She Opens a Food Stall and Restaurant, Shaking the Entire Capital

[Food + cozy romance + healing + daily life + one-on-one romance] [High-level food alert: food takes up a large portion of this story. If that’s not for you, please don’t read!] Jiang Mo, a culinary expert, transmigrates to the Great Yong dynasty and becomes the beauty the Jiang family sends to Shen Zhengze, the prefect of Jiangzhou. The prefect is devoted to public service and has no interest in women, so he leaves her in the rear courtyard and pays her no mind. Jiang Mo returns to her old trade and starts selling delicious food. Her life flourishes, and she meets all kinds of excellent men. Some are upright gentlemen, some are peerless martial artists, some hold high positions, and some are fabulously wealthy. They all come calling to ask for her hand, and Jiang Mo becomes highly sought after. But mindful of her status and of Prefect Shen, who stands behind her, she can only turn them down, saying plainly, “Though my husband has passed away, no one can take his place.”

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Shen Zhengze was born with an impaired sense of taste, so every delicacy was as bland as chewing wax to him. One day, as he passed through the marketplace, a fresh, savory aroma wafted toward him. After a moment’s thought, he approached a wonton stall. One bite, and the fragrance burst across his palate, leaving him longing for more. The wontons were delicious, and their vendor was also a stunning beauty, graceful and charming. When he first fell for her, Lord Shen sent a matchmaker to call on her, only to learn that she already had a husband, who had since died. He had no choice but to give up. Even on the eve of his promotion and transfer, he still tossed and turned all night. Before leaving, he received a request for release from the last beauty in his rear courtyard. She had a slender figure and the delicate grace of a willow in the breeze as she bowed before him. When she raised her head again, Lord Shen: “?” Jiang Mo: “???”