Patrizia’s sister Nilla went to the palace, dreaming of a fairy tale love, but being the Empress only led her to the guillotine. When the entire family was executed alongside Nilla, Patrizia was miraculously sent back three years to the day it all began. Determined to save her sister, Patrizia enters the Empress selection in Nilla’s place. Unlike her sister, she will never lose her heart to the mad Emperor Lucio. Surviving the palace means outsmarting his venomous mistress, Rosemonde, and navigating a marriage where love is the deadliest weapon of all.