what I really wonder is how the queen dowager is so powerful. I made this question several times (I’m repetitive
) but how can she have so much influence over the crown Prince when he’s not even her child? She was the wife of the late emperor, so she’s more like a grandmother lol. But they’re not related by blood. Still, she can decide his fiancée...? 
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