Much feels many emotions and though her actions are understandable i still want to shake the heroine because she and the emperor could be so good together if not for that Unfortunate Incident and even she had a thought of “what if” but ofc hollow laughter
So far there is more build up in this book that’s probably leading to the climax in the next. It’s like watching a heartbreaking kind of trainwreck (as opposed to a schadenfreude kind of trainwreck) because you know someone is going to crash and burn but you still can’t look away.