It Wasn't Love After All: A Review of "About the Eighth Prince and His Consort"

The way the Eighth Prince indulged the Eighth Princess had as much to do with his nature as anything else. He was generous and easygoing with people, so perhaps it wasn't love, after all.

Yongzheng threatened the Eighth Prince with divorcing the Eighth Princess and taking her life. (You can see that the two of them did have a good relationship.) But the Eighth Prince angrily refused to apologize or plead for her: "I am her husband. How could I beg anyone for help on account of my wife?"

Although Guoluo Luo was not the ideal Eighth Princess in my mind, her unwavering devotion and resolute acceptance of death are still moving. Includes a link to an article with historical research about the Eighth Princess being dismembered and her bones ground to dust.