"And the Emperor sought to use the rule to silence you?"

Is this the holy thing itself that the Emperor seeks?

That evening the weary little Emperor sought his bed.

The emperor also sees his grace and seeks to reward him for it.

By electronics and witchcraft the Emperor had sought round the whole earth for his most tenacious enemy.

Emperors often sought the approval of the empress dowager for their decisions.

In ancient China, various emperors sought the fabled elixir with varying results.

The emperor wished to save him and sought to persuade him to apostasy.

Due to its great power, however, ambitious would-be emperors and evil warlords often sought the Sword to further their own end.

Emperors grow tired of the old and are always seeking the new, as if new is somehow always better.