When she opened her eyes, Pearl became the lowest cook in the imperial kitchen.
I wanted to live a stable life relying on modern dessert recipes, but I was always troubled by the cold-faced guard named Xiao Jun.
"The soup is too salty." "The cake is too sweet." "You--your smile is an eyesore."
Until the night of the palace banquet, she saw him covered in blood and holding a secret letter: "Don't say anything, otherwise..."
Later, when the new emperor ascended the throne, Xiao Jun's first order in charge of the Imperial Guard was: "Bring the cook in the imperial kitchen who always smiles at me to the palace for separate interrogation."
