Breaking the Rites

Clara Sutton enters the manor to teach Grand Princess Astrid Thorne wedding rites. Their pretense turns into reality. Amidst Empress Dowager's schemes, they navigate breaking off an engagement and seizing power. One transforms from a 'monitor' into an 'accomplice,' the other from a 'lonely monarch' into a 'ruler with a weakness.' On the grand wedding day, one wears the gown, the other tears up rites to change the law.