Responses
Sadly what she lacks is the ability to parent her son. Her son will benefit all of her hard work and not for her. She thinks she knows her son but she really doesn't because she's too busy setting up the stage for him. Even without Tia in the picture, if her son becomes king, she'll be easily discarded because of how she brought him.
The Empress is so ambitious and unrepentant. I honestly admire her tenacity and drive for power. As a woman in such a society, I do think that plays a bit of a role in her outcome. I don’t like her, mind you -but you gotta give her props for that go getter attitude of hers.
We in life won’t get that second chance, along with a cheat that Tia got. And while the Empress to fall hard in the end, she did well to hold her own as a woman in a society where patriarchy rules. She flew too high into the sun, and her ego was her downfall then and will be it now. It’s an evil world we live in. She would probably dominate in this era.