Top chef Song Shuangjiang transmigrates to the Northern Song dynasty and discovers she's become the newly appointed cook at the Kaifeng Prefecture. With chili peppers unknown in the Northern Song, she's ready to kick her way into the culinary world.
Her chili peppers even become a subtle bargaining chip in Song-Liao-Xia diplomacy. Swept along by the currents of history, she joins hands with Zhao Zhonglin, using one dish after another to preserve the warmth of everyday life and even trying to change a few small but important turns in history.