Needlessly cruel =/= good emperor

Authors need to get it through their skull that emperors who kill mercilessly and just act like the ML: absolute @sses, are not good emperors. I understand they want the « iron hand » feel to them; but the behaviour of this emperor is beyond stupid. He’s just a child with a crown. Why kill hundreds of YOUR soldiers just to take a look at a bigger authoritative figure than you that you’ll eventually see anyways? This would just put most people against you. He’s so dumb it breaks my brain, he’s got no logic, I don’t care if she was his lover in the past. In real life there would be constant riots and no one would listen to him because people would believe the king is crazy, and kills whether you’re right or wrong. He would’ve been assassinated a long time ago. If authors want an idea of a cruel but technically competent leader, they should read « the Prince » by Machiavelli, it’s a short read and pretty explicit.
Also if that’s the path you’re going for do not try to make us like him. I’m supposed to like and feel bad for someone who killed plenty of people just doing their job because he was horny? Man I know a lot of you might be young but jc, recognise bad writing when you see it. This manhwa is a hot mess I know I’m going to get downvoted for it but lol I gotta get this off my chest. The story is all over the place, the characters have no depth and are incoherent regarding their own personalities, the ML is a painful jerk who I would do anything to throw over a bridge and the FL is as tiring and stupid as those « I’m married to a billionaire ceo! » manhua’s female leads. They tried to make her look smart but no. Such a shame because the art + the original plot looked interesting.

If you’re curious about a good manhwa depicting well power dynamics with cruel leaders, kind leaders and corrupted leaders please read « to be you even just for a day ». If you’re just cruel and merciless people won’t provoke you but they won’t respect you and follow you unless ordered. If you’re needlessly kind people might respect you but they will easily walk over you and take over some of your power. If you’re carefully corrupted, people won’t notice and won’t act accordingly, leaving you room for power and greed, at the expense of your people and being discovered. The difficulty of being a leader is balancing cruelty and kindness, greed and humbleness... seriously, I wished the author could read critics of her manhwa and improve it, it has so much potential that is ruined the more chapters go by （/TДT)/