My god..I was even thinking that the the story flow is quite decent. I was thinking how it will go down: first, an all out war between the mc and bitch+emperor. second, she successfully secure her position, but nevertheless allows bitch to stay with emperor and emperor doesn't have any control over mc.
third, mc gets a heir and starts training him/her.
fourth, emperor (Idk how, I know this shit is bad and I actually don't want story to end up this way but I saw the cover and we all knows how its going to go down to) starts to feel different towards empress (out of respect? maybe) .
fifth, the child actually hated the emperor but emperor tries to gain his favour yadda yadda.
sixth, another war again with bitch..because the emperor starts to feel indifferent towards her.
Yeah, something like that..But after reading your spoiler (I'm glad I did), I don't even want to read another chapter again..
I don't want to elaborate much about another manga, especially on this website so I'll just say a little. I've read "Lucia" and honestly I thought the manga was good until I read the novel..It's not as bad as this one, a little realistic but the female mc wasn't a go for me at the start. That's all. Feel free to critisise me.
I don't typically get this upset over fictional characters, but reading this novel really made me realize this story isn't worth my time. Okay, so he had a tragic past, but he's such a flaky asshole. So he fell for her because she showed him compassion after hearing about his tragic sob story just like his bitch. So when our MC asked him if the reason why he's confessing his love to her was because of that he couldn't even deny it. Basically, he falls for anyone who shows him compassion? Like how he fell for his bitch because she pretended to care? Wait let's not forget that while he still had his bitch promoted to noble status (adopted by a duke), that asshole was still talking bullshit about "the duties of a husband," even though he had said whatever he wanted to Lizzy about a careless marriage. Fuck, the bitch had to tell him that HE had changed and that HE loves the MC. I mean, I'm speculating here, but if the bitch didn't confess that she was using him the whole time and didn't love him would he still be stringling along the both of them? He's such a fuckin weakling, half ass bastard who needs to be told what to do. BUT what really pissed me off is having to the bitch tell Lizzy that she was the one who reached out to him. Lizzy's heart and pride had already been trampled on way beyond repair, yet the author just forcibly makes them have relationship first beginning with physical contact. That's just bullshit. Maybe I'm petty or prideful, but I would never He could find a whore for all I care to relieve himself.
The translated novel is free to read up to chapter 12. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/lady-to-queen/
I ended up nearly reading the whole damn series afterall. OMG. The Emperor proves to be a loser over and over again. He's got no balls at all. It's sad to say that yes, sure Rose did manipulate him somewhat but it was mainly him. He was a fuckin coward who put on a mask on Rose like she was some innocent and pitiful bitch. His whole reasoning for not "throwing her away" was because both of them supposedly suffered from childhood trauma. His passive and flaky ass didn't do anything drastic throughout out the story and kept Rose there instead of kicking her out. Lizzy was fighting her battles by herself up until the end when she almost got killed by another assassin that bitch hired. Then that asshole finally just excepted it or not really more like it couldn't be helped because that bitch fucked up too much. What really pissed me off was his fucking attitude. "Only God knows whether I really loved her or if she really loved me." Yeah, about Rose. So he can't tell the difference between compassion or love.Some shit like that. Where's the fucking compassion for OUR Lizzy? Maybe he does end up finding out later, but the fact that he still had any sort of compassion for Rose up until the end just ruined it for me. Oh, and guess what shortly after Rose gets killed they make up there love within fuckin 7 chapters. After all the shit that happened. You wanna know how he tried to redeem himself..
making Lizzy cookies himself because she loves sweets. Like REALLY, after he just stood around halfass said so himself "lukewarm." Maybe others can interpret for themselves what he really means and what he intended in this god famn story, but from what I read that's how it came across. You guys can stick around and read the novel and the webtoon. Be warned about the novel though. Be wary of bllod soaring parts. My ship has sailed. I'M DONE!
So, I've read over and over from those who have been spoiling the story (myself included), but I thought I'll give this fucker a chance. Damn, I should've of listened to that kind person on novelupdates. She was right. I felt empty inside even during the "romance scenes." Heck, it felt so forced.****SPOILER:
I felt so bad, even cried for Lizzy when she found out that she was infertile and that asshole planned it all. Lizzy was just broken at that point. To make her a fuckin' puppet who could not bear children so he and his little bitch could be together. She thought she could at least have a child to be an heir. That was her way of winning, but that fucker went a head and planned even further than that--basically, ruining any chance of her gaining happiness. I was so heart broken for her. Fuckin' asshole had the audacity to cry and be all apologetic, saying shit like even if she doesn't give him her heart he's happy with just her body there with him because he found out too late that he's in love with her. Honestly, I skipped all the shit in the middle so I don't know how the fuck he fell for her and I don't fuckin' care. Shit, I think he's a crueler in this alternative story than with her sister (they're twins by the way, found out in the novel). My reasoning, he wanted a puppet Empress that was infertile so she could have no chance at all of securing her position, neither the Emperor's love or favor all so she could be used for his bitch to take the position as Queen. Knowing that she will suffer the most in the end for not being able to bear an heir, losing her position, and possibly death. I wished the author didn't forcefully make them end up together. I mean I guess, I get that Lizzy has some feelings for him and at first it was compassion. BUT how the fuck can you sleep with a fucker like this because he was drugged with aphrodisiac by his bitch?