Blessings and Longevity, Soft as Cotton

A laid-back concubine-born woman x a workaholic chief councilor

A sweet, everyday historical romance about eating and drinking. The goal is to eat well wherever her husband's career takes them.

[The heroine]

As a concubine-born daughter, Jiang Mian has always taken things as they come.

After all, her father values a scholar's integrity, and her stepmother would never make her a concubine or a secondary wife.

As for family status, she wouldn't get to choose anyway.

So Jiang Mian takes the easygoing route. Rather than waste time on household power struggles, she'd rather figure out what to eat and drink. Whoever she marries, she'll be the lady of the house, and living to a ripe old age is her ultimate ambition.

But then her legitimate elder sister falls in love with an impoverished scholar and insists on marrying him. So, at her stepmother's arrangement, Jiang Mian takes her sister's place and marries Lu Xi.

Lu Xi is the legitimate eldest son of the Lu family's main branch. Brilliant and clever by nature, he passed the county-level imperial exam at twelve and became a provincial graduate at sixteen. His future looks bright.

But four words suddenly flash through Jiang Mian's mind:

A match too good to be true.

Still, she can't resist her stepmother's arrangement, so... she might as well keep taking things as they come.

Who could have guessed that, by lying low, Jiang Mian would end up becoming the chief councilor's wife?

[The hero]

Lu Xi was never favored by his parents as a child, and was adopted by his uncle.

After his uncle died, Lu Xi had a widowed mother and a young sister to care for, as well as the family name to uphold. He was born to toil, worrying about everything and thinking too much. It was only thanks to his exceptional intelligence that he didn't work himself to death.

If things continued like this, Lu Xi was sure to die young.

That is, until he married Jiang Mian.

At first, seeing his new bride, Lu Xi thought: How can anyone be so carefree, lighting up with joy just for a bite to eat?

Later, with Mian, Lu Xi thought: I'll live a healthy life with Mian and aim to make it to 120. If I die too young, Mian might remarry...

[Little scene]

Today's newspaper interviews Chief Councilor Lu Xi: Lord Lu, how did you become chief councilor?

Lu Xi: Because I outlived all my political rivals. (Not really.)

Theme: Take things as they come.