The story revolves around the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife Ma Xiuying. Ma is the queen famous for her "big feet" because it was not bound like other women where foot binding was the beauty standard for women., The story revolves around the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife Ma Xiuying. Ma is the queen famous for her "big feet" because it was not bound like other women where foot binding was the beauty standard for women.