Gilded Chopsticks

A lethal birthday present causes chaos among the royal princes who are vying for the throne. A marketplace chef is recruited to let the emperor relive a memory.

Crown Prince is put in charge of collecting debts from the royal family, which leads to trouble for Yintang. Tin Po tries to get out of cooking for the palace again.

Tin Po traps Yinzhen in a lie to the Keis. The new palace cook struggles to reproduce the salted-fish buns exactly.

Hok Ting takes drastic measure to get the bun recipe. Yinzhen travels to Shandong to investigate the shipwreck.

The princes blame each other for the suspicious Shandong case. A customer’s unusual payment gets Lee Wai in serious trouble.

Tin Po goes undercover in the palace as a spy. Crown Prince makes a desperate move to escape being exposed.

After the failed coup, the emperor hands out punishments to those involved. Siu Yu’s lie comes out when Tin Po goes to the Nians’ party.

Tin Po settles into his new life. Mo Suet finds out Yinzhen has been lying to her.

Siu Yu brings Tin Po on a date with Ruobi Nian. Yinsi disagrees with Yinzhen about how to handle negotiations with clans who are on the verge of bankruptcy.

The failure of Yinzhen’s reform plan leads to a full-scale rebellion. To prevent war, the court sends an envoy to negotiate.

Tin Po and Siu Yu come to the rescue at a royal feast for ambassadors. Mo Suet and Madam Kei plan to leave the capital.

With the emperor’s condition worse, Yinzhen decides to try for the throne despite his reservations and the obstacles in his way.

Yinzhen resorts to trickery to get into the palace, where Tin Po has been pulled into the fight for the throne.

Yinzhen is named the new emperor and must choose what actions to take against his brothers.

Tin Po does his best to care for Ruobi in her illness. Yinzhen makes a surprising choice to ensure Commander Nian’s army can succeed.

Tin Po and Siu Yu’s journey to find the snow lotus leads to more than one discovery.

General Nian’s return is not welcomed by everyone in court, putting Yinzhen in a difficult position. Yinsi makes a surprising decision.

General Nian refuses to allow Tin Po to marry his sister. Yinzhen is pressured to choose a consort for political reasons.

Tin Po has a hard time seeing Ruobi in the palace in her new life. When Hok Ting hears Lee Wai’s body has been found, he starts seeing his ghost.

Siu Yu decides to tell Tin Po her gender. When Mo Suet is poisoned, Mr. Wu suspects a new enemy.

Yinzhen finally imprisons General Nian and refuses to listen to his claims of being framed. Japanese chef Fumimatsu returns for a rematch.

Lee Wai finds out about Tin Po and Siu Yu’s relationship. Yinzhen finally acknowledges that Mo Suet is a spy for Yinsi.

Yinzhen deals with a conspiracy meant to instigate rebellion. When Ruobi becomes pregnant, she is sent to a resort with Tin Po.

Blinded by anger after the setup at the mountain resort, Yinzhen imprisons Tin Po and General Nian.