I thought this would be interesting, but as the replies said, it's definitely just Yuri bait
On a totally separate note, the Empress is actually just stupid and annoying. Which is honestly pretty shockingly accurate, royalty was often tempestuous, unpredictable, and coddled from things like knowing that if you hurt a horse, of course, it will kick back. Chapter 4 really sealed it for me. Obviously a GL would have been nice, but not with a lead like that. The Empress is so stupid it's actively painful.