When Chu Mingyu was eight, she used a jade carp pendant to save Pei Zhao, a hostage who had fallen off a cliff. During the pursuit that followed, she accidentally lost the pendant, which was found by Liu Rushuang, the prime minister's illegitimate daughter, who stole her identity. Ten years later, Pei Zhao ascends the throne, mistakenly making Liu Rushuang his Noble Consort. Meanwhile, Chu Mingyu disguises herself as a stammering little eunuch and sneaks into the imperial palace to investigate the case that wronged her father.
On her first day in the palace, Chu Mingyu catches Pei Zhao bathing in a hot spring. The familiar bite mark on his back instantly brings the buried past to light, but Pei Zhao mistakes her for an ordinary eunuch. By day, she clumsily serves tea and water before the emperor, doing her best to conceal her identity. By night, she roams the palace walls as a masked hero, though the aroma of delicious food drifting from the imperial kitchens keeps throwing her plans off. She also unexpectedly befriends Prince Pei Ziyu, who has pretended to be lame for ten years, and the food-loving guard Su Miaomiao. Together, the four stir up one hilarious fiasco after another in the palace.
As her investigation deepens, Chu Mingyu discovers that the bite mark on Pei Zhao's back conceals a secret map to an iron mine, while Liu Rushuang is also implicated in the schemes of the Jinlin Pavilion. When the lies of a false phoenix destined by fate and a true stand-in are exposed, and the happy everyday aroma of grilling meat collides with the undercurrents of court intrigue, how will Chu Mingyu uncover the truth from ten years ago amid this treacherous turmoil? Will Pei Zhao recognize who she really is? A remarkable tale of mistaken love, family injustice, and the worlds of the martial arts and the imperial court now begins.
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