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Her punishments were small, personal, and therefore devastating. The baker who gave an extra roll to a hungry child lost his thumbs. The mother who sang a lullaby after the laughter tax had her tongue notched like a ledger. The boy who threw a stone at her carriage was forced to eat a bowl of identical stones, one each day, until his belly became a grave.

For the first time in her life, the Atrocious Empress felt something she could not tax, outlaw, or punish. atrocious empress

For fifteen years, she made cruelty into an art form. Her punishments were small