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Hampi, Royal Palace
The empress study room was in a very gloomy state. The empress was seated on the chair. The dark circles and the bloodshot eyes of the sleepless nights were evident. Since the war had started, she had no choice but to work overtime.
First was securing the border from incursions of the other powers in the region, like the Sultanates, Portuguese, and Dutch. Managing the palace alone wasn't enough; her mind was filled with many things of importance. Her son was fighting a life-or-death situation, and her daughter was the death's door from the assassin ambush a week or two ago.
The emperor, her husband, was also in a coma. She was bearing quite a lot of burden from people to quell the civil war. Any messages or negotiations sent to the Cochin nobles failed since they wanted an all-or-nothing situation.