Spring Fills the Apricot Grove: The Tale of a Physician in the Capital

The heroine, Su Qiao, is a 30-year-old medical doctoral student. An accident during an experiment causes an explosion that kills her, and she transmigrates to an unknown dynasty with her laboratory. She takes over the body of Er Ya, a poor, pitiful thirteen-year-old girl who was sold by her wicked grandmother, who favors boys, to a wealthy family as a child bride. With her laboratory and medical skills, Su Qiao thrives in the backward countryside of ancient times. While gathering herbs on a mountain, she unexpectedly rescues the Crown Prince, who has been gravely wounded while fleeing a treacherous minister. As he recovers, they fall for each other. After he returns to the palace, he brings her there, but their journey is full of twists and turns, and the palace is rife with intrigue. Before long, a county is struck by an epidemic. The Crown Prince goes in person to manage the outbreak, and Su Qiao, worried for him, rushes to his side and uses her medical expertise to help him bring the epidemic under control. Delighted upon their return to the capital, the emperor grants her the title of County Lady. Later, when the border is under threat, the Crown Prince volunteers to reinforce it. The heroine accompanies him to the frontier, where they repel their enemies together. The Crown Prince’s younger brother, Prince Yu, seeks the throne and issues a false imperial edict ordering the Crown Prince’s death. He also makes several assassination attempts. Working together, Su Qiao and the Crown Prince overcome every obstacle, eliminate the treacherous conspirators, and fight their way back to the palace, where Prince Yu stages a coup. Once the emperor learns the truth, he joins forces with the Crown Prince to defeat Prince Yu. The Crown Prince ascends the throne, and the heroine is made empress…