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What is this?

My lord.

You wench! Is this what you call keeping an eye on him?

My lord, it's not...

Silence! You're....

- My lord! - My lord!

My lord... my lord...!

My lord.

Are you all right?

Eun-ok, what's wrong with him?

Get the doctor. Get him.

He's not here.

He's collecting herbs, I don't know where.

What can we do?

He's barely breathing.

My lord, my lord.

Stay with us.

My lord.

Episode 132

Stop. Stop.

You'll kill me.

If I don't you may well die.

Enough.

Sir, trust me.

...no need...

My lord.

- My lord! - My lord!

What is this?

He collapsed...

Which point did you use?

The bladder meridian.

Well done.

Prepare for moxibustion.

Yes, Doctor.

How did you know it was his heart?

My father treated a man with similar symptoms.

I'm surprised you pinpointed the bladder meridian.

Your talents are wasted as a slave.

I'm fortunate to be learning medicine from you, my lord.

The chance may never come, but if it does,

I'll recommend you for the royal pharmacy.

My lord.

In the days of King Jungjong there was a nurse named Jang-geum.

Though just a nurse, she treated the King and earned his trust.

I believe you're made of the same stuff.

Never stop trying.

Yes, my lord.

Of the body meridians, the liver appends to the governing and conception vessels.

Governing and conception vessels should be reclassified to make 14 meridians.

Wait. Fourteen?

Even country quack knows there are only 12 meridians.

Governing and conception vessels

append to the liver meridian to make twelve.

You're stretching here.

But the Chief Physician was reviewing

whether or not they should be reclassified.

The Chief Physician? When did he ever say that?

I was referring to Doctor Heo.

Your thoughts, sir?

Doctor, come quickly.

What's going on?

They did not separate those herbs that dry in the sun and those in the shade.

Dry is dry, what does it matter where?

To study the efficacy of each.

Without your random mix-n-match.

Were these Doctor Heo's instructions?

Yes, sir.

Absolutely not.

My lord.

You would entrust the compilation project to an exile?

He led this project for over ten years.

With him gone, the project is at a stand-still.

Then stop.

My lord.

Heo Jun is no longer a doctor, he's a criminal.

I won't have him working on court business.

Either you finish the project or stop it altogether.

How can we possibly have Heo Jun help us?

We can send him detailed progress and material reports.

Being in contact with an exile can lead to serious trouble.

If we're found out we'll all be subject to investigation.

Yourself and Heo Jun included.

He risked his life to start this.

He should finish it.

This project deserves our best efforts.

We need Doctor Heo.

Not a word to anyone. This is between us.

Hyeon-ji, what is facial palsy?

Paralysis of the lips, like this?

Right. Perfect.

Lady Kong-bin's brother suffered from it.

And stomach cancer.

Heo Jun swore to the King he could cure it in three days.

That's ridiculous.

I don't know about palsy, but stomach cancer in three days?

My point exactly.

I thought maybe he was a little off.

I mean, if he failed the King, he would have lost his hands, chop-chop.

So what happened?

One day, two, three... the days flew by.

Until at last the time was up.

Was he cured?

No.

His facial paralysis didn't get better.

Did he lose his hands?

Moron. Have you forgotten?

Doctor Heo's hands are fine.

Hyeon-ji, I'm telling a story here.

Smack.

Oopsies.

Anyway, he failed to keep his promise.

He was brought before Chief Physician Yang and his hands were to be cut off.

Heo Jun stepped up to the block...

...laid his hand down...

...and just as the ax was about to fall...

'Hal--!'

Halt.

Halt.

The palace eunuchs arrived and said the patient was better.

The facial paralysis and stomach cancer, both in three days.

And THAT is Doctor Heo.

A word.

Sir? Really?

Visit Doctor Heo in exile?

Quietly.

Yes, sir.

So go to his family and ask if they want to send anything.

Yes, sir.

Is this true?

Yes. I got my orders to leave with the other doctors in an hour.

Anything you want to send, give it to me.

One moment.

Would it be all right if I came along?

You?

Yes. There'll be lots to carry, right?

Let me do it.

Hang on...

It's not like the doctors will carry much. In the end, I would be the one doing it all.

All right. I'll ask for you.

Thank you.

Wait. You'll have to do as I say.

Need you ask?

Call me sir.

Well? Say it.

Have you been well?

Who are you?

Don't you recognize me?

Im Oh-keun. They call me Five Finger Im.

Listen, you look after yourself, ma'am.

So you can see Doctor Heo.

Isn't Jun coming home from work?

No, he's very busy.

I worry about his hay fever.

I hope he's taking the pear juice I made him.

Don't mention his mother's illness to him.

I won't.

Tell him we're fine and not to worry.

Of course.

I'm sure I'll return with good news.

I'll be back, ma'am.

Thank you.

Take this.

What is it?

Jerky.

Exile is no picnic.

Tell him to eat it sparingly.

Doctor Heo acknowledged my wife's jerky making skills early on.

Thank you.

Warm clothes.

For the winter.

Can't I come along?

I've got Dol-swe, we're fine.

Take the secret of this trip to your graves.

Not a word.

Come along now.

- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.

- Hang in there. - Right.

Does your stomach hurt?

Well? How did it go?

He's guarded. I couldn't get in.

That's bad.

But it's odd.

Patients are coming and going.

It looked like he was treating them.

I haven't seen you before.

You're not from around here. Where are you from?

I-heard-bout-him...

What?

Heard-he'sh-doctorrr...

What's going on?

He's not from around here, but I can't understand what he's saying.

Village-down-th-way... doctor...

He's hurting. Let him in.

Pass.

Village... doctor... owie...

The cold has run its course.

A little balloon flower root with food three times a day.

Yes, Doctor.

And her dizziness is from the heat, nothing to worry about.

I see.

A little bean porridge three times a day.

If that doesn't help, arrowroot on an empty stomach.

Doctor....

Thank you.

Follow these to the letter.

Yes, yes, thank you.

Bye now.

C'mon. Thank you.

What seems to be the...?

Forgive me, but could you check how many patients are left?

Yes, sir.

Eun-ok, go with him.

Yes, my lord.

What are you doing here?

My lord.

There he is.

My lord.

Your lordship.

Doctor.

Have you been well?

Doctor Yu insists you should finish the compilation yourself.

The rest of us agree.

You could get in trouble for this.

We're ready for what comes.

We are.

From your family.

How is my mother, my wife?

Her ladyship...

Very well.

His Majesty sent Doctor Yu especially to look after your mother.

Doctor Yu says it grieves His Majesty to have exiled you.

He had to do it to satisfy the court.

But he still thinks of you.

He'll send for you in time.

Man's head is round as the sky is round.

His feet are angled to embrace the earth.

The seasons are as a man's four limbs.

The five elements are as the five viscera.

The six sensory worlds are as the six entrails.

The winds blow in eight directions. Man has eight joints.

There is a star for each of the nine holes of man.

For each of man's twelve meridians there is a star.

For each of man's 24 pressure points, there are 24 lunar seasons.

For each of the 365 degrees in the sky, man has 365 arteries.

You were looking for me?

How is Doctor Heo?

Wait, how...?

All the nurses know. You can relax.

He's better than we suspected.

Surprisingly, he's still treating the sick, even in exile.

Can he do that?

Of course not.

But the guards and such are helping him.

He's that kind of man.

We heard he's still working on the compilation project.

How is that possible?

Oh, if Doctor Yu wants it that way, I don't see why not.

Doing all right, my lord?

Fine.

They're heavy but worth it.

I need a favor.

Anything.

I would like to recommend a nurse to Doctor Yu.

Eun-ok, come here.

Yes, sir.

If anything happens to me, see that she gets her chance.

Anything..? What kind of talk is that?

None of us know the future.

If you recommend her, she must have potential.

She is a government office slave.

But she has a gift for medicine.

Enroll her as a palace nurse when the time is right.

I will tell Doctor Yu and the Head Nurse.

Your Majesty, Prince Yeong-chang still has followers.

He will be the center of sedition as long as he's alive.

His uncle is barely in the grave.

Now you want Yeong-chang dead?

We must think of the court and the royal house.

The late King commanded the brothers to band together.

Your Majesty, this is your reign.

It is time to make your own way, not dwell on the past.

Please.

Do not mention this to me again.

Prime Minister.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I want Doctor Heo back from exile to attend the royal house.

Your Majesty, you cannot.

Is that all you can say?

Doctor Heo is important to me.

Obey your king for once.

Your Majesty, it's not that I don't empathize.

But to pardon Doctor Heo will cause problems at court.

This is not a question of royal dignity or court discipline.

Your Majesty, please.

I don't want to hear it!

Leave me.

What? Suspicious visitors?

Who?

From what I hear, they're from the capital.

The capital?

Get me more details.

Yes, sir.

The capital...

...You know how he is...

...And they're still at it...

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The compilation is finally finished.

I have named it Exemplar of Eastern Medicine.

I dedicate it to the people of our land.