses
they are to take the second dose.
Yes.
Ancient Addendum...
Ping Zhang...
Don't worry.
I'm not sick.
Someone in our manor has gotten sick.
How can I not be worried?
Look, you're also helping out.
I didn't dare to tell you a few days ago.
Miss Lin got sick.
What did you just say?
Don't panic.
Old Hall Master Li treated her, and she can already get out of bed.
Ping Jing just sent a message over
to say that their newly adjusted prescription worked on the patients.
We might get some good news from them early tomorrow morning.
That means this illness can be cured?
That's still hard to say.
We should all do our best.
However, I've always believed that Jinling City
the royal capital of Great Liang...
It will eventually pull through such difficult times.
Thank you, Sir.
You've recovered?
Thank you.
- The fever's receded? - Thank you, Sir.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Old Hall Master Li!
Master Tang.
Old Hall Master Li.
Old Hall Master Li, my eyes aren't mistaken?
This is real?
The medicine is really working?
Judging from my past experience
apart from the very fragile and critically ill patients
almost all the other patients can make a full recovery.
This is the final prescription.
There are some minor adjustments made to accommodate various patients.
That will have to be decided by the doctors individually.
Master Tang was also a renown doctor.
I need not nag too much.
I understand.
Master Tang will have to handle the treatment of patients in the entire city.
There must be so much for you to handle.
I won't hold you up.
Yes, yes. I'll take my leave now.
I understand.
Compared to the others, you must feel different.
You can finally feel relieved now?
Let's go.
Mother, please forgive me.
I don't wish to idle away my life just to be used by others.
From now on, I'll take the path that you never once considered.
It's even more important
that we don't let our guard down during times like these.
I know that you're short on men.
However, the clinics and pharmacies in the epidemic areas
the Imperial Academy of Medicine's medical supply room, and public granaries
are all crucial places that need to be guarded around the clock.
If there really aren't enough men
ask Commander General Xun to help with allocating his men.
His Majesty is away from the palace.
The Imperial Guards should be able to help out.
Yes.
Master Sun, get back to your work.
Send your men to me if anything comes up.
Yes, Your Highness.
Greetings, Cousin Ping Zhang.
You're still out and about during such times?
There must be some particular reason.
I'd like you to take a look at something I have with me.
You might be recovering but it was a serious illness after all.
Didn't Old Hall Master Li tell you to rest?
What is it?
The most important medicine in this prescription is tarragon.
I just suddenly remembered that before the plague broke out
someone purchased tarragon at a high price.
Judging by the time
major pharmacies won't be able to replenish tarragon so soon.
I'm worried...
Purchased it at a high price?
Why? Is that medicinal herb very rare?
It isn't used very often.
It's also produced in large quantities.
There's no value in hoarding it.
I think that it can't be just a coincidence.
Commander General Xun seized and searched Marquis of Laiyang Manor.
He's such a meticulous man. How could he have missed this note?
Puyang Ying gave this to me after the manor was searched.
My mother was coerced by Puyang Ying into doing many of her past deeds.
She listed them clearly in her letter.
Why didn't you report these hidden facts sooner?
Puyang Ying has the title of Guru.
He's trusted and favored by the empress.
Besides, my mother...
My mother's sins ran deep.
She was denied a memorial tablet.
Even if I hand in her note, what am I to do?
What can I do?
That would just get me in trouble.
I'm not worried that you'll laugh at me.
If I hadn't heard that Qiantian Yard has been seized
I wouldn't have dared to come to the Royal Changlin Manor today.
What did Puyang Ying say when he handed this note to you?
He must have had a motive.
He knew that my mother and I only had each other to depend on.
He wanted to stir up the hatred within me
and manipulate me as he did with my mother.
The writing in this note seems incomplete.
Could there be missing parts?
There were some past events written on those pages
as well as words of resentment from the grief in her heart.
Although a son shouldn't speak poorly of his mother
I really didn't wish to read those unjust words a second time.
I burned them.
Yuan Qi...
Whether your mother was coerced by others or not
she still did what she did.
I understand.
I didn't come to see you today to use Puyang Ying
as an excuse for my mother's deeds.
There's another reason.
Another reason?
I might be scared to report Puyang Ying
but I've been keeping an eye on him.
When his young disciple went around the city to reach out to his contacts
I followed him a few times.
I remember the faces of two men who were by his side.
Those two men visited him many times.
They had also been in Qiantian Yard several times.
These two men are still in the city now.
Now?
Yes.
Ping Zhang!
Cabinet Minister! Cabinet Minister!
Cabinet Minister.
After testing, the Imperial Academy of Medicine confirms that it's effective.
Master Tang told me to hand this over to Taiqing Palace's imperial physician
to treat... treat Crown Prince with this prescription!
Uncle.
Take this to them quickly.
First of all, we have to look into the total quantity of tarragon nationwide.
The Court of Imperial Sacrifices will appropriate and distribute.
Only then can we stabilize the situation.
Leave this matter to me.
As for how long the current quantity can last
how much more we will need, and how we should gather more
we'll have to invite Old Hall Master Li to the academy to discuss that in person.
Yes, I'll inform him right away.
Don't bother.
I'll leave this matter to someone else.
Yuan Qi just came to inform me of a matter.
I think that it's best for you to handle it with him.
Your Highness. Gentlemen.
Old Hall Master, thank you for coming.
Please have a seat.
This is the total quantity of tarragon in the academy's dispensary
as well as pharmacies outside the palace.
Please take a look.
- Half a month's worth? - Yes.
That was what the academy concluded.
This quantity is only enough to stop the situation
in the capital from deteriorating.
However...
However, if we wish to end the plague
we'll have to gather twice as much as we have now within half a month.
Speak!
What exactly does Puyang Ying want from this plague?
What is his ultimate goal?
Don't waste your breath.
We're the sons of Yeling who serve before our king.
We fear no death.
Once captured, they killed themselves.
What kind of people are these?
They are all lunatics!
Normal people can't understand them.
I thought that we could get some answers once we arrested them.
What's wrong?
I think
it concerns the safety of all the people in the entire city.
Even if it might be risky, we have to seek help from outside.
Your Highness, do you have a new plan?
Mount Wei is the closest to us.
Not only is His Majesty accompanied by many imperial physicians
but also officials of the six ministries.
If His Majesty makes the imperial decree
won't it be even faster and more assuring?
However, if we were to send someone to Mount Wei
wouldn't we--
Although there's some risk in this plan
it's not much more risk to send one messenger out to seek assistance
than to have officials of the entire Court of Imperial Sacrifices
running around trying to get help.
Should Master Xun still be concerned...
why don't we send my disciple?
If we send him out of the city as the messenger, there will be no risk.
There's no risk in sending Mister Du?
Why is that?
Any survivors of the plague can never contract it again.
Nor will he pass on the plague to anyone.
Master Tang, you should know that as well.
It is indeed so.
This...
He is also...
Yes.
I was from Yeqin State.
I was only six or seven years old when the plague hit us.
I hardly remember much anymore.
It was only after Old Hall Master Li and I came to Jinling City
that I realized it was the same plague that made me an orphan.
It's already very rare to have survived such a disaster.
This time, you even contributed to relieving the city of such peril.
You must feel very good about that.
Master Tang, you'll have to write up the document quickly.
Yes.
Look.
These two men have the same kind of tattoo as Duan Tong Zhou.
Only theirs are half of his.
It is indeed the same tattoo.
So Duan Tong Zhou actually works for Puyang Ying?
These are all suicide warriors.
They also have the same tattoo.
Can we then deduce that all of Puyang Ying's confidants
are marked with this tattoo?
That might not be definite.
However, looking at it the other way around, it should be right.
What do you mean it should be right if we look at it the other way around?
We've only spotted such a tattoo on three bodies.
We can't say for certain
that all of Puyang Ying's confidants are marked with it.
But looking at it the other way around
this pattern is so unique that it won't be tattooed on just anyone.
Therefore...
Therefore, whoever has this tattoo on them
is related to Puyang Ying even if they might not be his confidants.
But all the tattoos are hidden under clothing.
Unless we already have suspects we can examine
how will we know who does or does not have such a tattoo?
What's wrong?
I somehow think that I've seen this tattoo
before I saw it on Duan Tong Zhou.
Now that you mention it, I also think that I've seen it somewhere.
The plague has yet to die down.
Until you make other discoveries
just keep this in mind for the time being.
It's good that you're here.
I have a favor to ask of you.
Do tell.
Former Metropolitan Governor, Li Gu, has been kept in custody
in the Celestial Prison to await trial.
The capital has been a mess for such a long period of time
so I'm still worried.
Could you go--
Sure, I'll go there now.
I'll check to see if they missed anything.
Yes.
- Wait outside. - Yes.
You are...
Master Xun must have sent you here.
Master Xun... he already told me.
As long as I accuse Puyang Ying and refrain from saying anything else
he will make sure that I live.
What are you going to do?
What do you want?
Open the door!
Is the Judicial Commissioner here?
We didn't know Commander General Xun was visiting
hence the tardiness in welcoming you.
Please forgive us.
Take me to the political criminal, Li Gu.
After you, Commander General.
This is his cell.
Commander General.
Li Gu is a felon of the Imperial Court.
He must be heavily guarded.
Yes.
I...
Commander General!
- Commander General. - What is it?
A message was sent from the palace. Crown Prince has woken up.
- Really? - Yes.
Pass on a message to the Judicial Commissioner.
I'll inspect again tomorrow.
Yes!
Your Highness.
Crown Prince is much better.
Your Highness, rest assured that I've already handled all there is
to handle outside the palace.
You can just pretend not to know about anything.
Just make sure that you don't talk much.
We've been so busy for half a month now
that I've forgotten to ask you, where has Qian Xue been?
She's been in the East Quarters.
She hasn't been out.
That can't be.
What trick did you use to keep her in the manor?
A single woman obeys her father, and a married one obeys her husband.
I didn't allow her to leave the manor, so she could only obey me.
Really?
If only that were true!
Don't you know what she's like?
We encountered such a serious issue here in the capital
so she would want to help out.
Since that is the case, I got her to help me with something.
Your Grace, you haven't been out and about recently.
That's quite a relief.
Your Grace.
Uncle Tai.
You've been in our manor for more than 20 years.
You've been with me since I was born.
Although we're master and servant
you're the closest to me apart from my mother.
I have no family nor career.
I should have been homeless my whole life.
I'm deeply grateful to have been taken into the manor.
In the blink of an eye, half a lifetime passed.
I don't have other plans in mind anymore.
I just hope to look after Your Grace to see that you're safe and sound.
Greetings, Empress. Greetings, Crown Prince.
Don't bother with formalities.
Your Highness, you're still frail.
Why do you refuse to take your medicine?
Your Highness.
Crown Prince is willing to listen to His Highness.
I don't know much about what is happening out there.
I've only heard from Cabinet Minister
that it was Your Highness who turned the tide.
Your Highness, I'm too flattered.
Everyone should do their best for the crisis in the capital.
You and your brother can stay to chat with Crown Prince.
I've been too exhausted these days.
I have to head back and get some rest.
Cousin Ping Jing!
Your Highness mustn't be in a draft in this condition.
It's best to lie back down.
I don't even know how long I've been lying here.
This is how it is when you get sick.
The more anxious you are, the slower you recover.
If Your Highness promises to behave well
I'll take you bear hunting this fall on the hunting trip.
Really?
Lower your voice.
Your mother hasn't gone far from here.
Don't let her hear you.
Come.
Deputy Commander of Mount Wei’s Palace Guards, Ge Peng
hereby delivers five carts of medicinal herbs
upon the orders of His Majesty.
The rest of the supplies shall arrive in a few days!
- Guards! - Yes!
They should have only just discovered the shortage of tarragon in the city.
How can the first batch of supplies have already arrived?
But Mentor, it really has already--
That's enough. I heard you very clearly.
My disciple, get up.
Thank you, Mentor.
I can only hope that the two of them can be smarter
and take action soon.
Take it.
Be careful.
I've been thinking about that tattoo.
That pattern is so delicate and the lines are refined.
It doesn't seem to be random.
Since it was chosen as a mark for Puyang Ying's suicide warriors
it should have a certain meaning.
Lin Xi.
You might be able to recognize it since you know all plants.
Take a look at it for me.
If even you can't recognize it
I can send the pattern to Langya Hall and ask Old Hall Master Lin.
The supplies have arrived and have been distributed to us
by the Imperial Academy of Medicine.
You can see just how busy I am right now.
How could I have the time to look at a tattoo on some corpses in the morgue?
You do seem to be quite occupied.
I'll head over there another day.
The coroner has made a copy of the tattoo.
I'll make a copy of it and bring it here.
Take a look at it when you can.
Fei Zhan!
Uncle.
Where are you rushing off to?
I just finished my shift.
I'm making a visit to the Celestial Prison.
Why would you go to the Celestial Prison?
It's been hectic in the capital.
Ping Zhang is worried about Li Gu, who is imprisoned in the Celestial Prison
so he had me check on him.
After all, he's a felon, so it's better to be cautious.
You haven't heard?
Heard what?
Metropolitan Governor, Li Gu, knew that he would have to die
so he took his life out of guilt in the Celestial Prison.
What?
He killed himself out of guilt?
In the Celestial Prison?
During this period of time
no one is sure of our survival and there's panic in everyone's heart.
It's inevitable
that they overlook the supervision of prisoners in the Celestial Prison.
They aren't as prudent as they were.
You don't have to be too surprised.
I...
No!
He definitely didn't kill himself.
Second Young Master!
I heard that you captured two bad people a few days ago.
Yun, you're still so well informed.
Now that the capital is in such a tragic state
it's really mean for them to still stir up trouble.
I wonder if these men could do such vicious acts.
Have the local authorities found out anything about them?
Do they still have accomplices in the capital?
How could we even interrogate them?
They died on the spot.
All the guards who were on duty have family members who are ill.
It's inevitable that they were a bit negligent.
But how could we... we never thought--
We didn't think he would kill himself.
Is this all?
Yes.
It's been hectic in the capital.
There haven't been many who visited Li Gu since he was imprisoned.
They are all in this book.
What about those who aren't?
How could there be any who weren't listed?
Are you really going to brush me off with those words?
Commander General...
Although security in this Celestial Prison
might be strict or loose, depending on the people
there is a bottom line.
I wouldn't dare to do as I please.
I can ensure you that all visitors of Li Gu were authorized
be they listed in this book or not.
No random people could enter the prison.
All were authorized...
Supreme Master.
Speak.
The third batch of medicinal herbs was delivered to the capital.
But the capital is still locked down.
We can't get any news from the city.
We don't know how Wu Bing and Wu Liang are.
I'm more concerned about Miss Yun.
If she fails to succeed...
it will be hard for us to take the next step.
Mozhen Blossom.
This plant grows everywhere in the dark valleys of Yeling City.
Its leaves are in the shape of palms.
Its flowers are like fire and its fruit like pearls.
Its fragrance is like wine.
This plant can't be found anywhere else.
It's named Mozhen Blossom.
So that pattern is actually a Mozhen Blossom?
Stop running!
Take that!
Unless you're extremely gifted
and the best out of thousands
you won't make it into Yeling Palace.
The fact that you have all made it here
and the king marked you with the tattoo of the Mozhen Blossom
it truly is an honor and fortune for your entire family.
You should cherish this chance.
You mustn't let us down.
Yes!
Your Grace. Your Grace!
Your Grace.
I've taken a look at some neighborhoods nearby.
The situation is now very stable.
It seems that the plague is almost over.
No one dares to leave their homes.
You've been out and about without much fear?
My dear young marquis
I couldn't even stop you from leaving the manor
when the plague was at its worse.
Fortunately, you're safe and sound.
You didn't get infected.
Grand Madam must have been watching over you.
Indeed.
It's a sad world.
I'm all alone and helpless.
Other than myself
I can only count on hollow spirits to watch over me.
Your Grace, don't panic.
I can swim very well.
I'll go and get it for you.
Fortunately, it's noon now.
The water won't be too cold. Thank you, Uncle Tai.
It's all right.
I'll get it for you.
Uncle Tai...
Take care, Second Young Master.
Thank you.
Your Grace, I found it!
- I found it! - Come up quickly, Uncle Tai.
Your Grace.
Here!
Thank you, Uncle Tai.
Get dressed quickly.
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