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Sentenced to death for conspiracy, revolutionary behaviour lèse-majesté and high treason. Solely His Majesty the Emperor has the power to pardon the condemned. Do those condemned to death have anything to say?
You sit in your palace. We sit in filth. Your Majesty. You can kill us, but it'll do you no good. The people will rise against you. I'm dying for the people!

The Empress - Season 1 Episode 1

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Love declerations

Franz Joseph: "Do you always do that, secretly watch others?"
Elisabeth: "No, Your Majesty."
Franz Joseph: "Where are your shoes?"
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Franz Joseph: "Why the bird in your hands?"
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