Marronnier Farm Near by the Imperial Palace
FL is some noble whose grandpa dropped her off at a farm as a kid so he could go hunt for treasure. She quickly is discovered to have a green thumb. When gpa picks her back up she doesn't want to leave. She dreams of the day she can have her own farm but she is the heir to whatever noble title the gpa holds. So she worked at a bank until gpa came back with a deed to some land and says she can finally have a farm. Issue is, it's on a plot of land the emperor wanted to demolish to expand the palace. So it's right beside the garden outside his bedroom windows. He and his friends and advisor mistake her intentions when she refuses to sell and vacate the home as someone trying to intentionally drive up the price. But one by one the friends come and partake of the food and her company and get her help and they all change their minds. The emperor even gets her help disguised as a knight. Butttt he still won't support her openly yet. He does catch some girls trying to ruin a tea party by eating all her foods the night before, but still as the knight. He is stubborn. Anyways, the villainess girl is abused by her fam emotionally and was just given some concoction to put in our FL's cooking to ruin her. Fam said they'd kick her out if she doesn't become the empress basically.
The translations on the newer chapters aren't the best, so I'll wait for official translations. I left off at ch 38.
I like this story so far and love the art. It's so cutest. Makes me think of a farming Sim somehow. Hahaha. I honestly think that, so far, this one is 5/5
Desharow Merman