Rong Zhuang

In the spring of the twenty-second year of Yongxing, Prince Ning was imprisoned on charges of treason. In the autumn of the twenty-second year of Yongxing, Empress Xu was deposed on the grounds of failing to protect the imperial heirs, being narrow-minded, and slandering concubines, thereby undermining imperial dignity; Consort Fu, Li, was installed as the new Empress. In the winter of the twenty-second year of Yongxing, Consort Jia, Luan, was granted death on the grounds of attempting to murder the imperial offspring. In the spring of the twenty-third year of Yongxing, he announced his abdication, disbanded the inner palace, and imprisoned and executed high-ranking officials. In less than three years, he deposed an Empress, poisoned concubines, disbanded the inner palace, and favored Consort Fu. He imprisoned a Prince, intimidated officials, and finally abdicated to establish a new monarch. Because of this, a moving story circulated among the common people regarding the Emperor Tianqi's deep affection for a peace-marriage princess, a love so great he was willing to use his empire as a betrothal gift. Yet, the many "venomous" beauties of the palace who bore the infamy, along with the many officials who had done their utmost to advise him, all met tragic ends. …… Reborn, Luan Yunzhuang swore an oath: she would make that enchantress live a life worse than death, and make that scumbag emperor pay for his crimes in blood! (Highly recommended by Curry Duo)