The Five Flavors of Nourishing the Heart

Su Nianwei is a folk culinary prodigy who possesses the secret techniques of her family's classic, The Herbal of Food Therapy. By chance, she enters Prince Jing's manor. Faced with the frail, cold-faced Prince Xiao Heng and the manor's imbalanced “five flavors,” she uses food as medicine and applies the principles of the Five Elements and meridian channels to carefully prepare medicinal dishes for every season. Starting with a bowl of refreshing autumn lotus root soup, she proceeds step by step, improving secret imperial recipes, establishing a Dietary Therapy Office, and compiling Recipes for Prince Jing's Manor. With the art of nourishing through food, she quietly stirs the cold-faced prince's heart. This is a journey of innovation in cuisine, wellness, and a love that grows gradually. As the five flavors find harmony on the tongue, so too does the beloved's heart slowly grow warm.