The story is, the Empress made a pass at a nobleman, who turned her down. So she accused him of attacking her. The Emperor, in a fit of rage, had him beheaded. His widow asked the Emperor to submit her to ordeal by fire to prove her husband’s innocence. She passed, so the Emperor had the Empress burned at the stake for making a false accusation.
The story is, the Empress made a pass at a nobleman, who turned her down. So she accused him of attacking her. The Emperor, in a fit of rage, had him beheaded. His widow asked the Emperor to submit her to ordeal by fire to prove her husband’s innocence. She passed, so the Emperor had the Empress burned at the stake for making a false accusation.