The Broken Mirror Restored

[2] The main protagonist of the story were Princess Lechang [zh] and her husband, Xu Deyan (徐德言).

Their love story was not recorded in official historical annals, but was mentioned in the New Record of the Two Capitals (兩京新記, Liangjing xinji) written by Wei Shu (韋述)[1] and Poetry Stories (本事诗) by Meng Qi (孟啟).

Knowing their inevitable separation in such turbulent event, Xu told his wife: "When the country falls, you will certainly be taken into a powerful house.

The Sui Emperor then awarded the Princess to the State Duke of Yue, Yang Su, as a concubine.

Yang Su was also moved by the Princess's love story and finally allowed her to remarry Xu Deyan.