The Crown Prince lost the love of his life.
Three years later, when the Lantern Festival arrived, the Crown Prince abducted Zhaozhao, who had just arrived in the capital, and kept her as a maid to entertain him, simply because she looked like his late first love.
The Crown Prince had a foul temper and a cold, gloomy nature. He smashed things every day, threw his power around at the slightest provocation, and often stained his sword with blood.
He never looked after Zhaozhao. When servants bullied her or a princess framed her, he pretended not to notice. As long as she was left alive, he didn't care.
So Zhaozhao would never tell the Crown Prince that she was the very woman he thought of day and night.
Theme: Life is a journey, and I am a traveler too.