History Manhwa / TheRemarriedEmpress

** Poor {McKenna} gets stuck showing off and delivering messages to Navier whenever Heinrey needs an extra bird.

** Heinrey and Ergy as well. Both of them are two-faced schemers who manipulate the people around them in order to further their schemes. Heinrey originally wanted [[to invade the Eastern Empire, but after falling in love with Navier and marrying her, he decides not to go through with it, instead indirectly pushing his enemies into their downfall.]] Ergy seems to not have any reason for messing with the Eastern Empire aside from helping Heinrey, but [[he's actually the most active contributor towards the empire's fall from grace, in part because of revenge against the former emperor for sending his concubine, Alicia, to his family and her becoming his WickedStepmother. But he's also motivated by love, though for his and his biological mother's safety and peace.]]

** Poor {{McKenna}} gets stuck showing off and delivering messages to Navier whenever Heinrey needs an extra bird.
** Sovieshu's secretaries fall under this as they have to put up with his increasingly terrible decisions because of Rashta despite their attempts to advise him otherwise.

*** [[spoiler: Ergy's mother.]] Just like her, Navier is a queen who was put aside by her husband in order to elevate his concubine. However, Navier manages to get back on her feet, while [[spoiler: Ergy's mother suffers from health issues and mental breakdown]].

** Poor McKenna gets stuck showing off and delivering messages to Navier whenever Heinrey needs an extra bird.

But then Navier meets the crown prince of the neighboring Western Kingdom, Heinly. Despite rumors of him being a shameless playboy, he is actually gentlemanly, and really, really likes Navier. When things continue to go wrong for her, she sees her chance to continue being the empress she prepared herself to be with a man loyal to her alone. And so she is divorced by her husband and, you guessed it, [[TitleDrop remarries another emperor and becomes an empress again.]]

** Poor [[spoiler: [=McKenna=]]] gets stuck showing off and delivering messages to Navier whenever Heinly needs an extra bird.

** Crossed with StatingTheSimpleSolution. Marquis Karl attempts multiple times to get Sovieshu to reconsider divorcing Navier and marrying Rashta [[spoiler:to secure a rightful heir]], knowing the disastrous consequences the actions would bring regardless of his intentions. [[spoiler: Marquis Karl suggests Sovieshu waiting a few more years before deciding if Navier is truly infertile and consider other options for a heir if the former turns out to be the case rather than trying to divorce and make Rashta the new empress.]] At one point, he even suggests Sovieshu just tell Navier the truth [[spoiler:about why he is doing everything as Navier would naturally be upset about his actions]]. But ultimately, Sovieshu refuses to budge and goes through with said plan, [[spoiler:only to regret it far too late when Navier marries Heinly and Rashta ruins the standing of the Eastern Empire as the new empress. Not to mention the baby he divorced Navier for wasn't his after all.]]
** At least several people in the Eastern court comment on Ergy's questionable reputation, with Marquis Karl and Count Pirnu suggesting his close friendship with Rashta might cause some problems in the long run and advising Sovieshu to politely send him away. Nothing is done about it, even though [[spoiler: Ergy had already proven himself to be untrustworthy by helping Navier escape the Eastern Empire with Heinly, despite Sovieshu's direct orders. Ergy's further deliberate activities are disastrous to both Rashta and Sovieshu.]]

* DisappointedInYou: Though High Priest Vimirey never says it outright, it's clear these are his feelings toward Sovieshu over him divorcing Navier. Even after being told the story [[spoiler:over why Sovieshu is using Rashta]], Vimirey only reluctantly agrees to finalize the divorce and is unhappy about how things turned out. He ends up agreeing to officiate Navier and Heinley's union and sternly shuts down Sovieshu's attempts to ban Navier from getting remarried, further showing how much Sovieshu's behavior has disappointed him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: At the start of the story Navier and Heinly anonymously exchange letters via messenger bird. After arriving to the palace Heinly claims he's searching for his mysterious penpal. Rashta comes forward, claiming it was her. Heinly, fully aware this is not the case, [[{{Troll}} goes along]] with it, until he starts asking Rashta questions about contents of those letters, revealing the lie. Rashta keeps insisting she's not lying, bursts into tears, accuses Heinly of being mean, causes a scene during the official dinner with foreign guests and makes Sovieshu side with her against Heinly. Navier, who up until that point viewed Rashta as just a NaiveNewcomer, realizes Rashta is absolutely willing to lie and manipulate people even in the face of ImplausibleDeniability just to get her way.
** In a more of a RewatchBonus way, the same scene is also one for [[spoiler: Heinly, showing his [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] tendencies by deliberately making a fool of Rashta, stirring up conflict and milking the fact that he was disrespected. At the time he still was planning a war, so his actions are making sense in that light.]]

** [[spoiler:Ergy is a scheming mole undermining the Eastern Empire]], but his friendship with Heinly seems genuine and his main goal is getting a place where he and his ailing mother can live in peace.

*** Christa Zemensia, who is also a popular, ProperLady queen from a ducal house who failed to conceive an heir with her husband. Navier's arrival to the Western court causes Christa to lose her spotlight and results in her fighting to retain her position. However, while Navier was always capable on her own, Christa is a pawn of her family.
*** Rashta. While Rashta is an illiterate runaway slave and Navier is an educated lady from a high-ranking aristocratic family, as story goes by, their plots mirror each other. After divorcing Sovieshu, Navier comes to the West where she finds herself in a similar situation. While she doesn't break any marriage, she is viewed with suspicion by the previous queen and her ladies-in-waiting, who see her as usurping Christa's place, even though Heinly obviously wouldn't marry his widowed sister-in-law. [[spoiler: And yes, Christa's family also tries to poison Navier when she is pregnant, just like Kosair tried to poison Rashta.]]

** Heinly and Sovieshu. While both are rulers, Sovieshu has been emperor for a few years by the time the story begins while Heinly has recently become king. They both have a plan they are trying to accomplish in the story, with Sovieshu [[spoiler:trying to use Rashta to secure an heir]] while Heinly's is [[spoiler:to make the Western Kingdom an empire and invade the Eastern Empire]]. At one point in the story, both have to choose between Navier or their plan. Sovieshu chooses to secure [[spoiler:Rashta's baby over Navier, but the consequences of his actions while doing so ruin his reputation and empire's power, and it is ultimately discovered Glorym was not his child, meaning his whole plan was all for nothing.]] In contrast, Heinley [[spoiler:chooses Navier's feelings over his invasion plans, though he still ends up weakening the Eastern Empire and their daughter Lari is named its next heir due to the circumstances because he had always planned ahead.]] Finally, both [[spoiler:love Navier]], but Sovieshu [[spoiler:self-sabotages himself by constantly siding with Rashta over Navier and making her believe otherwise, ultimately losing her for good]]. [[spoiler:Meanwhile, Heinly goes out of his way to show he loves Navier and she does eventually reciprocate his love.]]
* GemEncrusted: The Western Kingdom is well known for its gem mines, and at one point Heinly gifts Navier with a gem-encrusted cake.

* HowWeGotHere: How the story unfolds, as it flashes back to the events which lead up to Navier's divorce from Sovieshu and remarriage to Heinly.

* IntoxicationEnsues: [[spoiler:Both Kapmen and Heinly]] drink a love potion in different circumstances. Their faces are flushed and their eyes water within seconds, and they ask the people they first saw to leave them so they can return to their senses.

** After Navier's remarriage to Heinly, Sovieshu puts them both under house arrest at her family's residence. This results in the Western Kingdom having to issue a demand to release their ruler, straining diplomatic relations between their countries. Then, Sovieshu puts up an absolute fit before a crowd of onlookers in front of the Trovi Manor, accusing Heinly - a newly made ruler of an increasingly powerful neighboring country - of seducing Navier, insulting him while telling his own ex-wife, whom he just divorced, things like [[spoiler:"I want to be with you"]], which does not make him look mentally stable, both to said ex-wife and the spectators.

** [[InvokedTrope Invoked]], [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] and ultimately [[AvertedTrope averted]] by Heinly. When [=McKenna=] asks him if he is going to go to war for Navier, Heinly responds that [[spoiler:while the war between their countries will eventually happen,]] his people won't love a queen who in their minds would be associated with war. [[spoiler:With that in mind, he concocts a plan where he, exploiting rumours about the LoveTriangle between himself, Rashta and Sovieshu, declares a war on the Eastern Empire "for Rashta", which would eventually fulfill three objectives: 1. give him an excuse to go to war, 2. smear Rashta's reputation and 3. get him Navier. Navier proposing to him prevents him from going through with it and he ultimately decides against actually waging war on the Eastern Empire for her sake.]]

* ForWantOfANail:
** A pair of kids are put on a strict diet for a few days, so one of them steals cookies from their mother to give to the other. About 15 years later, this results in a divorce, scandals, international tensions, [[spoiler: execution of at least two noble families, and a dynasty ending.]]
** Rashta would probably avoided a lot of trouble down the line if she didn't insist on bringing attention to herself at the New Year's ball, where she gets spotted by her former master. Almost everything that goes wrong later for her stems from that encounter.

** [[spoiler:All of these events made Sovieshu, who unsuccessfully did everything to get back with Navier, find himself alone with his reputation tarnished and a high probability of being infertile himself. This causes his mental health to rapidly deteriorate, until he becomes practically unable to govern, while his former father-in-law has to take the reins of the empire with Sovieshu as a figurehead. He tries to hand over the throne to his distant nephew, who declines the offer. In the end, he names the daughter of his ex-wife and princess of a foreign nation his successor, which effectively means the end of his dynasty.]]

** [[spoiler:All these events made Sovieshu, who unsuccessfully did everything to get back with Navier, finds himself alone with his reputation tarnished and a high probability of being infertile himself. This causes his mental health to rapidly deteriorate, until he becomes practically unable to govern, while his former father-in-law has to take the reins of the empire with Sovieshu as a figurehead. He tries to hand over the throne to his distant nephew, who declines the offer. In the end, he names the daughter of his ex-wife and princess of a foreign nation his successor, which effectively means the end of his dynasty.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Both out and InUniverse. Having multiple concubines or lovers by both men and women is not seen as unusual in both the Eastern Empire and Western Kingdom, while Princess Soju of the Northern Kingdom comments about how bizarre she finds this practice. Kapmen openly tells Navier that this is unthinkable in his country and the queen would be justified for killing a concubine there.

** Crossed with StatingTheSimpleSolution. Marquis Karl attempts multiple times to get Sovieshu to reconsider divorcing Navier and marrying Rashta [[spoiler:to secure a rightful heir]], knowing the disastrous consequences the actions would bring regardless of his intentions. [[spoiler: Marquis Karl suggests Sovieshu waiting a few more years before deciding if Navier is truly infertile and consider other options for a heir if the former turns out to be the case rather than trying to divorce and make Rashta the new empress.]] At one point, he even suggests Sovieshu just tell Navier the truth [[spoiler:about why he is doing everything as Navier would naturally be upset about his actions, which Sovieshu also ignored]]. But ultimately, Sovieshu refuses to budge and goes through with said plan, [[spoiler:only to regret it far too late when Navier marries Heinly and Rashta ruins the standing of the Eastern Empire as the new empress. Not to mention the baby he divorced Navier for wasn't his after all.]]

** For all her crimes and shortcomings, Rashta genuinely loves [[spoiler: her children. She is excited and happy during her first pregnancy, and devastated by the trauma of (supposedly) losing Ian and resulting issues with being a good mother to Glorym.]]

** Rashta, being a former slave, is blackmailed by her former owner, Viscount Roteschu, about already having a child, Ian, with his own son. Since her funds as a concubine are closely monitored, she has to buy his silence by giving him precious jewels she receives from Sovieshu. These are both insufficient and easily traceable, so she ends up borrowing a lot of money from Ergy, a foreign duke with way too much influence over her. [[spoiler:Once she becomes an empress, he demands his loans back with interest, making her sign off a strategically important port to him, which later causes a huge scandal and international tensions between the Eastern Empire and Blue Bohean. Furthermore, after her daughter Glorym turns out to be Alan's daughter, she is accused of treason and embezzling the empire's coffers and sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment, where she kills herself soon after.]]

** Inverted when Navier rebukes Rashta's attempts at befriending her, telling Rashta to befriend Sovieshu's next concubine. Not only does this jab seriously strike Rashta's nerve, but after Navier's departure from the Eastern Empire Rashta becomes increasingly paranoid about every woman even approaching Sovieshu, not realizing Sovieshu is too busy [[spoiler:mourning losing Navier]] to notice any other women.

** Inverted when Navier rebukes Rashta's attempts at befriending her, telling Rashta to befriend Sovieshu's next concubine. Not only does this jab seriously strike Rashta's nerve, after Navier's departure from the Eastern Empire Rashta becomes increasingly paranoid about every woman even approaching Sovieshu, not realizing Sovieshu is too busy [[spoiler:mourning losing Navier]] to notice any other women.

** Inverted when Navier rebukes Rashta's attempts at befriending her, telling Rashta to befriend Sovieshu's next concubine. Not only does this jab seriously strike Rashta's nerve, after Navier's departure from the Eastern Empire Rashta becomes increasingly paranoid about every woman even approaching Sovieshu, not realizing Sovieshu is too [[spoiler:busy mourning losing Navier]] to notice any other women.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The previous empress preparing cookies laced with abortion and infertility inducing drugs for one of the emperor's mistresses and Sovieshu and Navier eating them leads to most of the conflict in the story that followed, including Sovieshu's complicated plan to have a legitimate heir to keep Navier as his empress and Alicia being made the scapegoat, getting banished from the palace, and becoming Ergy's WickedStepmother.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:The previous empress preparing cookies laced with abortion and infertility inducing drugs for one of the emperor's mistresses and Sovieshu and Navier eating them leads to most of the conflict in the story that followed, including Sovieshu's complicated plan to have a legitimate heir to keep Navier as his empress and Alicia being made the scapegoat and banished from the palace and becoming Ergy's WickedStepmother.]]
* VirtualPaperDoll: In the game, Navier and her love interests can get multiple outfits, hairdos and accessories both during gameplay as well as purchase them in the "Closet" option for diamonds. Navier's outfits level up her "Charm" percentage, while males' outfits level up their "Hearts" percentage.

* PlentyOfBlondes: For some reason Sovieshu and the Rimwells are the only major characters with dark hair. The rest has varying shades of blonde or white/silver.

** Viscount Roteschu Rimwell is a doting father to Lebetti, and despite his complaining about Allen and Ian, a lot of his crimes are motivated by his efforts to secure his family's future, especially since his wife's illness makes him stuck as the main caretaker.

** [[spoiler: Glorym. Everyone, including her own mother, initially assumed she is Sovieshu's daughter, but she turns out to be Allen's child. Sovieshu doesn't take it well.]] It is made even more complicated by [[spoiler: Ergy leaving a note saying Sovieshu is really the father]]. It is actually a distraction ploy to help him escape the Eastern Empire.

** After Navier's remarriage to Heinly, Sovieshu puts them both under house arrest at her family's residence. This results in the Western Kingdom having to issue a demand to release their ruler, straining diplomatic relationship between their countries. Then, Sovieshu puts up an absolute fit before a crowd of onlookers in front of the Trovi Manor, accusing Heinly - a newly made ruler of an increasingly powerful neighboring country - of seducing Navier, insulting him while telling his own ex-wife, whom he just divorced, things like [[spoiler:"I want to be with you"]], which does not make him look mentally stable, both to said ex-wife and the spectators.
** Rashta, being a former slave, is blackmailed by her former owner, Viscount Roteschu, about already having a child, Ian, with his own son. Since her funds as a concubine are closely monitored, she has to buy his silence by giving him precious jewels she receives from Sovieshu. Those are both insufficient and easily traceable, so she ends up borrowing a lot of money from Ergy, a foreign duke with way too much influence over her. [[spoiler:Once she becomes an empress, he demands his loans back with interest, making her sign off a strategically important port to him, which later causes a huge scandal and international tensions between the Eastern Empire and Blue Bohean. Furthermore, after her daughter Glorym turns out to be Alan's daughter, she is accused of treason and embezzling the empire's coffers and sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment, where she kills herself soon after.]]

** Before the divorce, Navier is responsible for trade negotiations between the Eastern Empire and the kingdom of Luipt, represented by Kapmen, who finds Sovieshu's treatment of Navier appalling. However, Sovieshu ends up arguing with Navier right in front of him [[spoiler:over her refusal to accept Rashta's baby]], resulting in Kapmen [[AssholeVictim punching him]]. Sovieshu takes advantage of this and his jealousy over their friendship to end trading relations with Luipt... and any trade benefits it would bring to the empire, one of being hopefully finding the cause of the declining mages. Navier does secure trade negotiations with Luipt as the empress of the Western Empire, which improves its standing.

** Before the divorce Navier is responsible for trade negotiations between Eastern Empire and the kingdom of Luipt, represented by Kapmen, who finds Sovieshu's treatment of Navier appalling. However, Sovieshu ends up arguing with Navier right in front of him [[spoiler:over her refusal to accept Rashta's baby]], resulting in Kapmen [[AssholeVictim punching him]]. Sovieshu takes advantage of this and his jealousy over their friendship to end trading relations with Luipt... and any trade benefits it would bring to the empire, one of being hopefully finding the cause of the declining mages. Navier does secure trade negotiations with Luipt as the empress of the Western Empire, which improves its standing.