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The story begins in the Imperial court of Ancient China where Jiang Princess Yanli is married off to the Lan Prefecture under the jurisdiction of the crown prince Lan Xichen. In her entourage of female servants is Wei Wuxian a male accompanied by an instruction from the Jiang empress to be castrated for service to the Jiang Princess. However Castration is a Capital punishment in Gusu and cannot be meted out carelessly. Lan Xichen reassigns Wei Wuxian, to the cold palace where the former crown prince is imprisoned. The former crown prince's offense was the refusal to take a wife and provide heir for Lan Kingdom. Lan Xichen's chief consort Qin Su advised that perhaps the criminal Wei Wuxian would kill the cold prince (as the former crown prince is known) to clear the way for Lan Xichen to ascend the throne. Lan Xichen, who loved his brother, did not wish him to die. But he valued his position as crown prince more. so he listened to Qin Su.