When gong jue is nine years old, his father holds a party for him in honor of his birthday. Although seats are reserved for the "capable," he sits on the Emperor's chair, which is reserved only for those who are "capable." He accuses his father of having an "inflated sense of his own importance." He also accuses his wife of having caused the deaths of the Emperor and his father. He says that he will be the next emperor of the Yu Kingdom. In the following two months, there is a "winter full of bloodshed." The eldest prince and the seventh prince take command of the kingdom and repudiate the domination of gong-jue. The civil unrest is suppressed by gong-jie by force. He blames his wife for her husband's death, saying that she has lost all her memories. She has been taking medicine for long periods of time, but she will soon forget all of her past memories.