Xiao Fugui's grandfather possesses exceptional culinary skills and is chosen by Eunuch Li to become Empress Dowager Cixi's imperial chef. At this time, a group of ministers plan to poison the Empress Dowager in order to pressure her into deposing Emperor Guangxu. Unfortunately, Xiao Fugui's grandfather becomes the scapegoat in Eunuch Li's poisoning scheme, is accused of being the culprit, and is sentenced to execution after autumn. To save his grandfather, Xiao Fugui must become the head imperial chef before the execution date, thereby earning the emperor's pardon token. The extraordinarily skilled divine chef Xiao Fugui diligently masters all eighteen culinary arts, but just as he becomes the head imperial chef, he finds himself entangled in the whirlpool of political intrigue...
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