Empress Li Xiu and Emperor Yang. Can skip, but there's a lot of history here you might want to reconsider ;)
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For those who are wondering about the Yang Household, maybe this would answer your questions. What was it like sharing your husband with another woman? What were the arrangements? How was it that the empresses were able to live like this?
"Where is he?" Empress Li Xiu sighed to her handmaiden. "I thought he would be here already."
"Something came up, Your Majesty. I was informed that he would come as soon as possible."
Empress Li Xiu was not in the mood to wait on someone tonight. She grabbed the skirts of her dress and got up from her seating position on the floor.
"Pardon me, Your Majesty," bowed the small lady. "Are you not going to wait for the emperor?"
"No," she answered, her tone clipped. "Ready my bath. I want to get out of these clothes."
