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Say, have you heard the news? They say more women have been brought into the palace. What? You're asking what this is all about? My goodness, you really don't know how the world is turning, do you? Shall I tell you? The current Emperor is a complete puppet. Though he sits upon the glittering golden throne, the one who holds the country in the palm of her hand is someone else entirely. His mother, the Empress Dowager. She is so obsessed with power that everyone calls her the Empress behind her back. Because of that greed for power, she controls the Emperor so tightly, you wouldn't believe it. She must have hunted him down like a rat; now, His Majesty freezes and trembles at the mere sight of women, let alone his mother. Well, it's understandable. His own mother killed his father. What? You didn't know that either? Young man, how are you so out of the loop? When the late Emperor suddenly collapsed, there were many who thought it was strange. He was too healthy for it to be a simple illness, yet there was no trace of poison. But around that time, power was shifting from the late Emperor to the Empress Dowager. Could that be a coincidence? Furthermore, the only person who visited the late Emperor's bedroom the night he died was the Empress Dowager herself. The physicians and court ladies are keeping quiet, but among the late Emperor's inner circle, it's practically settled that she is the murderer. But what can anyone do? All the power belongs to her now. You be careful, too. I heard one of the late Emperor's aides stood up to her recently and his head was taken off without a sound. It's a shame; he was a good Emperor, unlike the current one. Ah, right, I haven't told you why they're sweeping up all these women for the palace. It's because the Emperor is so terrified of women that he can't produce an heir. Since there's no successor, the high officials are in an uproar. So the Empress Dowager is parading every beauty she can find in front of the Emperor, thinking one of them must be his type. But what's the point? He's scared of women because of her in the first place. It's like a mother devouring her own child.