A Hospital Linking Past and Present: I Hand It Over to the State and Live the Good Life

[Putting scumbags in their place + patriotism and duty + competing suitors + strong heroine + building a fortune] Jing Ci has a secret: she saved Lu Qing, a handsome general from ancient times. To repay her, he pays for everything she needs with gold, and even takes her to a hospital that can travel back to the past. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, she works at a bankrupt modern hospital, scraping by on sales of cold medicine and hemorrhoid cream. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, she sees patients at a chain of ancient medical clinics, where she’s renowned as a miracle doctor. Outsiders think she’s all alone in the world, and her bizarre relatives are always mocking her. Jing Ci quietly puts up with it, utterly unmoved as she watches the balance in her bank account climb into the billions. Lu Qing: A Ci, some of my men have painful lumps under their buttocks. Any idea what to do? Jing Ci: Cut them off! Steward of the provincial governor’s residence: Miracle doctor, my lady has terrible abdominal pain. Any idea what to do? Jing Ci: Cut it out! Foreign barbarian: Miracle doctor! The moment I saw you, my heart started racing. Any idea why? Jing Ci: Cut it off, and the problem’s gone for good! Her reputation as “the Surgeon of the Capital” spreads far and wide. The rich and powerful across the northern frontier bring gold ingots, sit on little stools, and stay up all night waiting in line, all just to have Jing Ci cut them open and replace their hearts and lungs. Rumors reach the capital, and the ministers all say Jing Ci is a demon who must be eliminated as soon as possible. But the foolish emperor only hears that the miracle doctor is a beauty, and orders her to enter the palace as his consort. Lu Qing, who has just become her boyfriend, picks up the fast-food uniform she dropped, dons the imperial yellow robes, and raises his fist: “Are kings and ministers born to their stations?” Jing Ci returns from studying out of town to discover that her boyfriend has ascended the throne and made her empress. Fine by her. But why do the history books call her a demon empress who loves cutting people open and eating their hearts and livers? Is that right? She only performed a few surgeries without anesthetic. The patients were just a little loud! Jing Ci: Rewrite it!