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If you really think about it they met wheb Asha was like what 5 or 6 so the emperor is basically a kid too. Like 11 or 12. You only say 'grooming' if the other party was an adult. And this one is the kind of innocent love that became an obsession on the emperor's side. So more like a psycho than a groomer to be honest.
The emperor like him since he was also a young kid. I don't see this as a grooming, because i don't think emperor plan to groom him but rather just trying to courting him, failed miserably tho lol I don't understand why ALL the large age gap always title as 'grooming' nowadays and its like y'all youngsters (i say that when i am also only in my 20s lol) just throw around buzz words without understand the meaning. Example; Pick Me Girl.