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However, rumors spread in the palace that the Emperor visits the girl every day, and in the end she comes face to face with Lady Rashta.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"When the Empress asks about the slave girl found on the hunting trip, the Emperor shuts down the subject harshly. She recounts the Emperor's explanations to her ladies-in-waiting: the girl was caught in a trap, is not a runaway, and was brought in to recover. While Laura sees this as a sign of cheating, Countess Eliza says it is a passing whim. The Empress recalls the difference between a mistress and an empress, confronts the emptiness inside her, and decides to close her ears to gossip. However, rumors spread in the palace that the Emperor visits the girl every day, and in the end she comes face to face with Lady Rashta.","key_events":["Palace gossip spreads that the Emperor visits the girl every day and personally brings her meals.","The Empress remembers her mother's advice not to be hurt by mistresses and tries to console herself with her identity as empress, but questions the emptiness inside her.","Laura likens the Emperor's defensive attitude to her father's behavior during his affair and interprets it as a sign of infidelity.","The Empress confronts the Emperor about the slave girl he found on the hunting trip and brought to the palace; he dismisses her questions with a warning tone and claims he only brought the girl to recover.","The Empress discusses with her ladies-in-waiting whether the girl is a runaway slave, the possibility of her becoming a mistress, and that she cannot enter high society.","The Empress decides to ignore the rumors but then encounters the woman referred to as Lady Rashta."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I WAS TOLD THAT YOU FOUND A SLAVE DURING YOUR HUNTING TRIP AND BROUGHT HER BACK...\nIS IT TRUE?\n\nAH.\nWHERE DID YOU HEAR THAT FROM?\nWHERE I HEARD IT FROM ISN'T IMPORTANT. SO, IS IT TRUE?\n\nYOUR MAJESTY?\nENOUGH.\nWE HAVE A MERE TWO MEALS TOGETHER EACH WEEK.\nTHERE MUST BE MANY OTHER TOPICS WE CAN DISCUSS. IS THAT SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW?\nAH.\nTHAT TONE IS A WARNING.\n\nIT MEANS I SHOULD IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM QUESTION HIM ANY FURTHER.\n\nAS EXPECTED...\nSOMETHING'S AMISS.\nYOUR MAJESTY...\nDID HIS MAJESTY SAY SOMETHING?\n\nNO,\nHE JUST...\n...DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THE MATTER.\nIF HE HADN'T SAID ANYTHING, I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T LOOK AS GLOOMY AS YOU DO, YOUR MAJESTY.\n\nIT'S OKAY! PLEASE TELL US, YOUR MAJESTY, SO WE CAN BE PREPARED AS WELL!\nHIS MAJESTY SAID THE GIRL WAS ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT IN ONE OF HIS TRAPS.\nHE SAID SHE'S NOT A RUNAWAY SLAVE, AND THAT HE ONLY BROUGHT HER BACK TO MAKE SURE SHE'S NURSED BACK TO FULL HEALTH AS IT WAS ONLY PROPER THAT HE DID.\nBUT HE WAS ALSO DISPLEASED THAT I CONTINUED TO ASK ABOUT IT.\nWHAT?!\n\nYOUR MAJESTY! THAT'S EXACTLY HOW MY FATHER BEHAVED IN THE EARLY STAGES OF HIS AFFAIR.\nNO IFS ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT! THAT'S EXACTLY HOW MEN BEHAVE EARLY ON WHEN THEY BEGIN TO CHEAT!\nAND ONE OF THE TELLTALE SIGNS IS WHEN THEY BECOME DEFENSIVE AND BEGIN TO RAISE THEIR VOICES!\nIF HE'S ONLY DOING WHAT'S PROPER, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY DISPLEASE HIM ABOUT DISCUSSING THE MATTER?!\nCOME, COME...\nNOW, NOW. I THINK YOU SHOULD GO OUTSIDE AND COOL YOUR HEAD, LAURA.\n\nYOUR MAJESTY.\nCOME, A FRAGRANT CUP OF TEA SHOULD SOOTHE YOU.\nHIS MAJESTY MUST MERELY BE FASCINATED THAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WAS CAUGHT IN HIS TRAP. I'M SURE THIS IS ONLY FLEETING.\n\nCOUNTESS...\nMY MOTHER ONCE TOLD ME...\n...THAT I MUSTN'T BE HURT EVEN IF HIS MAJESTY BRINGS ANOTHER WOMAN TO BE HIS MISTRESS.\nBECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE, SHE ADVISED ME NOT TO EXPECT ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM HIS MAJESTY.\n\nEVEN IF HIS MAJESTY HAS MISTRESSES, THEY ARE MERELY MISTRESSES. I AM THE EMPRESS.\nAND IT'S NOT AS IF HIS MAJESTY AND I ARE A PAIR OF STAR-CROSSED LOVERS.\nBUT...\nWHY IS IT THAT I FEEL SO HOLLOW INSIDE?\nIN THEORY, I SHOULD BE FINE...\nMY DEAR EMPRESS...\n\nYOU WERE HIS BETROTHED SINCE YOUR CHILDHOOD, AND NOW YOU ARE HUSBAND AND WIFE.\nIT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO.\nTHEN...\n...WILL HIS MAJESTY FEEL THIS HOLLOW INSIDE IF I HAVE ANOTHER MAN BY MY SIDE?\n\nNEVER MIND. THERE'S NO REASON I'D EVER HAVE TO SEE HER IN PERSON, IS THERE?\nOF COURSE NOT.\nEVEN IF THAT SLAVE DOES BECOME HIS MISTRESS, SHE CANNOT FREQUENT PLACES OF BUSINESS OR SOCIAL CIRCLES.\nYES, THAT'S RIGHT.\nEVERY YEAR, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF SLAVES ARE REINSTATED TO COMMONER STATUS, BUT THIS PRIVILEGE IS NEVER ALLOWED FOR RUNAWAY SLAVES.\n100 YEARS!\nA PERSON BECOMES A SLAVE WHEN THEY OR THEIR PRECEDING GENERATION HAS COMMITTED A CRIME DESERVING OF A LIFE SENTENCE. A SLAVE WHO HAS RUN AWAY IS CONSIDERED A FUGITIVE SINCE THEY FLED WITHOUT PAYING THE PRICE FOR THEIR CRIME.\n\nSO EVEN IF SOVIESHU TAKES HER AS HIS MISTRESS,\nIT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HER TO MAKE A DEBUT INTO HIGH SOCIETY.\nCOUNTESS ELIZA IS RIGHT.\nIT'S ONLY NATURAL THAT I FEEL SHOCKED AND SOMEWHAT EMPTY INSIDE ABOUT MY HUSBAND HAVING A MISTRESS.\nBUT I SHOULDN'T ALLOW MYSELF TO BECOME MORE IMPASSIONED THAN THIS.\nTHE GIRL SHALL LIVE HER LIFE, HIS MAJESTY SHALL LIVE HIS, AND I SHALL LIVE MINE.\n\nAND BESIDES, IT IS ONLY I WHO CAN BE THE EMPRESS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE.\nSO, HIS MAJESTY VISITS HER EVERY DAY?\nI HEARD HE PERSONALLY BRINGS HER MEALS TO HER.\nOH MY. SOMEONE AS IMPASSIVE AS HIS MAJESTY? HOW UNUSUAL.\nIT'S ALL ANYONE'S TALKING ABOUT LATELY...\n\nI SHOULD CLOSE MY EYES AND EARS TO ALL THE WHISPERINGS.\nAND THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THAT GOSSIP.\nIS THAT HER?\nSHH! NO, LADY RASHTA!\n\nOH!\nHELLO!","bubble_count":72,"pages_count":17,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"When the Empress asks about the slave girl found on the hunting trip, the Emperor shuts down the subject harshly.","spoiler_summary":"When the Empress asks about the slave girl found on the hunting trip, the Emperor shuts down the subject harshly. She recounts the Emperor's explanations to her ladies-in-waiting: the girl was caught in a trap, is not a runaway, and was brought in to recover. While Laura sees this as a sign of cheating, Countess Eliza says it is a passing whim. The Empress recalls the difference between a mistress and an empress, confronts the emptiness inside her, and decides to close her ears to gossip. 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