Tengu Woman

Name: Tengu Woman
ISBN: 9798235802094

李凤香Sep 2026

2.5

Word count: 68K words
Chapters: 18
ISBN: 9798235802094

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Summary

Field surgeon Lin Yuyan accidentally travels to ancient times. It happens that the Crown Prince falls ill after going out on a full-moon night, and the Imperial Preceptor divines that a woman born in the Year of the Dog, Month of the Dog, Day of the Dog, and Hour of the Dog must be taken in as a lucky bride to dispel his illness. As a result, Lin Yuyan becomes the Dog-Fated Woman. After she cures the Crown Prince, he, in order to please a princess of a neighboring kingdom, follows her advice and divorces the Dog-Fated Woman. Thus begins the story of the royal family, noble clans, and neighboring kingdoms searching for and fighting over the Dog-Fated Woman.

Editor's review

The Dog-Fated Woman uses time travel as its premise, throwing field surgeon Lin Yuyan into an ancient predicament defined by a birth-date lucky-bride ritual: born in the Year of the Dog, Month of the Dog, Day of the Dog, and Hour of the Dog, she becomes the Crown Prince's Dog-Fated Woman by the Imperial Preceptor's divination. The story's central tension lies not in medicine itself but in the process of her identity being repeatedly defined and contested. After she cures the Crown Prince, he divorces her on the advice of a neighboring kingdom's princess he wishes to please, which sets off a chain of events in which the royal family, noble clans, and neighboring kingdoms all search for and fight over the Dog-Fated Woman. The author pits a modern physician's professional perspective against ancient ritual propriety and political intrigue, leaving the heroine to face choices and maneuver within a fate she is drawn into against her will. The pacing is brisk and the conflicts escalate layer by layer, offering both the amusing落差 of a time-travel setup and accessible reflections on marriage, power, and personal worth. Suitable for readers who enjoy ancient romance and time-travel fiction to follow in their spare time as Lin Yuyan seeks her place amid contending forces and experiences a story grounded in a physician's identity and turned by fate.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who enjoy ancient time-travel romance and heroines maneuvering through adversity
Readers interested in the collision between a physician's identity and ancient political intrigue
Readers looking for briskly paced, conflict-dense popular fiction for leisure reading

Not a good fit for

Readers seeking rigorous historical accuracy or authentic ancient medical detail
Readers who prefer slow-paced literary narration over strong conflict
Readers uninterested in time-travel lucky-bride and multi-party contention romance tropes

Reading tips

Read chapter by chapter and note how Lin Yuyan's identity as a physician shapes her judgment and choices amid the contest over her
When reading the power struggles among the royal family, noble clans, and neighboring kingdoms, briefly map out each party's aims to better track shifts in character positions and alignments
Treat the Crown Prince's divorce as the story's turning point, then look back at earlier foreshadowing after finishing to appreciate the reversal in relationships
For leisure reading, read several chapters at a time to keep the rhythm; there is no need to scrutinize every detail of ancient ritual

版权信息
一、迷途穿古桥
二、误入林府
三、选秀入宫
四、天狗女入太子府
五、被休出宫
六、皇城立业
七、救治九王爷
八、易容花二娘
九、身份败露
十、宫廷比武
十一、宋府破案
十二、夜战杀手
十三、宋小姐传情
十四、远赴蜀国
十五、天狗女真相
十六、宋公子追妻
十七、风云再起

FAQ

How did the name Dog-Fated Woman come about?

In the book, the Imperial Preceptor divines that a woman born in the Year of the Dog, Month of the Dog, Day of the Dog, and Hour of the Dog must be taken in as a lucky bride to dispel the Crown Prince's illness. Lin Yuyan happens to meet this condition and is therefore called the Dog-Fated Woman. The name is both the reason she is forced into the royal affair and the key label under which the royal family, noble clans, and neighboring kingdoms later search for and fight over her.

What is the identity of the heroine Lin Yuyan?

Lin Yuyan was originally a field surgeon. After accidentally traveling to ancient times, she becomes the Dog-Fated Woman. Her medical background gives her professional judgment when facing the Crown Prince's illness and various factions, and it is an important setting that distinguishes her from ordinary time-travel heroines, though the book does not make her an all-powerful figure.

What is the main conflict of the story?

The main conflict revolves around the Dog-Fated Woman's identity: after Lin Yuyan cures the Crown Prince, he, in order to please a neighboring kingdom's princess, follows her advice and divorces her. The royal family, noble clans, and neighboring kingdoms then begin searching for and fighting over her. The story uses this to weave together the pull between marriage, power, and personal circumstances, driving the characters to make choices.

Why does the Crown Prince divorce the Dog-Fated Woman?

According to the source material, after recovering, the Crown Prince divorces the Dog-Fated Woman on the advice of a neighboring kingdom's princess he wishes to please. This act is a turning point in the plot and leads to the subsequent situation in which multiple parties search for and fight over the Dog-Fated Woman, turning Lin Yuyan from a lucky-bride tool into an object of attention for various factions.

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Li Fengxiang is a Chinese-language author about whom limited public information is available. At present, only one work by this author is included in the database, namely The Dog Girl (Tiangou Nü). According to the existing classification, the book falls under the category of time-travel alternate-history fiction, a type of novel set in a fictional world and built around the device of traveling across time and space. Since reliable records of the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, English name, and writing career are unavailable, little can be said about her life or the development of her work. Judging from the single title currently known, the author appears to favor alternate-world narratives with fantastical elements, using a time-travel premise to unfold her characters' fates and plot conflicts. Such fiction typically emphasizes world-building and the protagonist's growth and choices in an unfamiliar era, and its readership tends to consist of fans of alternate-world fantasy. Overall, Li Fengxiang's visible body of work remains small, and more titles and public information would be needed to present a fuller picture of her writing style.