The Emperor manipulated Yanzi and Lord Lings family, it's clear that Yanzi's life at the very childhood was framed to be forever loyal to the emperor because he knows that his heirs were after his throne, he framed Yanzi to be always loyal to him because he didn't trust anyone in the palace, but he never knew that one day Yanzi will realized the truth of the whole incidents that its the ruling that lead s to the cruelness to the people and made the Hua Family to be exciled & suffer bcoz the emperor is afraid that someday the people will become knowledgeable enough to fight against the cruelty, Unbeknowst to the Emperor that love will blossom in adversity that Yanzi wanted to fight for his love no matter the consequences, and they were able to be free at last: Yanzi and Zhi and whole Hua Clan❤