Prince Jin

Overview
Jin'er is the crown prince of Xi Kingdom. He is spoiled, mischievous, and clever. As the next emperor, he is expected to excel in all of his studies, but he would rather run away and have fun. He is first introduced while Xiaxi is still a maid for the Huangfu brothers. Later, he finds Xiaxi washed up and rescues her, hoping for her to call him her hero and love him for his heroic deed. She introduces herself as Xi'er. Eventually, he takes Xiaxi as his master. The story is written as though he doesn't recognize Xiaxi as the maid of the Huangfu brothers, but in his mission story, he shouts out her real name and alludes to having known who she was the entire time.

Vengeful Uncle
Prince Jin's uncle, Ping Yang Hou, does a good job of masking his devious plot for revenge through most of Jin's story. Xiaxi can tell something is amiss with his personality, but has nothing to back up her suspicions.

Ping Yang's fiance was killed while he was away to war, and when he comes back, he begins to poison the emperor as part of his revenge scheme. Eventually, he kills the emperor and the empress (Jin's parents), and threatens to kill Xiaxi if Jin doesn't let him have the throne. Jin concedes the throne, and Xiaxi nearly dies. While Xiaxi is gone, Jin pretends to have lost his mind - that way, Ping Yang wouldn't have motive to eliminate him as a rival for power. Eventually, Jin kills Ping Yang when he and the Huangfu brothers take back the palace.

Potential Engagements
Since Jin will be the next emperor, his parents try to match him up a couple of times with someone they deem worthy of being the future empress of Xi Kingdom. With his father's (the current emperor's) illness getting worse, they want to have him ready to produce male heirs as soon as he takes the throne. In the end, though, the only one Jin wants as his empress is Xiaxi.