If we judge how Ashya is in the novel she makes a great empress. Yes she doesn't have a strong family line to back her up but she's not a pushover. In the novel she gives the petty nobles a run for their money with how unbothered she is with their schemes to embarrass her at the ball. She also has the emperor to lean on when necessary. As well as Cecelia as her aide, once she becomes the duke of the Dupret house.
If we judge how Ashya is in the novel she makes a great empress. Yes she doesn't have a strong family line to back her up but she's not a pushover. In the novel she gives the petty nobles a run for their money with how unbothered she is with their schemes to embarrass her at the ball. She also has the emperor to lean on when necessary. As well as Cecelia as her aide, once she becomes the duke of the Dupret house.