The plan was to lock himself away from the world for 40 years to stop himself from losing his virginity and missing out on becoming a wizard, capable of magically making himself immortal.

Uh yeah this emperor was a creep.

The emperor's pursuit of immortality included engaging in sexual relations with young girls, of which he and Tao Zhongwen collected 960 for this purpose.

Don't start shit, won't be shit

I would have been tortured to death so quickly in the 1500s