Series guide
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Stars
- Shin Min-a · Ju Ji-hoon · Lee Jong-suk
Images: Disney+ UK
Where to watch The Remarried Empress
All episodes released so far stream on Disney+ and Hulu in the US with any subscription, checked November 10, 2026. The first four arrived together on November 3, 2026, and two more episodes land every Wednesday — November 11, November 18 and the last two on November 25.
Streaming options in the United States, updated Nov 10, 2026. More from disneyplus.com. Service logos are trademarks of their owners.
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The Remarried Empress episodes 10
Season 1 · 10 episodes · 4 aired · Nov 3, 2026 to Nov 25, 2026
S1.E1 ·
Episode 1
Empress Navier's marriage to Emperor Sovieshu cracks when he brings a runaway slave named Rashta into the palace, and years without an imperial heir have already set the court whispering.
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Episode 2
Sovieshu's choices rattle Navier further, while the palace buzzes over the approaching visit of Prince Heinrey, a royal from the neighboring Western Kingdom.
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Episode 3
The New Year's ceremony puts the court's politics on display as Rashta pushes for more standing, and Sovieshu publicly humiliates Navier by picking another partner for the ceremonial dance.
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Episode 4
As Navier and Heinrey grow closer, Rashta turns to bolder schemes that threaten to tip the palace's fragile balance into chaos.
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Episode 10
Two episodes land every Wednesday after the four-episode premiere, building to the finale on November 25.
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A webtoon megahit, told the way the Hulu hub is built to tell it
The question this show answers is not “what happens” — most of its audience already knows, from a web novel and webtoon that have logged close to three billion views between them. It’s whether Empress Navier’s divorce from Emperor Sovieshu can carry a big-budget, English-subtitled adaptation for viewers who have never read either. It can. The first four episodes do the thing a cold open needs to: they establish Navier and Sovieshu’s marriage, the runaway slave Rashta who upends it, and the mounting court pressure over an empire with no heir, before Prince Heinrey of the Western Kingdom ever appears onscreen. Disney+ released all four together on November 3, a day earlier than announced, which is the clearest sign yet of how much weight the platform is putting behind its first major Korean co-production of this scale.
The releases from here are deliberately paced: two episodes every Wednesday through November 25, the same weekly rhythm Disney+ has used for its other event series. That means the back half of the season — where Heinrey’s courtship of Navier and Rashta’s maneuvering both escalate — is still three weeks out as of this guide. Whether the show earns a second season depends less on the first four episodes than on how it handles that escalation, since the webtoon’s reputation rests on Navier’s arc outlasting the marriage that opens it, not on the divorce itself.
For a US audience new to the genre, the useful comparison on our own shelf is Solo Leveling — a different genre entirely, but the same pipeline: a Korean webtoon mega-hit getting a prestige adaptation built to travel well outside Korea. Disney’s own announcement of the early release is the best source for how the rollout is paced, and the production record has the full cast and crew. Everything else we’re tracking by release date lives in our watch guides.
The Remarried Empress cast 4
- Shin Min-aNavier
Ju Ji-hoonSovieshu
Lee Jong-sukHeinrey
Lee Se-youngRashta
- Directors
- Jo Soo-won, Kim Chang-ju
- Writers
- Yeoh Geena, Hyun Choong-yeol
- Studios
- Studio N, Beyond Story
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Ju Ji-hoon: TV10, CC BY 3.0; Lee Jong-suk: K-POPit 티비텐, CC BY 3.0; Lee Se-young: 디스패치, CC BY 3.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch The Remarried Empress?
On Disney+ and Hulu in the US with a subscription, checked November 10, 2026. No rent or purchase option exists; it is subscription-only.
How many episodes does The Remarried Empress have?
10 episodes in total. The first four released together on November 3, 2026, and the remaining six arrive two at a time every Wednesday, ending November 25.
When did The Remarried Empress premiere?
November 3, 2026 on Disney+ and Hulu — a day earlier than the originally announced November 4 date, as a surprise early drop.
Is The Remarried Empress based on a webtoon?
Yes. It adapts the NAVER WEBTOON of the same name, itself based on Alphatart’s web novel, which has drawn close to three billion views.
Do I need to have read the webtoon first?
No. The series tells the same story from the start — Empress Navier’s divorce from Emperor Sovieshu and her alliance with Prince Heinrey — and assumes no prior reading.
