The Emperor dies in front of her eyes. She doesn't scream, she doesn't cry, everyone dies sometime. But she thinks it's tragic, that a dynasty, an era can die without thunderclaps or other signs of divine fury, that iT can end here, and the gods don't care.
She kills his murderer with help from Baurus, with shaking hands that don't really know how to hold Captain Renault's sword.
The Emperor dies, but she finds a purpose.