◎The whole novel has been thoroughly revised, and the extra chapters are up. Coming next: the historical transmigration mystery The Book of Fate.
She wakes up as a princess of the Rong'an Commandery. Her father, a great general guarding the frontier, has been falsely accused of defecting to the enemy. Her previous self spent six years in mourning in the mountains, forgotten by everyone.
Xiao Mingsheng held her chest and gave a weak smile. “Never mind. It's just as well no one's coming. I can make whatever I want to eat.”
There was a basket of sweet potatoes at home, so she made ginger sweet potato soup to beat the heat and work up a sweat.
When autumn winds turned bleak, spicy rabbit heads were on the menu.
When winter winds howled, she made pork wrapped in caul fat, Teochew-style braised goose, and grilled sausages.
People in the capital gradually discovered that many of their favorite foods came from Plum Blossom Cove.
The little market at the foot of the mountain was no longer a secret. Food lovers were on edge. “Who let the secret out? It's so hard to get a meal at the princess's place.”
The little menace, Little Persimmon, squeezed out a few tears. “Big sis~ I'm hungry~ I want food~”
Xiao Mingsheng rolled up her sleeves. “Tell me what you want.”
Her betrothed came as soon as he heard. “The wedding cup.”
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The sixth young master of the Qinghe Cui family was a handsome scholar who had placed third in the imperial examinations. The late emperor had arranged his marriage long ago. Since the woman was in mourning and in poor health, the wedding had been postponed again and again. He'd been assigned to a post away from the capital, and he wasn't in a hurry. For a marriage between scions of great families, a harmonious partnership was already considered a happy ending. Besides, the Cui-Xiao marriage alliance was a way to keep the balance of power.
Then, quite by chance, he saw his betrothed wading into the water with the little menace to catch fish, then grilling fish and drinking wine, carefree and full of life, not sickly at all.
Hah!
Had she been pretending all these years?
Report after report piled up on Cui Sixth Young Master's desk. He hadn't rested in two days.
His subordinate: “My lord is in a hurry to get married.”
The emperor: “Minister Cui, will you take leave for your wedding after the New Year?”
Cui Sixth Young Master, proper and composed: “I am not in a hurry, Your Majesty.”
But before the first winter snow fell, the cool and reserved gentleman requested an audience. “Your Majesty, I would like to take leave.”
Reader's Guide:
1. This shares the alternate-world setting of my first novel. It has chili peppers, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and corn, but no potatoes.
2. The original owner and the male lead never crossed paths. The original owner won't be vilified.
3. This isn't a rags-to-riches, face-slapping, villain-punishing food story. The food serves the story.
New novel: Historical Transmigration Mystery, The Book of Fate: Female Coroner vs. County Magistrate
The river in Shitai County winds and bends like the character for “fate.” From people in their seventies to little children, people have been dying for no apparent reason. There are no external injuries, no signs of a struggle, and no suspects. The people cry out that it must be the gods, and that they've offended them.
Yi Zhou, dressed in red and holding a silver blade, stepped into the River of Fate. “The gods don't kill the innocent indiscriminately! If they do, let them strike me down with a divine sign. If they can't kill me, then let me open the coffins and examine the bodies, and clear the dead of suspicion!”
Under the bright heavens, no divine sign appeared. She was still standing safely by the River of Fate.
From a murder-suicide for love to the curse of the River of Fate, from a remote mountain village to the capital, she solved countless cases and set the record straight. The people praised him as a reincarnated upright official, but he knew she owed it all to her skillful hands.
From an unknown coroner to a woman who might be the daughter of a noble family, she held a silver bone-cutting blade in her hand. She was no sheltered young lady.
“I came at Heaven's behest to write the truth of these cases.”
Theme: Love life, and be independent and strong.
It's better not to book Li so early. I don't want the heroine to live with the hero's group of worried relatives and a mother who has no idea. I really don't know what bad luck the hero's father had back then to marry such a thing.
The original owner probably didn't see his brother die in person, so he didn't carve a memorial tablet for him. I hope he's still alive.
Why did the finale suddenly stop updating?
"A Teng" is a big bug for the author~Teng
Cui San will probably not return to the Cui family. This wife is so stupid. She married a brother-in-law. She is not worthy of the princess. Is it possible that the emperor would be willing to change into a woman like her mother-in-law?
I'm so annoyed, especially that Geng, who shouldn't have helped me before, my father is Lao Bailian, my daughter is dead Green Tea
I still hope that after getting married, I won't live with the male lead's wife. No one can forgive her for the original female lead. This mother is quite unpleasant.
There is a discrepancy between the manuscript and the direction of the story. I am revising it, but the mood of the third dimension is low. I will give it up tonight and I will bring it up tomorrow afternoon. I hope I can give you a finale in the next few days.
It's so miserable. I thought the heroine had a younger brother at home, but I didn't expect it to be a lie.
The emperor is such a bitch. The whole family is like this, and they still want the heroine to appear. I can only say that it is too condescending.