A long anticipated princess is born to a Chinese Emperor and his wife. However, their joy turns to bewilderment when it is found that the princess suffers from an unusual birth defect-- an overpowering body odor. The princess grows up in a happily naive seclusion until she reaches a marriageable age. When attempts to marry her off fall flat, the desperate royal family initiates a competition to cure her of her mysterious malady and the winner will claim the princess as his wife.