Recognized as the pearl of the steppe, Yelü Miaomiao had been adored and cherished since her childhood.
Her father was Yelv Tingyu, the previous North Court Privy Envoy and the full brother of the former Emperor. After the palace assassination and chaos, he, together with the father of Empress Dowager Xiao, stabilized the situation, enthroned his seven-year-old nephew Yelv Baoliang as the new Emperor, and instated Xiao Lingqiu as the Empress Dowager.
However, as Empress Dowager Xiao gradually began to seize power, the former North Court Privy Envoy grew dissatisfied, believing that women should not be overly involved in state affairs, though he still supported her on some key national decisions.
When Yelü Miaomiao was eleven, her father passed away due to illness.
