In Chu State, twins were regarded as a bad omen. In order not to shake the emperor's favor for her and the status of her children as princes, Empress Zhao decided to sacrifice a prince. Empress Zhao's mother, Mrs. Zhao, saw that the child was pitiful, so she secretly kept him. For the child's safety, she ordered secret guards to send the child back to her mother's home, the Royal Family of Yan State.
Mrs. Zhao originally thought that everything would be peaceful, but more than ten years later, because of her kindness, all the hard work of her people would come to nothing.