Transmigrated Into Ancient Times as a Pauper, I Sell Lunchboxes and Tempt the Crown Prince

After transmigrating into the body of a penniless woman in an ancient land of exile, Lin Wan finds herself in a house with nothing but four bare walls and debts piling up. A seventy-year-old landlord even wants to force her into marriage to settle what she owes. Lin Wan rolls up her sleeves and decides to return to her old line of work! She earns her first fortune selling tomatoes and cucumbers chilled in well water; She braises unwanted pig offal until its fragrance fills the whole town; Then she pushes the little cart her father made and heads straight to Scholar Street, where students gather, to set up a stall. “Lunch boxes! Twenty wen each, with meat and vegetables, and all the rice you can eat!” “Meat-stuffed flatbread! Crispy and fragrant, only ten wen!” “Iced mung bean soup, cooling and refreshing! Free samples!” At first, only the scholars nearby come to try her food; Before long, the whole city knows that a young woman on Scholar Street makes food so delicious it could make you bite your tongue off. “I love Lin’s spicy braised intestines best. They’re fragrant but not greasy, and melt in your mouth!” “Nonsense! Her egg fried rice is the real masterpiece, with every grain distinct and gleaming like gold!” “Wrong! Braised eggplant is the best thing to eat with rice!” Even the proud and refined top scholar comes by like clockwork every day, and the way he looks at her grows increasingly strange. But Lin Wan has no room in her heart for men. All she cares about is making money and getting rich! From a roadside stall to a restaurant, from private dining to a bookstore; Lin Wan’s business flourishes, and she builds a fortune through food that rivals a nation’s wealth! What she doesn’t know is that the down-and-out exile she once saved is quietly clearing every obstacle in her path behind the scenes. “When I return to the capital, I will offer you the whole realm as my betrothal gift and give you a lifetime of peace.” Lin Wan drops her spatula in shock. Wasn’t she supposed to have transmigrated into ancient times as a penniless nobody? How did she end up becoming empress without even realizing it!