he killed his father and his brothers just how is it that his mother thinks she is safe if she decides to spoil his plans?
yes she is his "mother" but thats already the reason she is still alive instead of joining that useless husband of hers on his trip to the yellow springs
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she isnt his mother so i don't know why they call her empress dowager... and I don't know where she gets the confidence from to survive if he flips