All That is Bitter is Sweet — Season 1, Episode 13: Episode 13
Drama • 45 min • 1 season, 30 episodes
Episode synopsis
YUK-KAM feels dizzy. After checking YUK-KAM's pulse, KAI-KEI concludes that she will fully recover as long as she drinks the soup with saffron and dong quai, following which she goes to the storehouse to fetch some medicinal materials for YUK-KAM. At midnight, KAI-KEI goes to fetch some golden threads from the storehouse, and SIK-KANG teaches her the way to inspect the Eighteen Antagonisms. According to SIK-KANG, the Eighteen Antagonisms are proven to be poisonous once the golden threads change color. Leading Madam WAH and several women to the clinic, YUET-HO specifically requests KAI-KEI to diagnose them. As a result, SIK-KANG lets KAI-KEI register as a visiting doctor in his clinic. Noticing that YUK-KAM is decocting the medicinal materials, TO YUNG comes up with a plot to make a duplicate of the storehouse key.… ...
About All That is Bitter is Sweet
The Dou family of Foshan is an affluent family that owns and runs Sheung Chun Tong, the largest traditional Chinese apothecary in town. When an epidemic occurs in Foshan and the shop's medicine is found to be the cause, the shop owner is accused of murder and is imprisoned. In order to help release her father, the family's only daughter, Dou Gaai-kei, sets out to investigate.