My Life as an Emperor

My reign as emperor was not filled with passion and fervor. All it brought me was compromise and loss. I compromised with my ministers, the imperial clan, even my own people. I compromised with a vast, ancient system, and in the end I lost everything.

I am forty. It seems my reign as emperor still has a long, long way to go, but I am ready to give up.

Theme: A ruler trapped by his times