The Little Chef of Shuntian Prefecture

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[Sweetly Airheaded Sichuanese Cook VS Scheming, Proud Magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture]

Coix seed from Tang'an, yellow chives from Xinjin, braised soft-shelled turtle from Pengshan, and steamed chicken from Chengdu.

Yin Tiantian grew up in Sichuan and comes from a family of master chefs. To search for her sister, who vanished without a trace, she takes up her precious cleaver and heads to the capital to make her way in the world.

She is straightforward and sweetly naive, knows scallions and garlic but nothing of romance. That is, until she meets Ruan Pingchao, the magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture, who hails from Jiangnan. Everyone says that a fine gentleman like him deserves an unmatched beauty.

So she washes the lamb grease from her hands and turns to shaping her brows and painting her eyes. Those cherry-red lips that once tasted food are now tinted with rouge, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

The east wind stirs, and fragrant mists drift through the air. Ruan Pingchao loses himself in her lovely eyes. "Do you know, Ruan has never cared for famed beauties?"

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[Imperial Court, She Pursues Him, Unconventional Groveling and Redemption]

Everyone in the Great Song knows that the Third Princess, Song Yunshao, lives within the imperial city. She is domineering, willful, and unreasonable.

By a stroke of luck, she is also deeply favored by the emperor. Whatever she wants, she gets. There is nothing beyond her reach.

When she wants the most fashionable spices from Persia, the emperor orders a border general to have them delivered to her at once, no matter the distance.

When she wants longans from Qiongtai, a prince fighting the enemy hurries to have the freshest ones picked, packed in an icebox, and brought to her bedside.

What's more, rumors among the common folk say that the Third Princess has already filled the palace with male companions, even though she is not yet fifteen.

The handsome palace musicians, the refined young men of noble houses, the valiant hostages from small border states: once they catch her eye, none of them can escape.

This time, she has set her sights on Yan Shi'an, the newly crowned top scorer in the imperial examinations.

Everyone sighs in silence: That top scholar is doomed!

But Yan Shi'an is proud and aloof, and would rather die than give in.

The emperor grants a marriage, and court officials threaten and tempt him, but he refuses to yield.

With nowhere left to stand in the court, Yan Shi'an has no choice but to request a posting in a bitterly cold land.

Before he leaves, Yunshao comes to see him off.

Yan Shi'an's face is icy as he says goodbye in a cold voice: "I have devoted myself to the state. I can no longer devote myself to a family."

Dressed in red, Yunshao is as lovely as a peach blossom. She smiles with breathtaking beauty. "The state is Yunshao's family. Since Lord Yan is devoting himself to the state of his own accord, doesn't that mean you're devoting yourself to me?"

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Years later, rebellion sweeps across the Great Song, and Yunshao falls from her exalted place in a single night.

Her father and brothers can no longer protect her, and the country lies in ruin. She is forced to step forward and marry for the sake of peace.

The road to her wedding is desolate.

Yan Shi'an, the top scholar who has always been cold in both face and heart, appears from the sky and cuts down the Hu emissary escorting the marriage party.

He lifts the curtain of her sedan and meets her cold, indifferent gaze. "Princess, I've come to take you home."

Yunshao presses her lips together and smiles faintly, her eyes utterly calm. "Lord Yan taught me that if a country no longer exists, there can be no home."

Theme: Make things yourself and you'll have food and clothing.