And if that's going to happen, she concludes, Poppea will have to be killed.
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At Poppea's urging, Nero has ordered Seneca's death, and Seneca has decided to carry out that order himself.
That night, Otho quietly enters Poppea's room with his dagger in hand, but Cupid intervenes and prevents the murder.
When Nero finds out what Seneca has done he's ecstatic, and reacts with a highly-charged scene praising Poppea's sensuous beauty.
Nero and Poppea confirm their love, and Poppea is crowned Empress.
Poppea wakes up just as the disguised Otho is running away.
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