The Herbalist's Manual — Season 1, Episode 23: Episode 23
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 25 episodes
Episode synopsis
CHING finally agrees to be treated by HIN. A necromancer has been poisoned and gone into a coma after taking the pills. SUNG asks LITTLE BUDDHA to look into the man. LITTLE BUDDHA asks SUNG to provide the detailed ingredients of the pills so that he can prescribe. SUNG agrees to do so, but only to get CHUN into hot water. YUNG overhears CHING’s conversation with HIN and learns that CHING plans to leave the capital and starts a new life. YUNG makes up her mind, too. SUNG wants to take over the emperor and arrogate all powers to himself. He increases the amount of the poisonous substances in the pills. The emperor suffers food poisoning. CHUN makes a wrong diagnosis and treats him as if he was poisoned by the pills. As a result, the emperor’s condition is even worse. SUNG accuses CHUN of poisoning the emperor. CHUN is imprisoned by the emperor. SUNG orders CHUEN to arrest CHUN’s family members……
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...