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What was life like for Chinese princesses that ended up in arranged marriages to steppe warlords? Moving from palace life to a yurt, even a nice one, seems like an adjustment. Do we have any records stating what the women themselves thought about it?

by /u/arcticbone172 in /r/AskHistorians

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