Responses
I’m pretty sure he was trying to give actual advice, I’m my opinion the emperor is quite pitiful, he went to get power to protect blondina’s mother but he lost sight of his initial goal in the process. I think he saw himself in lart and so told him to do what he failed to. But he did avoid answering to his question
Emperor's answer to the prince's question is a little confusing to me. "Why did you abandon Blondina's mother?" This question somehow leads the emperor to believe the prince likes someone and you need to become strong, aka emperor, to protect them, but isn't that what you did and home girl is dead? Or was the emperor just avoiding the prince's question altogether?