Maybe it's the fact we mainly see him with the empress rn? So he's rather soft than "masculine", plus he clearly has feelings for her. Perhaps it's the cause why, with feelings he is so teenager coded XD
I AGREE, STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE REST. Everything else is strict, why doesn't her maids? Their behaviour is ridiculous, like, how dare they, SERVANTS, yell at someone with higher position? Concubines? They're much more important than few maids, the fuck is lynn thinking? I get she's close to that bitch, but she literally killed another person and is active with the plan of killing the only person who truly cares for her master. Empress to Lynn was nothing but nice, Lynn reacted to bad things her maid talked abt her, but come on. She's a fucking royal. Yelling and acting out IN PRESENCE OF ROYAL? THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN THE ENTIRE EMPIRE??? She could easily cut her head off is she wanted, but empress is just too godly.
Also, I didn't notice anything wrong with the art change? And I re-read it recently, what changed?
There’s nothing wrong with the art per se, it’s just they made him look/feel more younger and teenager-ish in these new chapters.
Check chapter 100, he felt and looked more grown and actually acted like an emperor in that chapter and the following ones.
But like you said, maybe they were just trying to express he innocent feelings for the empress through the art.
Say what you will about the emperor, but I like him. He’s kinda adorable. it’s not every time we need a testosterone filled guy with a third leg as MC. This is a nice change of pace. In any case, I just re-read the entire thing and he was actually looking manly and acting like more of a king in like the last 10 chapters. Idk what happened to the art style and recent chapters.
Also (no hate to lady Lyn) but fuck her feelings bro, Sang lan has to be put away. The poor concubine Nan-Yung got murdered. San lang has probably been brainwashed by that man backing up Lady Lyn, because there’s no way she murdered a concubine and swears she’s innocent, to the point that if we hadn’t seen her entire scheme, we’d also think she was innocent. And swears she’s doing it all for the sake of lady Lynn.
Lady Lynn herself isn’t bad, but she’s so naive that sometimes I wonder if she just chooses to overlook things she can stop, therefore letting the cause problems. Like all her maids are so out of order.