Completed【Main story complete, extras currently being updated!】 Culinary artist Meng Yuning transmigrated into a book, becoming the cannon fodder original wife who abandoned the male lead in his time of crisis.
In the book, Crown Prince Qi Jingyan lost favor, became crippled in both legs, was stripped of his position, and was exiled with his younger brother to a remote fiefdom. The Empress Dowager, doting on her imperial grandsons, insisted he complete his marriage before leaving.
The original body didn't want to suffer with him and found an opportunity to escape on the way to the fief. She encountered bandits, fell off a cliff during the escape, and died. Meanwhile, the male lead bided his time, endured for years, and eventually returned to the pinnacle of power, becoming an omnipotent regent.
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When Meng Yuning transmigrated, she had already stolen a horse and fled some distance. In the desolate mountains and wilderness, with no one around, she unhesitatingly turned back.
Upon returning to the campsite, she saw the man sitting in a wheelchair, holding a baby, looking at her with a frosty expression. Meng Yuning dismounted and presented a handful of wild vegetables she had casually picked by the roadside to him: "Your Highness, if I said I went to pick vegetables, would you believe me?"
Qi Jingyan glanced at the bundle on her back, said nothing, and turned back. --- It's unclear if he believed her or not, but the dish Meng Yuning made to prove her innocence was completely devoured by him.
From then on, no matter what Meng Yuning cooked, he would eat it all. Miraculously, his legs, which had been paralyzed in the previous life, slowly recovered.
Qi Jingyan's career gradually got back on track, and they barely saw each other once every three to five days. Feeling that it was a good time to leave, Meng Yuning subtly brought it up: "Your Highness, I have now taught the household chefs all the dishes you love. It's not right for me to simply idle here and eat for free all the time. What do you think if..."
Qi Jingyan interrupted her: "When do you think is appropriate?"
Is he really that easy to talk to? Meng Yuning happily said: "How about today?" "As you wish," Qi Jingyan turned and left. Meng Yuning joyfully packed her bags, but before she could leave, she was dressed in a crimson wedding gown and sent into a meticulously decorated bridal chamber.
Meng Yuning: "...?"
*1V1 / Sweet Romance / HE / First Love / Warm Daily Life
*Food / Cute Babies / Power Struggles / Micro-Ensemble Cast
CompletedJi Jinyou transmigrated into a melodramatic palace drama novel, becoming a cannon-fodder three-year-old princess living in a remote palace with her neglected birth mother.
In the story, concubines fight to the death, princes meet tragic ends, and the throne ultimately falls to a sinister yet foolish member of the royal family, leading to the empire's downfall. Ji Jinyou and her mother are poisoned during a banquet as collateral damage in these power struggles.
With only three months left to live, Ji Jinyou decides to take matters into her own hands and avoid her tragic fate. But each time she attempts to alter the storyline, she experiences inexplicable suffocation. Her efforts to warn others are ignored because, after all, she's just a three-year-old.
Just as she's about to give up, something extraordinary happens—everyone in the palace can suddenly hear her thoughts.
In the Royal Garden:
The favored Concubine Hui defies the Empress and is punished to kneel in the rain.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Kneel if you want. Miscarriage is imminent, and you'll never bear another child. The Emperor will grow distant, and the Crown Prince will lose favor. Both of you will lose in the end.
Both the Empress and Concubine Hui: ...?!
At the Training Grounds:
Two groups of princes engage in a heated fight.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Fight all you want. You'll become mortal enemies, and the throne will end up with the Duke of Jing's son.
The princes immediately turn their anger toward the Duke of Jing's son and give him a thorough beating.
At a Palace Banquet:
The Emperor takes a liking to the Marquis of Guang'an's daughter and decides to make her his concubine.
Ji Jinyou's thoughts: Go ahead and force her into the palace. She'll poison you, and the Duke of Jibei, her true love, will rebel and overthrow you.
The Emperor promptly marries the young lady to the Duke of Jibei instead.
With Ji Jinyou's unintentional interventions, the cutthroat palace drama turns into a harmonious place. She soon becomes everyone's beloved "Little Ninth Princess," as the entire palace competes to pamper her.
But Ji Jinyou knows peace won’t last. Determined to protect this newfound harmony, she heads to a secluded corner of the palace to befriend a foreign hostage—the future enemy who will one day destroy their kingdom.