When the whims of a young sovereign bring the country to the brink of an abyss, when denunciations become laws and laws become denunciations, when overseas traders are already counting the profits from the division of the empire, and predatory conquerors are humbled in the capital as friends of the new favorite, then it turns out that skillfully You can achieve more with a twisted intrigue than with an honest law, and that there is nothing that would not be shameful to do in the name of the state. Contents of the collection: The Case of the Azure Letter The Tale of Empress Kasia