The Crown Prince and the Young Lady

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Since ancient times, emperors have had three palaces and six courtyards. Yet Emperor Chen of the Zhou dynasty had only one wife. The Emperor and Empress of Great Zhou married young, weathered hardships and shared prosperity together for twenty years, their love never fading. The world envied them.

Couples everywhere looked to the Emperor and Empress as a model, and so did the Crown Prince. He wanted to follow his parents' love story, find his true love, and grow old with her. Though already fifteen or sixteen, he had yet to take a consort or marry a princess.

But before he could find true love, their storybook romance was shattered. When Emperor Chen traveled south of the Yangtze, he brought back a woman and built her a golden house in the palace to keep her hidden away.

Rumor had it that the woman was a songstress from a brothel, with breathtaking beauty and a knack for seduction. The Emperor had only withheld a title out of consideration for the Empress, but in truth, the woman was no different from a favored consort. Palace attendants were all ordered to address her as