Zhou Youqing and Prince An's childhood sweethearts were engaged since childhood.
At the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, Xie Xingqi fell into the eyes of the sixth princess Jiaoman.
The emperor issued an imperial decree asking the two to choose an auspicious day to get married.
That day, Xie Xingqi rushed to the royal study with the imperial edict and made fierce remarks, saying he would rather die than marry the princess.
The emperor was angry, and he was beaten with a cane of fifty halls in the name of resisting the decree and being disrespectful.
When he was carried back to the council house bloody, he smiled and said to Zhou Youqing:
"Don't cry, our marriage remains as usual."
Three months later, the two got married as they wished.
But just when she wanted to stay with this man forever, his only sister died in her hands.
From then on, love turned into enmity.
He personally ordered that Zhou Youqing be banned for five years——
