Some empress live just like decorations. Maybe she's that type. You don't see wisdom from her actions and thoughts, just bratty and petty cunningness. If she were the wise and cunning type of ruler, her actions would be more calculative.
She's just a grown child with overgrown flower garden in her head. (=・ω・=)
Unrelated but related but when I read another series, The Princess is a Stan?
I was low-keyed shocked that MC's mother, The Empress, dumped her "ML" and married the Emperor, "the 2nd ML"
She really put "ML" in his place when he tried to get her back.
Idk why but I just love she did that, married a man who truly loved her and became the most powerful woman in the Empire.
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The empress dowager seems to be immature by the fact that she can't cope with rejection. How did she once rule the country with such in mind?