This Empress Is Bored

Qin Xiaoguo was a successful chef working in the future era. A turn of fate brought her to the past, into a time of famine and uncertainty. Waking up one day, Qin Xiaoguo found herself face to face with a boy who acknowledged her as his mother.
Having transmigrated from the year 3024 to 42 BC, Qin Xiaoguo had traveled across a three-millennium time leap to the past. She was transported to a destitute place, and also became mother to a hungry, skinny boy at the same time. 
Her only comfort to her new-found circumstances was a spatial ring that allowed her to transmigrate—giving her free access to food and other belongings from a different era.
After years of raising her son singlehandedly, Qin Xiaoguo had a surprise visitor at her door. It was a man claiming to be her husband, requesting to stay the night. Out of confusion and pity, Qin Xiaoguo let the self-proclaimed father of her child into the house.

Futuristic Chef Transmigrated As Mother

Xiaoguo gave it to Zhuang Zhuang so that he could have a taste.

Zhuang Zhuang obediently opened his mouth and took a bite of the egg yolk.

"Oh, it's so delicious. It is so fragrant and the texture feels grainy in the mouth."

Xiaoguo took a bite and narrowed her eyes. It was indeed a success. Delicious!

Xiaoguo and Zhuang Zhuang finished the entire salted duck egg, except for the egg white.

Xiaoguo couldn't bear to throw it away either. She kept it aside in a bowl—it would be perfect for eating with steamed buns.

Together with Zhuang Zhuang, Xiaoguo extracted the yolks from the eggs. There were a total of twenty eggs. She left four of the eggs untouched and stored them for future use.

She did the same for the egg whites. They were separated from the yolks and stored for future consumption.

After all the ingredients were prepared, the next step was to shape the mooncakes.

Bean Paste Mooncakes with Salted Yolks