Jun Jiu Ling Episode 9 Recap
> Jun Jiu Ling Recap
Following his competitive impulse, Zhu Zan caught the vine, saving Chu Jiuling, in her disguise as Jun Zhenzhen, from falling. After she flatteringly confirmed he was more handsome than Fang Chengyu, he pulled her to safety. Seeing her foot was injured, he carried her back. Along the way, Zhu Zan reminisced about Princess Jiuling, whom he cherished, while Chu Jiuling, listening, felt a pang of nostalgia for their shared past and sighed at how much had changed.
When they paused to rest, Zhu Zan asked for the purple immortal herb, and recognizing its importance to him, she generously gave it to him. Later, Zhu Zan rejoined the group, stating his business was concluded and that he would now serve as an additional escort at no extra cost. Meanwhile, in Zezhou, Song Yunping furiously demanded to know why his men had failed to find Fang Chengyu.
A subordinate suggested Fang Chengyu must have left the city, but Song Yunping, trusting Doctor Sun's assessment that Fang Chengyu was too frail to travel far, believed he was hidden in a nearby old house. At the Fang mansion, Fang Jinxiu told Su Qi that she had seen the maid Shaoyao secretly packing Fang Chengyu's clothes and heading east.
After Fang Jinxiu left, Su Qi, who was being observed by Ms. Cao and Liu, instructed her maid Mujin to relay this information to Song Yunping, falling into a trap set by Chu Jiuling. Upon receiving the message, Song Yunping had his subordinate verify the tip. The subordinate confirmed seeing a woman disguised as the Fang family's "Eldest Madame" secretly heading towards the eastern suburbs.
Convinced by this staged sighting that Fang Chengyu's condition was fatal and that he was hidden there, Song Yunping decided to "end his suffering" and ordered his men to act that night. The group arrived in Runan to find the ancestral Jiuling Drugstore in ruins and the land seized by a local ruffian, Hu Gui. Though she possessed the title deed, Chu Jiuling declared she would forgo the land in exchange for the clinic's treasured plaque.
She felt it was destiny for the name "Jiuling" to be returned to her, cementing her path as a healer. She then announced she would reopen the ancestral clinic. Introducing herself as a Jun family descendant named Jun Jiuling, she boldly proclaimed that the clinic would specialize in incurable diseases and guaranteed a cure for all ailments. To prove her commitment, she offered free consultations and medicine for the first month, inviting anyone to smash her plaque if she failed.
This declaration deepened Zhu Zan's suspicions. The familiar tea-making, the pitch-pot skills, and now the adoption of the name "Jiuling" made him question her identity. He sought out an old Jun family servant, who described "Miss Jun" as a graceful young lady, unchanged from her affectionate childhood self. Hearing this, Zhu Zan was crushed, realizing this person was not the princess he knew and that his hopes had been self-deception.
He later vented his frustration by practicing swordplay in a bamboo grove. Meanwhile, Fang Chengyu had recovered enough to walk. Accompanied by Jun Jiuling, he joyfully explored the streets, relishing his mobility and buying gifts for his family. Jun Jiuling presented him with a pair of new shoes she had made, hoping they would carry him wherever he wished to go. Back at their residence, Jiuling noticed Zhu Zan's coldness.
Approaching him, she acknowledged his disappointment that she was not the princess. Zhu Zan deflected, stating that if Princess Jiuling were alive, she would not want to see her acting in such a manner. Jiuling asserted her right to her name and clinic, and Zhu Zan advised her to forget the past. She countered by asking if he had truly forgotten the young princess, emphasizing the loneliness she would feel if everyone, including him, erased her from memory.
To discredit Jun Jiuling, Hu Gui found Strong Haiping, a man famous for his strength in his youth but who had been bedridden with paralyzed legs for three years, a case all other doctors had deemed hopeless. After convincing Haiping's mother, Hu Gui had the man carried to the clinic. His true aim was for Jiuling to fail, giving him an excuse to smash her plaque and drive her out of Runan to secure his claim on the land.
Desperate, Haiping told Jiuling he would rather be a beggar than remain bedridden. Jun Jiuling confidently examined him, declaring that while his condition was difficult, it was not incurable, and she pledged to heal him or risk her own reputation. At the Fang residence, Ms. Cao burst into Su Qi's room, accusing her of conspiring against the family and demanding to know who was behind her actions, even questioning her role in the death of her son, Nianjun.
As Su Qi was about to confess, her maid Mujin fatally stabbed her before committing suicide by biting a poison pill hidden in her tooth. Frustrated by the loss of her only leads, Ms. Cao ordered Fang Jinxiu to be locked up and dispatched someone to the eastern suburbs to learn the outcome of Song Yunping's mission.
