清末民初，皇帝虽已退位，但紫禁城内仍是君君臣臣的小朝廷。民女容儿阴差阳错成为宫女后，与侍卫李琪结下渊源，又因自己聪慧活泼而受溥仪青睐。容儿出于对厨艺的悟性颇受寿喜姑姑赏识，寿喜收容儿为徒授其厨技。太监孙立仁诬陷寿喜盗窃宫内珍宝，“人赃并获”将寿喜置于死地。容儿不甘师傅冤死，与李琪并肩查案。盗宝奸人再度嫁祸容儿，幸有溥仪搭救才得以保命。二人向溥仪直言，孙立仁被处死。当大家庆祝寿喜沉冤得雪之际，冯玉祥军队将溥仪赶出紫禁城。太监总管裕得福幕后黑手身份浮出水面，他企图将宫中宝物转移卖给洋商的阴谋被容儿撞破。容儿与李琪联手追回国宝，让裕得福受到应有的惩罚。离开皇宫的容儿开了一家饭馆，人称“末代厨娘”。

該劇講述了清末民初，民女容兒錯入宮中成為廚娘，與侍衞李琪結下淵源，兩人並肩調查偷盜國寶一案，後經歷了重重困難，離開皇宮追求新生活的故事。

Set in the final years of the Qing Dynasty, the drama tells the story of Rong Er, a commoner who by chance comes upon the opportunity to serve in the palace as a lady-in-waiting. Rong Er’s cooking gets acknowledged by Shouxi, a ranked palace maid, who takes her in as her disciple. Rong Er formed a relationship with Li Qi, the guard.

A eunuch murders Shouxi, and Rong Er finds herself wrapped in a conspiracy. Together with Li Qi they uncover the truth and also jointly investigate the theft of national treasures at the palace.