Greg Jenner
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The Navy was defeated as well.
So it's not going well.
And then, of course, her nephew slash son grows up and he becomes Emperor Guangzhou.
Right.
So she's like, you can't be emperor until you're married and I'm going to choose your wife.
A tale as old as time, Sophie.
You're marrying this girl and there's nothing more to it.
That's quite confusing.
Sorry, the family tree in my head just became very gnarled, lots of branches.
Yeah.
There's all these external pressures on her, these wars, China fighting Japan and France and so on.
And she's trying to bring in these reforms in the army and in society.
But there is a coup against her, Sophie.
And do you know what happens in this coup?
Do you know who leads the coup, perhaps?
Oh, nice.
A rival sushi who's climbed a ladder.
Concubine or concubine, yeah.
Someone in the nine levels.
Yeah.