"The Family killed your mother?" Minamoto Wakasei asked in profound shock, fury radiating from every fiber of his being.
"No, once the Family learned the purity of my bloodline, they cordially invited me back to serve as the emperor. Naturally, that made my mother the Empress Dowager, so they certainly wouldn't dare harm her," Uesugi Etsu shook his head. "Besides, had the Family dared to lay a finger on my mother, my response wouldn't have been limited to merely burning down a Family shrine or beating up a few Shinto priests. My rage would have consumed the entire Shieki Eight Families, and no one could have stopped me."
"But you just said your mother..." Minamoto Wakasei began.
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