"I am about to become a sinner of the Empire."
Dressed in gorgeous attire, the Empress stood by the window, looking out at the city where the occasional smoke of war rose, her expression exceptionally desolate.
She knew very well why she had suddenly become the Emperor: because she was the easiest member of the Imperial Family to control at present!
What she had to do next was, in the name of the founder of the Gefra Post-War Government, and at the same time the Gefra Emperor and the highest executive, sign many unequal, traitorous treaties with Peng Joe.
Whether she was willing or not, people would vent their anger on her.
Such things had not happened in history before; most top rulers like her who were picked to bear the crime of treason ended up with rather poor fates in the end.
If Peng Joe always held everything in Gefra in its grip, then she would always be a puppet, and the accusations against her would only grow more numerous.
People would not consider why she had to make this or that decision; people would only ask why she did not resist?
If the Federation ultimately defeated the Peng Joe People and liberated Gefra in the process, then her crime of treason would be established.
There was a high probability she would be hanged in the square outside the palace! In addition to that, she also faced possible assassinations from any place and any faction.
Things she ought not to have to bear were all imposed upon her by the Peng Joe People.
She turned to look at her great-aunt, who was the biological sister of the penultimate emperor.
Jenia looked a bit older than she had a few years ago, and her temperament had also become much steadier,