[With her medical skills, Meng Peilan heals the hearts of all under heaven;
With her beauty and fearsome reputation, Lu Yuanzhi protects the realm and keeps the land at peace.]
In Daying, women are forbidden from doing business, practicing law, or taking part in politics.
But Meng Peilan is determined to use the hands she trained in medicine to break this "tradition"!
In business, she turns the Meng Medical Hall into the most famous establishment in the capital, earning wealth and profit.
In law, she drives out enemies and exposes treacherous officials, safeguarding the realm and winning the people's hearts.
In politics, she becomes a trusted aide to the princess and helps the empress ascend the throne, winning the emperor's favor.
"I'll be the one to establish the new Three Obediences and Four Gains. Starting with me, women will make up more than half the officials in the realm, and there will be female top scholars in all 316 trades!"
That's not all. She wants success in both her career and love!
On her way back to the capital, the female doctor Meng Peilan finds an injured man. She never expects him to be Lu Yuanzhi, Daying's renowned God of War.
But why is this God of War nothing like the cold, fearsome beauty of legend?
When he's upset, he looks at her with a pitiful expression and stands obediently in place, neither crying nor making a fuss. When he's happy, he picks her up and spins her around, his handsome face as radiant as the spring sunshine.
Because she loves red bean dumpling soup, he goes out of his way to learn how to make it, turning the hands that wield spears and swords to the art of cooking.
Lu Yuanzhi is such a lovesick puppy!
On the first day of the empress's reign, the God of War, who has rendered great service to Daying, voluntarily asks to give up his title as general.
"I am willing to give up my position as general. I ask only that Your Majesty grant me in marriage to Lady Meng, the physician!"
Lu Yuanzhi: Being lovesick is the best dowry a man can bring! Lady Meng, here I come!
Content warnings: Be sure to read!
1. The leads don't fall in love out of nowhere. Their relationship develops gradually, and the romance moves slowly at first.
2. The female lead is strong and extremely career-focused. To her, her career matters more than love.
3. The female lead's only golden finger is her medical skill. Everything else takes cooperation with others; this isn't a mindless power fantasy.
4. This is a story with a large female cast. Almost all the male supporting characters are bad guys!
5. The eldest princess is reborn and eventually ascends the throne as empress. Her story is in the author's collection, The Eldest Princess Refuses a Political Marriage.
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Theme: Women can stand tall and save the world
