She never gets to be away from the palace and live a normal life as she wished. She essentially can only love one of the few men who have ever shown her kindness, but at the same time he pretty much demands she be with him. Even her mother said “it’s the fault of the emperor AND the husband.” I feel like the best ending would have had her living with her daughter far away, able to meet people and have freedom. Beautiful story but the set up for everything felt terrible
She never gets to be away from the palace and live a normal life as she wished. She essentially can only love one of the few men who have ever shown her kindness, but at the same time he pretty much demands she be with him. Even her mother said “it’s the fault of the emperor AND the husband.” I feel like the best ending would have had her living with her daughter far away, able to meet people and have freedom. Beautiful story but the set up for everything felt terrible