The Heir's Wife Only Wants to Be a Coroner

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Synopsis:

[Female Lead's Story]

The words Qin Shuyi has heard most throughout her life are that she is learned, gentle, virtuous, and perfectly suited to running a household. What she studies, what she does, what she says, and whom she marries have always been decided by her family.

In the end, she lives up to everyone's expectations and becomes empress.

She thinks she's finally made it through the hard times.

But gradually she realizes she was wrong. No matter how hard she tries to please him, the emperor only favors his Noble Consort Zhuang. The nights in the palace are as cold as ice. As empress, she's nothing more than a decorative ornament on the palace gate. Aside from keeping up appearances, all she has is an endless pile of palace business on her desk.

Eventually, overwork takes its toll, and she dies before turning thirty.

When she wakes again, she's back on the day she first met Li Muyan.

She made a terrible mistake in her previous life. This time, she sees things clearly. To hell with being "the mother of the empire," with "the prosperity of the clan," and with being someone's "moonlight." Being alive matters most, and lying flat is the most comfortable.

[Male Lead's Story]

Li Muyan has always known that his empress is dignified, proper, gentle, and virtuous, practically a living textbook on the Three Obediences and Four Virtues.

But this kind of empress is stiff and boring. For the more than ten years of their marriage, they have treated each other with respect but no affection.

While Li Muyan spends every night with Noble Consort Zhuang, outsiders praise the empress for her magnanimity and hold her up as a model of noble conduct.

Later, the empress dies suddenly, and the whole nation mourns.

The emperor spends an entire day and night in the mourning hall, and people say the emperor and empress must have loved each other deeply.

But Li Muyan is actually just wondering why his usually good-natured empress made such a resolute choice, and why she didn't mention him even once in her final letter.

Later, Li Muyan wakes up and finds himself back on the day he first met the empress.

He eagerly goes to visit the Qin residence.

But at the dinner table, the woman opposite him doesn't even glance his way. He's baffled, and suddenly the food in his bowl doesn't taste as good.

[Bonus Scene]

One day, Li Muyan visits the residence again.

Qin Shuyi knows he likes sweet food and can't stand spicy food, so she asks Chuntao to buy the hottest chilies she can find.

Chuntao is confused. "Miss, what do you need those for?"

Qin Shuyi says, "I'm making spicy fish. Extra spicy, super spicy, insanely spicy. I'll spice him to death."

Set in an imaginary world.

Both leads have had no other partners, and it has a happy ending.

Most of the food in this story is culinary monstrosity. Don't try making it at home!

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[This Novel's Synopsis]

Picky coroner x unconventional foodie heir

Also known as The Madam, You Dropped Your Disguise and The Heir's Food Menu

Synopsis

[Female Lead's Story]

Although Xiao Yueqing comes from a prestigious family, she can't play the zither, play chess, paint, write calligraphy, embroider, or cut paper flowers.

What she can do is examine wounds, determine cause of death, test for poison, and perform autopsies.

Her mother worries this will make it hard for her to marry, so she finds her a good match early.

Then one day, her father and brother are both caught up in a major case and accused of treason. They disappear, and her engagement is put on hold.

The young noblewomen in the capital were once green with envy. Now they take delight in her misfortune, waiting for the news that she has been executed.

But instead of hearing that the entire Xiao family has been executed, they hear that she has become famous throughout Great Yan for solving cases and performing autopsies.

The dead ask her to identify their bones; the living ask her to clear their names.

The man by her side is not only of exceptional status, with the beauty of a jade mountain in danger of falling,

but is also a wonderful cook.

"Madam, the beef and wild mushroom soup is ready!"

[Male Lead's Story]

Beigong Li comes from a prestigious family. Though exceptionally gifted, he has been sickly since childhood.

At six, a renowned master took him on as his final disciple. He has followed his master ever since, roaming the world and learning to cook delicious food.

When he comes of age, his mother falls gravely ill and urges him to return home and marry. His sworn elder brother is mired in court politics and asks him to return to the capital to help.

Barely two days after arriving in the capital, a storm of blood and violence descends, and his betrothed runs away.

Can he just let that go?

Later, he watches his betrothed lift her clothes and work over a corpse without even looking up, and his heart stirs.

This girl has guts. I like her.

Later still, he looks at her with narrowed eyes. "Are you coming back to the capital?"

Xiao Yueqing looks confused. "Huh??"

Beigong Li gazes at her tenderly, a smile in his eyes. "How am I supposed to marry you if we don't go back?"

Xiao Yueqing looks even more bewildered. "(⊙_⊙)?"

Beigong Li: "Madam, your disguise is slipping! I'm the young master of the Feng family!"

A note:

1. The male lead took his mother's surname. His father hadn't yet gone to the capital when his master took him away to travel the world, so very few people know of Beigong Li. They only know the Feng family is said to have a young master.

2. Both leads have had no other partners, and it has a happy ending.

Theme: Under a clear sky, uphold justice