70s: The Disabled Young Master Pei’s Wife is Actually a Metaphysics Bigshot

Jiang Ci, a practitioner of Daoist medicine and divination, transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder older sister in a period drama titled The Infertile Mogul’s Fertile Little Wife. The story is set in 1979 Nancheng City. In the original novel, the original owner was forced by the male lead to perform an illegal abortion for his lover, the female lead Jiang Wanwan. Afterward, the male lead, seeking revenge for the lost child, exiled the original owner to the countryside and married her off to a violent widower, leading to her death. Upon waking in the hospital operating room, Jiang Ci refuses to perform the surgery, claiming she is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and lacks surgical skills. She confronts Jiang Wanwan and her mother, rejecting their attempts to manipulate her into ruining her medical career and life.

Jiang Ci’s refusal triggers a series of conflicts with her adoptive family. Her mother, biased toward the biological daughter Jiang Wanwan, accuses Jiang Ci of jealousy and attempts to force her compliance. Jiang Ci exposes the truth to her father, revealing that Jiang Wanwan is pregnant by Zhao Jianguo, a man she is engaged to another, and that the family is trying to cover it up to preserve Jiang Wanwan’s marriage alliance with Pei Jiran. Her father, a military commander, is enraged by the scandal and orders the police to arrest Zhao Jianguo for hooliganism, a crime punishable by death in that era. Meanwhile, Jiang Ci discovers that the jade earring she wore as a necklace is actually a spatial artifact belonging to the female lead in the original book. By spilling her blood on it, she binds the space to herself, gaining the ability to store items, though she cannot physically enter it like the original owner could.

At the hospital, Jiang Ci learns that the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department faces closure due to the rise of Western medicine. She also discovers that Pei Jiran, the man originally engaged to Jiang Wanwan, has been hospitalized with severe leg injuries that doctors deem incurable. Remembering Pei Jiran’s tragic fate in the novel, where he was sabotaged by the jealous male lead, Jiang Ci decides to intervene. She offers to treat Pei Jiran’s legs using her knowledge, which surprises her superiors. Simultaneously, Zhao Jianguo, the male lead, is brought to the hospital after saving a high-ranking commander from an assassination attempt. He is shot in the lower abdomen, and the surgeons determine that the injury will likely render him infertile. Jiang Ci observes this with satisfaction, as this deviation from the original plot removes the primary threat to her safety.

Jiang Ci’s actions alter the course of events significantly. Her father, impressed by her competence and seeking to protect the family’s honor, proposes that she marry Pei Jiran to fulfill a past promise made to Pei’s late father. Jiang Ci accepts the arrangement, seeing it as a strategic move to secure her independence and escape her toxic family. She negotiates with her father to use his connections to help her open a private clinic, a bold step for the era. As she navigates these changes, Jiang Ci continues to use her divination skills to avoid danger and outmaneuver her family. She exposes her mother’s schemes to the neighbors, turning public opinion against the biased matriarch. The story follows Jiang Ci as she builds a new life, treating patients and managing her clinic while staying clear of the original novel’s tragic fate, all while keeping a watchful eye on the fates of Pei Jiran and Zhao Jianguo.