The Herbalist's Manual — Season 1, Episode 21: Episode 21
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes
Episode synopsis
CHUN’s family members blame him for betraying YUNG. Cannot bear to see CHUN being misunderstood, KWO tells them the truth. LITTLE BUDDHA does not let CHUN see CHING. He hopes that CHING can get over CHUN. CHUN has told the emperor more than once that the pills of immortality are hazardous to health but the emperor trusts that SUNG will not harm him. In order to win the trust of the emperor, SUNG takes the pills himself every time before the emperor does. As a result, he is poisoned. He practices Kung Fu to alleviate his condition, but he goes too far that he ends up seriously hurt. It is lucky that LITTLE BUDDHA comes to save him before it is too late. SUNG appoints him as his personal doctor. LITTLE BUDDHA pretends that he has fallen out with CHUN so that he could win SUNG’s trust and collect evidence. YAT tells YUNG CHUN and CHING’s love story. YUNG realizes only then that CHING has also been hurt in their complicated relationship……
About The Herbalist's Manual
LI SHI CHUN (LAM MAN LUNG, FRANKIE), who has studied herbs since he was a little boy, loves a girl TUNG CHING (YE, MICHELLE). However, he is already engaged to NG MO YUNG (LEE SZE WAN). He plans to break off the engagement and reveal his feelings to CHING after taking the imperial civil examination. Unfortunately, when he returns home after the examination, CHING has already agreed to marry his brother (AL WAI). CHUN has no choice but to marry YUNG. He becomes the student of a renowned doctor LITTLE BUDDHA, who turns out to be CHING’s adopted father. CHUN finds out that the old medical books are full of mistakes. There are also all kinds of fake herbs in the market. Therefore, he decides to write a book called the Compendium of Materia Medica. He is appointed as an imperial doctor in the palace by the Duke of Chor...