The Scent of Medicine Scares the Emperor: the Story of a Female Chinese Doctor's Power Plot to Survive

In Qingyang County of the Daheng Dynasty, Su Wan, the daughter of a medicine farmer, studied medicine with her father since she was a child, and was proficient in the forbidden technique of "Gu Insect Pulse Diagnosis" in the "Baicao Heart Sutra". When he was eighteen years old, his father, Su Huaian, was framed by the imperial concubine's confidant, Eunuch Zhang, for "poisoning the imperial concubine with Erotic Heart Powder", and the whole family was exiled to the frontier. On the way, Su Wan used animal-repelling herbs to rescue the emperor Xiao Jingming who was visiting privately incognito, laying the groundwork for him to enter the palace. Three years later, Su Wannu disguised herself as a man and entered the palace. She cured the prince's old illness with "gu insect pulse diagnosis", but was framed by Dr. Xie of the imperial hospital for "witchcraft". Relying on her medical skills and forbearance, she managed step by step in the imperial concubine's "poison killing bureau" and the imperial hospital's "medicine usurpation case": she used snow toad pods to solve the strange disease in Fengyi Palace, used tiger talisman evidence to expose the old case of collusion between imperial doctor Xie and the imperial concubine, and even joined forces with folk doctors and the old department of Dingbei Hou to overturn the family's monopoly on medicine. From an exiled orphan to the head of the Women's Medical Office, Su Wan not only cleared her father's wrongdoing, but also broke the family's blockade on medicine with the belief that "medicine does not distinguish between high and low" and established a sanctuary for female doctors all over the world. The story uses the fragrance of medicine as a guide to describe the tenacity of women to break through the machinations and prejudices. Finally, in the prosperous age, the fragrance of medicine completes the growth from "saving one person" to "saving the world".