Food Changes a Young Master's Life

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Gao Tianbao (Wong Cho-lam), a wealthy young man from Yangzhou, made his living by selling salt and amassed a large fortune. However, when the imperial court cracked down on salt smuggling, the Gao family was seized and Tianbao was displaced to Beijing, where he opened a pastry store specializing in salted fish buns.

Some people love the smell of salted fish buns, while others hate it. On the other hand, the head of the country, Kangxi (Yuehua), had a bite of salted fish bun when he was on a tour thirty years ago, and fell in love with it and couldn't find the flavor in the palace

The crown prince, Yinreng (Chen Guobang), sent his fourth son, Yin Zhen (Wong Chi-Hsien), on a tour of Beijing in order to curry favor with the emperor's alma, looking for the flavor of salted fish buns. During this time, Yin Zhen recognizes Tian Bao's excellent cooking skills, and the two become close friends, calling each other brothers. Tian Bao helps Kang Xi find the flavor of the year, and is highly appreciated, and is recommended to join the Imperial Tea House in the Forbidden City as one of the imperial chefs.

Slave to food, his life may be in danger at any time

Tianbao loves and hates the idea of being able to make food in the palace. He loves the fact that he will be able to utilize his culinary genius and be appreciated; he hates the fact that before entering the palace, Wu Si-Dao (Jiang Zhi-Guang), a physician and Taoist priest whom he admires, gave him the words "food is a slave", which may lead to the danger of killing his head.

In the end, Tian Bao has no choice but to enter the palace, but he has to bring along Li Wei (played by Hu Nuoyan) and Xiao Yu to help him climb up the career ladder. When he first enters the Royal Tea House, Tian Bao faces the challenge of being ostracized by the head of the house, Choi Hak Ting (Lin Shengbin). On the other hand, his career is not as successful as his love. In a chance encounter, Tian Bao meets Nian Ruobei (Anthony Wu), a woman he fell in love with at first sight. At the same time, Ruobei also admires Gao Tian Bao, but the man she admires is only a small fish who once participated in a son-in-law competition in disguise as a man. The triangular relationship between the three of them is both complicated and hilarious.

Another Crown Prince The palace is in turmoil

Kang Xi enjoys a lot of happiness and gives birth to a lot of sons, but the Crown Prince makes a big mistake in order to expand his power, and Kang Xi decides to set up another Crown Prince. In order to gain power and status, all the princes are willing to make alliances and form parties.

Yin Zhen has no intention of competing for power, but he sees that his rivals are up to no good, and for the sake of the people's well-being, he has to look for Sidao's advice to ensure that he is crowned the Crown Prince.

On the other hand, Prince Yin Zhen (Zhang Jicong), who considers himself to be the best "candidate", joins forces with the Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth Emperors to establish the Eight Kings Party in a bid to gain the throne. Though he eventually loses his bid, and Yin Zhen officially ascends to the throne as the Yongzheng Emperor, Yin Zhen remains a major threat to Yongzheng. ......

Manchurian-Chinese romance, complicated relationship

Ji Mu Xue (Elaine Wan), a Han Chinese woman who has loved martial arts since childhood, is aided in her fight against a Mongolian Hercules by Yin Zheng, and she develops a crush on him. On the other hand, Yongzheng, who is still the head of the Mongols, has a strong feeling for him. On the other hand, Yongzheng has already fallen in love with Muxue when he was still the fourth son of the Emperor, Yin Zhen, and Yin Zheng recognizes this and uses Muxue to get information from Yin Zhen's side. This triangle maintained a long time, and because of Mu Xue's life and more entangled ......

Mu Xue for father's vengeance, offended the eight king party party, Yin Zhen for the most powerful rivals, forcing the Yongzheng will be in love with Mu Xue on the spot square law. After the death of Mu Xue, Yongzheng personality change, with brutal means to deal with all the people against his will, courtiers, close friends, so that he lost all the friends around him, and even the diehard party Tianbao also turned to the eight kings party.