Exiled to the Frontier, I Opened a Hot Pot Restaurant

Lin Zhaozhao opened her eyes to find herself the daughter of an official. Her corrupt father had been executed, her mother was a concubine, and a snot-nosed little brother trailed behind her. She hadn't even enjoyed a single day of luxury before the guards bundled up the whole family and sent them into exile. Life on the road was harsh: dry buns with cold water, one bite and you couldn't get a word out. Just when she finally found something tasty, her legitimate elder sister came sniffing around. “Lin Zhaozhao, hand it over or I'll beat you!” What a spoiled brat! Lin Zhaozhao wasn't about to put up with it. She went straight for her. She scared the girl off, but promptly passed out herself, only to discover that her hot pot restaurant had come along with her! On the day they reached the border, everyone couldn't help but groan. Lin Zhaozhao wasn't worried in the least. With her hot pot restaurant in hand, she and her mother and little brother ate and drank to their hearts' content! The sky stretches over the vast grasslands, where the wind parts the tall grass to reveal cattle and sheep. The steppe is her home! She farms, improves the pasture, trains sheepdogs, and eventually reopens her hot pot restaurant! Even the Xiongnu next door are drooling with envy! A century-long peace treaty? Signed. A mutually beneficial horse market? Signed. Before she knows it, she's become an ambassador for peace at the border, and a certain someone arrives bearing an imperial decree. “Zhaozhao, I wish to take you as my wife. Will you marry me?”