Working in the Imperial Kitchen, I’m Spoiled by the Unhinged Crown Prince

On her third day after transmigrating into the imperial kitchen, Shen Ying musters her courage to offer a roasted sweet potato to the anorexic Crown Prince, who is on the verge of starting a bloodbath. The Duke of Dingguo’s estate is awash with blood. Li Chengyuan wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth, swallows the long-missed sweetness, and says, “Take her away.” A plain meal meant to help her cling to life is a bargaining chip for her survival, but for him, it marks the beginning of her captivity. Li Chengyuan has been poisoned with a deadly toxin. He has lost all five senses, and his temperament is cruel and sinister. He treats human lives as worthless, yet only in the presence of a lowly kitchen maid does he taste the one thing the world has to offer. He knows perfectly well that she only flatters him and cooks for him because she wants to leave the palace and marry the childhood friend who serves as a guard. He knows every bowl of medicinal food she brings him conceals her wish to escape. But he doesn’t care. He closes in on her at every turn, trapping her beside his desk and swallowing the false affection she feeds him. Yet his eyes blaze with a possessive madness. “You want to buy your freedom and marry? Shen Ying, you’re not going anywhere beyond my Eastern Palace.”