Li Qi, the head chef of a super five-star hotel, miraculously traveled to the end of the Northern Song Dynasty because he drank a little wine. Arriving in this strange world with no relatives or friends, Li Qi had no choice but to pick up his old trade and work as a chef in a restaurant in Bianjing that was about to be sold at a low price. Li Qi originally just wanted to be a low-key chef, but gold will shine everywhere, and sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing for a man to be too outstanding. "General Gao wants to eat steak? - No time!" "Grand Tutor Cai wants to eat hot pot? - Ask him to make a reservation a month in advance." "Master Li wants to eat fruit salad? - Uh... I'm busy during the day, go in the evening." "Li Qingzhao wants to eat cheesecake? - Ask her if she and Zhao Mingcheng are divorced?" "The Emperor wants to have the Jinhan Banquet? - It's still in preparation, let's talk about it ten years later."

It was 1068, Year 1 of the Xining era. Emperor Zhao Xu had recently ascended the throne of the Song dynasty. The widely respected old-guard of civil officials, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi, were in their twilight years. The unorthodox reformer Wang Anshi was full of vigor, wishing to reverse the tide of decline sweeping over the empire. The stubborn Sima Guang would rather leave imperial government than give up on proper orthodoxy. The literary Su Shi watched from the sidelines, unable to pick a side.

With such a talented crop of civil officials, the Song dynasty should have shone brightly. Instead, these geniuses embarked on a mutually destructive course, leaving the Song empire with a gaping, irreparable wound, and leaving future students of history with regret and controversy.

But the sudden arrival of a junior lawyer opens a new path for the Song dynasty. Reformers and conservatives, civil and military officials, domestic and foreign affairs, all shall come under the Law.