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Just a theory but it's kinda a cliche trope nowadays so maybe (⌒▽⌒)
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Hmmm lemme guess! The very valuable unclear thing that her mother stole from the emperor and a random count killed her for that everyone knows of but not about.
Wonder what it could beeee for the future bride of the young duke....hmmm.... I think she stole the emperor's (and her's) child. She slept with the emperor, got preg and ran and got killed by a vengeful or obsessed Count after giving birth and now Ellie exists as the soon-to-be-discovered-and-united-with-the-emperor princess.