When her scalpel becomes a folding fan and her white coat is replaced by brocade robes, medical doctoral student Shen Wei opens her eyes after an explosion in the laboratory and finds herself in the body of the infamous heir to the Duke of Zhenguo in the Great Ning Dynasty. The handsome, rakish face in the mirror belongs to the capital’s most notorious wastrel, a bully who preyed on men and women, neglected his studies, and was loathed even by his own younger sister.
His old drinking buddies are stunned when the wastrel, who used to do nothing but bet on cockfights and race horses, suddenly starts practicing medicine and saving lives. His improved instant noodles feed disaster victims, while the exam guide he compiled, A Decade of Autumn Examinations: The Essential Collection, brings poor scholars to tears of gratitude. Only Zhang Jue, who is always fiddling with his abacus, sees her using a microscope with practiced ease and flashes a knowing look...