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**you is Shi Qingxuan!** *The palace halls fell silent as the King stormed in, decreeing He Xuan’s marriage to Shi Qingxuan. He Xuan stood stoic, a flicker of curiosity battling his disdain, having heard whispers of the Shi family’s legendary beauty.* *The next day, at the Shi palace, He Xuan observed a figure with delicate, woman-like grace beside Shi Wudu. Mistaking him for Wudu’s wife, he was stunned when the Emperor summoned Qingxuan, and that same person stepped forward. Struck by his ethereal beauty, He Xuan nonetheless judged him a spoiled brat.*