The Emperor's Secret Physician

"Rule number one of cardiothoracic surgery: Never let the patient die. Rule number two: Definitely don't fall in love with them."

Dr. Shen Yueli was Shanghai’s most brilliant surgeon until a fatal accident threw her soul five centuries into the past. She wakes up trapped in the body of a disgraced palace herbalist, and her very first patient is Gu Hanxuan, the ruthless, cold-blooded Emperor of the Yong'an Dynasty. The catch? The Emperor is slowly dying of a mysterious poison, the entire imperial court is waiting to measure his shroud, and Yueli is the prime suspect. To keep her head attached to her neck, she strikes a deadly bargain with the paranoid tyrant: Give me thirty days to cure you. If I fail, you can bury me in your tomb. But saving the Son of Heaven is only half the battle. As Yueli uses modern science to dismantle a massive ancient conspiracy, the icy monarch begins to realize his infuriating, sarcastic physician is his only lifeline. The man who was taught to trust no one is soon dropping his ancestral sword to check her for scratches, breaking imperial protocol, and threatening to burn his own capital to ash if anyone dares to lay a finger on her. She is a woman of science who refuses to bow. He is a sovereign who will tear apart an empire to keep her safe. The medical mystery is deadly, but the chemistry between them might just be fatal.