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was young and handsome, she requested
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listed Liu Chuyu behind Liu's two full brothers: Liu Ziye (Emperor
Qianfei) and Liu Zishang. The birth order of Lady Liu and her two full brothers is not known. (生废帝、豫章王子尚、山阴公主楚玉、临淮康哀公主楚佩、皇女楚琇、康乐公主脩明。)
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138:"While our genders are different, we are born of the same father. However, you have more than 10,000 women in your palaces, and I only have one husband, and this is unfair."
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