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    something when he asked his mother to apologize. Blanche was actually truly frozen in shock for a moment upon seeing this.


    You will never be empress! No matter what, there is no way that any noble will accept you on the throne. I''d rather die than let you grasp that power, you filthy whore! You are nothing but a dirty, little-”


    Mother. We will go home now.” He turned around to say something else but stopped himself when he saw his brother''s expression.


    cannot do whatever you want. There is a limit to how much disrespect I have to accept without being able to talk back. But I believe that no punishment is necessary for today. After all, you punished yourself enough by showing our citizens how disrespectful you are and how you desperately try to justify everything you do with your rank. You yourself just proved that you are unable to pull yourself together despite us being in the middle of a ball. Whether anyone will still see you as the dignified dowager empress after this is questionable.”


    “Shut your mouth!”


    How dare you? What did you-”


    now. Get out.”


    “What? Do you think you have the right to discipline me? I am the dowager empress!” It was somewhat pathetic that she didn''t understand that she only worsened her stance every time she yelled. The best she could do was give up and leave. She should have used her medication as an excuse and then excused herself for the evening.


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    How dare you?” This seemed to be her favorite sentence today, but it still didn''t get her any further. Instead of giving up now, she turned to the guards though. “Stay away from me! I am a member of the royal family. You have to listen to me!” She seemed to forget that the royal knights served the emperor and not her. Only when she saw that, she turned to the others again. “Send them away! How can you allow your mother to be disrespected by some random woman? You should be on my side and protect me from such treatment!” It wasn''t even clear whether she told this to her older or younger son, but it didn''t matter.


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