Rimi, a young princess with a passion for cooking, becomes one of the emperor’s many concubines. The envy-filled empire is full of danger, and Rimi must rely on her love of cooking, her natural cheerfulness, and the help of a kind scholar to survive.

To Princess Rosemarie, anyone showing negative emotions appears to have the head of a beast. So she rushes to marry Prince Claudio, whose features remain human. But she finds out the reason too late: he has a real beast head, and it's her fault!