around this time, liu xiu married his childhood sweetheart, the famed beauty yin lihua. (according to "hou han shu", while much younger, when liu xiu was visiting the capital chang'an, he became impressed with the mayor of the capital ("zhijinyu", 執金吾) and, already impressed by yin's beauty, he made the remarks: "if i were to be an official, i want to be "zhijinyu"; if i were to marry, i want to marry yin lihua". he eventually was able to accomplish both of these things and more.)