弘治七年，皇上在全国范围内大选妃子。来在同村的两位少女鸳鸯（黄婉君 饰）和朱朱（黄婉伶 饰）相助于危险的夜路，遂互称姐妹，共赴皇宫。 对于少女们来说，如果成功当选皇妃，无论富贵贫贱都可飞上枝头当凤凰，自然竞争激烈，条件也很苛刻。不光自身条件要好，还要经过严格的培训与层层考试。但更加残酷其实是她们各自之间的勾心斗角、尔虞我诈。 面对种种的困难与危险，鸳鸯与珠珠能否闯过难关？而面对这残酷的竞争，她们的友情是否会改变呢？

A romantic comedy, the film is about Siu Min, a Budweiser girl who takes pity on Michael (Daniel), an ethnic Chinese restaurateur from France drinking away his misfortune because his food is too sophisticated for (and thus unpopular with) the working class neighborhood in which both work. Unsatisfied with spending her days as a beer girl, the ambitious Siu Min becomes Michael's partner in the restaurant business, and eventually falls in love with him. Michael, however, must reconcile his dream of traveling the world with his other dream of running a successful restaurant.