The Foodie of the Wei and Jin Dynasties

Zhao Hanzhang is a twenty-eight-year-old university professor who has lived with blindness for fourteen years. While waiting for an elevator with Fu Tinghan, a handsome mathematics professor, the car plummets during an earthquake. In the moment of impact, Zhao Hanzhang regains her sight but finds herself transported to the chaotic streets of ancient Luoyang during the early Jin Dynasty. She initially appears as an invisible, deaf ghost until she touches a dying girl on a stretcher, triggering a soul transmigration into the body of Zhao Sanniang, the fourteen-year-old Third Lady of the prestigious Zhao family.

The original Zhao Sanniang had died attempting to rescue her younger brother, Zhao Erlang, who had foolishly ventured outside the city walls during civil unrest. Zhao Hanzhang awakens ten days later, feigning memory loss to navigate the treacherous family dynamics. She discovers that her grandfather, Zhao Changyu, a renowned official, intends to pass the family title to his nephew Zhao Ji of the Second Branch, leaving Zhao Hanzhang and her intellectually disabled brother vulnerable. Rumors circulate that the Second Branch orchestrated the incident to eliminate competition, prompting Zhao Hanzhang to assert control over her destiny.

When the Second Branch confronts her, demanding submission and threatening her servants, Zhao Hanzhang breaks from her previous submissive persona. She publicly humiliates her cousin Zhao Ji and exposes their cruelty, forcing her grandfather to intervene. Recognizing her sharp political acumen and courage, Zhao Changyu decides to alter his succession plan. He reveals that he has been preparing escape routes and hidden wealth for his direct line, assets he now entrusts to Zhao Hanzhang to ensure her survival in the impending chaos.

Zhao Changyu offers her two paths: either marry after a mourning period while retaining control of the family fortress in Runan, or marry immediately and take his trusted aides, Ji Yuan and Zhao Ju, with her. She chooses the former, securing her independence. Her grandfather also arranges a betrothal to Fu Changrong, the grandson of a powerful minister, noting that the young man is currently trapped in Chang’an due to the war. Zhao Hanzhang hopes this Fu Changrong might be the reincarnated Professor Fu, with whom she shares the mysterious transmigration experience.

As she settles into her new role, Zhao Hanzhang begins to rebuild the main branch’s power base. She manages the family’s hidden resources, cultivates loyalty among the servants, and prepares for the turbulent times ahead. The story follows her strategic maneuvering within the household as she balances familial obligations with her ultimate goal: surviving the collapse of the dynasty and finding a way to return to her original world alongside Professor Fu.