As we talked with Lord and Lady Bao for hours about the situation in Guanghua, I asked them to tell us more about the empress.
She had been in that position for six years, right after the previous empress died from a sudden illness.
Her arrival was a surprise to everyone in the country, including the closest confidants of the emperor, who didn't even know who the woman was at the time.
During the first few years of her term, she took down certain noble families and rich commoners by stripping them of all their possessions and land.
Her reasoning was that the royal family could use those assets more effectively for the good of the people, but in reality, the empress held a grudge against those families and wanted to destroy them.
All of that farming land that had been seized was now barren, without a single soul working on it.
