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♫ Not meeting each other, not meeting each
other That one person, that one glance ♫

♫ Not resenting the
years we wasted ♫

♫ In a certain year, that one gaze,
who is nostalgic, who is silent? ♫

♫ Brushing past each other's shoulders,
do not argue about our fate ♫

♫ If not for that one look, the
fleeting sense of yearning ♫

♫ I would be unaware I had loved
that person for a lifetime ♫

♫ Until now, even if the city is
abound with rumours, do not explain ♫

♫ Using up the world's medicine, it is still hard
to cure the affections of the mortal world ♫

♫ The heavy rain is coming and the ground is damp
The memories are fading in front of my eyes ♫

♫ Many years later, all the stories
turn out to have similar endings♫

♫ Don't say you love someone, don't say
but Please do not overdo the tears ♫

♫ Gains and losses will always
come around in a cycle ♫

♫ Gains and losses will always
come around in a cycle ♫

The Imperial Doctress
Episode 18

All the traditional herbal therapies and prescriptions are only
intended for usage in this drama. Please do not test or imitate.

Yunxian. Yunxian.

Zheng Qi.

Are you better?

You were tortured. Your
legs are still swollen.

You...

Why are you...?

I am the Emperor

and I am also Zheng Qi.

Sorry. I lied to you.

But don't worry.

In the future, other people
nor I will bully you.

Your Majesty.

No, no, no

Later when you see me,
no need to salute.

Treat me the same as
when I was Zheng Qi.

This is a secret.
Don't tell anyone.

If I knew you were Emperor earlier, I
wouldn't have stayed there for so long.

It's all my fault.

You can blame and tease me.

You are the Emperor. Who
will dare tease you?

That's true.

Oh right, how did you get on
the list of names allowed to

enter the Palace and give medical
consultations for Empress Dowager?

I heard,

Your Highness, why did you come?

You rest. I'll go look.

I came uninvited. Please
forgive me, Your Majesty.

Why did you suddenly
come to Qianqing Palace?

I just heard someone say that

Your Majesty brought
a young lady back.

If my guess is right,

it must be the presumed
dead Miss Hang.

That's right. I also didn't think she
would get on the Palace name list,

entered the palace and
cured the Empress Dowager.

Lady Hang's heart must
miss Prince Cheng.

Couldn't find him upon
returning to the capital,

so she looked for a way
to enter the Palace.

What do you mean?

I want Prince Cheng
to be happy, so

I decided on my own to
dispatch someone...

Prince Cheng, Zhu Qiyu,

requests an audience with
Your Majesty and the Empress.

Qiyu.

Miss Hang. Miss Hang

You still can't get out of bed.

Miss Hang.

Qiyu.

Yunxian.

Qiyu.

Your Majesty. We
should go outside.

Let them have time to talk.

♫ Longing for the
forgotten details ♫

♫ I suddenly look forward ♫

♫ yet discover that tears
have become useless ♫

♫ The wind has already
pierced my eyes ♫

♫ Used to think the winter
had always been this cold, ♫

♫ unrelated to my
stubborn obsession ♫

♫ Don't say you love
someone, don't say but ♫

♫ Please do not
overdo the tears ♫

♫ I will wait at
the beginning, ♫

♫ waiting for you to appear. ♫

You talked for so long.

I've also been waiting. A single man
and woman. Where's their decency?

Call Prince Cheng in here.

Your Majesty.

Prince Cheng and Miss Hang are engaged.
They just reunited after a long absence.

Truthfully, its also
understandable.

Your Majesty, calling
Prince Cheng here

is what I meant to do.

I really couldn't bear
to see Your Majesty

ruin your brotherhood for
the sake of a woman.

When Prince Cheng thought
Miss Hang was dead,

you saw how heartbroken he was.

Knowing this, is it worth it for Your Majesty
to be reluctant to part from Lady Hang?

Don't speak rashly.

When have I ever been
reluctant to part from her?

I spoke out of turn.

Your Majesty and Lady Hang
are on friendly terms,

you should consider her
as an intimate friend.

No, a little sister.

I also think like this,

so I listened to Your
Majesty's instructions,

and asked Prince Cheng
to enter the Palace.

I don't know if what
I said is correct.

Empress, you...

I know that forcing Your
Majesty is a serious crime,

but Your Majesty also knows

that I'm not a jealous person.

If it were any other woman, I
would take her into the Palace,

and serve Your Majesty
together with her.

I remember

when your majesty visited
Prince Cheng once and said,

You have only this
biological brother.

Have you really forgotten

the sight of Prince
Cheng vomiting blood?

If you take Lady Hang
as your concubine,

Prince Cheng wouldn't
be able to take it.

What kind of person
do you think I am?

What?

So that Miss Yun is actually the
living Guanyin of the Hang household?!

Mother.

Yu'er. Why does the Emperor and
Empress suddenly want to see me?

Is it because they found out
about Empress Dowager's plan?

Is it? Mother,

You don't have to be afraid.

Actually...

You will find out later.

Greetings, Your Majesty.

Greetings, Your Highness.

Rise. Prince Cheng, please help
get a seat for your highness.

Mother, please sit.

I don't know for what important matter
Your Majesty and Empress summon me.

Empress, why don't you say it?

There actually is an
important matter.

Consort Dowager, Prince Cheng is only
younger than the Emperor by three years.

But he doesn't even have
anyone serving him.

I was worried so I thought I'd help
and be Prince Cheng's matchmaker.

Thank you, Your Highness!

Empress Dowager has also
said a few times that

Princess Anhe and Yu'er are
a match made in heaven.

Mother, the person her
Highness is referring to

is not Princess Anhe.

Not Princess Anhe?

Then who?

Fine. If Father hadn't said that you can make
decisions regarding Prince Cheng's marriage,

I wouldn't bother going
through you anyways.

Yunxian, why don't you come out.

Consort Dowager Wu, she is the one I choose
to be Prince Cheng's Princess Consort.

Greetings, Your Highness.

She is the one I
keep talking about,

Lady Hang. Hang Yunxian.

She... Didn't she die already?

Consort Dowager, Lady Hang and Prince Cheng
must have been destined together in the past,

so she came back to life
after experiencing hardships

to marry Prince Cheng again.

But... but...

Don't "but".

Why Hang family's ship was
robbed for no reason,

I'm afraid only you and
Empress Dowager know.

I... I haven't done anything!

Consort Dowager, His Majesty can

treat past matters as
if they never happened.

But I hope from now
on you let them go

and sincerely accept Yunxian
marrying into your household.

All right, Consort Dowager Wu.

Now you have seen the person.

Are you satisfied with
this match I made?

No! No!

Your Majesty, Yu'er
is my only child.

I would rather rebel but I
cannot accept this marriage!

-No! -You! -No!

Brother, please allow me to say a
few words to my mother in private.

-Madam. -No! No!

Madam, slowly.

-Mother! -Let me go!

Mother, in order to see me,

Yunxian didn't hesitate to wander a
thousand miles to get to the capital.

If she wasn't skillful and
treated Empress Dowager...

What? She was the medicine woman
who gave Empress Dowager medicine?

That's right.

Mother, in order to see me,

Yunxian paid such a high price.

I absolutely cannot betray
her feelings for me.

Can't you accept her for me?

I can't!

She's the daughter of a lowly official.
How can she match you!

Also,

her bad reputation as Living Guanyin
is already spread everywhere.

Aren't you afraid that Empress Dowager
will be angry if you marry her?

Afraid that everyone
will laugh at you?

What are you talking about?!

Yunxian's medical skills have saved hundreds of victims,
and the Emperor has bestowed the title "Xianju" on her.

Mother, you couldn't
have forgotten.

Let me go! Don't talk to me.

Don't pull me.

-Your Majesty! -Mother!

Your Majesty!

Mother!

I cannot accept this marriage!

I am guilty and deserve to die. It's just
that this medicine woman, Miss Hang,

came in to the palace to
cure Empress Dowager.

This has already spread
throughout the capital

and a lot of people
have seen her.

Yu'er is a prince of
this dynasty after all.

He has not married. If he marries a woman who
was once married, he will be a laughing stock!

Mother! Her identity as a medicine
woman was only a disguise.

Right now Yunxian
is still unmarried.

But she was following a group of male doctors
and entered the Palace together with them!

She already lost her reputation!

Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

You are an emperor,

can you really have the
heart to humiliate him?

Late Emperor, why is
my life so difficult?

Late Emperor!

Madam

Mother!

Mother, what's wrong?

-Madam. -Mother.

Let me take a look.

What is going on with my mother?

It's nothing serious.
It's just a panic attack,

so she fainted.

Hurry. Call for an
imperial physician.

Yes.

Mother. Mother.

Mother, wake up.

Your Majesty, things have
come to this extent,

I'm afraid it's not too good
for Lady Hang to stay here.

Why don't I take her out first,

stay put, and wait until
Consort Dowager wakes up.

All right. Take her out of here
first and take care of her.

I'll handle the rest.

Your Majesty, don't worry.

Mother.

Yunxian, come with me.

Consort Dowager Wu cannot
understand only temporarily.

After a while

she will slowly accept you.

Consort Dowager Wu did
not faint at all.

This is a method often used
by women in the Palace.

I just want to practice
medicine and save people.

Is that really such a bad thing?

Your Highness,

when I met Qiyu

I really did not know
that he was Prince Cheng.

I am not materialistic.

I know you are a good woman.

Official Liu, it's been a while,

why hasn't my mother woken up?

This is...

Empress Dowager has arrived.

Greetings, Your Highness.

What's going on? I was only out of the Palace
for a moment, and something so big happened.

-Cheng Shisan. -I'm here.

Hurry and take Consort
Dowager Wu's pulse.

Yes.

Report, Your Highness. Consort Dowager
Wu is in a stupor due to anger.

Blood surged through
seven apertures.

What?

Your Highness, why
don't we do this?

Why don't you and Prince
Cheng retreat first,

and I'll give Consort Dowager
an acupuncture session.

Prince Cheng,

Recently, you have been
very ill and wanted to die.

Just as soon as you saw your lover, your steps
have become lighter as if nothing happened.

I also never thought

that medicine woman, Miss Yun,
is actually Hang Yunxian.

Mother, I already asked Brother
to issue an order for marriage.

I hope Mother can help.

I actually can help you,

but what about Consort Wu?

Don't forget

that your mother comes
from a slave family.

Ever since you were born, you were expelled
from the palace by the Grand Empress.

After so many years of hardships

you have to go to
the Cheng State.

your mother didn't think of eating
or drinking because she missed you.

Whenever she comes to greet me,
all she ever talks about is you.

But you,

for an ordinary woman

make your mother like this.

I am guilty. But I
also never thought

that mother won't accept
Lady Hang like this.

If it were me, I also wouldn't
be able to understand.

That Miss Hang revealed her face
in public and was tried in court.

How many men have
those hands touch?

If this kind of daughter-in-law
married into my family,

I also would be anxious
to die and seek peace.

I don't want to force you,

but don't you forget

that you are a prince.
You must think clearly.

Forgetting filial piety
is indeed a disgrace.

Do you want everyone to
criticize you behind your back?

Aunt

Don't worry. Prince Cheng is
taking care of Consort Wu.

He won't have time

to be worried about anything
else his own problems.

How could that Hang Yunxian
still haven't died?

Prince Cheng, he... How could Prince Cheng ask
His Majesty for a marriage order so quickly?

I always stayed by his
side until he recovered,

thinking he would forget that
woman and remember my kindness.

You are too stubborn.

If you didn't try to kill that
Miss Hang in the first place,

Prince Cheng wouldn't be
angry at you like this.

You should listen to aunt.

Don't stir up trouble again.

I already laid my words today.

As long as Qiyu listened,

he definitely wouldn't be fussing
about marrying that Miss Hang again.

I already let Cheng Shisan
tell Consort Wu what to do.

There are many ways of harming people
imperceptibly in the Inner Palace.

I'm just afraid that
someday that Miss Hang

wished she never
came to the Palace.

Lady Hang, why don't you
stay in this room for now?

I will send two maids to
wait on you in a moment.

Thank you, Ru Xiang jiejie. T/N: "-jiejie" is
an endearing term used to address older females

I don't deserve to
be called jiejie.

Lady Hang, you can just
call me by my name.

If you need anything in
these next two days,

just send them to
me and let me know.

Ruxiang, there is a maid named
Ding Xiang within the pharmacy.

Do you know her?

Ding Xiang, there are some
litharge on top of the table.

Bring it to your
room and crush it,

put some oil and wipe it to your armpit.
Then the smell will be gone.

No need.

I already applied ginger slices in the
morning, so it's much better now.

That's only temporary.

Rely on this for it
to heal completely.

Without reason,

why would want to help me?

What evil intentions
would I have?

You helped me this morning. I
just want to return the favor.

Is there anything wrong with it?

I am not worthy of your care.

I'll go wait outside. If you
have any orders, just call me.

Stop.

Ding Xiang, I know you
experienced hardships before

so you have extreme
views on people.

But who hasn't experienced
difficulties?

As long as your heart is kind...

Don't say those pleasant words.

You're someone who is about
to become a princess consort.

How would you know what kind of
hardship we lowly people experience?

Then what kind of hardship
have you experienced?

I was doing fine at first

I was about to meet my Aunt.

Then somehow I got
this body odor.

I was at the lowest and
everyone keeps avoiding me.

But you're still here and okay.

say that I'm extreme.

When I was little, I caused my grandfather
and older brother to die a tragic death.

A maid who was like a sister to
me died in order to save me.

When I was wandering in Jiangnan for a few
months, I didn't dare to come back home.

I was bullied by a
eunuch in the morning,

and in the afternoon
Consort Dowager

said my reputation wasn't good enough, that
I don't deserve to marry Prince Cheng.

Who do you think is
more tragic: me or you?

But I still want to help you,

because I always believe

people's life span is so long

we can't let every thought
give us a hard time.

Your Highness, madam
has woken up.

Your Highness, please stay put.

I would like to remind you.

Even though madam's health
has been better lately,

However, the toxin in her body

are still very much active.

Simply put, when Your Highness
talk to madam in a short while,

you absolutely must obey her.

Don't let her feel sad.

Otherwise...

I understand.

Thank you.

Mother.

Do you feel better?

Yu'er, I hope I
didn't scare you.

It is me who is not filial

and spoke too quickly without
explaining everything to you.

It was me who scared you.

When I was unconscious just now,

I actually understood something.

Just marry whoever
you want to marry.

I'm someone with a foot
in the grave already.

Why must I care
about who you marry

and annoy you for no reason?

Mother, don't say that.

I know you have been
suspicious of me.

The thing with Hang
household's ship,

Empress Dowager and I
really don't know anything.

The reason why I don't
want you to marry her

is because she shows her face in public all
day long and doesn't stay put at home.

Doesn't seem like someone who
can take a good care of you.

But it was my fault

for not giving you a
good family background.

So I wanted to help you find a
wife of noble family background

to help you.

Yet you always think
I mean you ill.

Forget it.

As long as you're happy,
marry whoever you love.

After I die,

I won't fear people talking
behind my back anyway.

Mother, it's me who
is not filial.

Don't worry, your son
will think of a way.

You can't think about these now.

Why don't you go?
I'm a little tired.

Your Highness.

Your Highness, Empress Dowager is already
asleep after taking her medication.

Go and tell those palace maids

to wait on mother with great care. They
will be rewarded when the time comes.

Your Highness, I would like to say a few
words, but I don't know if I should say them.

What is it?

I've been serving Her
Highness since I was young.

I really can't bear to watch
madam become like this.

I have thought of a way

that perhaps can solve
this intricate problem.

Say it. What way?

Right now, the thing
that madam cares about

is Lady Hang's past reputation.

Your Highness, if...

You want me to
conceal my identity?

Yes.

Think about it. What
my mother cares about,

isn't it that you have been
tried for seeing a patient?

She fears that we would lose
face if this spreads out.

If we first change your
name and conceal it,

wait until after we get to Chengzhou
to plan everything, it would work out.

Then what about my
father and others?

Can we hide it from them first

and wait until we have spent some time in
Chengzhou before talking about this again?

The name of a Princess Consort will be
written in the royal family registers.

Do you really want me to assume someone else's
name for the rest of my life and marry you?

It won't be like that.

There is Brother Emperor. Wait until my
mother doesn't care about this anymore

We'll get someone from the Imperial
Clan Court to change it later.

Yunxian

I know this is hard for you.

But for us, for my
mother's health,

can you put up with it first?

I understand.

Want to change name,

then let's just change it.

As long as Consort Dowager
gets better soon,

I'm fine with everything.

Yunxian

It's just this one time.

I guarantee that you definitely won't have to
go through other grievances in the future.

Are you a fool? How can you
agree to something like this?

Did I have any other option?

Actually, Consort Dowager
Wu is not sick at all,

but I don't want to make things difficult for
Qiyu. They are mother and son after all.

Then since you know, why
didn't you tell me earlier?

Also want to change last name.

Later he'll torment you
with a hundred more things.

He won't. Qiyu said

he won't let me go through
any grievances again.

I believe him.

Then since you have
thought it through,

why did you come to find me?

Your Majesty, my last name
is actually not Hang.

That year, my family received
an edict from the Grand Empress

to change our last name
and flee to the north.

My grandfather, Tan Fu,

was originally a supervisor in
the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Ten years ago, because he was framed by a sly
scoundrel, he had no choice but to hang himself.

I request that you investigate
this case thoroughly,

wash away my grandfather's grievances,
and restore my old family name Tan.

Get up, get up, get up.

Didn't I say before,

whatever happens, no
need to salute me.

Including... Including you keeping me
in the dark, no need to apologize.

So that's what you have in mind.

I was overjoyed at seeing you, and
completely forgot about this matter.

You know about my family matter?

After the incident happened to your family,
the Eastern Depot handled the matter.

At that time, I found out.

Actually, Wang Zhen also
handled this matter.

The Official Qian who saved your entire
family at that time was the Empress' father.

It's just a pity that he
left eight years ago.

Then I need to properly
thank the Empress.

Let's talk about this later.

But I only knew that your
grandfather committed suicide.

I didn't know that he was
harmed by a scoundrel.

What actually happened there?

To make it short,

it was my fault for not
understanding things at that time.

She is willing to give up her identity
as a member of the Hang family?

Right. Yunxian said

Since the Emperor has
already buried Miss Hang

with the etiquette
befitting of a noble lady,

she doesn't want to make
a fuss out of it either.

Mother, I already
thought it through.

You see, since Yunxian already
take Yu Dongyang as her godfather,

then isn't everything clear now?

Mother.

Madam.

I'm feeling unwell. I spaced
out for a while there.

Okay. As long as she can
turn over a new leaf,

I'm not an unreasonable person.

How about this? Wait
until my body recovers,

and bring her here again to
take a good look at her.

Thank you.

What should we do?!
Didn't Cheng Shisan say

as long as we force her to change her
last name, she absolutely wouldn't agree?

Madam, don't worry.

Empress Dowager sent someone
yesterday to instruct me.

She said that even if she is willing to change
her name, we have a backup plan as well.

Who is the thief that lied to you?
If I find out who he is,

I'll rip him to shreds.

When I entered the Capital,

I mentioned my family
to an elderly uncle.

He said that the culprit was most likely
someone from the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Because he is part of the
Imperial Medical Bureau,

apart from examining the nobility in the palace,
he usually only mixes with his colleagues.

That's right. Only those whose medical
skills are not as good as your grandfather

will think of such
an insidious tactic.

I trust that you will
help me investigate this.

After my grandfather left, who got promoted
within the Imperial Medical Bureau?

It's actually not hard. It's just that there are at least a
few hundred court physicians in the Imperial Medical Bureau.

These past ten years,
people have come and go.

Do you really not remember what
that scoundrel looks like?

If I see him

maybe I can recognize him.

Ah right, he has a red birthmark
between his thumb and index finger.

Red birthmark?

Now it's easier to handle. I'll dispatch people in
the Eastern Depot to investigate this immediately.

If we can return your grandfather's clean name, you can change your
last name back to Tan. It actually doesn't count as a problem.

What is it?

Thank you.

I knew you would help me.

Don't be polite. If there's anything in the
future, feel free to come and find me.

Your Majesty's
patronage is my honor.

Of course.

Right. Try to minimise your
visits to Renshou Palace.

Even though my relationship with the
Empress Dowager has gotten better,

there are still
unresolved matters.

Try to avoid her from now on.

I understand.

It's just that, isn't it bad to leave Renshou
Palace without notifying anyone like this?

When I was at Renshou Palace, Empress
Dowager did not mistreat me after all.

After Consort Dowager
Wu made such a ruckus,

Empress Dowager must know
your identity by now.

Wang Meilin is her niece. She'll
hate you even more because of that.

Are you still
thinking about her?

Greetings, Consort Dowager Wu.

Rise.

You are a neat lady.

I have heard Yu'er said

that you were willing to
turn over a new leaf.

You understand that revealing yourself in
public was against the code of ethics,

and is willing to change
your name for Yu'er.

It is indeed hard to come
by someone like you.

It's just that marrying into the
prince's household is not that simple.

You cannot be lacking in any of the
skills and duties that ladies require.

I heard you grew
up in the north.

Have you been disciplined by a training-momo? T/N:
"-momo" is a term used to address older female servants

How is your needlework? Have you learnt
how to take care of a household?

My needlework is okay, and I have
learnt manners under a training-momo.

Mother, Yunxian is very talented
in making food therapies.

The Empress Dowager was
praising her as well.

I know.

As a wife, cooking
skills are unimportant.

Which daughter of an official
has done such lowly chores?

Only ladies from poor and humble
families will take pride in that.

Mother.

What? I didn't say it's her.

Lady Hang, where was
your mother from?

My mother, Lady Huang, was
Wuxi county magistrate.

She passed away
fifteen years ago.

You are the only daughter?

Yes.

Yu'er. The ancient saying goes that there
are some ladies you can never marry.

The last precept is that you can't marry
the oldest daughter of a widower.

because this kind of girl didn't
have a mother teaching her,

it's hard for her to
avoid improper conduct.

I grew up with my Grandmother.

My Grandmother is a
fifth rank noble lady.

I didn't ask you. What are
you doing talking back?

Mother. Why don't you sit down?

Mother, can you say fewer words?

Yunxian, you can just answer when
my mother asks you questions.

Fine, fine, don't say any more.

I don't want Yu'er to think
that I don't like you.

Lady Hang,

even though your previous conducts were
improper, but looking at Yu'er like this

I won't make a fuss.

But Lady Hang, once you marry into the prince's
household, whatever medicine or medication,

you cannot touch any.

How will the commoners
view Prince Cheng?

You're telling me to
stop examining patients?

Of course.

When you enter the royal family, you're not
allowed to reveal yourself in public at will,

or examine patients.

Looking at your expression, surely you're
not thinking of becoming a female physician

and examining lowly men?

Mother.

Your Highness, please
excuse my discourtesy.

If Prince Cheng didn't ask me
to examine you late that night,

you wouldn't be sitting here,
continuously humiliating me.

It has always been my wish to
learn medicine and cure people.

If Your Highness cannot tolerate that, I won't
be begging to enter Prince Cheng's household.

You...how dare you
say such things?

Yunxian, can you speak less?

Fine.

Yunxian.

You are well aware

This...

of my passion for medicine.

Your Highness. Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Your Highness, she...

Mother. Mother, what's wrong?

♫ Used to think the winter
had always been this cold, ♫

♫ unrelated to my
stubborn obsession ♫

♫ If the heavy snow
froze everything ♫

♫ I will wait at the beginning,
waiting for you to appear.  ♫

♫ Perhaps our vows will
change, as will the times.  ♫

♫ Constant, yet ever changing,
even if the world changes  ♫

♫ Even if my complexion
ages with time  ♫

♫ I am still the young
one in white  ♫

♫ until the day ♫

♫ I return to meet you  ♫

♫ When that day arrives, we will
return to familiar places ♫

♫ Appreciating the colourful world, and
watching the light dance across your face ♫

♫ When that day arrives, we will
return to the first snowfall ♫

♫ Forgetting our obsessions
and the past we have lost ♫

♫ Even if my complexion
ages with time  ♫

♫ I am still the young
one in white  ♫

♫ until the day I
return to meet you  ♫