In the earlier chapters it was mentioned that the empress/consort was from the south and that’s the area that they get food from so she basically can hold him hostage with that backing as well as the other nobles and mages she has on her side so he would need to have irrefutable evidence to convict her (which is proving difficult since no one they’ve interrogated has said anything about her). He was too hasty to get Shushu back tho and shouldn’t have announced her like that. He’ll need to work with the duke to plan things better from here on. Their methods of protection are basically complete opposites so they need to revise that. Also these damn kings need to actually raise their kids!! Like if he was involved in Azella’s upbringing, he could’ve been able to avoid her being manipulated by her own mother. uggghhhh!!!
The emperor is an idiot, isn’t he? Like bro you already knew the empress lied to you and is still not taking action? Bro!? How are you even an emperor with this brain? Oh wait history have idiots as emperor.