Even then, she shouldn't be with the emperor, who doesn't even have the power to go against his wife. She should happily live with duke
Well yeah, definitely against going to the actual lion's den, but what I'm saying is that once the Emperor actually does right by MC, going with him when everything is settled and the apologies are accepted, isn't really something I would be mad about. I think it's possible if they do it right, and not just some lame "Oh I'm sorry for not being there" one-liner before being done with it, if so then forget about it and just stay with the duke
Yes, precisely. He should defeat his demons first (the empress and her kid) and when he's strong enough, he should Apologise genuinely, and protect her from behind the scenes while she happily live with her adoptive family.
Then, I won't have any problem with father
This is just my opinion but I don't think the Emperor is all that bad, he clearly seems very invested in finding his child and I have a sneaking suspicion that the previous iteration of the story was all a scheme of the Empress and her daughter, since it was mentioned that the little devil had charm magic I'm assuming that's what got MC the unwanted child treatment
Now that MC is regaining her life I hope that her biological dad also steps up unlike the past, who knows? Maybe the past dad gets some sense knocked into him and he'll realize that he's being bamboozled, like I genuinely believe that the father was being manipulated and while an enormous apology is needed, I won't be too mad if the MC accepts his apology