In this chapter, the audience is introduced to a new character named "Xiao Fan" . He is a young man who has just returned from the war in the Middle East. He has been sent to live with his father in the country of Mongolia, where he is a member of the People's Republic of China's ruling elite. The young man, who goes by the name of "Xue Ming," is the son of the late Emperor Xie Ming, who ruled the country from 1912 to 1917. Xue Ming's father is the founder of the nation of Mongolia and the father of the current emperor, the current King of China. The