Traveling back to ancient times to get rich

After emerging from the space, it was already afternoon, and Gu Changfeng still hadn't returned. She figured he wouldn't be back until dinner, so she decided to cook for him herself. However, she wasn't very skilled at using the large earthen stove, although she knew a little. Plus, after searching the kitchen shed for a while, she only found cornmeal residue, no rice. Therefore, she could only make cornmeal porridge, but added water from her space to the porridge. Because she wasn't very adept at starting the fire, it took her quite a while to finally finish a pot of cornmeal porridge, a boiled cabbage dish, and a cucumber salad. She fanned the fire to help it burn while wiping the sweat from her brow.

Just then, footsteps sounded outside the door. Ye Qingchen was overjoyed and quickly ran out to greet Gu Changfeng. This man had saved her, so she should treat him well.

"You're back! Come and eat, I've finished cooking," Ye Qingchen said with a smile, then helped him take the basket off his back, being incredibly considerate.

When Gu Changfeng saw Lin Xiao's appearance, his heart stirred. It felt good to have someone like this. He walked over, took the bamboo spoon from Lin Xiao's hand, and tasted a mouthful of porridge.

"Hmm, it tastes good." Gu Changfeng's face lit up with joy. "I didn't expect you to have this skill. It seems I made the right choice in saving you."

Ye Qingchen felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, "This is my first time making it too, as long as it tastes good." She thought to herself that she wasn't good at using the fire and it was quite a struggle to keep it burning.

The two sat facing each other at a simple wooden table, with two bowls of steaming congee and two simple side dishes in front of them. They enjoyed the light yet comforting meal while chatting happily, seemingly forgetting all their troubles. Ye Qingchen found this young man to be quite nice.

Ye Qingchen smiled, gently picking up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks and putting it in her mouth, savoring its delicate fragrance. She thought to herself, this ordinary life, though simple, brought her immense peace and contentment. She couldn't help but recall her cultivation journey before her transmigration, when she single-mindedly pursued immortality, neglecting the beauty around her. Now, she began to cherish these ordinary yet genuine moments.

However, Ye Qingchen didn't develop excessive demands for food because of this. She felt that she was used to this simple porridge and side dishes, which helped her maintain inner peace and focus. Moreover, she knew that even the most ordinary food could be delicious if you savored it attentively.

However, Ye Qingchen couldn't help but imagine how wonderful it would be if a fragrant roast chicken were placed in front of her right now! Or any other meat would do, after all, she hadn't eaten such things in a long time. But she also understood that, given the current situation, this was just wishful thinking. The man in front of her was penniless, and if she were to take out a chicken or other meat from her spatial storage, it would probably cause unnecessary trouble. Therefore, Ye Qingchen could only keep this thought to herself and continue to enjoy this simple happiness.

Gu Changfeng looked at Ye Qingchen and asked seriously, "Besides knowing your name is Ye Qingchen, do you know anything else?" Ye Qingchen frowned, trying hard to recall the past. Suddenly, a strong thought surged into her mind. She realized that her real name was indeed Ye Qingchen, just a different character with the same pronunciation as her current name. This name, so light and simple, seems to show a complete lack of regard for her!

As she recalled the moment she was rescued, she was filled with emotion. She was dressed in simple yet elegant clothes; while not extravagant, it was clear she came from a wealthy family. It turned out she was the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's household! However, she was an unloved young lady, the kind who had never experienced a good life.

After her father passed the imperial examination with top honors, he began to favor his concubines and neglect his wife, even ignoring them completely. Her mother was forced to leave the Prime Minister's residence with her young daughter, enduring a life of hardship. If her father hadn't later refused to let his new eldest daughter marry the sickly seventh prince, Gu Mochen, he probably would never have come to take her back. Thinking of this, Ye Qingchen felt a deep bitterness and helplessness; she knew this was the bitterness the original owner of the body felt.

It's said that the seventh prince, despite being the empress's second son, has been frail and sickly since childhood, repeatedly teetering on the brink of death. Therefore, he has never lived in the capital, but was sent by the emperor to live in seclusion in the mountains. Marry him? Could she still become empress then? Clearly impossible! Her father desperately wanted his daughter to marry the emperor's eldest son—the crown prince. Although the crown prince is older, nearing thirty, and even the eldest grandson is already twelve, marrying him, even as a concubine, could potentially grant her control over the palace. Thus, at this moment, the prime minister thought of his eldest daughter.

Unexpectedly, his new wife found out about this and, thinking he wanted to reinstate his first wife, hired assassins to ambush her and her mother on their way home. Her mother died on the spot trying to help her escape, and she was forced to a cliff edge and fell. It seemed there was no point in her returning to that home. So she said to Gu Changfeng, "My name is Ye Qingchen. My father favored his concubine over his wife and killed my mother. I was forced to jump off a cliff, which is how I met you. Since you saved me, I have nothing of value to repay you with, so I'll stay here and cook and do your laundry!"

Gu Changfeng chuckled and said, "We're a lone man and woman, alone in a room. It would damage your reputation. Besides, I'm the one who changed your clothes. Why not marry me?" He then gave Ye Qingchen a knowing look. Ye Qingchen—how little her parents valued her! But she was undeniably beautiful and a good cook, far superior to the noble ladies of the capital. However, he didn't say much. He was the seventh prince of the current emperor, a sickly child in everyone's eyes, the kind who wouldn't live long. Only in this way could his elder brother, the crown prince, secure his position, and he himself could save his life. His other five brothers saw them as thorns in their side, wishing to remove them as soon as possible. The emperor was suspicious; any movement by the empress and the crown prince made him wary, including their maternal grandfather's family, the current Marquis of Zhenguo's household. Therefore, he feigned illness, living a carefree life. And that day, it was one of his female bodyguards who helped this girl change her clothes.

Ye Qingchen wasn't averse to the man after hearing his words; after all, he had saved her, and she found him to be quite cultured, not to mention not bad-looking. She thought that she could gradually improve his life and live a carefree life with him, which wouldn't be bad. However, she disliked the practice of polygamy in ancient times. She hadn't married in her modern life and didn't care about her own life. So she asked him, "My husband can only have one wife, me. Can you promise that?"