Why has THIS Chinese palace loser been sung about for millennia?

When a woman of unshakable virtue encounters a rival who masters the art of seduction, is the outcome inevitable?This is the true tragedy of Lady Ban, the Han Dynasty's most celebrated poetess and the daughter-in-law of the formidable Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun. She was the empire's moral paragon, yet in a duel of human nature, she was utterly defeated. Why did her virtue become the very reason she was abandoned? Can an emotional fortress built on righteousness truly withstand the siege of primal desire?