The Scummy Crown Prince Breaks Off the Wedding, and Crispy Roast Goose Drives the Royal Uncle Wild with Cravings

Jiang He, a modern Michelin-starred master of Cantonese roast meats, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a poor orphan girl living outside the ancient capital. Her superb “deep-well crispy roast goose” cures the reclusive old emperor’s loss of appetite. With a grand flourish, the emperor decrees that this “remarkable young woman” is to marry the crown prince.

The arrogant crown prince can’t stand the smell of cooking oil on her. On the eve of their wedding, he humiliates her in public and breaks off the engagement, insisting that he marry Chu Wanqing, the frail “fake heiress” from the Duke’s mansion who supposedly can’t even look after herself. Jiang He promptly signs the breakup agreement, takes her compensation, and opens a roast-goose restaurant across from the imperial palace.

The crown prince regrets his decision and begs her to take him back, but Jiang He carries a freshly roasted goose over to the Prince Regent. “Your Highness, want some goose? And perhaps we could plot to take over the empire together?”