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Chapter 160 - The Queen’s Authority

The princess's father, the empire's second emperor, had not been quite so indiscriminate in his use of violence, but he was hardly a model ruler either. Weak-willed and uninterested in state affairs, he had little patience for the tedious business of governing and devoted most of his attention to his greatest passion: hunting. His obsession was so extreme that he once remained away from the capital for three whole years simply to pursue game. While Charlemagne had accumulated an enormous fortune through conquest and plunder when establishing the empire, his son had managed to squander almost all of it. The reason Lina had inherited an empty treasury and found herself struggling to pay for everything, to the point where it seemed she might soon have to sell the clothes off her back, could be traced directly to that irresponsible emperor.

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