Jinshi is the first born crown prince. Son of Empress Mitsuki and Emperor Masaru of Japan. Jinshi's noble birth was kept secret. He was purposely switched at birth with a servants child by the Emperor and Empress due to the high heir mortality rate in the rear palace. The servants child-posed as Jinshi-was poisoned by someone in the palace, which was a common, and unfortunate event. Usually poisonings covered up to be disguised as sickness by clever and competitive concubines. Meanwhile Jinshi was prepared to be Emperor in Secret, and when he turned seventeen he was placed in the public for the first time as a Eunuch. Especially after his mothers death a year ago. A poisoning covered up as illness. Jinshi was placed as Manager of the Rear Palace of imperial concubines. His real identity and the fact he was not castrated still concealed. His real job, was to try and keep peace among the concubines and put an end to the heir mortality rate. Also finding who poisoned his mother. Meanwhile, Aurora is a small young girl. She lived with her father in a village far from the palace. She has bright blue eyes and long blonde hair Aurora's father dyes Aurora's hair black with a homemade dye, and gives her fake freckles. This is to deter her from getting kidnapped and sold either to the palace, or a brothel. she's is a very smart girl, she is knowledgeable about plants and herbs. Especially in poisons and healing agents. She worked with her father poisons and healing agents. She worked with her father as a village doctor. One day while dropping off a prescription for a customer, Aurora was on her way back home when she was kidnapped…...and sold.... to the palace. She was strangely casual about the whole deal. It was not uncommon for girls to be picked up off the street. Hence why her father had tried to deter it with dyeing her hair and giving her fake freckles, though it was in vain. She was sold off to be a serving girl of the rear palace, the designated location of the emperor's concubines. Growing accustomed to the drama and gossip within the palace walls. She kept up with her appearance hiding to avoid being recruited as a new concubine. She kept up dyeing her blonde hair black, and giving herself freckles, as freckles were undesirable in nobility. One day in the washing room, Aurora and other servant girls were washing garments for official concubines of the rear palace. A friend she made, Nei, was telling her about the latest news amongst the maids and servant girls about some new very handsome Eunuch that would be taking over the rear palace as manager. Aurora was barely listening. Instead she was listening to nearby gossip about the highest ranking concubines, consort Gyoko of the Peace Pavilion and consort Xie of the Tranquil Pavilion. Both of the ladies were the only women pregnant and recently gave birth in the rear palace. But there was only one doctor. And both ladies newborns had an unexplainable illness believed to be a curse. Only, Xie was suffering from the illness as well. The gossip drew Aurora's attention because she was obsessed with medicine, and hopes to uncover a cure for the ladies. Though it will be difficult because servants who are not Concubine Maids, or Eunuchs were prohibited from reading. Aurora had to keep the secret that she could. from reading. Yuki had to keep the secret that she could. The Day Jinshi Arrived To The Rear Palace As Manager - Aurora was delivering silks, passing by the Peace Pavilion when she overheard a commotion in the front courtyard of the peace pavilion. She gathered in with the existing crowd to see what happened. Consort Xie had come even in her frail state, and slapped Consort Gyoko. "You did this! You're jealous because I bore a son and you could only bear a daughter!" The Xie yelled. "Your grace you forget my daughter is suffering the same illness as the little prince!" Lady Gyoko said. Aurora assessed the situation and the state of the ladies and all the possibilities as well as symptoms. She finally came to a conclusion, she left the scene at once to get the required materials secretly, and as she left the courtyard of the peace pavilion-mumbling about needing a pen-in came the new rear palace manager-undercover Jinshi-Who was summoned to the scene. Aurora was too in thought to notice him as she walked past, and he was focused on the task at hand. Later that day Aurora had found a cure, tying a note onto one each for both ladies. Putting one each in a windowsill of the Peace and Tranquil Pavilions. Jinshi falls in love with Aurora and her bluntness quickly and loves teasing her in fun flirtatious subtle AND unsubtle ways. Aurora eventually gets promoted to one of the ladies and as a personal taster of Gyokuyou