Xie Zuoxue was born into the Xie family, where preference for sons over daughters had reached an extreme. The family had a rule: if a newborn was a girl, she had to be thrown into the Abandoned Infant Pagoda and left to fend for herself. Unable to bear this, the matriarch of the Xie family claimed she had given birth to a boy. Nineteen years later, Xie Zuoxue placed first in all three imperial examinations, and the emperor arranged a marriage to Princess Anle.
Liu Ruxu was the late emperor's most beloved legitimate daughter and the current emperor's full sister. But after she remained unmarried for two years past her coming-of-age ceremony, civil officials threatened to die unless she married. For her younger brother's sake, she entered a marriage contract with Xie Zuoxue.
Important:
Xie Zuoxue: "What I wanted at first was for there to be no baby girls in the Abandoned Infant Pagoda, and for girls to wear skirts in the school halls. But later, what I wanted was for the Abandoned Infant Pagoda to disappear from the world, and for everyone to be able to attend school."
Liu Ruxu: "I want women everywhere to be free of shackles, and women across the land to compete for their freedom."
A seemingly aloof prince consort with the people at heart VS a radiant princess who longs for freedom
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2023.7.4
Theme: Equality for all
