Lazy Foodie Forced to Become Emperor

Yun Qingqing transmigrates into the seventh princess of the Rongzhou dynasty. Her older brothers and sisters are all busy fighting over the throne, but she is naturally lazy and decides to lie flat. She has absolutely no interest in becoming empress. All she can think about is how to get her hands on more delicious food.

During the busy farming season, the virtuous crown prince personally takes to the fields to plow, earning the praise of all the officials. Yun Qingqing, meanwhile, is trying to figure out how to get more honey. The buckwheat flowers are looking lovely. Why not put them to work for my honey business?

She uses farmland to relocate beehives, and the court officials denounce her: "The seventh princess is extravagant and debauched!"

Yet this unexpectedly helps the cross-pollination of buckwheat, a plant with separate male and female flowers, and the harvest multiplies several times over.

Everyone bursts into tears. "The seventh princess has always had the people's interests at heart. We misunderstood you!"

The crown prince declares, "My sister is a heaven-sent genius!"

The eldest princess is a female general who has conquered half the realm. The fourth prince is a brilliant strategist and a scheming old fox. The fifth prince's mother is the emperor's undisputed favorite, and the sixth prince's maternal relatives are a family of three renowned generals. Every one of them is a hot contender for the throne.

When Yun Qingqing plants her first potato, she is thinking about French fries. She makes wine from wild grapes growing on the mountain because she wants red wine. Missing cumin-roasted meat, she takes a trip to the Western Regions. Wanting chili peppers, she sends a merchant caravan overseas...

The upright, incorruptible censor condemns her: "Outrageous! How can you waste so much manpower and money just to satisfy the cravings of a little child?"

The people, having read too much into her actions, cover his mouth. "The seventh princess must have a profound reason for this! You're just not enlightened enough to understand."

The results:

Potato yields are high enough to feed tens of millions of people.

While others make wine from grain, she makes it from wild grapes, saving grain that can be used for famine relief.

Her buying spree in the Western Regions creates the Silk Road.

Her merchant fleet discovers the New World more than a thousand years before Columbus.

The script Yun Qingqing imagines: While everyone else fights over the palace, I'll make delicious food.

The reality: Foodies are the greatest force in production. From nobles and royals to commoners, everyone begs and pleads for her to become history's first empress.

Even her former rivals, her brothers and sisters, gaze at her with shining eyes. "So, little sister, what do you want to eat next?"

Everyday life, doted-on heroine, people reading too much into things, nation-building, and food. Just a simple, feel-good plot-driven story.

Theme: Self-reliance and perseverance.