After Raising a Powerful Minister, I Faked My Death

Su Nuan woke up one morning and found that she had transmigrated to the borderlands.

From the start, her parents were dead and her home was bare.

To support herself, she found a job as a domestic helper.

She'd planned to save up some money working there, then start a food business of her own.

But misfortune struck, and the family she worked for fell on hard times too.

The wealthy Third Young Master Shen had lost not only his parents and older brother, but also all his money, just like her.

The servants packed up and left one after another. Su Nuan had planned to leave as well, but when she saw the young master looking so pitiful, she couldn't help feeling sorry for him.

At first, she thought she'd teach him to cook before leaving. Later, she decided to stay until he could fend for himself.

It wasn't until the young master passed the imperial examinations and set off for the capital that Su Nuan finally felt safe leaving.

In his previous life, Shen Ze died in the brutal struggle for power within the imperial family before he had even come of age.

In this life, he had transmigrated into the body of a wealthy young master, and Shen Ze was quite pleased. He'd thought he could spend the rest of his days as a rich man with no worries about food or clothing.

Who could have guessed how unpredictable life could be? The Shen family collapsed in an instant, and the servants left one by one.

In the end, only a young maid who had arrived halfway through remained with him, helping him rebuild his fortunes.

From commoner to successful candidate in the imperial examinations, Shen Ze, who had lived in wealth for two lifetimes, endured countless snubs and tasted every kind of hardship. But whenever he thought of the lamp left burning for him at home, his heart felt completely at ease.

Yet when he returned as the top graduate of the imperial examinations, the person who had struggled alongside him all that time was gone.

Three years later.

Shen Ze, now posted to Jiangnan, kept hearing people talk about the fish ball noodles and shrimp ball noodles at the Su Family Eatery, and how delicious they were.

One day, he finally tasted a bowl of fragrant fish ball noodles. The flavor was excellent, and the noodle-making Su lady was quite lovely too.

Theme: A woman needs to have the skills to make a life for herself.