Late one night, Yan Fei burns paper offerings and accidentally makes the acquaintance of the King of Hell. After dying suddenly, his relationship with and the King of Hell's favor earn him a next life as the son of a distinguished official's family. But a clerical error in the underworld sends him to be born into a eunuch's household instead. At his birth, the reigning emperor bestows seven imperial edicts upon him and grants him the royal surname, giving him the privileges of a prince. Thus begins his struggle with the many princes for the throne of the Great Qin Empire.
