Building a Fortune After Becoming a Convict's Consort in Exile

[Complete!] Coming soon: Notes on Life as a Commoner's Daughter. Please add it to your favorites! Blurb: After orphan Xu Qinyu wins the title of world-class master chef, an accident leaves her waking up as the second daughter of the Marquis of Dechang. She's been ordered to marry in place of her cousin. The second daughter has a hard life. She is the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Marquis of Dechang's family, but her father is the least favored of his siblings, with an older brother above him and younger siblings below. So somehow, the fiancee of Prince Shu, who was exiled for his ties to a rebellion, was changed from her cousin Xu Qinhui to her by a single imperial decree. Even after arriving at the southwestern frontier, Xu Qinyu isn't worried. How about the eight great cuisines, thousands of snacks, milk tea, ice cream, hot pot, and barbecue? She uses her culinary skills to earn silver, buy farmland, and become a landowning lady in ancient times. Her husband is often nowhere to be seen, going away for months or even half a year at a time. But she doesn't mind. She's got money and free time, and no man around. Her mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, and little nieces all take her side. She lives in the huge mansion she earned herself, and life is wonderful. Until one day, several years later, as snow falls thickly, more than a hundred black-armored guards surround their grand mansion with five courtyards. "We respectfully invite Her Majesty the Empress, Her Majesty the Dowager Empress, the princesses, princes, and commandery princesses to return to the capital." Xu Qinyu and her mother-in-law's family stare at one another. "(⊙o⊙)" Her good-for-nothing husband has actually seized the throne! So, should she keep being a landowning lady or become empress? That's the question. After being reborn, Xu Qinhui regrets it so much she could kick herself. Her cousin Xu Qinyu has already married in her place. In her previous life, she finally managed to get close to the new emperor and persuaded him to issue an imperial decree making her cousin marry in her place, to the exiled Prince Shu. Who knew Prince Shu was such a formidable character? After lying low for ten years, he successfully seized the throne. But it doesn't matter. She knows her cousin is frail and will die before long on the road to exile. Once her cousin dies, she can go to the border city and marry Prince Shu. She waits and waits, until Prince Shu ascends the throne early, while her cousin is still alive and thriving. The emperor even invites her back to become empress???? P.S. The dishes in this story are based on various sources found on Baidu. Coming soon: Notes on Life as a Commoner's Daughter. Please add it to your favorites! Blurb: In her past life, Gu Wanwan owned a small private dining restaurant. One day, she transmigrates into a book, becoming a commoner's daughter in a family so poor they barely have a few copper coins. Her father is a cook's assistant at a small eatery, her mother is a housewife, and her siblings are all honest, hardworking people. The whole family can barely afford to eat meat once a month. Only her older brother is striving to get ahead. He even passes the provincial examination and heads to the capital to sit for the metropolitan examination. When disaster strikes their hometown, he brings the whole family to the capital. More than ten family members are crammed into a dilapidated old house in the most prosperous city of the Great Jin Dynasty, and life is hard. She doesn't remember her past life until she's ten. Then she realizes she's a woman who transmigrated into a book, and an unnamed little sister who gets killed by the villain for being caught up in the original male lead's troubles? Gu Wanwan stares blankly, realizing she can't keep drifting through life. First, she needs to keep her brother away from the troublemaking male lead of the original story. Then she needs to make money, make money, make money. At first, Gu Wanwan only wants to stay away from the original leads and the plot, and get her family a home of their own in this thriving capital. Later: This is too much, too much. She's made far too much money. Theme: Never give in to fate. Work hard to build a happy, prosperous life