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Dear Herbal Lord Season 1

Episode 3

Your Ladyship, why haven't you got up yet?

Make sure you don't miss the banquet at the City Governor's residence tonight.

What banquet?

After the successful closure of the human trafficking cases

and in order to commend the Xiao family

and Herbal Lord's merits in solving the cases,

the City Governor will hold a banquet to reward them.

Did you forget it?

That's too much of a hassle.

I'll go get water.

Be quick to get up.

Got it.

No, no.

What happened that day was so weird.

I must rush to Herbal Lord Valley to have a look.

Your game is up, indigowoad herb!

You are running about again.

Miss Jiang, knock it off.

I really have very important things

that entail a visit to Herbal Lord Valley.

You can't.

You slunk away while I was asleep last time,

and I haven't got even with you yet.

You are not going anywhere this time.

There might be something wrong with Herbal Lord Valley indeed.

I saw a lot of poisonous weeds that day,

but why couldn't I find them later?

Maybe it was too dark that night,

you hurt your eyes falling down and didn't see clearly.

No way.

I remember it clearly.

I can still remember the poisonous smell.

All right, all right.

Don't overthink.

Now your top priority is

to dress yourself up for the banquet.

I tell you what,

all the womenfolk of the noble families in the city

will attend the banquet.

You must keep an eye on Herbal Lord.

Make sure you don't disgrace me.

You mortals are so troublesome.

OK, OK.

Lyuluo, I'm ready.

I can't wait to go.

You guys are going to…

Your Ladyship.

What are you doing?

Your Ladyship, you are so beautiful.

I'm sure Herbal Lord will fall for you

when he sees you.

Is this his level of taste?

Isn't this over-the-top?

Lyuluo,

I have so many hair clasps in my hair

that my neck is about to break.

Not many, not many.

You look good this way.

What lousy taste!

I see.

You are a good child.

I'll take you to see him some day.

I haven't seen him for a while.

Mrs. Xiao.

Lord Jiang, Lord Jiang.

Why don't I see Lord Xiao here?

He caught a cold inadvertently

and stays at home to recuperate today.

I thank you for your kindness on his behalf, Lord Jiang.

Qingyun has become more and more beautiful these days.

My son Ziming

is really blessed.

Thanks to Ziming,

Qingyun got saved a few days ago.

Speaking of which,

I must thank Qingyun.

My son Ziming

just did what was required of him.

It is a man's obligation to save him wife.

His slight injury is no big deal.

It's a blessing for both our families

as long as Qingyun is unscathed.

I've

long since taken Qingyun as a member of my family.

Mrs. Xiao,

let's no worry about

the younger generation's affairs.

Mrs. Xiao,

I heard Mr. Xiao got

a batch of medicinal herbs in his residence the other day.

I must go and have a look when I have time.

His Lordship and I

are looking forward to your visit then.

He got that batch of medicinal herbs

from the red fire tribe in the southwest.

Where has she gone?

Ya,

what are you looking at?

Where has my daughter gone?

Mrs. Xiao,

my daughter is nowhere to be found.

These days

she doesn't seem to be in her right mind.

She'll make trouble again

if I don't follow her around.

I'll excuse myself, I'll excuse myself.

Mom,

don't you think Jiang Qingyun sneaked out

to see Herbal Lord again?

Ya!

Miss Jiang. Miss Jiang.

Your Lordship. Your Lordship.

He,

who's that girl in the tree?

Your Lordship,

she's Jiang Qingyun, the young lady of the Jiang family.

Miss Jiang is such an interesting girl.

Your Lordship!

The smell is so nice.

How insolent!

You even dare steal fruits from the City Governor's Residence.

What are you doing? You startled me.

How can a young lady from the respectable Jiang family

disregard etiquette in such a way?

No matter.

Who are you?

Do you know me?

Not only do I know you,

I'm also an acquaintance of Lord Jiang.

You know my dad too?

His apparel doesn't look cheap.

He's probably the son

of a high-ranking official or dignitary in the city

who's here for the banquet.

This is a fruit I just picked. Try it.

An encounter is a predestined bond. Take it.

Thanks.

But

we are friends

once you eat my fruit.

Make sure you don't tell my dad

I picked the fruits,

or he'll punish me again.

I can do that,

provided that

you answer my question first.

No problem, no problem.

Do you know Herbal Lord Chu Zhimo?

Him?

I know him.

What do you think of him?

He looks fierce

and icy cold,

but everybody says he saved my life.

There are so many patients at his door,

but he never saved them.

And?

And…

Sister Woad,

Herbal Lord is coming over here.

And…

And he's

handsome, dashing, eloquent,

warm-hearted despite having a cold look, ready to help others

and really outstanding.

Wait, wait.

This doesn't sound right.

Why does it not?

These are words from the bottom of my heart.

Why did I hear people say

Herbal Lord is not only coldhearted

and offers no help to a dying man,

but always keeps a straight face

and everybody rushes to shun him?

How can he be as good as you said?

You can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk irresponsibly.

I'm not talking irresponsibly.

That's what I'm gonna say

even in front of Herbal Lord.

I wonder what Your Lordship City Governor

want to say in front of me.

City Governor?

You are City Governor?

The two of you are uncle and nephew?

Why did you bad-mouth your uncle?

Bad-mouth?

That makes me even more curious.

Uncle,

just now I said you are…

handsome, dashing,

eloquent,

warm-hearted despite a cold look,

ready to help others…

Stop.

That's what I said.

How can you lie at such a young age?

Miss Jiang,

did you remember it wrong?

I have good memory.

You said Herbal Lord

is coldhearted, offers no help to a dying man,

keeps a straight face to whoever he meets

and everybody rushes to shun him.

This is exactly what you said.

Do you want to deny?

Cut it out.

I have something to tell you.

What is it again?

Your back.

Spider!

Didn't you just say

I'm coldhearted, offer no help to a dying man

and always keep a straight face?

Why do you jump into my arms now?

Aren't you afraid I'm gonna dump you into a spider's nest?

An imposing city governor of Daxing

turns out to be afraid of spiders!

I wanted to give it to my dad to be used as medicine at first.

Such being the case, I'll just give it to you.

Take it away! Take it away!

Let me down.

I was kidding you.

The banquet is about to begin.

I'll leave first.

Wait a minute.

Anything else, uncle?

I do have an important matter

to discuss with Your Lordship.

Can I have a moment with you?

Go, go.

A brat pretends to be an adult.

Stop.

What do you want, Miss Xiao?

Don't play dumb.

Let me ask you,

what did you sneak away to do just now?

I…

I went to pick fruits.

Would you like some?

Jiang Qingyun, don't beat around the bush.

I tell you what,

don't pester Herbal Lord anymore.

He won't like you.

What has that to do with my fruits?

What's more,

Herbal Lord saved me many times

and he also gave me a token of affection.

Of course he likes me.

Just look at yourself.

Is there anything in you that deserves to be liked?

A small gun.

A waste of ammunition.

A small gun?

A waste of ammunition?

What does that mean?

Banquet starts.

The banquet has started.

Look out for yourself.

A small gun.

A waste of ammunition.

What exactly does that mean?

What a waste!

Indigowoad,

how are you doing?

Did everything go well at the banquet?

Was there anything wrong?

Didn't the beauty of the gorgeous young lady outshine others?

Have you hooked up with Herbal Lord?

Say something.

Let me ask you,

what does "a small gun, a waste of ammunition" mean?

Where is all this coming from?

It goes like this.

I met Xiao Ya at the banquet today.

Is this what she said about you?

Actually it's about you.

What a shrew Xiao Ya is!

How dare she talk about me this way!

What's so great about her?

All right, all right, hold your horses.

First tell me,

what exactly does "a small gun, a waste of ammunition" mean?

She meant I'm short and eat a lot.

Let me ask you,

am I that short?

You are not tall indeed.

You…

But

it's OK, don't worry.

Developmental problems are not hard to solve.

How to solve?

You can count on me.

I promise I'll make you taller than her

in no more than three days.

Really?

Your Ladyship,

I've dug the pit half a man deep. Do I have to keep digging?

Yes.

Keep digging.

Your Ladyship,

stop eating.

You've eaten three days' quantity.

[Tall]

What if

you'll get sick from eating too much?

How can I stop?

How can there be fertilizers if I don't eat enough?

Fertilizer is a must for growth.

Lyuluo,

hurry up to bury me!

Hurry up!

Hurry up!

Lyuluo, hurry up!

Cover me with earth!

Hurry up!

[Tall]

Lyuluo,

I said I don't need an umbrella.

Your Ladyship,

you've been in the rain for two hours.

You'll fall ill if you go on like this.

Why do you torture yourself?

I must make use of the thunderstorm night to grow.

I'm gonna grow for a while.

Take it away.

I'm gonna grow.

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship!

Lyuluo,

how insolent you are!

You even dared bury Her Ladyship alive!

Your Lordship, I dared not.

Her Ladyship asked me to do so this time.

Nonsense!

Just stay on your kneels here

until Her Ladyship comes around!

I definitely won't let you off

if you tell a single word of lie!

Your Ladyship.

Your Ladyship.

Be quick to come around, Your Ladyship.

Well, look at you,

how did you come up with such a stupid idea?

You buried yourself in the rain.

Do you even want to fertilize yourself?

Stop laughing.

Didn't I do it to help you?

I wouldn't have to take so much trouble

were it not for your short stature.

It's not me to blame.

Being short is cute.

What's more,

Herbal Lord is not a superficial man.

What he cares about is inner beauty.

You can only compare with others in family background,

appearance, figure

and other skin-deep things.

In terms of inner beauty,

I'm afraid you'd lose even more badly.

Nonsense!

As a young lady,

I'm well versed in music, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But as a little herb inhabiting in your body,

I'm well versed in nothing.

Isn't it because you are too stupid?

You waste my body in vain.

You…

You are inflicting double torture

on both my body and my mind!

All right, all right, go home quickly.

Take time to recuperate well.

Go, go.

You've come around, Your Ladyship?

You scared the wits out of me.

I'll ask His Lordship to come to see you at once.

Lyuluo!

Be careful.

Are you all right?

Lyuluo, I'm sorry.

You got punished by dad all because of me.

I'll never do such an absurd thing again.

Your Ladyship,

I'm not afraid of getting punished,

as long as you are OK.

No more cry, no more cry.

Water is very important.

Don't shed tears. It's a waste.

Smile.

How did you come to think of getting soaked in the rain?

You are a human being, not a medicinal herb.

Qingyun,

you are a real talent.

Enough!

Stop laughing at me.

How did I know you mortals are so fragile?

But

you could have told me

if you really want to grow a bit.

I'm your senior apprentice-brother after all.

Really?

So what's your way?

It's easy.

I'll prescribe some medicines for you

as food nourishment.

They'll work

in no more than three months.

Herbal Lord will certainly like me in this case.

But if you are doing it to please Herbal Lord,

then it's totally unnecessary.

Why?

From his icy cold appearance,

you can see

he is not a man who's obsessed with outer beauty.

What's more,

women with good looks and nice figures

are a dime a dozen.

How can you

outshine women across the whole city?

Take a word of my advice.

Rather than focusing your mind on such things,

you might as well understand him more in here.

Heart?

Forget it.

There are so many patients asking for his prescriptions at his door every day,

but he just closes his eyes to them.

Such a heart of a man who offers no help to a dying man

is something I have no time to understand.

People in the world are not what you think them to be.

Although Herbal Lord doesn't save people,

it can't show

he's a cold-blooded, ruthless man.

What does it show then?

It shows

it's time for you to have a good rest.

I'm off.

People in the world are not what you think them to be.

Although Herbal Lord doesn't save people,

it can't show

he's a cold-blooded, ruthless man.

What exactly does that mean?

Sister Woad.

What are you thinking?

I'm thinking about what the mortals said.

It all sounded weird

and I don't quite understand.

I don't understand some of them either.

But Lyuluo said you've just recovered from a serious illness,

you can't get in a cold draught yet.

Qingyun.

Mr. Xiao?

What brings you here?

Have your injuries got any better?

Me?

I'm almost recovered.

You said you'd come to see me.

I waited for a long time, but you didn't come.

I'm sorry. I forgot.

It's OK, it's OK.

I can come to see you if you don't come to see me.

What's wrong?

You don't seem to be very well these days.

I got soaked in a rain,

but I'm much better now.

Given your ill health,

I've

specially brought you

a 300-year old ginseng.

This ginseng is obviously no more than 200 years old.

How could that be?

I obviously spent a fortune

to get it from the Rejuvenation Drugstore.

It's very easy to tell.

I've seen at least 800 ginsengs if not a thousand,

so I'm sure I can't be wrong.

Look.

To judge a ginseng,

first look at its tassels, then its roots.

The older a ginseng is, the less tassels it has.

So

this one of yours is not very good.

I'll do it this way.

I'll get another

300-year old ginseng

to show you another day, OK?

This ginseng is definitely old enough.

Miss Jiang, if there are any medicinal herbs you'd like to have,

just let me know.

This is Qingyun's boudoir,

I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to break in at night.

It's the same with you.

No.

She and I were engaged long ago.

But everybody in Daxing City knows

she wants to marry me.

Herbal Lord means

he doesn't resist my offer to marry him.

It seems Jiang Qingyun's husband-courting plan has really worked.

But why

is there a sour smell?

It's not what a gentleman would do to take away other's loved one by force.

Your Lordship, don't beat Mr. Xiao!

Let go your hold.

He can't hurt me.

Mr. Xiao, get out of here quickly.

Your injuries haven't recovered yet.

You'll surely lose in this case.

Jiang Qingyun,

let go your hold.

I won't.

Mr. Xiao, get out of here quickly.

I've wrapped my arms around him.

I'll bring you some ginsengs next time.

Let go your hold.

I won't.

Let go your hold!

I just won't!

Jiang Qingyun,

do you want to protect your fiancé so much?

Why is Herbal Lord so angry?

Could it be he doesn't want to marry me again?

He's gone far away.

Let go your hold.

How long are you gonna hold me?

Herbal Lord…

Jiang Qingyun.

Jiang Qingyun.

Don't play possum.

She has no pulse.

How could she suddenly die?

Who's that?

Who's that in the middle of the night?

Who's that?

Your Lordship.

What's wrong with you?

Why is your pulse like this?

What did you do?

I used my internal energy.

Aren't you a fool?

Now the date of your relapse each month

is moving up closer and closer.

You can't use your internal energy during these days.

How could you make such a reckless move?

Did you hear me?

Jiang Qingyun

died.

Who are you talking about?

Jiang Qingyun.

I used my internal energy to save her.

My junior apprentice-sister?

This won't do. I must go and have a look.

Your Lordship!

Your Lordship!

Your Lordship, come around!

Your Lordship!