The Buddhist-Minded Noble Consort Raises a Child and Goes Viral

(Main story complete. Extra chapters will be posted at random.) Coming soon: My Barbecue Skills Made Me a Hit on a Dating Show (blurb at the bottom) The hit family variety show Baby 2 recently announced the addition of an ordinary mother-and-son duo. The show's labels for them were: Mother: Beautiful and refined Son: Soft and adorable Day one of the show: Well, the labels seem pretty accurate. Day two of the show: The mom is afraid of getting tired, hungry, and sunburned. She seems like a beautiful but useless woman. The son studies late into the night, gets up at dawn, and speaks in classical phrases. He's a little old-fashioned workaholic through and through. Viewers slam their keyboards in outrage: This is ridiculous! Can the production team get anything right? A useless mom and a stuffy son. This mother-and-son pair is doomed. Day three of the show. Every day, the mom tries to talk her son into things: "Stay up late and your hair will all fall out. Why not listen to Mom tell you a story instead?" Then she ends up lulling herself to sleep. "Getting up early makes you stupid. Let the sun warm your bottom so you can get some calcium." And then she naturally sleeps until late morning. "Picky eaters don't grow tall. You need vegetables to get big and strong. Mom will eat the meat." Her son gazes helplessly at the sky and silently repeats: She's my real mom. She's my real mom. She's my real mom! I'd better just work hard on my own! Viewers: Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing. This mother-and-son duo is kind of fun. Reverse parenting, huh? The ordinary mother and son suddenly become an online sensation, and everyone is curious about who they really are. Wen Zhi: No interviews. I still have rent to collect on hundreds of buildings! Wen Zhi spent over a decade living in ancient times, rising from a beauty to a noble consort. After winning every battle in the palace, she ascended to the throne as empress. But on the night before her coronation, she was harmed by a villain and returned to the modern world with her son. As soon as she gets back, she's forced to join a variety show called Baby. Other parents play games with their kids, sing and dance, and try their best to make a good impression. After a lifetime of exhausting power struggles, Wen Zhi just wants to take it easy. Her laid-back parenting motto: "Be good. Let's take a break. There's no throne to inherit at home." As the livestream continues, the viewers suddenly change their tune. [Wen Zhi's life is exactly the life I dream of] [Wen Zhi must have saved the world in her past life to have such an obedient, ridiculously adorable son] [Money, looks, and a son. A single rich lady!] Just as Wen Zhi is marveling at how wonderful life is, the little Crown Prince rushes up to her, eyes red. "Mother, I saw Father." Wen Zhi bolts upright from her deathbed: That bastard transmigrated too? Does he think the flowers aren't red enough, or does he think he has too many lives to spare? If he dares show his face, I'll have him beaten until he's covered in red! #Raising the little dumpling in the early chapters, with more focus on the heroine later# #The emperor is not the male lead. There will be a groveling arc# Coming soon: My Barbecue Skills Made Me a Hit on a Dating Show Let's Fall in Love is currently the most popular dating show ever, famous for being outrageously dramatic and full of troublemakers. Viewers tune in to watch the guests flirt sweetly and fight for love. As the show goes on, the guests' interactions grow increasingly strange. The gold-digging flirt who came to snag a rich husband falls in love at first sight with the barbecue stand by the beach. The lovestruck, innocent girl completely forgets that her crush is waiting for her and stands in front of the barbecue stand, drooling. At three in the morning, the spoiled young lady texts the man she's confessed to: "If you love me, buy me 100 orders of barbecue from Orange's right now." Viewers: What kind of heavenly snack is this? Does barbecue come with the flavor of romance? Before they can finish marveling, the male guests start fighting. The reason? Who gets the last serving of grilled cold noodles! Viewers: "Huh? Who cares if the male guests get hurt? I just want to know if the barbecue stand is still there. I want some too!" The guests all agree: They can skip dating, but they can't skip barbecue from Orange's. Theme: A happy, simple life.