Gao Yue was named Crown Prince of Northern Yan as a child. The Outcast, he stood above all but the emperor, yet had no interest in governing and spent his days amid the inner chambers. Noble blood flowed through his veins, and from childhood he was skilled at riding and archery, yet his temperament was delicate and feminine, with countless fragile nerves knotted deep within him. A young prince, handsome and elegant, refined and noble, unmatched in the world, master of vast and beautiful lands and revered by all, yet sentimental and indecisive, he was always, without realizing it, trying to fathom the many kinds of women... In this mortal world, beyond the dusty realm, fate is fickle, and life is a dream, as fleeting as a feast. When the bright moon lights the distant horizon and the autumn waters stretch without end, who, in the end, will claim the reeds?