The first prince

a certain Empress threw a jug at the floor making it shatter on impact. she was scattering everything at her room at an insanely fast rate all in a bout of anger, her handmaids could only watch and kneel begging her to calm down. "your highness please calm down you have not lost the battle" they pleaded. "I have not lost the battle" you say she angrily retorted "my sister is to be executed at dawn, there is nothing I can do to save her and you say I have not lost" she screamed.

she looked at the first prince who was also shocked knowing despite him being just 13 years old he was old enough to know that his mother had been accused of doing something very wrong and that she was going to be executed at dawn. despite the fact that lee do-yun was very heartless she genuinely cared for her only sister who her only sibling and her sister's child the first prince "ah my darling sunhoe she cooed at the first prince I am so sorry this is going to happen" sunhoe looked at her he was heartbroken, he couldn't stop thinking about how his mother looked at him with tears in her eyes, before she was dragged away by the guards.

"mother" he said refering to the empress "why is my mother being killed for something she did not do" he asked unaware of the different kinds of evil his mother and his aunt committed. "well" The Empress seeing an opportunity to grow hatred in the prince's heart said "come here you see it is all that bitch's fault Aera the second Prince's mother, she is the only reason why your mother is being killed she and her bastard of a son the so-called second prince. if it wasn't for the second prince interfering with his so-called intelligence, your mother would not be in jail right now and will not soon be executed at dawn; she would be here with you and me happy and rejoicing so when you grow up and become emperor, i want you to make sure you take revenge against the second Prince and his mother."

sunhoe was too stunned to reply even though the second prince was not close with ANY of the princes, because he liked to distance himself from everyone except xingye, sunhoe did not expect the second prince who looked so beautiful to be so evil but hearing what his aunt said he now realised that the only reason why the second prince was always distancing himself was because he spent all his thim plotting against all of them "I promise mother" he said "I promise I will take my revenge and I will be emperor" he said with anger and hatred brewing below him.

The empress smiled "lovely" she said "make sure you revenge for Your Mother so she can rest in peace" turning to One Of the Handmaid's who were looking in horror she said make sure go tell the men to make sure they execute the plan tonight.