After transmigrating into the palace as a chubby concubine who failed the selection and was sent to the Cold Palace, Rong Xiaoman rolls up her sleeves and starts clearing land to grow vegetables.
As she digs to bury some seeds, her hoe unexpectedly uncovers the key to the former dynasty's treasury.
While chasing butterflies, she stumbles upon a secret plot in a rock garden, and a limping stray cat brings her a century-old ginseng root as tribute.
Holding the rare medicinal herb she has unexpectedly acquired, she frets: "Can I stew this thing with chicken?"
The frail prince Xiao Yi coughs as he soaks in a hot spring in the imperial garden. "...That's a life-saving snow lotus."
Rong Xiaoman drags the listless boy back to the Cold Palace and swears, holding up a platter of glistening red-braised pork, "Stick with big sister, and you'll have meat at every meal!"
But as she keeps feeding him, she starts to notice something is off...
Why is this kid's gaze, as he reviews memorials in the middle of the night, sharper than the bone-cleaving knives in the imperial kitchens?
It's very beautiful and heartwarming. Every little character is well written. It's nice and nice.
Good reviews, good reviews, good reviews
I like it very much, it has a sense of life, the heroine is strong and happy in adversity, and it's very touching.
Good looking, not rushed or slow.
A nice book, I'm a little moved now that I've read it…
It's pretty. It's pretty.
Optimistic people are happy wherever they go
Very well written, the story is eye-catching and brings people into the story
A loving and heart-warming story
Beautiful, heart-warming, optimistic and inspiring