Everyone's confused so summary up to chapter 3: our neko was a beggar BUT he got tricked by a business partner he trusted and sold to the palace for the harem (once in the harem you're imprisoned there and can never leave). The servant ladies who are supposed to be working for neko are abusing him instead. He's rarely visited by the emperor and they don't do full sex when he does visit, so everyone assumes he isn't like by the emperor. Frustrated by being stuck in this situation he makes one last effort to see if the emperor will be kinder to him, and then when he's refused again the neko tries to murder the emperor. Neko is imprisoned for this. But in a shocking twist he's released from his jail cell and married to the emperor! It turns out secretly the emperor loved him this entire time! Now he's the empress and can no longer be bullied by servants. Now in chapter 3 he's loved by his husband the emperor, he's treated well by the servants, and he has a life of wealth and full sex.
Everyone's confused so summary up to chapter 3: our neko was a beggar BUT he got tricked by a business partner he trusted and sold to the palace for the harem (once in the harem you're imprisoned there and can never leave). The servant ladies who are supposed to be working for neko are abusing him instead. He's rarely visited by the emperor and they don't do full sex when he does visit, so everyone assumes he isn't like by the emperor. Frustrated by being stuck in this situation he makes one last effort to see if the emperor will be kinder to him, and then when he's refused again the neko tries to murder the emperor. Neko is imprisoned for this. But in a shocking twist he's released from his jail cell and married to the emperor! It turns out secretly the emperor loved him this entire time! Now he's the empress and can no longer be bullied by servants. Now in chapter 3 he's loved by his husband the emperor, he's treated well by the servants, and he has a life of wealth and full sex.