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ADAPTED FROM A SHUQI.COM NOVEL ORIGINAL AUTHOR: SENLIN LU

Xia Shisan, Her Ladyship and Mr. Xiao are here for you.

Greetings, Your Ladyship and Mr. Xiao.

We're here to ask why you killed Huang Futong.

Who is Huang Futong?

Why would I kill him?

Under the pretext of fetching herbs,

you parked your cart in the courtyard, forcing Huang Futong to go around it.

Then you pulled the rope

and dropped the millstone from the roof, crushing him.

I don't understand what you mean, Mr. Xiao. I--

Then let's keep it simple.

Why did you leave your cart at the dispensary door?

Wouldn't it block the way?

The Imperial Food Service

has needed a lot of herbs for steaming lately.

So I left the cart by the door

to make it easier to move the bags of herbs.

The Medical Office supervisors agreed to it.

But since Your Ladyship said so,

I won't do it again next time.

The man you wanted dead is already gone. Of course you don't need to do it again.

I had no quarrel with Supervisor Huang. I truly didn't kill him!

Where are you from?

I…

I'm…

from Mengzhou, not far from the Eastern Capital.

Are you close to Pei Yu at the Medical Office?

I've only exchanged a few words with the Apprentice Pharmacists.

I don't know any of the supervisors.

I didn't see anything suspicious, either.

If I knew anything,

I'd tell you without hesitation.

He kept calm the whole time and never gave anything away.

That just makes him more suspicious.

Did you notice the meat on the cutting board?

His knife work was sharp and strong.

The cuts were neat, with no scraps left behind.

The meat was trimmed perfectly.

Most staff in the Imperial Food Service,

no matter how careful they are, get water or grease stains

on their sleeves, elbows, or the front of their robes.

Yet for all that chopping and washing,

his clothes were spotless, and he was meticulous.

Xia Shisan is the prime suspect.

But right now, there's no direct evidence.

The Medical Office is hectic. People come and go there all the time.

No one paid attention to the roof.

And he's probably gotten rid of the hemp rope by now.

What's wrong?

Look.

How…?

Why would someone cut open a dead body?

That's Technician Pei's table.

Weren't there guards outside the mortuary?

It's tucked away in the most secluded corner

of the Palace Servants' Quarters.

Hardly anyone ever comes here.

Besides, it's just corpses inside.

So, no one knows what happened here.

The fallen leaves all around make the footprints indistinguishable.

The incision is smooth.

It was made with a knife.

All the organs are intact, so it wasn't wild animals' doing.

Then it had to be a person.

Mutilating a corpse is a serious crime.

Why would someone do it?

Maybe out of anger.

Maybe to frighten people.

Post extra guards.

Move the body out and burn it as soon as possible.

Don't leave it here too long.

Understood.

Your Ladyship,

are you still awake?

I've made a new discovery.

What have you found, Mr. Xiao?

Are you troubled by Technician Pei's situation?

Technician Pei is honest and sincere.

She hasn't lied in any of her statements so far.

But I still can't rule her out as a suspect.

She is straightforward

and devoted to medicine and healing.

You feel a kinship with her,

so I know you don't want to doubt her.

Why did you ask me to come out here?

Do you have evidence she's innocent?

Look up, Your Ladyship.

This is a Moon-Venus conjunction.

Are you about to tell me it's a good omen?

Your Ladyship, you really aren't the romantic type.

No, I'm not. What's your take on this, Mr. Xiao?

A Moon-Venus conjunction is a rare sight.

You may not believe in omens,

but it's still a stroke of luck to see this tonight.

So you really came to cheer me up.

I'm not here to cheer you up.

You'll make your own judgments, as always.

But this is a rare and beautiful sight.

I just hope it lifts your spirits a little.

And what does this conjunction mean, exactly?

It stands for harmony, peace,

and good things to come.

So in the end, I was right.

If you don't believe it, why did you ask me?

Just for tonight, I'll believe it.

Still, in a sky this vast, with only one star as company,

the moon must still feel lonely.

How can it be lonely

when it has company?

True.

Most nights, the sky is full of stars,

but now, with such a rare moment of quiet,

here we are intruding on their peace.

"Don't let a beautiful sight go to waste."

We're not disturbing their peace.

We're sharing in it.

Your Ladyship, I checked.

Xia Shisan may seem humble and obedient,

but he's always a bit distant.

Nobody at the Food Service is close to him.

One thing stood out.

He claims he's from Mengzhou,

but one time, he let slip he was actually from Wanzhou.

And while he looks mild and bookish,

everyone says he's incredibly strong

and that he's skilled at chopping bones and trimming meat.

Boss,

should I send a letter to Prosecutor Gu and have him investigate in Wanzhou?

Yes, ask him to make a trip to Wanzhou.

Besides Xia Shisan, look into Pei Yu too.

Pei Yu is from Wanzhou too?

BENEVOLENCE HALL

Pei Yu?

That's the student I'm proudest of!

I heard Pei Yu was brought to the palace by Imperial Physician Song?

Yes.

Physician Song was looking for medical talent among the common folk.

That child impressed him with a single prescription

and was chosen to enter the palace.

The pride of our hall indeed!

Technician Pei is also highly regarded at the Imperial Medical Office.

That child was exceptionally gifted

and bold with remedies,

even trying the medicines first-hand to test their effects.

Right.

We even had a portrait of him painted.

There it is.

Because of him,

physicians from all over came to recruit apprentices here,

and we received donations from famed scholars and wealthy families

to help us train orphans.

When it comes to charitable deeds,

his are truly peerless.

That… That's Pei Yu?

Yes.

But that's clearly a boy.

Of course.

Benevolence Hall doesn't accept female students.

Was there ever a girl around Pei Yu's age that he was close to?

There was, actually.

Pei Yu,

you know we don't take girls here.

But she's all alone.

She has no parents and no home.

Learning medicine is about saving lives.

What does it matter if it's a girl or a boy?

Please let her stay, Headmaster.

All our students are boys.

It's really not suitable for a girl to stay here.

Let me find you something else to wear first.

Where did she go?

Come here.

Make tea with this and drink it. Your cough will go away.

Well, then.

Since Pei Yu insists, you may stay.

Pei Yu, find her a room so she can change.

Yes.

Come with me.

- Monster! - Monster!

- Stay away from us! - Monster!

- You are terrible! - Monster!

- Quiet, everyone! - You are a monster!

- What's going on? - Look!

GOVERNING VESSEL, THE BLADDER MERIDIAN

She did that at such a young age?

Yes.

If there had been any other way, I would have kept her.

After all, it's hard for a girl to survive on her own.

But her behavior was too extreme.

She rarely spoke,

but she often frightened the other kids.

I tried to discipline her, but she wouldn't listen.

But once you sent her away,

she'd probably have no chance of surviving.

I didn't drive her out.

She left on her own.

She went up into the back mountain

and wouldn't talk to anyone except Pei Yu.

Pei Yu kept secretly looking after her

until the year when Physician Song, then an aide to the Imperial Physician,

chose him to be his apprentice.

This is the picrorhiza rhizome.

Picrorhiza rhizome.

It…

Here, Headmaster.

You went to see that girl again?

Why do you care so much about a monster?

Su, go play outside for a bit.

Take some things from the hall

and help her with food and clothing.

Thank you, Headmaster.

Pei Yu,

Physician Song has decided to take you to the palace.

Pack your things soon.

Are you reluctant to leave here,

or are you worried about that girl?

I want to go to the palace

to learn more about medicine and save more people.

So after that,

he went to the palace with Physician Song?

What happened to the girl?

After he left,

we never saw her again.

I led people up the mountain to look for her.

We searched for days but found no trace.

All we found were a few scraps of cloth and some bones.

She probably got eaten by wolves.

Did you stay in touch with Pei Yu after he left?

Only recently did he start sending letters.

He said…

TO THE HEADMASTER OF BENEVOLENCE HALL

…that when he first got to the Western Capital, he was overwhelmed

with studies and had no time to write.

Now that he's settled in at the Imperial Medical Office,

he finally found time to write us letters.

Are all these in Pei Yu's handwriting?

Yes.

I taught him to write as a child.

I'd know his writing anywhere.

When did this happen?

Last night. It was the same as before.

The bodies were badly mutilated, and this time, there were even more.

How were you guarding the place?

Forgive us, Your Ladyship.

We've stood guard for days without rest.

There was no one there for just a moment during the shift change,

and that's when it happened.

I've only exchanged a few words with the Apprentice Pharmacists.

I don't know any of the supervisors.

Your Ladyship.

The epidemic isn't over yet. You shouldn't come here.

I came across some medical texts

and thought you might find them useful, so I waited here for you.

If Your Ladyship has questions, just ask. There's no need to stand on ceremony.

Let's talk inside.

Have you slept at all over the past few days?

With the epidemic ongoing, now isn't the time to rest.

If you stay here all the time, you could end up falling ill yourself.

Honestly, I'd rather get sick.

Knowing how the patients feel helps me treat them better.

But you can't just shoulder everything alone.

No matter what you think of the others at the Medical Office,

they can still be of help.

You once said,

"There's no knowing what others truly think."

Most people wear a mask.

No one can be completely open and honest.

What is Your Ladyship trying to say? I'm not sure I understand.

To be sure someone has nothing to hide,

you might have to cut them open and see

what their heart is truly like.

That's not something I'd ever do.

But I am curious.

What's really beneath this human shell?

Technician Pei,

as a healer, aren't you curious as well?

My job is to heal, not to kill.

Have you heard about the corpses being cut open?

Has it happened again?

The bodies here were all infected.

Your Ladyship only just recovered.

You should be careful.

Remember to burn your outer clothes when you get home.

I need to check on the palace maids.

I won't keep you here.

Please head back and rest, Your Ladyship.

Thank you.

She's put up her guard against you.

I'm not sure.

She seemed more distant,

but maybe that was more like her true self.

Maybe she's never liked socializing and has always been cold by nature.

Mr. Gu's letter.

TO MR.XIAO, FROM LINGZHOU

A BOY, NOT A GIRL

Pei Yu from Benevolence Hall was a boy?

And the handwriting in Pei Yu's recent letters

matches that boy's exactly.

Even palace incidents that actually happened were written.

LOOKED AFTER A GIRL HIS OWN AGE

So this Pei Yu is also in the palace.

Then who is the Technician Pei we know?

Pei Yu's palace entry record lists her as female.

Pei Yu, originally a boy,

turned into a girl after entering the palace with Song Huaiyou?

Why didn't Xia Shisan come to fetch the medicine today?

He fell ill yesterday and was sent to the Palace Servants' Quarters.

This is Xia Shisan's bed.

ESSENTIAL PRESCRIPTIONS FOR EMERGENCIES

Is this what he reads?

Yes, he likes these kinds of books.

He even talks like a scholar.

- He knows medicine? - He does.

For any small injuries or illnesses, we never need to go to anyone else.

He can handle them.

So he's always the one to fetch herbs from the Medical Office.

Your Ladyship.

LUNG DISORDER WITH COLD AND HEAT SYMPTOMS SEVERE LASSITUDE AND HEMOPTYSIS

The blade matches the wounds on the bodies in the mortuary.

Is he the real Pei Yu and the one dissecting the corpses?

All those animals at Benevolence Hall

and the headless rats found by Huang Futong

were probably his doing too.

He knows medicine, yet became a eunuch.

The Pei Yu in the Medical Office now must have switched identities

with him somehow.

The sick are sent to Pei Yu.

Pei Yu's in danger!

Xia Shisan hasn't been sent here.

- They've found Xia Shisan. - Where?

It's her. She's the one dissecting bodies!

You're not Pei Yu.

He was.

He contracted the epidemic.

Without treatment, he wouldn't have lasted long anyway.

- Why go this far? - Out.

All of you, out!

Why aren't we arresting her? She killed him.

There's still no proof she's the murderer.

Xia Shisan can't have cut himself open, can he?

Whether she's the killer or not, she won't get away.

What if she kills herself to avoid punishment?

I won't give her the chance.

TO BE TAKEN FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE DAYS

Get this to the Medical Office.

Hurry.

Mr. Xiao.

Your Ladyship, she's fine now.

Did you give the formula to the Medical Office?

You were right.

I'm not Pei Yu.

The one who died was,

and I killed him.

Who are you?

My name is Ying.

I'm a criminal, a fraud who stole someone's life.

It wasn't just Xia Shisan.

Song Huaiyou, Huang Futong,

and all those bodies cut open in the mortuary

were all my doing.

- Why? - No reason.

Didn't my colleagues tell you?

That's just my nature.

In that case,

I don't see the need to waste time here.

Your Ladyship, please tell the Medical Office

the formula must be adjusted according to each patient's

pulse and condition.

Those with spleen and stomach deficiencies

should first take remedies to strengthen them

before using this prescription.

Make sure they don't delay. The patients' lives come first.

Watch her closely.

Until we uncover the full truth, don't let anything happen to her.

We're still investigating?

Didn't Ying already confess?

In all my years at the Palace Investigation Bureau,

I'd never seen anything so brutal.

It doesn't add up.

She hid it too well.

If Prosecutor Gu hadn't uncovered her deception,

we might never have known that

she stole Pei Yu's identity to enter the palace.

The real Pei Yu entered the palace as Xia Shisan to get revenge

but ended up killed and dissected by her.

No normal person would do such a thing.

Also, she's been torturing animals since childhood.

Your Ladyship, she's a monster who kills for pleasure.

If that's true,

why did she wait all these years

to act after Xia Shisan entered the palace?

The body is badly mutilated,

but the cuts on the torso were made after death.

The real fatal wound is here.

- Beside the Renying point. - Right.

Beside the Renying point is the carotid artery.

One cut here, and the blood will gush out.

It's fatal.

A clean, precise strike.

Just what you'd expect from a Medicine Technician.

Are you certain it was a Medicine Technician?

The only people present were the female Medicine Technician

and this eunuch from the Food Service, right?

But this eunuch also studied medicine.

The wound is on the left side of the neck,

deeper on the left and shallower on the right.

So the knife entered the left side of the neck

from the right-hand side,

not from the left as if facing the victim.

And Pei Yu isn't left-handed.

Could it have been suicide?

This is also possible.

But the victim was a man.

The female technician

would be unlikely to inflict a wound like this on him.

What if he was kneeling?

But what could the female technician have done to make the victim cooperate?

The scene is too grisly.

You shouldn't have come.

I've seen so much of this with you. It doesn't scare me anymore.

Instead, I see these bloodstains

as the last message the victim left behind,

waiting for us to interpret.

Have you found anything?

When we arrived, Xia Shisan was already dead,

so we don't know how the murder actually happened.

Most of the blood is concentrated here, where the dissection was done.

At first, I thought Pei Yu…

no, Ying

knocked Xia Shisan out

and then did the dissection here.

But I've also found blood here.

This must be where Xia Shisan was killed.

Then Ying dragged him to the window for better light.

But I found no signs of a body being dragged.

No, that's not it.

The fatal wound is near the Renying point.

A stab here would cause massive blood spray,

but there's very little blood here, and it's higher up.

So Xia Shisan must've been standing at the time.

That means Ying was in front of Xia Shisan,

blocking some of the blood.

Though Xia Shisan was ill before death,

Ying was still no match for him.

Neither of them showed signs of a struggle,

and Xia Shisan wasn't poisoned.

So Xia Shisan killed himself?

It's the only possibility.

REGISTER OF MEDICAL VISITS

I've checked the records from the beginning of the year until now.

The two of them had dozens of interactions.

If Ying's story is true,

and Xia Shisan hated her and wanted revenge,

why, after three years in the palace, did he not strike,

but instead met with her frequently?

But Xia Shisan also visited Lady Su's palace at other times.

Maybe their meetings were just coincidence.

I checked. Excluding the days when he crossed paths with Ying,

Xia Shisan visited Lady Su's palace about once every ten days,

which matches the frequency of his visits to other palaces.

So, aside from his normal shifts,

Xia Shisan would swap duties

with colleagues on the days Ying delivered medicine to Lady Su?

These are the prescriptions Ying brought for Lady Su.

There's no pattern to the days they met.

How did Xia Shisan know in advance when Ying would be delivering medicine?

The Food Service doesn't usually know the Medical Office's schedule.

Moreover, most of the time, we're responding to emergencies.

It's unlikely he could've known ahead of time.

But those couldn't have been random days.

PRESCRIPTIONS

The medicine treats rheumatism.

Rainy days.

It was also raining on those days of the last month.

I remember it clearly.

Around Pure Brightness and Grain Rain, they crossed paths very often.

For the other days they met,

if we check the weather records at the Astronomical Bureau,

I'm sure those were rainy days too.

So they never needed to communicate secretly.

The weather was their signal.

Your Ladyship.

What's this for?

These are the clothes stripped from Xia Shisan.

The coroner said to burn them quickly to prevent infection.

If you won't say it, I'll say it for you.

Pei Yu didn't enter the palace for revenge.

You two were still friends.

My guess is,

the reason you were able to join the Medical Office with Song Huaiyou

wasn't that you tricked Pei Yu,

but that he willingly gave you his place.

You were unruly as a child,

and it was Pei Yu who looked after you at Benevolence Hall.

He was worried about you, so he found a way into the palace too,

even if it meant becoming a eunuch.

He protected you, took revenge on those who bullied you,

and killed the people who drove you into a corner.

Since you couldn't stop him,

you had to cover for him.

I told you.

I did all those things myself.

The headmaster said

you used to secretly dissect animals at Benevolence Hall.

That's just like how you dissect corpses now.

You only wanted to understand how the illness affected the body.

To help you develop cures, Pei Yu even let himself get sick.

That was his final act of help.

That's nonsense.

You have no proof.

You pretended not to know each other, but you were frequently meeting.

The day of Rain Water three years ago

was the first time you and Xia Shisan met in the palace since he arrived.

Technician Pei.

Isn't it normal for palace staff to cross paths?

If that counts as evidence,

I must have crossed paths with Mr. Xiao as well.

Does that make us close friends too?

Then what about this?

We found it among Xia Shisan's belongings.

He wasn't my enemy.

He was my best friend.

I'm an orphan

raised by a widowed old woman in my village.

I didn't even have a name.

Grandma and the villagers just called me "wild girl."

She gathered herbs for a living,

and we'd trade them for food.

She taught me how to identify herbs

and some simple medical techniques.

Be careful.

A tiny herb could save a life.

I found it fascinating

and loved running into the mountains.

Why are you sitting here?

I fell and dislocated my arm.

You should've said so.

Easy…

Easy…

Done.

You know bone-setting?

Who taught you?

You recognize black nightshade?

Do you study medicine too?

Stop following me. I don't know you.

My name is Pei Yu. I study medicine at Benevolence Hall down the mountain.

It's just over there.

What about you? Who taught you medicine?

How come I've never seen you before?

You really want to know?

Do we have to go deeper?

Yes. Didn't you want to know who my teacher is?

All the kids in the village knew I liked to collect animal carcasses.

They all said I was crazy.

No one wanted to be friends with me.

You're lying.

These are just animal remains, not a teacher.

Aren't you scared?

If you're not scared, neither am I.

I'm not lying.

Grandma only told me that herbs can heal people.

But I wanted to know why.

I wanted to know what was really inside the human body.

These animals are about the same as people.

You're so smart.

That way, you can learn what bones and organs look like.

That's not all.

Sometimes, animals die of illness.

When I cut them open, I can see the focus of infection.

But animals are still animals, not people. There are still big differences.

I thought Pei Yu would be like everyone else.

But instead of running away,

he thought I was special.

He taught me to read

and shared his medical books and notes from Benevolence Hall with me.

Here.

To thank him,

I gathered lots of herbs for him.

CHAPTER 6: DIFFERENTIATION AND TREATMENT OF TAIYANG DISEASE, PULSE AND SYMPTOMS

Here.

I quickly finished reading every book he gave me.

You should come study at Benevolence Hall with me.

Can I really go?

Of course.

Benevolence Hall takes in orphans with no parents.

The headmaster is very kind.

Once you join, you'll become the best student there.

But you didn't get to stay at Benevolence Hall.

The headmaster kindly took me in,

but by the rules, girls weren't allowed to study medicine.

I wasn't willing to give up,

so I listened in from outside the classroom window.

But once I got caught collecting animal corpses,

the headmaster insisted I leave.

But you and Pei Yu still stayed friends.

By then, Grandma had already passed away,

but Pei Yu stayed by my side.

Just like before,

he brought me books and notes

so I could keep learning.

Later,

Song Huaiyou came to Benevolence Hall and saw a prescription I wrote.

Pei Yu wanted to tell him the truth,

but I wouldn't let him.

Why not?

You could've used that chance to prove yourself.

Song Huaiyou wanted to take Pei Yu to the Imperial Medical Office.

I was happy for him.

He had always helped me and looked out for me.

I wanted to repay his kindness.

But in the end, he still gave the opportunity to you.

Wood sorrel in the Western Capital won't be as healthy as the wild kind here.

I don't want to leave.

Why not? It's the Imperial Medical Office.

You'll learn things you could never learn here in a lifetime.

I want you to go.

You have talent.

You should learn from the best teachers,

make the best medicines, and save many, many people.

What are you talking about?

I'm serious.

I've got it all planned out.

After we leave the city, I'll go to the relay station.

You'll change into my clothes there.

While it's dark and he can't see clearly,

- you'll go with him. - I'm not doing it.

It was your talent that impressed Song Huaiyou.

This opportunity belongs to you.

Besides, I don't even like studying medicine.

Liar. You're only saying that because you want me

to take this opportunity, right?

You've always worked hard. The headmaster admires you too.

I worked hard on my notes so you could read them.

If I got something wrong, you'd learn it wrong too.

Of course I had to be careful.

What I really like is cooking.

Didn't you always say the vegetable balls I brought you were delicious?

The headmaster said

a boy shouldn't spend so much time in the kitchen.

But what you love doing shouldn't

have anything to do with whether you're a boy or a girl, right?

So,

if you love medicine, you should study it

to treat people and save lives.

And I'll do what I like too.

But…

Be careful!

If you don't do as I say, I'll let go!

Stop messing around!

I've already written a letter to Physician Song.

If I die, when he reads it tomorrow morning,

he'll still take you away.

Fine, I'll do it!

I followed Pei Yu's plan

and waited outside the city at the relay station.

Ying.

But after leaving Benevolence Hall,

Pei Yu just told Song Huaiyou everything

and begged him to take me to the Imperial Medical Office.

Little girl, did you really write that prescription?

Yes.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon,

Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases,

and Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica.

She's read them all and knows them by heart.

From that day on,

I became Pei Yu.

Master taught me so much and was especially strict with me.

I knew

he was just worried I'd get into trouble

and be unable to stay in the Medical Office.

Some people were jealous of how well Master treated me,

so they claimed I was his illegitimate child

and spread all kinds of nasty rumors.

If Pei Yu had been there,

he never would've let them treat me that way.

I was supposed to return to my hometown after two years,

but Master still had so much to teach me

and couldn't bear to see me go,

so I stayed.

Unexpectedly, Pei Yu became a eunuch

and entered the palace just for me.

Lady Su had rheumatism and suffered terrible pain on rainy days.

I was the one who brought her medicine.

Because of that, Pei Yu and I

could meet without making any plans in advance.

No one knew about our relationship.

Not even Master knew that Pei Yu had entered the palace.

So you told Pei Yu about your hardships,

and he used his position in the Food Service

to take revenge for you.

They deserved it.

They were less talented than I was,

yet they belittled me, ordered me around,

and even stole my prescriptions for themselves.

Pei Yu couldn't stand it,

so he helped punish them a little on my behalf.

But he never did anything truly excessive.

Then why did you punish Consort Li?

In the notes you gave Her Ladyship, you wrote

that ginseng and veratrum are antagonistic,

but if the dosage is low, it's hardly poisonous.

If Consort Li had taken her usual dosage,

she shouldn't have shown signs of poisoning,

at least not died from it within ten days.

You made special pills for her not just because she favored you,

but because she discovered your secret and threatened you.

She once caught me meeting with Pei Yu

and assumed we were having an affair.

She threatened to report me.

Were you having an affair?

We were friends, nothing more.

We'd never crossed any boundaries.

I wanted to explain things to Consort Li,

but Pei Yu was worried

it would lead to our identity swap being exposed

and cause even more trouble.

Since she only wanted beauty pills,

I just made them for her.

If that was all,

you wouldn't have wanted to kill her.

Consort Li must have wanted more, and you refused.

She was jealous that Consort Shu had all the Emperor's favor,

so she tried to make me poison Consort Shu.

I didn't want to hurt anyone,

but Consort Li threatened that if I didn't do it,

she'd tell the Emperor about Pei Yu and me.

I felt increasingly worried.

I wanted to tell Master,

but Pei Yu said he'd handle it.

Then, unexpectedly,

Consort Li died a few days later.

You did it, didn't you?

Didn't we agree not to meet like this?

It's too risky. You need to go back.

Why did you kill her?

As I said,

all you need to do

is focus on your work at the Medical Office.

You don't need to worry about anything else.

I'll clear away any obstacles for you,

even if it means…

Even if you're not practicing medicine anymore,

we both learned to save lives from the headmaster.

How could you just take a life like that?

Why have you become like this?

You're walking a very difficult path,

and I was the one who put you on it.

I can't just stand by.

You're a female Medicine Technician,

and I'm a eunuch.

We can be trampled on by anyone at any time.

So no matter how hard it is, you must climb to the top.

Only then

can you heal more people, save more lives,

and not waste your talent or your compassion.

So,

if I can clear any obstacles away for you,

I will.