Cooking in an Imperial Exam Novel

Zhu Qingjia transmigrated into the original wife, a doomed supporting character with the same name in the imperial-examination novel The Farmer's Rise to Power. When she opened her eyes, she was in a carriage heading back to Bianhe Town.

The original Zhu Qingjia had been the sixth young lady of Baiweizhai in Bianjing, and her father had been a successful imperial examinee.

But after her parents died young, her uncle wanted to take the good marriage match she'd been promised as a child for his own daughter and sent her back to Bianhe Town, where her maternal uncle lived.

Alone and helpless in her uncle's household, she was betrothed to the original story's male lead.

He went to the capital to take the imperial exams, lost his memory by accident, became the top scorer, and married a chancellor's daughter, while she was left in Qinghe Town to be tormented by her mother-in-law until she died of exhaustion.

Zhu Qingjia: "..."

Looking at the quaint little town, all she could see were lively banners and festive archways, along with the curling smoke rising from teahouses and restaurants.

Former head chef Zhu, formerly of Zhenweizhai: Whoever wants to be Wang Baochuan can do it. Since I'm already here, I might as well make a triumphant return to Bianjing!

From a roadside stall to a breakfast shop, then from a breakfast shop to a small restaurant, Zhu Qingjia took it one step at a time, rebuilding her food empire from Bianhe Town all the way back to Bianjing.

The imperial consort, who occasionally accompanied the emperor on outings in the countryside, fell in love with her roujiamo. A veteran of three dynasties became fond of the shop's brown-sugar flatbreads, while writers and scholars couldn't stop praising her spicy chicken, competing to gift her their calligraphy.

Her business thrived, her enemies got their comeuppance, and the cold-faced bookseller next door quietly began walking her home at dusk.

Zhu Qingjia asked, "Why do you walk me home?"

He only blushed and replied, "It's on my way."

Reading notes: One-on-one romance, both leads' first love, a satisfying and sweet town-life farming story, with food and a thriving business!

Theme: Work hard for a better life