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太子朱寿奎口味挑剔，在珍馐房陈御厨离开后，将内务府选拔的民间高厨尽数赶走。年轻厨娘凌小小初来乍到，无人相助，自行摸索做了一道民间“包儿饭”得到太子赞赏，太子让凌小小接替陈御厨之位 晋王与安王回宫，接风宴上，太子承诺要用一道菜同时满足晋王和安王的口味。凌小小竟然真做出一道有清淡和酸辣两种口感的“鲫鱼肚儿羹”。
Ling Xiaoxiao pursues her dream of becoming Imperial Chef.
After the Crown Prince tasted the "Baofan," he invites Ling Xiaoxiao back to the palace.
Ling Xiaoxiao's dish was a success.
At the banquet, Ling Xiaoxiao still presents the Crab Roe.
The Emperor is sightly ill and needs to abstain from meat.
Ling Xiaoxiao sees through Noble Consort Li's scheme.
Ling Xiaoxiao challenges Lu Yunzhou at the Royal Chef Competition.
The Empress is enraged by her husband's risque betrayal, as well as her son's attraction to Ling.
The Prince pleads for Ling Xiaoxiao's freedom, as events unfold that end the Queen's cruel vendetta.
The Empress asks Ling Xiaoxiao to host a banquet.
The Crown Prince welcomes his childhood sweetheart to his palace kitchen.
The Crown Prince's plot to make Ling jealous wiht a scheming Jiang backfires.
Ling is ordered to complete rigorous etiquette training.
Ling is given an ultimatum between work or love.
The Crown Prince shows his love to Ling by rejecting all the girls at the Crown Princess Selection.
The Crown Prince falls sick due to sadness as Ling opens her own popular restaurant.
