Daily Life of Eating and Drinking at Prince Yong's Residence (Qing Dynasty)

① Tang Yue transmigrates into the body of a young palace maid who has just entered the palace.

Aside from her enormous appetite, she is useless at everything. Her only talent is to lie flat.

While other maids bribe the matrons for a chance to serve before the emperor and earn the title of Attendant, she sneaks off to roast sweet potatoes in the Imperial Household Department.

While other maids fight over high-profile assignments and plot against one another, she hides in the Imperial Kitchen to eat Dongpo pork hock.

When Fourth Prince's Consort sends for a maid, Tang Yue grabs some sugar-roasted chestnuts and tries to make a run for it. Her disciplinarian aunt catches her and hauls her before the Ulanara clan's mistress. "Aside from eating a lot, this girl is the most honest and well-behaved one here."

Ulanara: ?

The aunt: Please, just take this hopeless glutton away!

② Tang Yue is unexpectedly assigned to care for Honghui, the eldest prince, who has been ill for a long time.

Honghui lies weakly in bed. She quietly pulls out a homemade jianbing: Want some?

Honghui: ...

Before long, Fourth Prince's Consort is delighted to discover that not only is her son recovering day by day, he's also getting chubby!

③ Twelve years later, Tang Yue has finally reached the age when she can leave the palace. She asks her family to find her a handsome chef who owns a restaurant, and happily prepares for her wedding.

But Honghui catches her in the act.

The young man, not yet twenty, has eyes as cold as frost. He grips her waist and corners her against a wall, then struggles so hard to hold back that his eyes turn red. His voice hoarse, he says, "Sister A Yue, I won't let you go."

"But..."

Honghui says expressionlessly, "Too bad. I just hired a new chef who's an expert in all eight major cuisines."

Tang Yue immediately says, "I'll stay."

④ Emperor Duanhe, Honghui, is called the most willful emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty by later generations.

He left the position of empress vacant for years, fiercely resisting his ministers until he succeeded in making his consort, born into a bondservant family, empress.

During his twenty-three years on the throne, he never took another consort. He had three sons and two daughters, all born to the empress.

Rumors spread among the common people that the empress was cunning, fierce, and jealous.

Tang Yue is baffled: ? (The char siu is still in her mouth.)

She only eats a little more than most people. Is that really enough to deserve such scolding?

* Reader's Guide

1. The heroine enters the palace at thirteen, while Honghui is eight. They are five years apart.

2. A food-focused Qing Dynasty transmigration fairytale, with lots of creative liberties, so please don't nitpick the history. Childhood sweethearts grow up together. The story focuses on everyday life, with a little palace and household intrigue.

3. The heroine's golden finger is that she never gains weight and has a "healing through food" buff.

4. The romance is so sweet it'll make you roll around. Trust me!

Theme: Food is the most important thing to the people.