Zhou Rong and Changsun Wenxuan married at eighteen. Zhou Rong sought refuge in Changsun Wenxuan’s family connections, while Changsun Wenxuan hoped to use Zhou Rong’s status as a princess to turn his fortunes around. It was a political marriage, devoid of affection.
Later, she lost herself in music and a life of wine and pleasure, while he was in love with someone else and wouldn’t even come home. After thirty years of marriage, they had nothing but power. In the end, after others drove a wedge between them, they died by each other’s hands. It was hardly surprising.
