She Just Had to Tease Me

During the festive polo match, the noble and precious Princess of Gaochang broke her leg.

The consort she had painstakingly chosen from among the candidates at the Qionglin Banquet had not a single word of sympathy for her. He left happily, arm in arm with the one he loved.

Her father, overwhelmed with affairs of state, sent a trusted eunuch to persuade her, saying only that the consort had yet to settle down.

So what if she was a princess?

She still had to watch her husband dote on someone else, with no way to change it.

Like any ordinary woman, she could only hope for someone who loved her as much as she loved him to comfort her in her sorrow.

*

Outside the golden gauze curtains, the newly arrived physician held the princess's jade-like foot, feeling for the injury to the bone.

But a delicate hand lifted his chin, and everyone in the hall withdrew.

The princess, her eyes misty with tears, begged him:

"Physician Zhao, please apply the medicine for me. It hurts so much."

*

Zhao Fan, who had spent half his life in business and seen his share of ups and downs, transmigrated into a book.

He became a newly arrived physician in the Princess of Gaochang's residence. His days were spent taking turns on duty and halfheartedly poring over medical texts, and he was quite content with his aimless life.

That was until he treated Princess of Gaochang's foot.

What had been no more than treating an injury was mistaken for tenderness.

The princess, heartbroken by her consort, decided that Zhao Fan was wonderful.

She took back the heart she had given the scoundrel and placed it, piece by piece, in Zhao Fan's hands.

Zhao Fan shook his head until it nearly fell off, but he didn't dare refuse.

All he could do was hint, word by word, that women didn't have to stay as sheltered young ladies, caged birds, or wives under their husbands' control.

The princess took his words to heart. She divorced her husband, attended court, became crown princess, and ascended the throne as an empress.

The ministers submitted willingly, and neighboring kingdoms paid homage.

Xue Saiyue looked back, still thinking of the little physician who had never had anything at all.

"Would you like to be my emperor?"

Theme: Saving yourself