At the tender age of 16, Yehonala entered the Emperor's harem in the Forbidden City, a perilous world peopled by envious nobles and calculating eunuchs, where a misplaced word or gesture could swiftly prove fatal. Yet such was her own guile and courage, she triumphed over every foe to become Empress, and China's most famous female autocrat.
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At the tender age of 16, Yehonala entered the Emperor's harem in the Forbidden City, a perilous world peopled by envious nobles and calculating eunuchs, where a misplaced word or gesture could swiftly prove fatal. Yet such was her own guile and courage, she triumphed over every foe to become Empress, and China's most famous female autocrat.
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