You have cured my grandson I owe you a big one
Whatever you have in mind, just say it
I want to revise the Materia Medica
Revising medical books
It is the job of the Imperial Academy
of Medicine and the Ministry of Rites
And the one in charge has to be a famed Fellow or imperial doctor
You are just an ordinary doctor
How can I get into the Imperial Academy of Medicine?
You have to be a veteran doctor or in office
And have the nomination from a commander-in-chief or above
But I am neither
I can help you with the office part
Your Highness, how?
We have an opening for a Rituals Officer Are you interested?
Rituals Officer?
Rituals Officer in Chor court?
So you are an official now?
Not exactly, it is a position in the Chor court
He is in charge of seasonal offerings and the clinic
Rituals? Like fortune-telling?
What has it got to do with medical affairs?
Of course it is connected
Rituals Officer takes care of seasonal offerings, the 24 seasonal changes
And the compilation of the almanac
They are important to farming and harvesting
And related to seasonal illnesses too
Such as spring fever or wind fever
They are related to the seasonal changes
Whatever, he is something
Shi Chun finally has his break We should thank heaven
How long you will stay in Wuchang?
Well, I don't know
But it is my stepping stone into the Imperial Academy of Medicine
It can be a year or several years
So long?
Shi Chun, we are glad for your break
But you and Mo Yung has just got married You can bear to part with her?
A man should put his career first
You are a couple for life
You don't have to be together day and night
Dad, you are so understanding
Milord, you don't have to worry
I will take care of father-in-law and mother-in-law
Mo Yung Milord
You have already packed for me?
Why this pack of envelopes?
I know you will be busy in Wuchang
So I prepared the envelopes for you
It will make your writing back easier
I am taking this picture too?
I gave you this con-jointed tree before our marriage
I hope it will remind you of me
Mo Yung, don't be silly
Not that I am not coming back after going to Wuchang
All right, I promise you
I will fetch you over after I have settled down
Really? Of course
Shi Chun is leaving, and you still have the heart to fish with me?
He goes to Wuchang to be Rituals Officer
It is his stepping stone into the Imperial Academy of Medicine
I am happy for him
I am glad you can think this way
Master, Tung Ching
You have not set out for Wuchang?
I come to bid you goodbye
How useless, you have not picked up my easy attitude
All these years as an itinerant doctor
I come and go as I please I never bid anyone goodbye
It will take me a long time to learn this
Master, this jar of wine is my present for you
That's about it
You not going yet? Then I go first
Free and easy
Dad is like that, he likes going everywhere
But he hates saying goodbye
So he feigns this free and easy look
It will take me long time to learn this from him
I have not congratulated you yet
You are going to be Rituals Officer in the Chor court
You can go on treating people
And have taken a step forward in the revision of Materia Medica
You just go for it
What will you do after I am gone
I can't practice medicine on my own
What do you think I can do?
You can help my dad out
Even if I work for him Others still won't see me as a doctor
Like during the wind fever epidemic
However hard I worked
They just saw me as your assistant And not a doctor
Don't be so pessimistic
Who knows what will happen in future
You may really be a doctor
I think so too That's why I have made up my mind
Whatever happens I will make my name in this field
Then go for it
I don't know when we will meet again after you have gone
Don't make it sound it is our final meeting
If you are free, you and master can come to visit me
Good, and you will take us to the scenic spots
More than that, we will discuss medicine together
It sounds fun
It is getting late, I really have to go
Well... you take care of yourself on the road
You take care of yourself too, goodbye
Why didn't you bring cousin along to play with me?
I come here to work, not to play
When I have finished with my work
I will bring her over to play with you
Come on, be seated Yes
Doctor Li, please
You can serve now Hold it
Why? Uncle is not back yet
Let us wait for him
It is not necessary and don't mention him again
My first task for you is to replace my successor
Dad
I don't want to, but he has gone too far
Who says I have gone too far?
You come back drunk You have embarrassed us
Embarrassed you?
It must be in front of you
You are the new Rituals Officers, right?
Good, dad hired you and you will not disobey him
Go for it and set the motion for a new successor
You go in, I don't want to see you
You all find me an eyesore
I get in your way
And dad only likes you Brother
Skip it, you wish I had not existed
Come and take him in
Stop it, I don't need your help
My dad finds me an eyesore he doesn't want to see me
Come on, come and drink with me
I said get me more wine
How many times I have to say it?
His Highness said you could not drink again
His Highness? He said no wine for me?
I say get me wine
Your Highness, he just follows orders
Don't make it difficult for him
Because His Highness wants to replace his successor
And so even you look down on me? Get lost
Your Highness Get lost
You don't look too well Let me give you a diagnosis
I don't need your help
You are dad's Rituals Officer
You will implement the successor replacement
Go ahead, replace me, let me die
Dr Li here Your Highness
Shi Chun, you arrange an offering for me
Senior Prince has bumped into some evil spirit
Evil spirit? I have not
How come? How come? How do I know?
Dad, I said I was very drunk last night
And I fell asleep outside
When I got up this morning it was like that
I have not bumped into any evil spirit
I will get well in a few days
Brother, this is the so-called Evil Twist
You was drunk last night and bumped into some evil spirit without knowing it?
I got it, it was not evil spirit
I was jinxed and turned my face into this
Brother, who hates you so much to jinx you?
Someone who is afraid that dad will not change successor
And so jinxed me and turned me into a freak
I don't look good enough to be a successor
Brother, dad, I have not done it
Shut up, Shi Chun, you prepare an offering as exorcism
Your Highness, I think it was not some evil spirit
Senior Prince is ill Could I take a look first?
Let me tell you, I am not ill
You all want me ill so you have an excuse to replace me
But Senior Prince, your eyes are dull And your face grayish
You have the habit of drinking too much
And you was left in the cold last night
So it is facial paralysis due to stroke
Facial paralysis due to stroke?
Why should I believe you?
Let me tell you What I hate most is taking medicine
You just do as my dad said prepare an offering as exorcism
I will not take your bitter medicine
Senior Prince, please
Shi Chun, you leave him alone
If he agrees to let you see him I won't object
Offering or diagnosis You just talk him over
Mister, I am new in town
Could you tell me where can I find herbal shops?
Not far in front Thank you
Chor court wants a doctor?
It must be for treating Senior Prince
I saw him drinking in the Dance Terrace His look is awful
It is said he has a weird illness Yes?
Indeed
Not illness, it was evil spirit I say he has the Evil Twist
Oh I see
Your Highness, please enjoy
Excuse me, other halls are full
You mind if I join you for drinks and the dance?
If you don't mind my look, help yourself
You so kind as to let me in I should thank you
You must be a frequent patron
I am new in Wuchang
Besides here I wonder where I should go for fun
You can't miss the Yellow Crane House
Oh yes, it is a place where generations of
literati go to see
I should visit it, but I don't know the way
I wonder if you are interested in going with me
Going with a freak You don't mind other people's odd look?
Friendships don't base on looks
And I believe you were once a handsome man
You not only are cultured and elegant You are perceptive too
But however handsome or powerful I used to be
It is a different story now
Though I don't know what setbacks you have gone through
I think we shouldn't be fatalistic
With my look now
Others either think I met evil spirit or have some weird illness
What else can I do?
The waiter addressed you as Highness
Chor court has a Rituals Officer
Why didn't you ask him to see you?
He was hired by my dad, I don't trust him
I have been learning medicine from my dad since small
I have seen a lot of weird illnesses
You mind if I give you a look?
Please stick out your tongue
Your pulse short and weak your tongue fur thin and your tongue red
Your Highness have been drinking lately And you feel tired
You stayed in the open in the night and you woke up to find your face twisted?
You are learned indeed
May I ask, is it curable?
This is the so-called evil twist
Medically we call it facial paralysis
It is induced by liver congestion and poor blood circulation
But is it curable?
Though we have just met We have a good rapport
It is in our destiny
I am confident that I can cure you
Good, that is good
I still don't know your name
My family name is Ka
Dr Ka, I trust you with my illness
I will do my best
Dr Ka, please wait here
Let me inform His Highness
Thank you
This is... It is me
How come you dress like that?
Psst, don't be so loud
I come here as a doctor to treat Senior Prince
You impose as a doctor?
I told you not so loud
Senior Prince consented to let me treat him
Don't you blow it
He let you treat him?
I know he wouldn't let you treat him
But he agreed to let me try
You be my counselor in the dark
It was premeditated
Dr Ka, you are here Your Highness
You seem to know our Dr Li
No, we have just met
So Dr Li is the Rituals Officer
Yes
Your Highness, why not let me and this doctor treat you
My illness is not your concern
You just serve my dad
Dr Ka, please
You take Dr Ka's medicine box to my room
Yes, Your Highness
Your illness was caused by asthenia and disharmony of the vital energies
Together with your long term depression
and drinking habit
It led to your liver weakness and poor circulation
Meridian-collateral disharmony
And you were out in the cold for a night
So you suffered a stroke and led to facial paralysis
How come my face is twisted to one side?
Shi Chun Your Highness
What is it?
Senior Prince has just hired a doctor
Yes? I want to see their progress only
What? Hiding a man in his room? What are you doing?
I ask Dr Ka to come here and treat me
You said you were jinxed by your brother
Why hire a doctor by yourself?
You see that he is good looking and take him to your room
We have a Rituals Officer here
Why you have to hire doctor from outside?
Dr Ka is learned in medicine
If I have to see a doctor, I only trust him
You don't want my illness cured?
Then what is your diagnosis? What is your prescription?
Your Highness, after my full diagnosis
I am sure it is facial paralysis due to stroke
As for prescription and medicine used
Senior Prince is a noble heir
I have to be very careful with it
So I mean to understand his constitution and dietary habit first
Shi Chun, what do you think?
I concur with what Dr Ka said
All right, Dr Ka, you can treat Senior Prince
But your prescription has to be approved by our Rituals Officer
No problem, I have confidence in my medical expertise
Shi Chun, you keep an eye on Senior Prince and give Dr Ka a hand
I am worried it will be too hard for him to handle it alone
Yes, Your Highness
Dad, Dr Ka is new here and it takes time to treat me
I mean to ask Dr Ka to stay here To make it easy for him
Shi Chun, you arrange a room for Dr Ka
Yes
Let me prepare the prescription first and then I come to see you again
Thank you, Dr Ka
Why didn't you go to the bathhouse?
Why asked me to watch out for you?
I am worried I will be seen So I asked you to watch out for me
If my cover is blown, I cannot treat Senior Prince and make my name
Name indeed, if you are found out
You will earn your notoriety
Dr Ka What should I do?
You fend him off
You hurry up, I can't fend him off for long
Dr Ka, it is me, open the door
Please wait, coming
Your Highness, what makes you come at this how?
If you want to see me just call for me
I miss you, so I come to see you
You miss me?
I come to see you to ask you about the prescription
I have a general idea I can put it down tomorrow
That's good, why don't you tell me now what you are going to do?
Your Highness, I am sleepy
I am tired from working on the prescription
It is getting late too
Why don't we get up early tomorrow and lay out the prescription
It is better than just talk about it now
You go to bed early too
Well... Yes
All right then, you go to bed early too
All right, goodnight, take care
You can come out now
He's finally gone What a scare
He wouldn't let me treat him
But he believed you just with a few words
He came to you at this hour too
He has found out that you are a girl So tried to get close to you?
You are jealous that he trusts me
So you try to scare me
What are you talking about?
I am just worried that your ambition may land you in trouble
Don't you worry, before I make my name by curing Senior Prince
I will be very discreet
You have come up with a prescription?
Yes, I mean to use Evodia fruits first heat them by frying
Then wrap them up with gauze
And apply it to the paralyzed area
Evodia fruit is good for blood circulation
Heating it first will help in restoring the elasticity of the muscle
But just by external application is not enough
Why not use centipede and tian nan xing for decoction
Centipede is efficacious for taking out wind and collateral promotion
And enhances circulation
It is good for facial paralysis due to stroke
But centipede is toxic especially its urine
You have no qualms using it as medicine?
Don't worry, first soak it in hot water
Let it give out the urine
Then use it as medicine The toxicity is gone
My formula works?
It is no use, you have forgotten that Senior Prince doesn't take medicine?
Centipede is so smelly, he will throw up
Can we find a way that he doesn't know what he is eating?
Your Highness
Dr Ka, you have figured out a way to treat me?
I have prepared you some salve for external application
And I have prepared you congee
See if you like it
You made it for me? It is aromatic
Then try it
It really is delicious
And what congee is this? The taste is special
I have never tried it before
Actually it is medicinal, made with centipede and tian nan xing
It is good for dispersing wind and bruises
I have taken them out Or they would scare you
I know you don't like medicine
Sol put in some lean pork, ginger and shallot
Ginger and shallot can take out the smell
Dr Ka, you not only treat me illness
You have put so much effort into it I am so touched
Don't mention it, I said I would cure you
And I will take care of you until you are cured
All you have to do is to take my medicine
Yes, of course
It is a great pleasure to have you as a friend
Stop talking and let me apply it for you
It doesn't work if it gets cold
It is warm, what is it?
It feels so good
Dr Ka, thank you for coming out with me
Or it would have bored me to death staying at home
You were ill and you shouldn't face wind
Now that you are almost recovered
Going out will cheer you up It is good for the illness
Dr Ka, what do you think about the jade I just bought?
It is translucent, you can tell it is rare
So long as you like it
Actually it is my present to you
For me?
My illness is cured so fast
The credit goes to your caring treatment
This is my present to you
You are too kind
Actually curing your illness proves my medical expertise
And I am more than happy
If you really want to thank me
Why you don't recommend me to stay here as a doctor
Good idea, and I was so worried that you would leave after treating me
If you want to stay, we can see each other everyday
Dr Ka What a coincidence
Not a coincidence, Dr Ka and I have a date to collect herbs together
What? Dr Ka, you have a date with him?
No Yes, we said we would go together
Yes, I almost forgot
No more talking, let us go, see you
Why you dragged me away?
You can't tell? He gives you presents and comes close to you
It is obvious he likes you
I cured him of his illness
What is so surprising that he wants to thank me?
If he didn't like you he wouldn't have done so much
You want to say he knows I am a girl but pretends he doesn't know?
He thinks you are a man but still likes you
You mean... he likes man?
I wish I were wrong too
Dr Ka, Senior Prince refused to take medicine again
He has gone to Dance Terrace to drink again
You go and see him
I told you not to drink so much
You want your illness to relapse again?
How can you give up on yourself?
I give up on myself?
Stop it, no more dance, you go back in
Why I give up on myself?
My father doesn't like me
My ambition is thwarted
I used to love someone deeply But now I don't know where she is
Now I have a new friend
But you are going to lave me sooner or later
Why should I care about myself?
You think you are the only one with his ambition thwarted?
What about me? I want to be a doctor But no one trusts me
Why can't you pick yourself up and show others
You are worthy for their care?
There is no turning back
I was with the courtesan here
My dad accused me of being worthless
He said I was a prince but I fell in love with a courtesan
No wonder you come here all the time
Yes, I like to come here
Because Wan Sheung used to be the most famous courtesan here
Then what happened? You tell me
It will make you feel better
She was an orphan and was sold here when small
Many wealthy young men wanted to buy her out but she declined
It was the happiest time of my life
Because of the difference in your status
You father separated you two
He sent her away behind my back
I have never seen her since
I have lost my other half
Why? Why my father had to separate us?
I hate him, I hate him
You drink heavily, you give up on yourself
How can your father pass the throne to you?
He took away the one I love most
He made me become wild and decadent
He has not right to feel hurt or disappointed
You do it to anger him, to hurt him
But you hurt yourself in the end
You know me best
Since my dad separated me and Wan Sheung
I told myself I would never love women again
Since I met you, I've found another one that deserves my love
Your Highness... you are mistaken
How absurd, coming to such place in this hour
Please don't... Your Highness, please don't
What are you doing?
Tung Ching
You are a girl?
How ridiculous! You tell me
Why you feigned a man to treat Senior Prince, what is in your mind?
I passed by Wuchang and saw that a doctor was wanted
I have been learning medicine since small
I believed I could do it
But no one trusts a woman doctor
So I was forced to resort to this way
Now I have cured the patient and not only am I given no credit
I will be punished
You call this fairness and justice?
Your Highness, though Miss Tung Ching is not a doctor
She indeed has cured Senior Prince
Her credit should have covered her mistake
Your Highness, you are a generous man
Please just forgive her this time
All right, you have cured my son I will not punish you
Thank you, Your Highness
But you cannot leak out that Senior Prince likes man
But Your Highness, you know why Senior Prince likes man?
What has he told you?
He said that since you separated him and the courtesan
He has since stopped liking women
Grandpa, you said you would tell me a bedside story
Be a good boy, I am busy now
You ask your mother to tell it to you
You promised me, you go back on your words
Do be quiet, you bother me
Come on, be a good boy, just go to bed
How can you be so rude?
You can't do it, you can't be so rude
I hate grandpa, you go away
Hang Hang... one is like that two is like that
They just won't give me some peace
Your Highness, Hang Hang thought that you have not carried out what you promised
That's why he did such a rude thing
Like Senior Prince liking man instead?
What is the connection?
Throwing a tantrum and rebelliousness are the same
Your Highness you separated the lovers
Senior Prince was hurt and bore you grudge
But you are his father he couldn't disobey you openly
That's why he told himself he would not like women again
He uses outrageous behavior to anger you
His preference for man is a payback to me?
Actually Senior Prince has been unhappy
And his illness was the outcome
The bigger the pressure The greater the resistance
Your Highness, your grandson peed in public
The purpose was to arouse your attention and concern
Senior Prince's rebelliousness was the same
Your Highness, you still don't understand?
It is something beyond medicine
Whether Senior Prince can be cured Depends on what you are going to do
It is you? I am not dreaming?
You are not dreaming, we finally meet again
You know I miss you day and night?
Don't leave me again I won't let you leave me again
Your Highness, now you know Senior Prince didn't really like man
He was waiting for his greatest love only
It was my fault, I have wronged you
You have suffered for so long
Dad, you...
It was your two friend's arrangement
From now on, I will love no one else
Good, I finally got my son back
And have a future daughter-in-law
Miss Tung Ching, I am very grateful to you
You put Wan Sheung and me together
What I have offended you I here offer my apology
Your Highness please don't say so
I was responsible for the misunderstanding too
The point is your grievance is gone
I was too reactionary in thinking and I separated you two
Otherwise all those things would not have happened
Dad, I have done many outrageous things to anger you
I am not a good son
I have done wrong in the first place
Let bygones be bygones
And we don't need a new successor
That's good, we should drink on it
Miss Tung Ching, I have quit drinking
Let me toast with tea All right
Your Highness, I have a request
Miss Tung Ching wants to be a doctor since small
Could you make the precedence and appoint her doctor in the clinic?
The clinic is a court tradition
I can't go against tradition and appoint a woman doctor
Drink no more Leave me alone
It is unbecoming for a girl to get drunk
A girl can't do anything?
A girl can't practice medicine can't be a doctor
And she can't drink either?
So what if you get drunk?
When you wake up tomorrow you still have to face the reality
Reality? The reality is that if you are a girl
You can't put your learning to use Realize her ideal
They are all rubbish
However hard I worked It was a waste of effort
However good my medical expertise
I still have to stay home do the cooking and laundry
It is so unfair
I have to wake you up
So what if you can't practice medicine
There are other ways out
You tell me, what is my way out?
Think how you cured Senior Prince
You put the medicine into the congee
What if there is a child who doesn't feel well
And he has no appetite, then you...
Tung Ching
Shi Chun, you said there is a child who has no appetite
I have made him several delicacies
Really?
If a child has no appetite It is deficiency in the spleen and stomach
Which leads to loss of appetite
These are good for him
How aromatic
This is spleen tonifying bread
It is made with baizhu and gingerjuice
Then with red date puree added to the flour
And made into bread
And this is hawthorn fruit fish ball
The fish ball is made with fish
And this ball is made with hawthorn fruit
They are steamed and then poured over with a sauce
Bravo, and anything else?
Yes, there is a desert chrysanthemum and wolfberry cake
It is pretty, how is it made?
First a cordial with chrysanthemum and wolfberry is made
Then gelatine is put into it
When it is set, it is done
Chrysanthemum takes away heat
Wolfberry is good for the eyes
It will be good for night snack when your eyes are tired from reading
You said there was a child with no appetite
I am the child
You cheated me into making them
You could prepare so many dishes off hand
Have you thought of opening a medicinal diet shop?
That means being a cook? It is not what I want to be
Besides preventing diseases medicinal diet can help regulating health
Prevention is better than cure
That's how you cured Senior Prince
I go into medicinal diet to help people fend off illness
And you take care of the mess
That means I am more capable than you are
Right, but will you do it?
Will you eat them up? All right
Dr Li, Prince Chor wants to see you
Your Highness Please sit
Why am I wanted?
I just want to have tea with you
I may not be able to have it with you later
Why?
There is an officer opening in the Imperial Academy of Medicine
Really?
Then congratulations! We really should drink on it
I have written the referral letter
I will send my men escorting you to the capital
You have to sit for the exam and pass as number one
There is only one opening
An exam means a chance I have the confidence
To show my support I will go with you to cheer for you
You go with me?
Shi Chun, you have such a lady friend
You have our envy
I can't be a doctor I want to go into medicinal diet
I still want to put my learning into use
You really want to go into medicinal diet?
When my shop comes into being You have to give me support
Of course
Daughter-in-law, what does Shi Chun say?
Prince Chor has referred him to sit for the Imperial Academy of Medicine officer exam
What?
That is so good, our ancestors have given us blessing
Shi Chun has failed several times in the provincial civil exam
Now he can go into the Imperial Academy of Medicine
It is great, bro finally has his break
The Academy is inside the palace
He has the chance to see the emperor?
He always wants to revise the Materia Medica in the Academy
Now he wish has come true
He has to pass the exam first
Now he only has the right to sit for it
Wait till he has passed
Congratulations, in-laws, congratulations
Congratulations
Uncle, Auntie, how come you are here?
Indeed, what can we do for you?
His Highness knows that Shi Chun is going into the Academy
So he has brought along gifts
You don't have to congratulate us so early
He has to pass the exam first
What? There is an exam?
But I hear that he is not cut out for exam He fails every time
Kin Hei, take the gifts back What?
Please, Shi Chun excels in medicine
The exam means nothing to him
Our gifts come at the right time
Right, not that we care about the gifts
But Shi Chun will make his name
Let us go to the capital to cheer for him
Great, we can see the world Yes
We can see Milord
No, if we all go, it will scare him
Let him concentrate on the exam
We will go after he has entered the academy
All right
Miss, if you go to the capital I cannot see you again
If Shi Chun can go into the academy And Mo Yung has to go to the capital
Then I will let you go with her
Really?
If you move to the capital Uncle will worry about you
With Kin Hei taking care of you His mind can be at ease, right?
Of course, if Shi Chun can get into the academy
Ln-laws, I have face too
You are Li Shi Chun who is referred by Prince Choi?
The letter here is listed the exam date and your exam ID
You have to bring the exam ID on that day
Or you will not be allowed in Yes
Allow me to ask, you really wrote the Materia Medica outline Pong Hin submitted?
He really has submitted for me?
Yes, but what a shame because you have no position
It was just shelved
It is all right, I am confident it will be heeded some day
You can take him out Yes
Please come with me
This is the acupuncture dummy
He wants to fight the position with us?
You are one of the referred candidates?
It is you? I wanted to thank you for what your help last time
No thanks, whether you can get into the academy is still an unknown
Indeed, so what you are referred?
You are not on par with us the formally trained
Exam is about real learning, not connection
Well then, let us see who is better in learning
Sure