费尔迪南多(塞尔吉奥·阿西西 Sergio Assisi 饰)是那布勒斯的国王,在他很年幼的时候,父亲就为他物色好了未来的妻子——奥地利皇后的女儿乔万娜,然而,还没有到两人成婚的日子,乔万娜就的天花死去了。之后,父亲安排费尔迪南多和奥地利的公主杰丝帕,遗憾的是,她也生病死去了。 最终,费尔迪南多娶了奥地利公主卡罗莱娜(贾布瑞拉·派申 Gabriella Pession 饰)为妻,虽然刚开始,两人的结合单纯是因为政治的原因,但随着时间的推移,在“工作”上配合的亲密无间的两人之间逐渐萌生了真正的爱意,但这让费尔迪南多的父亲忧心忡忡,担心他的儿媳妇有朝一日会凌驾于儿子头上。On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divided them, and a different historical season arrived.