To me, from the first timeline, the emperor disliked Shuelina due to not having spirit power just like any other member of the royal family, but he and the brother were manipulated to think like that because it was the red head princess who actually stolen the power. It's not exactly per say their fault...
In this timeline, we figured out at first, the emperor was told his child was a prince that died. From the very beginning, he was lied to and believed after legitimate confirmation that "he" was dead. After realizing that child isn't dead, he clearly cares for the child and wanted to find her but couldn't because of the events that happened. He found the orphanage but saw it was already fixed so cue in his confusion when Archduke told him she was miserable before he adopted her. Emperor doesn't know the full picture just yet but he will stop at nothing to get his daughter back (can't say I blame him, he does genuinely love the child despite what we have witnessed in the first timeline) and he knows the red headed empress is behind this.
I honestly can say, the og family were victims of liars and manipulation. The current Shuelina only knows so much and doesn't know that her og Family actually do love her. I would truly pick both families, she is a princess either way as in ducal households, daughters are also called noble princesses instead of royal princesses.
To me, from the first timeline, the emperor disliked Shuelina due to not having spirit power just like any other member of the royal family, but he and the brother were manipulated to think like that because it was the red head princess who actually stolen the power. It's not exactly per say their fault...
In this timeline, we figured out at first, the emperor was told his child was a prince that died. From the very beginning, he was lied to and believed after legitimate confirmation that "he" was dead. After realizing that child isn't dead, he clearly cares for the child and wanted to find her but couldn't because of the events that happened. He found the orphanage but saw it was already fixed so cue in his confusion when Archduke told him she was miserable before he adopted her. Emperor doesn't know the full picture just yet but he will stop at nothing to get his daughter back (can't say I blame him, he does genuinely love the child despite what we have witnessed in the first timeline) and he knows the red headed empress is behind this.
I honestly can say, the og family were victims of liars and manipulation. The current Shuelina only knows so much and doesn't know that her og Family actually do love her. I would truly pick both families, she is a princess either way as in ducal households, daughters are also called noble princesses instead of royal princesses.