Novels like The Little Empress of the Imperial Kitchen
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- 1 The Northeastern Cook of the 1980s: Livestreaming Food Made Me a Tycoon 八零东北小厨娘：直播美食成首富 [1980s + transmigration + Northeastern Chinese cuisine + feel-good power fantasy + livestreaming System + ambitious female lead + rugged military officer who spoils his wife + a young couple joining forces to crack down on illegal poaching] A beautiful, resilient Northeastern Chinese chef transmigrates into the 1980s and meets a handsome, devoted man whose true identity as a high-ranking officer is hidden. Jiang Xue transmigrates to Northeast China in the 1980s and also gets a food livestreaming 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Palace Maid Was Reborn with the Power to Read the Emperor's Heart, and Climbed Step by Step to Empress 宫女重生读帝王心，她步步为后 In her past life, Han Huazhi was Consort De’s senior maid. Before she was old enough to leave the palace, the emperor took her to bed while drunk. For the sake of her childhood sweetheart, she drank the contraceptive medicine Consort De gave her, left the palace, and married him. That medicine ruined her life. Her husband grew to despise her, and his entire family poisoned her to death. In this life, Han Huazhi vows to become the most honored woman in the palace. Shen Zhanxi favored her at first —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 I Failed to Leave the Palace and Became the Emperor's Most Cherished One 出宫不成，反成了陛下的心尖宠 "Not a clean romance, not a strong female lead, with exclusive devotion later on." Zhou Ying is a junior palace maid. To get enough to eat in the palace, she often embroiders pieces and asks palace guards to take them outside and sell them for her. Later, the guard who used to help her disappears, so she has no choice but to find someone else. This time, however, the guard she finds is nothing like the gentle one before. He is stern and taciturn, and at first Zhou Ying doesn't even dare look him 7.3kReads7.9Score1.5k14d adds
- 4 She's the Prince's Childhood Sweetheart 她是殿下的青梅呀 Transmigration + no golden finger + devoted couple + not a melodramatic wish-fulfillment story + a touch of ensemble cast A little palace maid, born to a disgraced official’s family, transmigrates into another world. She nervously looks forward to leaving the palace at twenty-two and finally being free. She does her best to curry favor, figuring that it’s good to have a powerful patron to lean on. But she overdoes it and ends up pulling that patron into her arms instead. The courteous and consi 280Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 After I Transmigrated, Gourmet Food Made Me a Top Rich Lady 穿越后我靠美食成了顶级富婆 Yun Shu had just passed her postgraduate entrance exams when she slipped and became a country girl. No food? No problem! The hills behind the village are a treasure trove waiting for me to dig in! No money? No problem! I grew up watching shows about getting rich, so this will be a piece of cake. So copper coins really can attract flies! A pack of greedy wolves had their eyes fixed on her stash of gold and silver. She pulled out her dog-beating stick. If one came, she’d beat one; if two came, she 54Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 6 The Peerless Chef: Darling, Please Come into My Bowl 绝世妙厨，相公请到碗里来 Some man: “Miss, do you believe in love at first sight?” “Sorry, I’m already a married woman.” Ever since the brilliant and mighty Rong Xuan fell for the Ninth Miss of the Jiang family, his intelligence has been in serious decline. In her previous life, Jiang Miao was married off to Leng Bufan, the iron-faced general no one else wanted. She never knew the taste of love, and died young with a thousand arrows through her heart. Another lovesick man became a regular visitor to her grave. Reborn a 37Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 7 Gourmet: I Only Set Up a Food Stall, I Never Meant to Become Emperor 美食：我就摆个摊，没想当皇帝啊 [Food] [Street Vending] [No Female Lead] [System] [Some Infrastructure Building] [Farming] A former imperial banquet chef transmigrates into a down-and-out prince and gets bound to a food System. Random locations, random food, just push the cart and go! Grilled sausages, cold skin noodles, soup dumplings, chicken wing burgers, stinky tofu... Mandarin fish, steak, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, braised lion's head with crab meat... Instant noodles, dried noodles, frozen dumplings, self-heating hot p 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, Met a Scumbag, and Opened a School with My Cooking 穿越古代遇渣男，我靠美食开学院 [Transmigration + Ancient Times + Food + Pocket Dimension + System] A lighthearted summer treat, perfect for enjoying with a meal, featuring detailed descriptions of all kinds of delicious food. Su Ning, a young woman from the interstellar era, transmigrates one day and becomes the daughter of a deceased scholar in ancient times. Her scholar father had raised a young husband for her, but who knew he would turn out to be a scumbag? He used her money to pass the imperial exams and become the top c 13Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 10 Heaven's Will, Heaven's Child 奉天承孕 Su Li had spent half her life as a palace maid. After finally working her way up from lowly maid to senior maid, she was down to her last three months before retirement, ahem, before she could leave the palace. Then one day, someone drugged the crown prince, and he mistook her for the antidote. Her promised departure date suddenly seemed impossibly far away. Su Li gritted her teeth, joined forces with a treacherous minister to get back at society, and accused the crown prince of beastly conduct. 92Reads—Score10814d adds
- 11 The Palace Maid’s Seduction: The Tyrant Falls Deeper with Every Step 宫女蓄意勾引，撩得暴君步步沉沦 [Beautiful, scheming little palace maid VS cold, ruthless, unhinged emperor] [Palace intrigue, not both each other’s first + powerful man, weaker woman + domineering possession + calculating, willful heroine + obsessive emperor + exclusive devotion] Yan Shu was beautiful, but she was only a lowly palace maid. Her one ambition was to become the emperor’s woman. At a palace banquet, she saw the favored consort drug the emperor. She chose to keep quiet and go along with it. When the drug took effec 1.3kReads6.9Score10814d adds
- 12 Diary of a Palace Musician 深宫乐师日记 Jiang Zhi, the head of the Music Bureau, unexpectedly becomes one of the emperor's consorts. She thinks her life will be consumed by the schemes of the women in the palace, but instead, she becomes the emperor's most favored consort. Jiang Zhi says, “This isn't what I trained for!” Content warnings: 1. The male lead is not a virgin! He isn't! He's the emperor! 2. The male lead is attracted to the female lead at first sight, while she falls for him over time. 3. The female lead always gets reveng 29Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 13 The Sweet Palace Maid Is the Emperor’s Favorite Consort 娇软宫女是宠妃 [Devoted love! Beautiful, sweet-natured palace maid x cold, ruthless emperor who gradually falls for her] Yue Rou has fair skin, a beautiful face, and a gentle disposition. Yet Chu Huaian, the emperor whom everyone sees as cold and indifferent, pleads with her time and again: “Don’t be afraid of me.” No one ever imagined that this little palace maid would be safely protected by the emperor and rise all the way to the position of Imperial Consort. 223Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 14 The Rise of Consort Zhao 昭贵妃上位记 Chu Yun is the illegitimate daughter of Chu Xiong'an, Minister of Rites. After the legitimate daughter, Chu Yunxi, entered the palace and became pregnant, she sent Chu Yun to the palace to secure the emperor's favor. Knowing how beautiful Chu Yun was, Chu Yunxi had her mother force several large bowls of safflower tea down Chu Yun's throat before she entered the palace. After narrowly escaping death, Chu Yun took part in the selection and was chosen as a palace maid. A palace maid? Perfect! Now 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Gourmet: A Street Stall Owner Tours the Nation 美食：地摊老板，全国巡摆 Zhang Feng is a model young man who transmigrates to Blue Star in a parallel world and binds himself to a Gourmet System. From then on, a man as legendary as a myth begins appearing all across the country. Cumin lamb skewers, late-night egg fried rice, fragrant braised beef, crispy fried chicken frames... From big cities to small towns, a legend begins to spread: On some street, you may come across a man in a chef’s uniform. If you meet him, you’ll get to taste the most delicious food in the wor 67Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 16 I Just Set Up a Food Stall, So Why Are All My Customers Getting Stronger? 我就摆个摊，怎么食客都变强了 [Food That Goes Great with Rice x Delicious] [Comedy x Everyday Life] [System x Street Stall] [Otherworld x City] [Superpowers x Awakening] [No Heroine] [Street-stall task issued. Random location: beside a public restroom. Random food: stinky tofu. Reward: Beginner Cooking Skills!] Lu Chuan is stunned. “System, you really are making things difficult for me, Pang Hu!” At seven in the evening, passersby point and whisper beside the public restroom. To attract customers, Lu Chuan gets an idea and d 59Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Being a Palace Maid Is Hard, I’d Rather Lie Flat 宫女难为，不如躺平 [Deposed Crown Prince vs. Little Palace Maid; reborn; mutual salvation] Mu Jin died in the imperial palace in her previous life. This time, all she wants is to stay alive and get out of this man-eating place as soon as possible. So she volunteers to leave the palace and care for the deposed crown prince. Every day, she counts down the days until he dies, so she can escape amid the chaos and leave for good. But after three days, he is still alive and well. A year later, not only is he still alive 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 A Palace Maid’s Path to Prosperity After Leaving the Palace 小宫女出宫后的致富道路 [No golden finger, no pocket dimension, no transmigration, fictional setting, everyday life] (I’m planning to start a new novel in mid-to-late October~ Please show it lots of support~~~) A treacherous imperial palace? I won't stay. A life lived on tenterhooks? I don't want it. After nine years in the palace, Shen Pan'er has finally risen to become a second-rank palace maid in the Imperial Food Bureau. But just because the Third Prince looks at her once, she's demoted overnight back to a third-ra 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Love Apartment: I Started Out Fixing Bugs and Ended Up a Laid-Back Slacker 爱情公寓：从补bug开始做咸鱼 Bugs: something everyone both loves and hates. Being a slacker: a way of life everyone both loves and hates. (?) I set out to live the slacker life by fixing bugs, but things don't seem to be going too well. (Brother Feng, help!) There's no female lead romance, but a bug might pop up as the story goes on. It's most likely a male (bleep), so if that bothers you, this may not be for you. There'll probably be an extra that takes a little stroll through the timeline of The Feuding Elite. And a chaot 207Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Farmer’s Daughter Chef: Beer Falls for Crawfish 农家俏厨娘：啤酒爱上小龙虾 A clueless dad, a meek mom, and awful relatives who will stop at nothing to exploit and squeeze them dry: Ye Xingjiao finds herself saddled with them all after transmigrating. So the little chef Ye Xingjiao sets out on the road to outsmarting her awful relatives, opening a shop, making money, and leading her parents to a comfortable life. Along the way, she even takes in a live-in husband. 206Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 21 Little Palace Maid, I’ve Set My Sights on You 小宫女，朕要定你了 In her previous life, she was the daughter of a great general. For love, she endured humiliation and became a concubine, only to have the man she loved scheme against her and destroy her family. Reborn, she becomes the lowliest palace maid in the imperial palace. All she wants is to seduce the emperor, become his favorite consort, and avenge herself for her past life. In public, he is timid and meek. In private, he is courageous, cunning, and devious. After years of keeping his head down, all he 387Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 22 My Late-Night Diner System 我有一个深夜食堂系统 [Food System Story] [Comedy] [Passion] [Not connected to the TV series!] Xu Tian, a finance graduate from an ordinary rural family, unexpectedly gets a Food System after graduating. “You can open during the day. Why call it the Late-Night Canteen System...” “You’re telling me that ripped guy is a chef? Did flipping a wok give him that physique?” “Holy crap! Did you see that? His egg fried rice is glowing!” “I’m not blind! It’s technology!! There’s definitely some crazy stuff in it!!!” Years 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Reborn Emperor Begs Me for Affection After I Become a Palace Maid 穿成小宫女，重生帝王求我垂怜 [Mind Reading + Transmigration + Rebirth + One-on-One Romance + Sweet Romance + Ancient Imperial Harem] Yun Jinxia transmigrates into the body of a palace maid. The moment she opens her eyes, she's faced with a horrifying scene: she's about to be beaten to death. Even worse, the memories she's inherited are incomplete. What is she supposed to do? Is this the end for her? Luckily, there's still hope. She can actually hear the emperor's thoughts. But can someone explain why this emperor has been r 37Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 24 The Palace Maid Dances on the Blade's Edge, and the Mysophobic Tyrant Breaks His Rules Every Day 宫女刀尖蹦迪，洁癖暴君日日破戒 [The rating is a little low since the book just started, but it'll go up. Don't let the score put you off!] Funny, sunny heroine + seemingly sweet but secretly ruthless hero + intense push and pull + healing body and soul + 1v1 HE They say the tyrant Xiao Jingheng is a madman. He's killed countless people, has an extreme aversion to dirt, and can't stand anyone getting close to him. But Qiao Zhaixing isn't afraid of him. She transmigrates into the body of a palace maid serving the tyrant. Sh 39Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 25 After I Transmigrated, I Conquered the Capital with My Cooking 穿越后我靠厨艺称霸全京城 A royal chef from the 21st century transmigrates and becomes the notorious, useless, spoiled young lady of Beiyuan Kingdom. Her husband doesn't love her, her mother-in-law can't stand her, and the people laugh at her. The noble princess of Beiyuan has turned herself into a laughingstock. She arrives in this world and makes a pot her weapon and the kitchen her battlefield, stirring up a storm in Beiyuan. The aroma of her dishes wafts for miles, drawing palace chefs to seek her advice. But what's 57Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 26 A Noblewoman's Fit and Delicious Life in Ancient Times 古代贵女的健美食光 Mu Nanjia was a moderately well-known fitness blogger. One day, after eating a huge amount of crawfish before a livestream, she pushed herself through an exhausting workout stream and transmigrated to the Great Ying Dynasty, where she became the fourth young lady of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She adapted quickly, then noticed that people’s standards of beauty seemed a little twisted. Young women wanted to be as thin as sticks, while men wore makeup and flowers in their hair, looking neithe 385Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 27 I Eavesdrop on the Palace Maid’s Thoughts, and the Tyrant Keeps Ordering Cold Water 偷听宫女心声，暴君频频备冷水 [Alternate World + Tyrant + Cannon Fodder + Mind Reading + Shared Sensations + Comedy + Sweet Romance + Mutual First Love] She transmigrated into the palace as the unluckiest maid in the Cold Palace, and got saddled with a debt System. [Hello, Host. I’m your debt System, Dingdong Chicken. You died before paying for the male escorts you hired, so you can’t be reincarnated. That’s why this System fished you out and brought you here to work off your debt. Once you’ve paid back one hundred taels, yo 11Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 28 A Maid's Daily Life: From Menial Servant to First-Class Attendant 丫鬟日常，从粗使到一等那些事儿 At first, Sheng Xia was just a maid in the Duke of Yan's household. All she wanted was to become a first-class maid by the madam's side and earn a little more money. She never expected the Duke of Yan's household to succeed in its rebellion, and her own status to rise along with it. Her future husband even went from being a servant to a minor official. But people change. Her future husband, now a minor official, wanted to climb higher and told her to become his concubine. Sheng Xia was furious! 666Reads8.2Score10314d adds
- 29 The Palace Maid Zhaozhao 宫女朝朝 [Palace intrigue + favored consort + more children, more blessings golden finger: the ability to bear children] Zhaozhao was stunningly beautiful, yet she was only a lowly palace maid. That meant she would be bullied and assigned by her mistress to a sadistic eunuch. But Zhaozhao wanted to live, too. At first, she knelt before the most exalted man in the realm, tears glistening in her beautiful eyes as she spoke in a voice brimming with seductive tenderness: “I beg Your Majesty to take pity on t 47Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 A Palace Maid Who Doesn't Want to Rise Through the Ranks Isn't a Good Maid 不想上位的宫女不是好宫女 Li Chuyan, daughter of the Assistant Prefect of the Capital, was set up by her elder half-sister, Li Heyue, and sent into the palace, where she became a lowly maid in the Imperial Kitchen. She died bitter and depressed, with no hope of ever leaving the palace. After transmigrating, Li Chuyan decides that if leaving the palace is out of reach, she will do everything she can to rise above everyone else within it. She drops her disguise and uses her beauty to tempt the emperor. After careful invest 59Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn as a Market Town Girl, I Open a Shop and Make a Fortune 穿成市井小娘子开店发家记 [Humble Life + Time Travel + Food + Opening a Shop + Power Fantasy + Lighthearted] Set in an imaginary dynasty, so don’t worry about historical accuracy. Food takes center stage, with the plot playing a supporting role. The story is cozy and mellow throughout, with no dramatic ups and downs. It’s about everyday life and making a better living. The plot and characters are fairly ordinary, so it’s a good read when you’re bored. In her previous life, Jiang Yao lived alone through five years of the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 33 The Coldhearted Emperor’s New Consort: His Personal Palace Maid 薄情帝王的新妃：贴身宫婢 The throne was overthrown, and overnight she became the lowliest palace maid at his side. His tenderness was gone. All he gave her was endless torment and pain. Her heart silently bled. The vows of eternal love they had once made had all become cruel mockery. For countless days and nights, she had to wait outside the red curtains for her master's orders, letting the torment numb her heart. No matter how many times she was summoned to his bed, she had no right to refuse. He would never know that 21Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 34 From Palace Maid to Imperial Consort 宫女成妃 [Read before starting: This story is set in an entirely fictional dynasty. Some details are original, while others are inspired by various historical dynasties, but it has no connection to actual history. This is just an ordinary romance novel. Please don’t read if that bothers you.] Avoid starving to death, live peacefully as a little palace maid, leave the palace when she came of age, use her savings to find an honest man to marry, and spend the rest of her life in quiet contentment. That was 156Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 35 The Marquis’s Maid’s Everyday Rise to Power 侯府丫鬟逆袭日常 [Alternate setting] [Slow burn] [Character growth] [Inner-court intrigue] Yinglian transmigrated for the second time, becoming Yuanxiao, a little maid in the Duke of the State’s manor in the Great Yuan Dynasty. She doesn’t fight or scramble for favor. All she cares about is making money so she can leave her status as a servant behind. Unfortunately, things don’t go as planned, and she’s promoted step by step until she becomes the fourth young master’s personal maid. Well, that’s fine. She’s clim 134Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 36 The Beloved Daily Life of the Senior Maid 大丫鬟娇宠日常 As the powerful court official's personal maid, Yuetan can host guests and cook, fend off romantic advances and manage the household finances. Her master needs her to attend to him personally, and the young master needs careful guidance… Luckily, before long, she becomes the lady of the manor and the most cherished person in the hearts of two generations of powerful officials! 30Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 37 Master, the Little Chef Has Won Over the Entire Capital with Her Food 爷，小厨娘靠美食俘虏全京城了 Twenty-six-year-old Zhao Hehuan transmigrated after a car accident, becoming eleven-year-old Wang Chunni. The funny thing was that the accident made her forget everything about her past, but she inherited all of Wang Chunni's memories. Her father didn't care for her, her mother didn't love her, and they wanted to raise her to sacrifice everything for her younger brother. No thanks! Zhao Hehuan ran away. She headed north to Bianliang, where her utterly ordinary genius cooking skills won over coun 83Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 38 Transmigrated as Cannon Fodder, I Take Up the Big Ladle in the Military Camp 穿成炮灰后，我在军营拎大勺 Su Luo, the owner of a private kitchen, dies in a plane crash. When she opens her eyes again, she's become the fake heiress in a novel about a real and fake heiress, and the real heiress has her sold off. Thinking of the fake heiress's fate in the book, sold off and then executed by beating after she tries to climb into someone's bed to get revenge, Su Luo silently hugs herself tight. To avoid being killed off, Su Luo ties on an apron and transforms into a little cook, grabbing a big ladle and g 150Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Conquers the Cultivation World with Food 废柴小师妹靠美食征服修仙界 (Beloved by All + Gourmet Food + Farming + Fantasy + Relaxed) Lin Shiman, a famous food blogger, accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing junior sister of Yun Tian Academy. Why is the cultivation world so desolate? Evil creatures run rampant, malevolent plants spread everywhere, and the land is barren. Everyone takes fasting pills. Ugh, why do they taste so awful? Which genius came up with these? They eat spirit fruit raw. Wait, is it illegal to cook i 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Reborn and Doted on by All: Building Wealth and Becoming a Princess in Ancient Times 重生团宠：在古代发家致富当王妃 [Historical romance + everyone's favorite + food + wish fulfillment + strong female lead + dimension] In an instant, An Li transmigrates to ancient times with a supermarket. This time, she's determined to live well, expose her vicious cousin's false face, and dump her scumbag fiancé. Instead, she opens a restaurant, becomes a sensation, and keeps opening more branches, making a fortune and attaining a comfortable life in ancient times. She was planning to enjoy her wealth and retire in comfort, 11Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 41 Shocking! The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter Wins Over the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 惊！丞相嫡女靠美食征服整个京城 Modern chef Su Yuwan transmigrates and nearly gets taken out by ancient “cuisine” the moment she opens her eyes! Overly sweet pastries? Greasy meat? What kind of awful place doesn’t even have potato chips or spicy strips?! “This dump isn’t fit for pigs!” When she realizes that life among the nobility is truly dull... “Heh. Time to show you what a whole different level of competition looks like!” She fries golden potato chips from potatoes meant for pigs, and the emperor secretly tucks them int 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 The Sweet Little Palace Maid and the Mad Emperor's Wanton Affection 娇软小宫女，疯批帝王肆意宠 Yao Qing's goal in life: save enough silver to leave the palace. Then she met Xiao Linyuan, the emperor who spoiled her without limit. After that, her whole outlook changed. 130Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 43 So Addictive! I’m Getting Caught Up in the Cutthroat Competition of Ancient China’s Restaurant Business 香懵了！我在古代餐饮业搞内卷 [Farming + food + business + raising children] One day, Jiang Yan, a mature single food blogger, transmigrated and got her wish of becoming a mother without the pain of childbirth. She became a widowed mother of three. Not having a man around was fine, but what was with all this debt, huh? And she was supposed to sell her daughter, too? Jiang Yan hugged her sweet, soft, adorable daughter close. This was the dream child she’d always wanted. Selling her was out of the question! So how was she goin 467Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 44 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 115Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 45 The Alluring Palace Maid Climbs the Ranks, Capturing the Emperor’s Heart and the Phoenix Throne 娇媚宫女上位，勾帝心夺凤位 (A bewitching, scheming young palace maid vs. a cold, heartless emperor) Xuezhi counted the days until she could leave the palace and reunite with her family. But the harem was rife with endless rivalries, and a fire set as part of someone’s scheme dragged even a little palace maid from the Cold Palace into the turmoil. One night of pleasure with the emperor, and Xuezhi was trapped forever within the Forbidden City. She kept a clear head and avoided his favor; he took her by force He granted her 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 What?! The Empress Consort Rose from Palace Maid to the Top! 惊！娘娘竟是宫女上位！ From the moment Yun Rou climbed into his bed, her goal was clear. She would play a frail, innocent favorite who had eyes only for the emperor, and slowly work her way up in the imperial harem. From the day he ascended the throne, Shen Hui’s goal was just as clear. The harem had no place for useless people. His favor would be granted solely according to their usefulness. Then one day, he tasted a bowl of sweet lychee soup, and there was no turning back. Everyone said the emperor was merely indulg 29Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 After Transmigrating, the Good-for-Nothing Palace Maid Doesn't Want to Be Empress 穿越之废柴小宫女不想当皇后 Jiang Xiaohe was an utterly ordinary office worker in the modern world. She lived to twenty-three without illness or hardship, had no particular ambitions, and always believed that eating and sleeping well were what mattered most. Then, in a blink, she transmigrated to ancient times and became a low-ranking palace maid in the imperial harem of a feudal dynasty. What was she supposed to do now? Had she transmigrated just to work an extra ten years? 958Reads8.7Score11614d adds
- 48 The Dutiful Palace Maid Rises to Empress 乖乖宫婢，一路封后 One promise: If it’s not sweet, you don’t pay! Sweet romance! Sweet romance! Sweet romance! [Beautiful, gentle little palace maid × cold, ruthless, obsessive emperor] [Palace intrigue, neither lead is inexperienced | Possessive pursuit | Devoted from the start | Hero worships the heroine to the extreme] Chu Linyuan is a tyrant in the eyes of the world, cruel in his methods and unpredictable in his moods. Zhizhang is merely an ordinary palace maid. Delicate and lovely, she wants no wealth or stat 7.2kReads8.8Score90514d adds
- 49 I Set Up a Food Stall in the Apocalypse to Earn Crystals 我在末世摆摊卖美食赚晶核 Male lead + no romance Lin Ran, who takes on missions in randomly selected worlds, suddenly finds himself in an apocalypse crawling with zombies and monsters. He nearly freezes to death right from the start. Just as he thinks things couldn’t possibly get any worse, he suddenly binds himself to the Spiritual Qi Cuisine System. Selling sweet sesame pastries in random spots, beef buns at the base gates, and opening a restaurant right in the middle of a zombie horde: he does whatever wild thing co 77Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 50 Transmigrated and Starving to Death! The System Wants Me to Become a Big Eater? 穿越就饿死！系统让我做干饭王？ (A farming story! A farming story! A farming story! We're saying it three times because it's important! Farming, infrastructure, and food! First, he repairs the earth's ley lines, purifies the water, and rekindles the people's faith in the seasons and planting crops! Then the story moves on to its infrastructure and food main plot.) Shen Xiaoman is done for. He lies in a drafty, ruined temple. Yesterday, he was an office drone and programmer working nine to five. After 72 hours of nonstop overti 1Reads—Score—14d adds
