Shen Zhishao, the chef behind the famous restaurant "Yipinzhai" in Beijing, has a lifelong dream to retire and become a happy salted fish rich woman after saving enough money. She never expected that a plate of replica "Jin Yu Man Tang" would put her cooking skills out of the entertainment industry, and she would be directly poached by the "head office" - the Imperial Palace. On the first day of employment, Shen Zhishao was heartbroken. I thought it was a promotion and salary increase to reach the pinnacle of life, but it turns out that 007 has a high-risk career all year round. The immediate boss is a moody emperor, and Party A is a harem empress who is fat and thin but not easy to mess with. "This snack is too sweet. I need to lose weight." "This soup is not fresh enough. Do you want to neglect me?" "Why didn't the emperor come to my palace last night? Is there something wrong with your food?" Shen Zhisao: Thank you for the invitation. I am in the imperial dining room and the pot comes from the sky. She originally wanted to keep her tail between her legs and work steadily until retirement, but unexpectedly discovered that this magnificent prison was actually the center of the whirlpool where her Shen family was wiped out a hundred years ago. Being from a family of royal chefs from the previous dynasty, she knew every dish, every spice, and every palace rule here. Those dusty secrets seem to be hidden between the lines of old recipes. From then on, Shen Zhisao's working spirit was ignited. On the surface, she is the little cook in the imperial kitchen who works hard to feed the masters delicious food. Secretly, she used a piece of dongpo meat to test the corruption evidence of the Minister of War, used a bowl of almond tea to bring out the key figures in an old case, and used a well-designed palace banquet to bring down all the enemies. When she holds a spatula in her hand and stands on the top of her power,