The Imperial Coroner's Culinary Life

[New story: The Butcher's Tough Wife, Consort to the Chief Minister, now updating.] Blurb: The elder sister is rebellious. She gets made a consort one day, then runs away from home the next. The grandfather is cunning. When his eldest granddaughter runs off, he uses his second granddaughter as a substitute. The second granddaughter, Zhuang Mingxin, is performing autopsies at the Court of Judicial Review when she is left utterly baffled. Weren't they supposed to let her take in a husband? She thinks her acting is flawless, but on her very first day in the palace, her cover is blown. So she lets herself go completely. She takes on both autopsies and cooking, plants flowers in front of the palace hall and vegetables behind it, and turns the imperial palace into a picturesque countryside garden. Life couldn't be sweeter. Your Majesty, please don't come over here. I'm busy, and I have no time to wait on you. Emperor Yujing: That's all right. I have time to wait on my beloved consort. Reader's Guide: 1. Food is the focus, with autopsies on the side. A feel-good farming story with a heroine who doesn't suffer in silence. 2. Lighthearted, no angst, and sweet romance later on. New story: The Butcher's Tough Wife, Consort to the Chief Minister. Please add it to your collection! Blurb: [Ding! Sign-in successful at the Red Leaf Town Money Shop. You received 250 copper coins.] [Ding! Sign-in successful at the Red Leaf Town Apothecary. You received a packet of spices: 1 jin each of star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, and chili peppers.] Jiang Chun pushes a wheelbarrow loaded with two sides of pork through town, signing in at several designated locations along the way. Honestly, it's ridiculous. She's a struggling author who finally hit it big after writing a tragic, beautiful male supporting character, only to die before she ever got her royalties. The good news is that after dying, she transmigrated into the novel she wrote, and knows the plot inside and out. The bad news is that she became Song Shian's late wife, the tragic and beautiful male supporting character's. She died after cheating on him, and he had her executed in a pig cage. Jiang Chun: "..." She's doomed! But she thinks she can still save herself. * When Song Shian wakes up, he discovers that he's been reborn in the past, back when he was still a live-in son-in-law in the Jiang family. Faced with Jiang Chun, the adulterous woman who disgraced him in his previous life, he decides to strike first and get rid of her before returning to the capital, leaving her no chance to cheat on him. Then, to his surprise, Jiang Chun not only stops hating him, but takes care of him in every way. She even climbs into his bed of her own accord, trying to consummate their marriage... At first, Song Shian thinks she's also been reborn and has somehow learned that he'll rise to the highest ranks of the court, which is why she's latched onto him. Until he discovers her secret... Theme: Using forensic knowledge to help people in ancient times investigate deaths and solve cases, while spreading modern food culture.