rejoined Hasimir at court, and in early 10192 the two were sent as royal envoys to represent the Emperor at the birthday of Feyd Rautha Harkonnen Count Fennng had convinced Shaddam IV that they should use this excuse for the Count to maintain the bmperor s hold over the Har-konnens and to insure that there was no confusion over Count Vladimir's debt for the use of Sardaukar support in the destruction of House Atreides In a plot Within a plot, the Count s machinations also insured thai Margot would have her opportunity at Feyd Rautha while the Count distracted Vladimir with veiled and confusing references to the Emperor's suspicions and concerns While it is not clear that Count Fennng's continuing cooperation was willing, he remained a highly successful accomplice to the Bene Gessent's regular sampling of gene pools in pursuit of the Kwisatz Haderach There was urgency to garner the genes of Feyd-Rautha since his violent, greedy, and mercurial nature made his continued survival doubtful Since he was to have been mated with die daughter that the Lady Jessica willfully refused to produce, the preservation of his heredity for yet another generation was critical and his seduction followed the standard, time tested routine used successfully in the past Lady Margot was more than beguiling enough to draw Feyd-Rautha away from his harem of slave girls In fact, Feyd-Rautha found the seemingly aloof Margot an irresist ible challenge, and he foolishly assumed what he thought was an active role m their meetings when, in fact, he was both passive and manipulated IB routine Bene Gessent fashion, Lady Margot was to do more with Feyd-Rautha than just conceive his child She was also to implant a posthypnotic command, a word (probably 'Uroshnor' ) that would render his muscles flaccid should he ever threaten the Bene Gessent or one of the earners of genes important to their breeding program (To his credit, Paul Atreides maintained his independence and refused to use the word m his combat with Feyd Rautha ) In 10196, Lady Margot and her Count were allowed to join Shaddam IV's court-m exile on Sdlusa SeLundus Until Hasimir died in 10225, Lady Margot remained at his side, her inactivity probably the result of confusion among the Bene Gessent leader ship and an unnamed malady that rendered her barren She may have assisted her hus band in his.