Claudie, a young French woman, inherits her uncle's property in Algeria, much to the disappointment of her scheming cousins Diane and Manuel. On the ferry she meets and falls for Pierre, an idle young man who has squandered his inheritance and is on his way to beg from Christian, his rich but rough-and-ready uncle, who owns a neighbouring farm to Claudie's. Made to work on the farm by Christian as a loan condition, Pierre is soon a changed man, and proposes to Claudie. But when his Arab friend Zoubir invites the Europeans on a hunting party, Diane and Manuel see their chance to move against their cousin.“本帝一时口误，还望太子殿下不要见怪，实在是近来发生了一件大事……”吴也狂非常有耐心的将事情始末、利害关系，具体而微地解说了一遍，又道：“请问太子殿下，妖皇天若是出兵相助……”