The Ninth Prince of the Great Yu Dynasty, Ji Wuzhou, was framed by the Crown Prince and banished to the most wretched province in the realm.
Chen Province was blanketed in salt mist, plagued by constant floods and rampant banditry. Of its ten governors, nine had died or gone mad.
Everyone thought he was going there not to govern, but to await his death.
Yet the moment Ji Wuzhou received the decree, he smiled.