The Whole Family Transmigrates to the Northern Song Dynasty to Run a Taoist Temple

#Also known as: The Tenth Year of the Whole Family Transmigrating to the Northern Song, Going Viral After Inheriting a Taoist Temple, The Temple's Vegetarian Dishes Are So Fragrant and Delicious, and After the Proxy Marriage, My Short-Lived Husband Lived to a Hundred#

Feng Shui master Rong Yan's plane crashed, and she transmigrated to the Northern Song Dynasty, becoming the illegitimate daughter of a Vice Minister of Personnel. Her father favored others, and her formidable stepmother made her live in a side room and eat cold leftovers. She was sent to live at a Taoist temple for ten whole years, then ordered to marry in place of a short-lived marquis.

Everyone pitied her, thinking it wasn't a good match at all and that she was destined to become a widow. They had no idea that Rong Yan thought they simply didn't know a good thing when they saw one.

Her husband was handsome, elegant, and refined. He was a pleasure to look at while alive, and after his death she could inherit his fortune. What could be more delightful?

While the marquis's household was full of tigers and wolves, all busy with their petty schemes, she could simply mind her own business, sip tea, and enjoy the show. Wasn't that more exciting than reading a play?

As for the dilapidated Taoist temple she inherited...

Her father, a master craftsman of the realm, would rebuild and manage it, while her mother, a royal banquet chef, would take charge of the kitchen. They weren't looking to make it famous, just to give her a peaceful place to make a living. They never expected it to go viral as soon as it reopened!

Lotus seed and glutinous rice soup, eight-treasure vegetarian rice, stir-fried shiitake mushrooms with wheat gluten, sweet and sour eggplant, the Eight Treasures Universe Pouch...

Whatever they served went viral, drawing crowds who lined up for a taste of the temple's vegetarian dishes. Everyone already thought the food was exceptional, but they had no idea Rong Yan's fortune-telling was even more impressive!

It wasn't just the temple that became famous. Rong Yan's name spread throughout Bianliang.

In the end, even one of her divinations drew the emperor in person, and she passed the examination to become a Taoist official without even trying?

And the short-lived husband she'd been keeping an eye on lived to a hundred, too?

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Rong Shu had thought her sister, who was destined to be widowed, would eventually have to be buried with her husband. Instead, the supposedly short-lived Xie Chengzhi survived and was doing just fine.

She'd fought hard to take control of the household finances, exhausting herself day after day working for the marquis's entire household, and gotten nothing in return. Her sister casually cast a few divination lots and said a few words, yet everything came true. Everyone revered her, and she won their affection without even lifting a finger?

She even passed the Taoist official examination without breaking a sweat, and her divination correctly predicted the war between two states, drawing the emperor in person to reward her?!! Rong Shu nearly choked with anger. Back at the Rong household, everyone had wanted to be Rong Shu.

Now, throughout Bianliang, everyone wanted to be Rong Yan. If they wanted something to eat, their third aunt, a royal chef, would make it for them. If they wanted something, their third uncle, a master craftsman of the realm, would make it for them. And if they hadn't even thought to ask, their parents-in-law would still go out of their way to provide it!

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[Reading guide]

1. The story starts with household scheming and is a slow burn. The Taoist temple becomes the main focus later. The heroine can read feng shui and tell fortunes, but there are no gods, immortals, ghosts, or monsters.

2. The hero has silver hair due to his illness early on, and turns dark-haired later. Happy ending.

3. Set against the history of the Northern Song, but with many fictional elements. The hero and heroine are both each other's first and only.

4. References: A Refined Life in the Song Dynasty, The Eastern Capital: A Dream of Splendor, The Daily Life of Ancient People: Did Ancient People Also Have a "996" Work Schedule?, A Fun-Filled Song Dynasty Banquet, The Book of Changes, and The I Ching Is Really Easy.

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"Zhenzhu, if we hand this general over, everyone on the island can live."

After Zhenzhu transmigrated, she was faced with the choice of whether to betray her side.

The Great Chong state's army of two hundred thousand had been reduced to just over a hundred survivors. They and the refugees who had fled here were trapped on Gangzhou Island for more than three months, and the island's remaining food supply had nearly run out.

The defeated general lay gravely wounded on a straw mat, cared for by Zhenzhu.

Eight families had fled from her village, along with dozens of families from other places. Zhenzhu looked at her baby brother and knew she had to keep her only remaining family alive.

During a drought on the deserted island, they cut bamboo to collect water. When they had nothing to eat, they searched the crevices for shellfish.

They picked coconuts from coconut trees and tapped palm trees for sap. To Zhenzhu, the vast island was full of resources. Whether it flew through the sky, ran through the mountains, or burrowed into the soil, she could turn it into a delicious meal.

And the sea was full of swimming crabs, jellyfish, moon snails, razor clams, and all kinds of other seafood.

Steamed swimming crabs, stir-fried moon snails, razor clam and glass noodle soup... The islanders and villagers couldn't stop praising the food. Even the general, who had nearly died in battle, had gained two pounds under her care!

The new court offered to pardon the soldiers, and the army left in a great rush. But the ailing general stayed behind?

And said he wanted to marry her?

No, no. Just because he's handsome doesn't mean she'll fall for him. Men only slow down her swordsmanship!

Cooking delicious food and building up the island, what could be better than some stinking man?

Later, she saw the hand that held a sword wield a butcher's knife, and the bowstring he'd used to kill his enemies become a hunting tool. He hid his pride and chose to live quietly by her side. Well, well. Even after they married, she was still in charge, so she might as well give in to him.

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