A scene from “Unfinished Business”

Alicent: It was my hope that once enthroned, you would honor the burden of your new duties, be silent, and strive to learn from the more studied minds around you. In the hope that you might be half the king your father was.

Aegon: Tread carefully.

Alicent: Or what? You'll hang me, as you did your ratcatchers? Or have me banished, as you did your Hand? I ruled in your father's absence throughout his long illness, and Otto Hightower was as cunning a statesman as ever lived. You should humbly be seeking our opinions and counsel. You have no idea the sacrifices that were made to put you on that throne.

Aegon: What would you have me do, Mother?

Alicent: Do simply what is needed of you. Nothing.