Emperor Jingming of Dajing had no heirs, and his only heir was Murong Tingwan, the daughter of an old friend who was secretly brought back from the destroyed Xia Dynasty royal family. In order to preserve his bloodline and stabilize the country, the emperor disguised his daughter as a man from an early age and established her as the prince "Murong Ting". His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, is frail and sick, and is incompetent in both civil and military affairs. He is known as a "good-for-nothing" in the court. In order to temper (protect) the prince, the emperor appointed Xie Huaijie, the powerful and ruthless governor of Dongchang, as the prince's tutor, who was fully responsible for teaching and supervising the prince.
