Hailey Harper, the daughter of an innkeeper, spends her entire family fortune supporting Glenn Prescott until he becomes the top scholar. But once he succeeds, he joins forces with Princess Serenity to humiliate her and casts her out with a divorce letter.
On a snowy night, Hailey activates the Gourmet Registry left behind by her mother. Armed with extraordinary culinary skills, she starts selling food on the streets of the Capital, winning over the city’s elite with a single bowl of “Soul-Stealing Noodles.”
Her talent soon earns her a place in the palace. When she cures the Empress Dowager’s loss of appetite with her signature “Golden Broth Buddha Jumps Over the Wall,” she is granted the Royal Chef Token.
At the grand culinary competition, Hailey exposes Princess Serenity for stealing her techniques and reveals ironclad evidence from an old ledger proving Glenn Prescott cheated in the imperial examinations.
With Nolan Blackwood, the kingdom’s mighty protector, standing firmly by her side, Hailey eventually brings down the corrupt chancellor and clears her family’s century-old name. Rising to become the head of the Royal Kitchens, she finally finds both career and love, marrying Nolan Blackwood and claiming the life she deserves.
