"If you wanted a leash, Your Majesty, you should have chosen a dog. Not a Cantzel." In a single night, the Sun of the Empire was eclipsed. Emperor Chester Denvarl is dead, and the man standing over the body is his most trusted brother-in-arms: Duke Jerard Cantzel. Without evidence, the Duke remains a free man, but the stain of regicide clings to his name like a curse. Years later, the young Emperor Reitz Denvarl-cold, brilliant, and fueled by a rotten sense of betrayal-takes his revenge. He accepts a marriage proposal from the 'traitor' Duke, intending to turn the Duke's only daughter, Shani Cantzel, into a hostage in a gilded cage. For a year, Shani is the 'Trash of the North Palace'-a woman of legendary fury and pathetic longing. But when a sudden poisoning incident leaves her on the brink of death, she wakes up with a soul that no longer belongs to this world. Enter Captain Han Seol-ah, a top-tier modern security expert. She knows the plot of this novel. She knows Shani is destined to be the 'Prologue Victim' whose death triggers a continent-wide war. Her strategy for survival? 1. Ask for a divorce immediately. 2. Bribe the Emperor's aides with high-end pastries. 3. Call the most dangerous man in the Empire a 'bastard' to his face. But as Shani fights to escape the script, she discovers that the 'villainous' Duke might be innocent, and the cold-blooded Emperor might be the only one she can trust. In a court where every smile is a dagger and every tea party is a crime scene, the Silent Empress begins her final gambit. The script says she must die. But Shani Cantzel has never been good at following orders. ****************** Saturday 8:00 p.m., an update is released.