Kat_R_4378

Bin them off! Find a foreign prince to get engaged to - one with power who would support you. I agree with the maids.

Yasssss!! *cackles* I genuinely can't wait for the patriarchs arrival and the consorts house of cards tumble down...and then set on fire. I hope Heena destroys them so badly that the consorts will all be referred to as "he who must not be named" amongst the masses. I hope Seraphina's dad gets invited to the palace...

Absolutely get each consort so disgraced that their families voluntarily offer removing them from their family register. Bring up the poisoning, that'll keep them in line until all the ducks line up. Remind them by just the poisoning alone X amount of generations could legally be executed in a horrific way for attempted regicide. Put Seraphina under even more fire, "according to her reports she is uncertain whom of my 5 consorts is the biological father... even an elder prostitute, addled by syphilis, has a vague idea of who contributed to the making of her child." Heena can sit back and watch them all panic and take bites out of eachother.

This will scare the living poop out of Seraphina as the big-wig families will put a target on her head immediately. She won't be worth the cost of keeping alive..

Yasssss Duchess!!!! Get the secretary as well! Plan the consorts absolute destruction along with their families... I reckon Heena should sentence Seraphina's family to execution because of her (no karmic backlash, likely to be legally sound and absolute power move). Destroy Seraphina's reputation in high society (goes after married men, even the empresses consorts are safe - she'll be vilified by the women). Bring the consorts head of families to a meeting with Seraphina and explain to them that, if what she says is true, the father (and associated family) will be lucky enough to have a loose, adulter woman forcibly married into their fold. The family will have to also pay significant compensation to the Empress personally as well as to the crown.

Surely at the very very very least, she can strip Seraphina of her status and make her a commoner for adultery? Even whether the pregnancy is true or not... either way she has done something against the crown. Then, lock her up 'for her safety' without access to anyone accept Heena's people until the time passes. Once confirmed who/if the consort is, divorce them take their wealth and lands, force them to marry a commoner (Seraphina) and banish them from the empire. C'mon Heena, just get rid of all the consorts... no point in guessing who's true or not, I'm sure they have other family members that you can swap them out with so that the political fall out isn't too bad.

Prince waiting there like...

Caelius to Cael -

Both of them *wipes away tear*. I like how Cael is exposing and dealing with human trafficking etc... you know, as what his job demands. But wanting to use it as a cathartic way to atone... that's not atoning boo, it's what you should be doing as a prince anyway!