I believe that the king protects Rashta so much (and that “innocent” personality - because she is only innocent to the emperor) because she reminds him of what the Navier was like. You can see during the reading that he tries to bring the old personality of the Navier again: giving gifts, talking, making jokes, traveling to a place with shared memories, wandering between the memories and finally, complaining that she is no longer the same (even if he does it more by gestures and thoughts). I believe it more because when Rashta is pregnant he thinks it would be better if the Empress was pregnant or even at the beginning of the book when (I believe it was twice in all) he felt sorry for the Empress. And, in reality, I feel that he only uses Rashta to supply an accumulated need, so much so that when he became ill he did not want to see her or be cared for by him, he wanted the Empress, Navier. Only with it would he relax and get better. (And everytime he has to travel or something like that he ask the Navier, not Rashta).
I believe he never thought that being an empress would suck the personality of the person he loves. And nor did he help the empress to maintain her essence.
I believe that the king protects Rashta so much (and that “innocent” personality - because she is only innocent to the emperor) because she reminds him of what the Navier was like. You can see during the reading that he tries to bring the old personality of the Navier again: giving gifts, talking, making jokes, traveling to a place with shared memories, wandering between the memories and finally, complaining that she is no longer the same (even if he does it more by gestures and thoughts). I believe it more because when Rashta is pregnant he thinks it would be better if the Empress was pregnant or even at the beginning of the book when (I believe it was twice in all) he felt sorry for the Empress. And, in reality, I feel that he only uses Rashta to supply an accumulated need, so much so that when he became ill he did not want to see her or be cared for by him, he wanted the Empress, Navier. Only with it would he relax and get better. (And everytime he has to travel or something like that he ask the Navier, not Rashta).
I believe he never thought that being an empress would suck the personality of the person he loves. And nor did he help the empress to maintain her essence.