What is the folk tale "The Little Fortune of the Divine Chef" based on?

"Little Fugui" is based on the story "At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered the capital, the Empress Dowager Cixi fled westward with the Emperor Guangxu and others." This background was created.

It tells the story of Little Fugui's grandfather, who was chosen by Little Li as Cixi's royal chef in the late Qing Dynasty because of his excellent cooking skills. A group of old-fashioned ministers led by Old K wanted to lend a hand in poisoning the Empress Dowager, prompting Cixi to make up her mind to depose Guangxu, and Little Fugui's grandfather unfortunately became Eunuch Little Li's candidate for poisoning, and was found to be the murderer of the poisoner, and sentenced to be executed after the fall.

Small Fugui, a skilled chef, practiced his skills to become the chief chef of the Imperial Cuisine, but was caught up in a political struggle.

With all his efforts, Little Fugui finally gets the eighteen golden kitchen utensils and fulfills his grandfather's wish to promote Hong family cuisine to the world. However, in the end, under the secret manipulation of Old K, all of Little Fugui's friends who were the best to him left him. Listening to the words of Little Flying Butterfly and Bean Sprout, Little Fugui leaves the palace and returns to the folklore in search of true love.

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Character Description:

Hong Fugui

A mountain village boy, grandson of Chef Hong. He is smart, mischievous and extremely filial to his grandfather. He grew up learning to cook from his grandfather, and his left index finger can gauge the flavor of a dish, and when it tastes the best, his finger can turn a golden color. In order to get the golden cooking utensils from the imperial court and rescue his arrested grandfather, and because of this, he became the target of Lord K. He was bold and innovative, and dared to fight, and brought his ancestral cooking skills to the peak, and finally became the imperial chef by his own continuous efforts and with the help of Little Fei Fei Butterfly. In the end, he chose to leave and go to the folk to find truth and wisdom.

Old Hong Tou

Small Fugui's grandfather, an honest and kind old chef. He was an extraordinary cook and made Hong family dishes with unique flavors. He was captured by Little Li Zi to cook for Cixi, but became the scapegoat for Little Li Zi's poisoning and was sent to death row. He loved his grandson, Little Fugui, very much and always hoped that he would become the Imperial Chef and revitalize the Hong Family Cuisine. He once had a Hong family cookbook, but it was destroyed by Eunuch Li Jr. He prepared another cookbook, and Little Fugui won the competition by relying on this one real cookbook. In the end, he mistakenly thought that Little Fugui got the post of Chief Imperial Chef and died suddenly in excitement.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Smart Chef Little Fugui