[An Ancient-Era Take on Being Unmarried Past the Usual Age] [Marriage First, Love Later] [Food] [Sweet Romance] [Heroine Builds Her Career]
Better to marry a pockmarked woman than a wife with a broken palm line!
Jinzhu, daughter of a butcher, was the broken-palm woman everyone in town avoided. Nearly twenty, she still had no one brave enough to marry her.
Under the laws of the Great Qian, any woman who remained unmarried at twenty was fined sixty taels. If she couldn't pay, her family would be punished along with her.
In this world, did women have no value beyond bringing their husbands good fortune and bearing them sons? She refused to believe it!
To scrape together the fine, she disguised herself as a man and boldly joined the army as a cook.
Her incredible skill at preparing pork astonished the army. Who would have thought that this muddy military camp would lead her to uncover a conspiracy by enemy spies?
The man Ruizi, whom she'd once saved, had also transformed into a prominent figure at court: Prince Rui, Zhao Xi.
A royal edict came crashing down, and the broken-palm cook was ordered to marry the living King of Hell, Prince Rui.
But the princess consort had no interest in romance. She was all about building her career: raising pigs, cooking, and making her mark in the capital. Her days were sweeter than honey.
The prince craved her cooking, but he craved her even more!
Everyone said Jinzhu's broken palm would bring disaster to her husband and children.
But Zhao Xi wrapped an arm around her waist and drew her into his embrace. "Everyone says I'm the living King of Hell, too much for ordinary people to handle. Only a tough little cook like you is a perfect match for me!"
It's not stupid, the heroine is very smart, she focuses on her career, and her daily life with the prince is also very sweet... Not overly sweet, but sweet that will make people smile😳😳😳
I didn't want to read the book when I saw the title, but I continued reading because there was no book to read. It turned out that it was quite interesting. In the first twenty chapters, there weren't many scenes between the male and female protagonists, which were just back-and-forth. Later on, there were more and more scenes. In addition to the love story between the male and female protagonists, the plot of bringing together different women to pursue their careers was actually quite interesting. Much more to come...