Emperor Zhu Muzhi, lacking male heirs, learned his long-lost Sixth Princess was coming to Zhengzhou with her son. He sent Minister Hu to greet them and went there in person. Zhengzhou was full of starving refugees—while the princess helped them, Minister Hu’s son mistook her for a refugee and humiliated her. The emperor arrived, witnessed the scene but failed to recognize her, leaving mother and son in mortal danger.
