Cuddle-bear_7
Title: The Empress Is Busy Eating, Your Majesty
Xiao Ting died gloriously in the apocalypse-surrounded by zombies, explosions, and exactly zero regrets-only to wake up in a soft bed, buried under silk curtains, wearing twelve layers of makeup and... married to an emperor.
Bad news:
He transmigrated into the body of Empress Xiao Ting, a famous ger (a male who can bear children), known across the palace for crying delicately, speaking softly, and treating cosmetic powder like a battlefield necessity.
Worse news:
The emperor hates him.
The marriage was purely political-Empress Xiao Ting is the son of the Prime Minister, a terrifying old fox with enough power to shake the court. The emperor married the empress for survival, not love, and has spent the entire marriage cold, distant, and irritated by the original Xiao Ting's exaggerated femininity and endless schemes.
Unfortunately for everyone-
This Xiao Ting is not that Xiao Ting.
The moment he wakes up, he wipes off the makeup, throws the jade hairpins aside, puts on men's robes, and asks the servants one extremely important question:
"What do you mean there's no meat?"
Having survived the apocalypse, Xiao Ting's priorities are simple:
1. Food
2. More food
3. Staying alive
4. Everything else can wait
He doesn't cry, doesn't cling, doesn't plot for favor. Instead, he raids the imperial kitchen, eats like a starving wolf, argues with eunuchs, naps in the sunlight, and treats palace intrigue like background noise.
The emperor is... deeply unsettled.
Why is his empress suddenly:
Dressed like a handsome nobleman?
Bare-faced but somehow more beautiful?
Completely uninterested in favor, jealousy, or palace power struggles?
More emotionally invested in steamed buns than imperial authority?
And most terrifying of all-
Why does the emperor keep looking?
Meanwhile, Xiao Ting just wants three meals a day, a peaceful life, and for the emperor to stop staring at him while he eats.