Of course communication is important.. but remember past elena have to power at all. She was a commoner who married the prince. With no family/standing to back them up how do you defend against a duke that overpowered the imperial family & other aristocrats? The past timeline was impossible to survive, unlike the current timeline where she is gathering connections.
You can say that but the person who experienced "that perspective" (the MC) deals with whats presented to her. Im just saying it doesnt change the fact that he made his wife feel like she and her child were unloved. Theres almost always a story behind things like that, but it doesnt really mean the recipients of ill treatment have to ignore it since the other person might have a story. Subjectively, she has the right to dislike/fear him for what he did. Objectively, from a universal perspective, it was for the greater good. I know this isnt what you were implying and Im not arguing what you said, since it can be true pretty often, just my general thoughts on situations like that.
For ppl cursing the prince.. spoilers....
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In the 1st timeline he was politically powerless. Everyone except the emperor (by that time the emperor was too weak to do anything against the duke) was his enemy. He was hoping for a baby girl, so there won't be a fight for the throne & her life won't be in danger all the time. When a boy was born he was happy but also scared shitless cause he knows the baby's gonna get killed by the duke. So he acted like he was disgusted by the baby & elena to protect them (rejecting them so the duke won't regard them as a threat). There were eyes/spies of the enemy everywhere including when elena gave birth. After elena got killed he actually went mad & killed the real veronica out of anger. He said to baby ian "your mother was one of the most beautiful/brave woman i know" or something like that (can't remember well lol). The prince basically knew fake veronica was elena even before ian was born, but he loved her nonetheless.