What Can I Do? What Can I Do? Fate Is Shallow, but Love Runs Deep

Name: What Can I Do? What Can I Do? Fate Is Shallow, but Love Runs Deep
Author: Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess

何奈？何奈？应是缘浅情深

by Guess If I Guess Whether You Can Guess (祢猜我猜你猜不猜)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 955k Words
Genre: Ancient Romance
Subgenre: Palace & Household Intrigue
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The Story of Minglan From a street-side cook to a legendary figure who holds sway over the court, watch how Yun Yingxue uses her abacus to shape the fate of the realm! Yun Yingxue was born into a merchant family and accidentally became embroiled in the struggles of aristocratic clans. With superb culinary skills and an extraordinary talent for mathematics, she takes on the jianghu as the “cook princess consort.” While accompanying the army to the frontier, she earns respect with pickled vegetables and gives the soldiers hope by boiling porridge and raising a banner. When outwitting the salt smugglers, she disguises herself as a false widow to scare off bandits, then shares breath underwater and clings to life alongside her husband. In the political arena, she debates officials with an abacus in hand and champions tax reform, using data as a blade to expose the aristocracy’s corruption. Amid the turmoil of changing emperors, she joins forces with Xie Yanzhi, the “Living King of Hell,” to break through one crisis after another. The struggle over whether to depose the crown prince churns beneath the surface, while the Worthy Prince and Prince Su each have their own schemes. Poisoned soup at a palace banquet and plots to frame them at court follow one after another, but the pair overcome every crisis with their intelligence and courage. After returning to her hometown, Yun Yingxue settles old scores, revives the Yun family of Jiangnan, and restores order among the salt merchants. In a naval battle, though heavily pregnant, she still commands the fight with confidence, driving back the enemy with poisonous salt and pepper. There is also the “King of Hell dad” taking his child into battle, while the little one’s first-birthday grab ceremony heralds a new chapter, bringing together ironclad resolve and tenderness. From the kitchen hearth to the golden halls of the court, from Jiangnan’s salt markets to distant seas, Yun Yingxue uses her abacus to reckon with every injustice in the world, while Xie Yanzhi wields his sword to protect those behind him. This is a passionate legend of revenge and growth, power and love. Watch how they write their own magnificent chapter, “What can you do to me? What can I do to you?” in a world of unpredictable twists and turns!

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