A Doctor of National Renown

[Blurb for this novel] The next book I'll be opening is The Tang Clan's Female Apothecary (Transmigrating Into a Book). If you're interested, scroll down to its blurb below this one. Yun Xi transmigrates into the fourth young madam, who has just been brought back to the marquis's estate. The original owner was killed through a scheme, her son was taken away, her mother-in-law dislikes her, and her husband doesn't love her. This place is a huge pitfall! She immediately packs her things, takes back her son, and flees in the middle of the night. * After Ji Yunsong passes the imperial examinations as the third-ranked candidate, his adoptive grandfather brings him back to the Ji family. They acknowledge him, but don't treat him well. In public and in private, they favor his illegitimate third brother, who has been impersonating him for twenty years, and even plan to marry him off to a highborn woman who has none of the virtues, talents, or looks expected of her. Even a clay figure has a temper, and Ji Yunsong has never been one to let people walk all over him. He follows in someone's footsteps and takes off with his page. * From then on, the two young men surnamed Ji who work in the Hanlin Academy stand in stark contrast. One is a sociable top scholar, the legitimate young master of a marquis's house, soon to marry the third niece of Princess Changping. The other is a gloomy third-place scholar, a son of a marquis's concubine, living in a shabby room and married into a physician's family. * Several months later, the Ji family is still waiting for Ji Yunsong to return, but instead the renowned lady physician's reputation keeps growing, and Ji Yunsong's career starts flourishing as well. After Princess Changping finds her biological daughter, the Ji family finally realizes they traded a watermelon for a sesame seed, and there's no way to undo it all. * Years later, Chief Councillor Ji says, "At first, I refused to live off my wife's income. But after eating my fill, I found it quite delicious. Now I can't stop." [Character Relationships] Before returning to the marquis's estate, Ji Yunsong was forced to become Yun Xi's live-in son-in-law. Ji Yunsong, the third-place scholar, is the legitimate son of the marquis's house. After he disappeared, the illegitimate son Ji Chunjing, the top scholar, took his identity. Both work in the Hanlin Academy. P.S.: 1. The story mainly follows the heroine's medical practice, with the hero's career advancement as a secondary focus. The two leads help each other succeed. 2. The heroine's identity has a hidden story, which will be revealed gradually. P.P.S.: 1. This is an ongoing daily serial set in an alternate historical era. 2. The heroine has a pocket dimension and a very powerful golden finger. 3. The author isn't a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Please take the case histories with a grain of salt and don't treat them as factual. (The relevant information comes from traditional Chinese medicine texts or Baidu.) ** Historical transmigration preorder: The Tang Clan's Female Apothecary (Transmigrating Into a Book) [Blurb] Originally titled The Little Herb Farmer. Tang Leyun, a woman from the apocalypse, transmigrates into a novel as the heroine's scheming cousin and foil. The original owner tried and failed to seduce the second male lead, disgraced herself, and was just kicked out by the Tang family. Tang Leyun looks at the small courtyard, dilapidated with age, the pile of ragged clothes, and the broken furniture with missing legs. Then she looks at the beautiful natural scenery, and her gloom vanishes. She can grow and process herbs, and understands medicine. She has land and a shop. Opening an apothecary is perfect for her. As long as she stays away from the main plot, what's a little hard work? The System shatters her fantasy: Host No. 8238, please check the one and only mission issued by this System. You must accept it to survive in this little world. Otherwise, you will be erased immediately. So staying alive really isn't easy! Tang Leyun looks closely: The Host must save the second male lead. If he lives, the Host lives. If he dies, the Host dies. The second male lead is the ninth prince, who is afflicted with an incurable poison, a sickly prince who rejected the original owner, then turned villainous and rebelled because he loved the heroine but could not have her, before being killed by the male lead: Ji Peizhi! ...Fine, then. When you're out in the world, you have to earn your own identity and dignity. Before long, Tang Leyun's apothecary expands from the capital's outskirts into the capital itself, and its reputation spreads from the common folk to the nobility. Meanwhile, one of the shop's rules becomes widely known: "Should we prepare poisons? No. Should we prepare potent medicines? No!" When Ji Peizhi hears this, he gives a cold laugh. "Prepare them. Why wouldn't we? My widow is the perfect one for the job!" Tang Leyun smiles faintly. The fish has taken the bait. Everyone thinks Tang Leyun's marriage to Ji Peizhi is sure to end with both of them dead. But the truth is exactly the opposite: Ji Peizhi not only survives, but Tang Leyun also tames him into a devoted dog. Reader's Guide: 1. When the heroine transmigrates, the hero has not yet fallen for the original heroine. 2. The hero's sickly-prince tendencies may not be entirely genuine, and are mostly caused by psychological trauma. 3. The original heroine will not be villainized. First draft: April 10, 2022. I'll keep revising it. Theme: Heal the sick and save lives