Rumor has it that Prince Jin is cold-blooded, ruthless, and willing to do whatever it takes to achieve his aims. He also has a well-known preference: good food.
If you want to win his favor, beauty is useless. Only delicious food can earn his approval.
Lu Chunxi, however, is a rare beauty who is also a gifted cook. To get herself out of a bind, she has no choice but to stay by Prince Jin's side.
Hoping to earn a reward so she can return home sooner, she works hard to develop new dishes, and Xiao Qining catches her at it.
Xiao Qining: Could she really be in love with me, as the rumors say, willing to hurt her hand just to create a new dish for me?
Xiao Qining gets a stomachache in the middle of the night. His attendant wakes Lu Chunxi, and she goes to make medicinal porridge with a helpless expression.
Xiao Qining: She looks so worried. She must be terribly concerned about me.
Lu Chunxi gets dragged into a tangled situation because of Xiao Qining, and to find a way out, she has to pretend to be his favored concubine.
Xiao Qining: She really loves me this much, willing to sacrifice even her chastity to help me.
Everyone sighs that Prince Jin has finally been won over by beauty. Even a cold man like him softens when he looks at Miss Chunxi, his eyes seeming to sparkle with tiny points of light.
When people sneer that Lu Chunxi is seducing her master, he sits high on the main seat, his expression cold. Candlelight flickers over his deep-set features. "The capital is vast, and there are countless beauties, but I have eyes for this one lovely face alone." His indifferent gaze sweeps over the crowd. "If beauty is what captivates a man, then which one of you here has the skill to make me see you in a new light, as she does?"
She doesn't need to bait him into coming closer, because to him, she herself is the greatest temptation.
Theme: With a skill to your name, go out and carve out a world of your own
