The Last Healer in Forbidden City (; literally "The Last Imperial Physician") is a 2016 Hong Kong historical fiction television drama produced by TVB, starring Roger Kwok and Tavia Yeung as the main leads, produced by . It premiered on March 28, 2016, airing every Monday to Friday on Hong Kong's TVB Jade, Malaysia's Astro on Demand and Australia's TVBJ channels during its 8:30âÂÂ9:30 pm timeslot, concluding April 22, 2016 with a total of 20 episodes.
The Last Healer in Forbidden City is a fictional telling told through the account of a physician of Emperor Guangxu played by Roger Kwok about the Emperor's mysterious death at the age of 37. It has long been rumored that the Guangxu Emperor was actually poisoned to death. In 2008, forensic tests done on the Guangxu Emperor remains revealed that high levels of arsenic was found in his remains. The arsenic levels were 2,000 times higher than normal.
The story takes place between 1898 (24th year of Guangxu) and 1908 (34th year of Guangxu), late in the Qing dynasty. Skillful physician To Chung (Roger Kwok) is named the new Imperial Palace physician after he heals Empress Dowager Chee-Hei (Law Lan). He eventually grows close to the Gwong-seoi Emperor (Pierre Ngo), who is under house arrest at the Forbidden City and stripped of his powers after angering Chee-hei by losing the First Sino-Japanese War and rebelling against her authority. He also heals the Emperor and helps his relationship with Consort Tsan (Rebecca Zhu).
As great a physician he is to the imperial family, To Chung cannot heal his crippled wife Hung Bak-hap (JJ Jia). He desperately seeks the services of bone-setter Fuk Ling (Tavia Yeung). Her treatments help relieve some of Bak-hap's pain. Impressed, To Chung refers her to the Forbidden City where she becomes Chee-hei's personal bone-setter.
To Chung and Fuk Ling's friendship eventually turns romantic but his loyalty to Bak-hap and her ulterior motive to kill the Emperor prevents it from developing.
<small>Character names are in Cantonese romanisation.</small>
Names of the main cast are all homophones to Chinese herbs.