

After years of devoted service to the late emperor, Cedric Zeller is worn out, having sacrificed his health for the good of the nation. But when the new female emperor, Xaviera Spencer, ascends the throne, she replaces him with Lucas Quinton, a scheming official unworthy of such a crucial post. Cedric has sworn to the late emperor that he will endure Xaviera a hundred times—but after that, he intends to leave without ever looking back.

For ten years, Arthur stood alone against the Abyss. But the new Empress Valeria fell for a pack of lies and branded him a fraud, leaving the entire Empire to despise him. And that’s when the Archfiends emerged from the Abyss.

Sarah died in hatred after being deceived by her husband's fake death. Getting a second chance, she decided to take revenge. She exposed her husband's scheme, stood up to her mother-in-law's and Yolanda's torment, and ruined her enemies' plans. After she got pregnant with the Emperor's child, Sarah used the Emperor's power to improve her strength and collected the evidence against her husband. In the end, Sarah made her husband pay the price and became the Empress.

After serving Queen Victoria for sixty years, legendary medieval court lady Seraphina dies peacefully, only to awaken as an eighteen-year-old maid in the modern-day Alder dynasty. There she finds Victoria, the family's bullied true heiress, who looks exactly like her former queen. As Victoria's scheming stepmother and stepsister plot to steal the family empire and destroy her, Seraphina's old loyalty blazes back to life. Armed with courtly wisdom, magic, and ruthless resolve, she vows to crush their schemes, restore Victoria's inheritance, and crown her queen of the Alder conglomerate.

Princess Emilia York of Navara grows up alongside Zorvia's princes, knowing she must one day choose her husband—and the heir to the throne. Close to Lucius Tate since childhood, Emilia is expected to become his future wife—until he shocks everyone by insisting on marrying Winona Langston, turning Emilia into the object of ridicule. As she discovers true happiness with Conrad Tate, Lucius finally realizes his own feelings for her—but by then, it's too late.

Having concealed her identity as the empress, Astrid Sinclair visits the Crown Prince's palace just to watch the ceremony of his marrying a consort named Daphne Lowell. But she ends up getting framed by Daphne for allegedly tearing her wedding gown. Alaric Talbot, the Crown Prince, and the Lowell siblings mistake Astrid for a concubine who has lost the emperor's favor, so they start humiliating her and even threaten to torture her. How will Astrid get her revenge?

Having concealed her identity as the empress, Astrid Sinclair visits the Crown Prince's palace just to watch the ceremony of his marrying a consort named Daphne Lowell. But she ends up getting framed by Daphne for allegedly tearing her wedding gown. Alaric Talbot, the Crown Prince, and the Lowell siblings mistake Astrid for a concubine who has lost the emperor's favor, so they start humiliating her and even threaten to torture her. How will Astrid get her revenge?

Before leaving his hometown, Leo Lowe makes a promise to his fiancée, Tina Leed, that once he becomes emperor, he will return to make her his empress. Years later, he successfully establishes a new dynasty and becomes the emperor of it, so he returns to the village disguised as an ordinary villager to fulfill his promise, not expecting to be forced to pay just to get through the entrance.

Before leaving his hometown, Leo Lowe makes a promise to his fiancée, Tina Leed, that once he becomes emperor, he will return to make her his empress. Years later, he successfully establishes a new dynasty and becomes the emperor of it, so he returns to the village disguised as an ordinary villager to fulfill his promise, not expecting to be forced to pay just to get through the entrance.

Non-royal Prince Lucas Steele leads his army north to reclaim lost lands. On the verge of retaking the imperial city, Empress Simone Erwin issues eighteen edicts ordering a retreat. The countless lives sacrificed over five years of battle were all for nothing. Back at court, Lucas is framed, publicly humiliated, stripped of his rank, and watches the recovered lands handed back to the enemy. Disheartened, he walks away.