Jiang Mei Yin (Food)

Jiang Xue is a food blogger with a million followers. Life has always gone her way, until a disastrously melodramatic romance gives her a heart attack and sends her soul to the underworld. When she opens her eyes again, she has transmigrated into the ancient past as the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, a giant in the restaurant business. But she has no car or house, a dead mother, and a terrible father.

The female ghost who helped her transmigrate is quite powerful. Her mission is to win the family fortune through cooking, and her reward is a chance to come back to life and return to the modern world.

Jiang Xue cares about all the delicious food in the world and knows she's no good at fighting over a household. With the female ghost's help, she lays low outside the capital and opens a restaurant, taking the long way toward her goal. Winning the family fortune takes skill, but making money is what really matters.

Omelet rice, rice burgers. Pork braised with bamboo shoots, pot stickers. Pearl grape and peach blossom cake, scallion-oil noodles and crab roe buns.

With hard work and excellent cooking, this talented chef wins over the appetites of diners in and around the capital. Along the way, she also wins the heart of Lu Changli, the third young master of the Marquis of Yongen's household.

But the good times don't last. Word is, the emperor has taken a liking to the third young master and wants him to become a prince consort.

You are the diner, and I am the chef.

You are the hero, charging into battle with your sword. I am the beauty, adding fragrance to your sleeve.

So now that you're going to become a prince consort, should I find myself a princess to marry, too?

Tone: Light and cheerful, full of good food and no angst.

A friendly tip: The story unfolds at a leisurely pace, so it's even more enjoyable once you have a backlog to binge.

Special note: The female ghost is a System and a cheat. This is not a supernatural story, and there are no ghosts in this world, so please enjoy without worry.

This novel is part of the Science and Technology Strengthens the Nation event. Reason for entering: The heroine applies modern cooking knowledge and techniques to local conditions in the ancient world, developing the food industry through innovation and helping people grow rich.

My next upcoming novel is here: "Add Another Set of Chopsticks for the Prince." If you like it, please add it to your favorites. It's really delicious! O(∩_∩)O~

Yu Liu, owner of a private dining restaurant, is in a car accident while out buying supplies. She transmigrates into the ancient world as Yu Liuyin, the Princess Consort of Prince Pingyang, and happens to be sitting in her bridal sedan chair.

The original character was not only a lovesick fool, but also a pushover. Her husband is infatuated with his green-tea sister-in-law, and treats his new wife with nothing but cold words and looks.

Not long after the wedding, rumors spread through the capital. They say the Princess Consort of Pingyang was abandoned for her misconduct and banished to the prince's country estate to reflect on her sins, where she lives in misery. What a joke!

When Yu Liuyin, who has made a fortune running a private dining restaurant at the estate, hears the rumors, she laughs coldly. “Let them laugh! If they have the nerve, they can stop craving my soup dumplings, scallion-braised ribs, shrimp siu mai, and noodles with crab roe. They come running to the estate one by one, drooling. Do they think I've forgotten what they did?”

A little scene from the prince's long road to winning his wife back:

Prince Pingyang: “Princess Consort, come back to the manor with me. Mother wants to eat the yam cake with date paste you make.”

Yu Liuyin: “I'm busy.”

Prince Pingyang: “A Liu, come back to the manor with me. My sister can't stop thinking about your salted-egg-yolk fried chicken wings.”

Yu Liuyin: “Tell her to come place an order herself.”

Prince Pingyang: “My dear wife, come back to the manor with your husband. I want to eat the chicken soup wontons with shepherd's purse and shrimp you make. Add extra dried shrimp.”

Yu Liuyin: “Sold out for today. Come early tomorrow.”

Prince Pingyang: “Boss Yu, I've heard so much about your restaurant. I just want a bowl of braised pork rice.”

Yu Liuyin: “Waiter, bring the prince another set of chopsticks.”

Theme: What does adversity matter? Spring will come, and the flowers will bloom.