Lu Jingyuan was born into a scholarly family in a small southeastern town. His family fell into decline when he was young. His father died unjustly and he and his mother had each other. However, despite the difficult situation, his love for food and poetry continued, and he taught himself cooking and poetry. I met my close friend Zhao Dayong in a small town. The two of them shared the same goals and decided to go to the capital to take the exam together.
On the way to Beijing, Lu Jingyuan amazed the talented Jiangnan girl Shen Yaoguang with his cooking skills, and won her support and love. During the imperial examination in the capital, he was introduced by Xiao Yichen and emerged at a gathering of literati, but was framed by jealous people. However, Lu Jingyuan relied on his wisdom and talent to counterattack all the way, and finally became the top student in high school and became his father Zhaoxue.
Since then, he devoted himself to the reform of the imperial examination, integrated food culture into it, founded a food academy, and passed on the cultural fire. Zhao Dayong became a local official, Liu Rumei created a new path of happiness in her hometown, Xiao Yichen promoted cultural exchanges, and Lu Jingyuan and Shen Yaoguang joined hands to write a new chapter of prosperity for the Wenhua Dynasty. This is the story of a young man with a dream, breaking the shackles of fate and writing a legend on a journey where food and imperial examinations are intertwined.
