Yingyue is the youngest legitimate daughter of the Chancellor's family. Spoiled rotten from childhood, she's willful, extravagant, and domineering, and she has to get everything she likes.
When she came of age, the emperor arranged a marriage for her.
Her match was Li Daoqi, Prince of Fuwan.
Li Daoqi was eccentric, ruthless, and hot-tempered.
Everyone in the capital thought this marriage would end in bloodshed: after the wedding, either Yingyue would poison Li Daoqi to death, or Li Daoqi would drive Yingyue to her death.
On their wedding day, Yingyue tossed aside her bridal crown, cut up her wedding dress, and drove Li Daoqi out of their bedroom. Li Daoqi spent half the night cursing in the courtyard, each word hitting a nerve and making Yingyue so furious she nearly burst a blood vessel.
One month after the wedding, Yingyue cut the strings on Li Daoqi's zither, and Li Daoqi pulled up the flowers she had grown.
Two months after the wedding, Yingyue berated Li Daoqi's adviser, and Li Daoqi mocked the top scholar she'd once had a crush on.
Six months after the wedding, Yingyue had had enough. She said she wanted a divorce and wrote a heartfelt letter of separation, which Li Daoqi tore to shreds.
One year after the wedding, Yingyue was mistakenly believed to have eloped with the top scholar. Li Daoqi galloped after her, tied her up, and brought her back. With her beloved jade bracelet dangling from his hand, he asked,
