A Little Restaurant in Jinling (Food)

[300 Favorites to Launch] Blue Ribbon chef Jiang Li transmigrates and discovers she's become the owner of a small restaurant in Nanjing during the Wanli reign of the Ming dynasty. In Jinling, the emperor loves money and neglects court affairs, while the people live in luxury and pleasure. Songs and revelry ring out every night along the Qinhuai River. From renowned scholars and upright officials to peddlers and laborers, all are swept up in a dazzling, splendid world. Jiang Li ties on her apron and grabs her spatula. Let the court's fortunes rise and fall as they may. The little space around her stove is her kingdom. The cured shad is a rich red, melting in the mouth, with fragrant flesh and bones alike; The stuffed crab is carefully picked clean, crisp and golden, filling the room with its aroma; Roast duck steamed to perfection, crystal-clear pork knuckle, sizzling fried kidneys... Walnut and pine nut tea, candied kumquat tea, Jinhua wine, osmanthus and lotus wine... The fragrance from the little restaurant quietly wafts into the folding fans of Jinling's scholars. Until one day, she looks up and finds herself face-to-face with... Tang Xianzu, dodging his passionate female fans; Dong Qichang, holding forth; Li Zhi, clamoring to take her as his apprentice; Chen Jiru, taking little Zhang Dai around to mooch meals; and Matteo Ricci, who has only just learned to speak Ming Chinese fluently... "This flavor belongs in heaven alone!" They wave their gold-flecked folding fans and splash ink across paper, turning her little eatery into a Jinling legend. Jiang Li only wants to make her fortune quietly. But the regular who always sits by the stove is gradually distracting her... Newly named top graduate in the palace examinations, refined and peerless, with a face like cold snow under the moon: Shen Zhiyun, grandson of a former Grand Secretary. Everyone laughs at him for lowering himself by visiting this little restaurant every day. He says nothing and pays them no mind. Until one chilly, rainy night by the Qinhuai River, he places a jade hairpin in her palm. His cool voice is deadly tender: "A Li, could you keep a bowl and a pair of chopsticks for me by your stove forever?" Gentle, capable little cook x cool, clingy top palace graduate 1v1, both leads are virgins, happy ending. Many fictional details, please don't nitpick the historical accuracy. Theme: Live well