The Empress Plot Novels & Stories

As the doors opened for her, she stepped inside and was quite surprised to see the empress having tea with Prime Minister Rastus. “Well, well,” Empress Serena mused, “if it isn’t my husband’s mistress. You must have come here in a hurry to bribe the prime minister, but alas, Emery… No amount of money or blood will be able to buy him.” Emery just greeted her properly and refused to bite at her bait since that was not something she came there for. Hence, the empress found it rather annoying. She then stood and threw one last glance at the prime minister as if reminding him of something before leaving the room.

No one would dare disobey the Emperor to obey the empress but she needed to get into the room and see what was going on. Since yesterday, she could sense the suspicion of everything. The princess's door had been locked all noon and then her maid slept till the morning and this morning the door was heavily guarded again. "That was close; I thought she would just burst through the door forcefully," Irkal said. "My lady, do you want me to go keep watch?" Idum asked the empress when she saw the calculating look on her face. "If you go, they would find it suspicious and hide everything. Should I send the crown prince?" I am asked to walk towards her son's room.

Cecily and Emery had been cleaning up the Empress’ room when they heard the dreadful news. The Emperor was poisoned by the Empress! The two handmaidens refused to believe it. Although the couple had their ups and downs, Ursa was not a rash person, nor was she as vicious so as to poison someone! Cecily had witnessed their harmony for herself, just as they were leaving the room for their dinner. Besides, Ursa would never make such a cunning move without first consulting herself or Emery, not that Emery was much help.

said the empress, she smiled slyly. "No problem, I can help you seize the throne and power from the hands of the emperor," concluded Scarlett firmly. "Good, Princess. You are indeed a reliable girl," replied the empress. Scarlett and the empress worked together to get their own wishes, she didn't know that actually the empress wanted to get rid of Princess Georgia and Prince Nicholas because she wanted to make her son crown prince, and because she hated their mother-Empress Cecilia who had been exiled to a remote village since many years.

Was she really insane? But now it finally makes sense. When I first read the original novel, the part about the empress being indifferent to Alistair confused me so much. I mean, if you're an empress, isn't that having your son as the crown prince is the biggest blessing? But if Alistair wasn't the emperor's son, it somehow makes sense. I came to the conclusion that the empress wasn't greedy for the throne. If she was, no matter whose son Alistair was, she'd still dote on him, since he's going to be the next emperor.

He chose a building that was exclusively used only by the Empress. Minho had a suspicion that there were still spies within the Empress’ palace that could potentially belong to the emperor or the crown prince. Therefore, the Empress and Minho worked together to get rid of them behind closed doors. The Empress killed off nearly half of her staff just so there weren’t any spies. Luckily for them, they were successful in getting rid of the spies.

If she still fails to carry out the plan of getting rid of her, her life will have no purpose by then. Later on, she discovered that his majesty's mother is not happy with her son marrying a nobody. The empress dowager wants her, the young lady of the Xue Clan, to become the empress. Turns out, the old empress comes from the same clan too, but the two are only distant relatives. Knowing that they have the same interest, the empress dowager and the imperial noble consort became allies. They plot their dark plans together against the empress. And then one day, something that cheered up the imperial noble consort happened. His former teacher and at the same time her friend, Ye Feng, entered the

He had a disdainful expression on his face. Lixien lifted her eyes to him. “Right, I did. He had been lingering around. I had no choice.” She trudged out of the scene, emotionlessly walking ahead of Miles. Ever since she became the empress, the brave people who started plotting to kill her haven’t stopped, rather, they were even shamelessly slapping her with their plots. She scoffed, smirking in a cold way that Miles swallowed his saliva. “What should we do next?”

But, life in the palace was different from popular perception - it wasn't all fancy dress, tea parties, and balls, nor was it full of sycophantic nobles. After the empress died, leaving no children, the emperor chose my mother as his consort. She was the daughter of a wealthy marquis and was known throughout the empire for her beauty. But, after giving birth to Princess Camellia, her only child from a loveless marriage, she died mysteriously. I have been rejected by everyone since I was born, leading the empire to mourn once again. The emperor's wife was poisoned, but no one investigated who committed such a terrible act against a young mother who had recently given birth to her daughter.

he warned before leaving the chamber, the sound of his footsteps fading into the distance. The empress clenched her fists, the gravity of her duties weighing heavily upon her. She understood the significance of her father's impending visit. Without his support, the emperor would seize control of the palace. Once, her father had manipulated the emperor like a pawn, but now he was as cunning as a snake. A single misstep would lead to her family falling into the emperor's clutches. Although she had once harbored affection for the emperor, that love had dissipated over time. Her foremost goal was to secure her son's ascent to the throne, and she was determine in achieving this goal.