S1, E3: In 10th-century imperial China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Ma Fuya is a princess in the Chu state during a tumultuous time of warring kingdoms and political unrest. When Fuya's uncle seizes the throne and kills off her family, Fuya barely escapes with her life and is exiled.A sitting princess has everything taken away from her by her power-hungry uncle.