She had been bested, betrayed by the Imperial Fool when she’d assumed she could trust him. He had taken her copy of the Moon Scepter and swapped it for the original, then run off.
Read deleted prologue here (Contains spoilers, best read after finishing the final version Emperor's Soul): https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-emperors-soul-deleted-prologue-imperial-fool/
Imperial Fool is HOID!
