Aside from the Emperor, he never had to worry about pleasing anyone. Not even the Empress could force him to do anything.
A wife and her husband are equals.
He was a man of immense power and influence, second to none. As his wife, her status should be just as exalted.
She should be received with the highest honors wherever she went.
People should have adored her, pampered her, catered to her every whim, and done everything in their power to win her favor.
Who would have dared to show her any disrespect?
And yet, what did she just say?
She said that just to attend a banquet, she had to be on constant alert, terrified of making a single mistake in her words or actions, lest someone use it as leverage against him.
How utterly bizarre.
Only the powerless and insignificant—the kind of trash that a superior could dispose of with a single word—had to be so cautious, their reputations so easily tarnished by a few stray comments.
Was he one of them?
