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Marrying the Fallen Empress: The Steamed Bun That Activated My System

share time: 2026-02-28 12:35:59

Chen Mo, the lowest-ranked street sweeper in the capital, survives on leftover steamed buns—until he meets A-Man, a girl who sells hot buns and always slips him an extra one, saying, "Cold ones hurt your teeth." One day, black-clad assassins ambush A-Man, and Chen Mo takes a knife for her—only to discover this gentle girl is Jiang Li, the deposed empress of Great Chu! Jiang Li sobs, "I’ve lost even my palace," but Chen Mo holds her flour-stained hands: "I’ll marry you. From now on, I’ll share my buns—and my bed—with you." On their wedding night, Chen Mo bites into the "double-happiness bun" Jiang Li made, and a golden system pop-up appears: [National Fortune System: Bind the fallen emperor and empress to reclaim the kingdom]! From then on, the street sweeper unlocks skills like "photographic memory" and "military genius" via the system. While comforting Jiang Li who’s afraid of the dark, he turns the bun stall into an intelligence hub to build power. When Jiang Li regains her throne in dragon robes, Chen Mo holds a hot bun and smiles: "Your Majesty, eat it while it’s warm—I’ll steam more if it cools." The system’s secret? It wasn’t the marriage that activated it—it was Chen Mo seeing the "nothing" Jiang Li had, and still wanting to share a lifetime of buns with her.

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