Thread:Killuminator/@comment-25640367-20141215125742/@comment-24694656-20141215155616

And oh yeah, a regent is not the same as an empress regnant !

She ruled in her own right, if anyone should have been a regent it was Koutoku (the uncle of Hakuryuu).

A regent only carries out duties of the monarch while the monarch is minor or unable to fulfill his role.