The Noble Family's Concubine and Divine Chef

In her first life, Ning Ning died miserable and alone at a country estate. Blessed by fate, she gets a fresh start in this life, with her modern memories intact. Ning Ning shines on her path to being reborn. She grows chili peppers and popularizes spicy food, accidentally making a fortune and befriending the emperor's merchant. She writes stories, accidentally creating an entire world of cultivation novels, until even the Empress Dowager sends her a letter demanding an update. Just when everyone thinks she's a dashing young scholar, rumors spread that she's the Prince of Changping's runaway concubine, banished by him to a country estate. Then word comes that the undefeated general has publicly declared himself part of her family, along with a sea lord whose wealth rivals that of a nation