Chapter 1 Time Travel
This book is dedicated to female medical workers who never give up in adversity, fight bravely, strive hard, remain positive and compassionate, and to every young woman who strives to live a fulfilling life.
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When Li Mingfang opened her eyes, she saw a light red bed canopy, an exquisite all-wood carved bed, and a middle-aged woman with her hair in a high bun sitting beside the bed, sobbing with her head down.
Before Li Mingfang could figure out what was going on, she heard the woman's joyful voice, "Third Sister, you're awake! Does your head still hurt? Don't be angry, your father has gone to find your eldest brother, and he will definitely not let Prince Heng take Luzhu away!"
Upon hearing this, Li Mingfang thought, "Have I traveled through time? Father? Is this the Tang Dynasty? Dewdrop? Is this some kind of scumbag trying to steal my child?"
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, images of the short life of the woman he had possessed after transmigrating flashed through his mind.
Li Mingfang, the third child in her family, is eighteen years old. She is the late-life daughter of Li Hualin and Zhao Dani, who were nearly thirty years old.
At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor issued an edict that men aged 20 and women aged 15 and above must marry.
At the age of fifteen, Li San Niang married Wang Ziheng, the youngest son of the Wang family who owned a pharmacy in Chongye Lane, through a matchmaker and her parents' wishes. The following year, Li San Niang gave birth to a daughter, named Wang Wanlu, nicknamed Luzhu'er.
When Luzhu was two years old, Li Sanniang took her back to the Wang family from the Li family ahead of schedule. They accidentally caught Wang Ziheng and his widowed, childless cousin who was living in the Wang family having an affair.
Seeing the messy quilt on the bed, Li Sanniang became so agitated that she fell down, and blood immediately appeared beneath her.
Because it was early in her pregnancy, Li San Niang was unaware that she was pregnant again and suffered a miscarriage.
Li San Niang was heartbroken. She didn't even have time to rest after giving birth. She packed her things hastily and took Lu Zhu'er back to the Li family.
Li San Niang returned home with her daughter. The Li family was still waiting for Wang Ziheng to come and apologize, and they wanted him to promise that he would never dare to do anything reckless again.
After all, people at the time believed that it was better to destroy ten temples than to break up a marriage, and that it was better to stay together if they could continue living together.
However, it took three days for the eldest son of the Wang family to bring Prince Heng to negotiate.
The eldest brother of the Wang family spoke kindly, but Wang Ziheng seemed to be possessed, pointing his finger at Li Sanniang and cursing her. He said that Li Sanniang was not virtuous enough as a wife, as she had not given him a husband and had also displeased his mother. This time she was making a fuss and had not protected the Wang family's offspring.
He called her a jealous woman, said he didn't want to continue living with her, and wanted a divorce.
Li San Niang was contemplating divorce when a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in her mind. A male electronic voice spoke directly in her head, "Host detected. Binding in progress..."
Before Li San Niang could react, she suddenly felt a sharp, needle-like pain in her forehead and fainted.
Li's mother, who was standing nearby, was so frightened that she screamed loudly.
Finally, Brother Li came in and took her pulse. He didn't find anything abnormal, only saying that she was probably stimulated after the miscarriage and overworked. She was just unconscious at the moment and there was nothing seriously wrong.
Only then did Li's mother feel relieved, but she still kept a close eye on Li San Niang on the bed, afraid that a single misstep would lead to something bad.
In contrast, Li Sanniang was physically unconscious, but her mind was clear.
The electronic male voice echoed in her mind again, "Binding successful, system loading started, system loading complete, in progress... 100%, loading complete, starting up."
Although Li San Niang's eyes were closed and her body was unable to move, she could still "see" a virtual screen with her consciousness. The top of the screen read "Task System for Promoting the Development and Progress of Medicine in the Tang Dynasty," and below it were four menus: "Task, Edit, Backpack, and Settings."
Apart from the "Tasks" section being highlighted, the other three sections are grayed out and unclickable.
Li San Niang thought to herself, "Is this my cheat code?"
The "Task System for Promoting the Development and Progress of Medicine in the Tang Dynasty" means that I must continue to shine in the Tang Dynasty!
Li San Niang boldly used her consciousness to click on the task bar, which only showed one item: "Successfully divorce and receive a big gift package lottery," followed by a gray box button labeled "Incomplete."
Then, when Li San Niang thought of "disappearing," the virtual screen shattered and vanished in her consciousness space.
As Li San Niang thought about the "system," the virtual screen reappeared in front of her out of thin air.
So, this is a task system operating within my mind, controlled by my own consciousness? My transmigration perk?
Before transmigrating, she had worked in obstetrics and gynecology for six years and was a young doctor who had just become an attending physician. She died suddenly while writing a medical record during her night shift and transmigrated. It was too tragic.
Li San Niang thought that since she had died on the job, the hospital would surely compensate her properly. Fortunately, she had already signed a legal agreement and organ donation agreement. All her estate would be donated to the welfare home where she grew up, as a way of giving back to her family.
Thinking of this, Li Sanniang felt a lightness in her body, as if she had severed ties with her previous life and completely merged with the current Li Sanniang of the Tang Dynasty. Her consciousness could also control her body.
Li San Niang hadn't opened her eyes yet, only her eyeballs moved a few times, when her mother whispered in her ear, "San Niang, don't be afraid, your mother is here."
Li San Niang slowly opened her eyes and looked at her mother, whose eyes still had tear stains, and said, "Mother, I'm not afraid. I'm just a little tired. Don't worry, Mother."
Looking at Li San Niang, who had regained some energy but was still weak, Li's mother was overjoyed. Her eyes were filled with tears, and she could only nod vigorously.
With her mother's help, Li San Niang slowly got up from the bed, rubbing her still sore forehead, and continued, "I am determined to take Lu Zhu with me. I cannot leave her alone in the Wang family."
Li San Niang drank a few sips of warm water from her mother's hand, thinking about the Wang family's behavior and how to smoothly divorce Lu Zhu'er.
Although Lu Zhu'er is a girl, she still bears the surname Wang. Even if Prince Heng doesn't care about a young woman, his elder brother, for the sake of the Wang family's reputation, would certainly not agree to take Lu Zhu'er away.
Hearing Li San Niang's words, Li's mother felt a sudden pang of pain in her heart, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
Looking at her youngest daughter, whom she had doted on since childhood, now pale, weak, and powerless, she really wished she could take a knife and chop Wang Ziheng ten or eight times, so that he could also taste the pain.
"My son, don't panic. Your elder brother is a Jinwuwei, a ninth-rank official. He would never let Luzhu stay alone and helpless in the Wang family."
"It's such a pity for my son. Your father and I were truly blind to have thought that Prince Heng was a good-natured and upright man. Who could have imagined that he would turn out to be such a heartless person who can't distinguish right from wrong?"
As Li's mother spoke, she was about to hug Li San Niang and start crying, which made Li San Niang, who was already thirty-three years old before she transmigrated, feel a little awkward. Li's mother was only forty-five or forty-six years old, only about ten years older than Li San Niang before she transmigrated.
But being embraced by the woman, nestled in her arms, and smelling the fragrance of osmanthus hair oil, I felt much more relaxed, as if I had truly found a family member and felt safe and secure.
Just then, a sound came from the doorway.
"Where is Third Sister? Has Third Sister woken up?"
"My lord, please don't be anxious. Third Sister just fainted from anger. Please keep your voice down and don't wake her up."
It turned out to be Li San Niang's elder brother and sister-in-law at the door. As they spoke, Li's sister-in-law came in carrying a bowl of medicine.
"Third Sister is awake? Don't be angry. Quickly drink the medicine Father just prescribed while it's still hot. Nothing is more important than your health." Sister-in-law Li said as she tried to feed Third Sister Li the medicine.
Because Li San Niang was a daughter born late in life, she was only two years old when her eldest brother Li got married. Since Li's mother was a midwife and also knew some folk remedies for headaches and fevers, she was often busy going from house to house.
After Sister-in-law Li married into the family, she took care of Li San Niang, who was only two years old at the time. She had a very good relationship with Sister-in-law Li until Li San Niang got married at the age of fifteen.
Because Li Sanniang married into Chang'an City, she could still return home during festivals. After marriage, her relationship with her family not only did not break down, but became even closer.
Sister-in-law Li treated Li San Niang as her own child. When she heard that Li San Niang had just miscarried and hadn't even finished her postpartum confinement, she was already heartbroken to hear that Li San Niang had taken Lu Zhu'er home.
Instead of the Wang family coming to apologize, Wang Ziheng dared to berate Li San Niang at the Li family's house, demanded a divorce, and even said he would take Lu Zhu'er away. He is truly a heartless and wicked person.
This even made Li San Niang faint from anger. When Li Da Sao, who was holding the medicine bowl, thought about this, her heart felt like it had been ripped out by a knife. She was in so much pain that she was about to burst into tears like her mother.
When Li San Niang saw Li Da Sao looking over, a surge of grievance welled up inside her. She didn't express this grievance to her mother, but seeing Li Da Sao, who had raised her since childhood, burst forth like water from a flooded reservoir. Involuntarily, her nose tingled, and tears streamed down her face.
When Sister-in-law Li saw Li San Niang in this state, she quickly put down the medicine bowl and, just like when Li San Niang was a child, half-hug her, patted her back, and gently comforted her.
"Don't be afraid, Third Sister, your sister-in-law is here. No one can take away our Luzhu'er." As she spoke, Sister-in-law Li glared at Brother Li with her tearful eyes, meaning that he should also say a few nice words to put Third Sister Li at ease.
Li Da Xiong, who had been glared at by his wife, quickly said, "Don't worry, Third Sister, I'm here. I will definitely not let Little Dewdrop be taken away."
Hearing this, Li San Niang's emotions gradually calmed down. She looked at the speaker and saw that her elder brother was very tall, about six feet tall (184cm). In Li San Niang's memory, her elder brother was one of the few tall and strong men in Chang'an.
Li San Niang looked at Li Da Xiong who had entered the room and said, "I trust you and my sister-in-law. This is not my fault, but that shameless Wang Ziheng's. But since Lu Zhu'er is surnamed Wang, I want to take her home and raise her. I need to plan this carefully."
As she spoke, Li San Niang picked up the medicine bowl beside her and drank it down, enduring the pungent smell of the medicine.
"Elder brother and sister-in-law, don't worry about me. I will not be sad for that heartless man. I will take good care of Da Luzhu. When she gets married, I will take good care of my health."
Seeing Li Sanniang regain her composure, the three people in the room also felt relieved.
Just as Li San Niang put down her medicine bowl, she saw a toddler wearing a tiger-head hat toddling towards the door, followed by a heavily pregnant woman.
By the way, this child is the offspring of Li San Niang who transmigrated, the young lady of the Wang family, whose full name is Wang Wanlu and nickname is Dewdrop.
The pregnant woman who chased after them was Li Erxiong's wife, who was also Li Sanniang's second sister-in-law.
Although Li San Niang was an unmarried and childless young woman before she transmigrated, it was probably due to the original owner's emotional influence that she felt a tenderness in her heart upon seeing this little child, and her face involuntarily showed a maternal smile—no, a loving mother's smile.
The toddler finally reached the doorway, but the threshold was too high to cross. He looked at Li San Niang and stretched out his little hand, calling out "Mother, hug me!" His little mouth pouted, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Brother Li couldn't bear to see his daughter cry, so he quickly squatted down, picked up the child, patted the child's tiger-head hat, and walked towards Li San Niang while saying to the child, "Look how much our little darling misses you. She can't stop thinking about her little sister after not seeing her for a while. Uncle will take you to find your mother."
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