Sounds like a plausible theory, be interesting to so if you're right
You can read the spoiler at the commen section above. Ellie mom were kidnaped when she was pregnant
And the one who took ellie was empress half sister and that's what ellie mom wish
Nice but the Duke is Ellie's dad. The Emperor will try to lie and claim Ellie as his daughter but that ain't the case.
Wow. Thank God the story is not as dark as my imagination. Haha
That bastard emperor belong to the trashbin in hell.
Thank God the duke is the real dad.
Hii may i ask wherr you read the novel please ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
I dont rwad the novel. I just read the spoiler above
I didn't read the novel. Hshshs the typo
From my theory, the reason why the emperor and the duke have such bad relationship is definitely because the emperor was obsessed with the duke's lover (the lady with green eyes).
There is high possibility that the emperor somehow kidnapped the duke's lover and did the "unspeakable" resulting in Ellie, and prissoned her in the castle.
As for the duke, he doesn't know what happened and though that her lover just left him.
Meanwhile, Ellie's thief mother is possibly the loyal maid to Ellie's mom.
And then, the red hair queen killed Ellie's mom, and The maid run away saving baby Ellie.
The queen probably does not know that Ellie was born. But she know that the maid witnessed her killing Ellie's mom.
That's why the queen searched and killed the maid (the thief).
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Maybe my imagination is too wild...