The emperor gritted his teeth as his concubines left is study room. One of them, one of them has betrayed him. One of them gave birth in secret and spirited the baby away.

His most foolish concubine, a scheming woman named Minta, had discovered the child and was now trying to blackmail him with his only heir. Trying to steal his throne out from under him.

He gripped the arm of his gilded throne until his knuckles turned white. He had to find his child before more of his lovers banded together to deceive him.