I havent finished the novel yet but I'm almost there.
So continuation to the latest chapter, rose tried to seduce the emperor with aprodisiac poured into his wine. But the emperor still rejected her advances. Since rose didnt want to leave the room, he left instead. Then he bumped in with trizia along the way but he was already affected with the drugs. At first, rizi tried to ignore the poor emperor suffering with lust (lol) but in the end, they had sex that night. Also it was the queen who offered herself to the emperor that night.
ABOUT ROSE:
-Since she's a shameless bitch, she tried to sabotage the emperor's birthday through presenting him the flowers he despised the most but nilla prevented that to happen.
-She had an argument with the emperor, revealing her true nature and intentions. That she didnt love him, that she was only in love with his wealth and power and that she will be empress even without his favor.
-She attempted another assassination towards the queen but the queen was quick to act. She purposedly didnt bring large group of knights to guard her when he visited her family.
-In the end, evidences were all pointed towards her so she was executed with guillotine. She also lost her mind when the queen told her that even of she escapes death, she will no longer be queen or queen dowager since she's barren. The queen made her barren.
ABOUT THE DUKE EPHRENEY/DUCHESS EPHRENEY AND JANUARY
-Apparently, it was brought to light that the duke (formerly James of house Hedwig) impregnated the duchess (the only daughter and legitimate bloodline of ephreney family) through............TRIGGER WARNING.......... rape. Twenty years ago, he put aphrodisiac on hee drinks and manipulated her that it was her who jumped on him when they had sex. Ugh. Because of that, the duchess immediately divorced him and exiled january and her son out of the estate. Also, her legit son died so she decided to pass the inheritance and title to her maternal cousin.
-Also, the thing that rose used to blackmail the duke was about how the duke used the former queen Alisa's jealousy towards the mother of the current emperor. When she was dethroned, the father of queen alisa who was then one of the chancellors was replaced by duke ephreney. In short, he was involved in the conspiracy of the death of lucio's birth mother.
ABOUT THE EMPEROR:
-I dont have anything much to say about this pitiful ML.
-He realized he loves her so he no longer interferes with the queen's plans to dispose rose.
-He approved rose's execution.
-He even selfishly stops and would not want to permit the queen to step down after everything her put her through.
-As to where I stopped, he was sincerely asking nilla on how he can show his feelings sincerely.
-Will update you on how their romance will evolve.
ABOUT NILLA AND COUNT BRADDINGTON:
-ISTG, nilla won in this lifetime. The count is sincere and he cute. He adorable. He supportive. He gives her space since sis is busy supporting the queen behind the scenes. He tells her he misses her but respects her privacy. Ugh. Sis won. Deservancy
-Nilla also knows the past. In short, they were brought back from the past retaining their memories. The reason that she didnt become queen again in this lifetime was because rizie was already crowned when she regained her memories of the past.
-And that's how they became the power sisters who destroyed every queen's enemy.
ABOUT THE QUEEN PATRIZIA:
-I still cant say any updates about her. I think the spoiler you would want to hear is about her romance to the emperor.
-As we all know, she's a badass FL who wont back down as well and is always one step ahead with everything. Literal kween thingz
-My only issue is she seem to waver when it comes to Lucio. Well, it wouldnt be inevitable as she already realized too that she loves him. she's just denying it and she still cant evaluate it that much since she's busy dealing with rose.
-The only thing I like about her feelings with the emperor is she would still ignore him and give him cold replies as what he deserves.
-But i think she'll give in. And i can already guess it that she'll bear a child as part of a happy ending. Lol. Remember when they had sex when thr emperor was drugged. Will update you again about how their romance will unfold.
WILL GET BACK TO YOU GUYS!!!!
read from a spoiler that all of them had a hand to her death in her past life. this is gonna hurt so bad bc their relationship rn in the present is just so good and precious
as from what i understand in the spoiler i read, dio was one along with the king who agreed to kill nina. sir leo was the one who slit her throat, her brother the priest (not yet shown in the manhwa) was the one who suggested to kill her, the king agreed to kill her too. I didnt read any involvement of the grand duke alec (this is why i also root for him to be nina's endgame), though i didnt read the whole novel and only depends on the spoiler i read. And all of this is for the reason to save the saintess. Remember the myth about the first king who sacrificed his concubine for the sake of his people? Like 1 will be sacrificed to save the 99. It's what happened with Nina. it seems that the king wants to save the saintess bc he loves her. As the saintess reached the Iberia, she automatically became the queen even w/o the people's knowledge. So for the saintess not to die for the sake of the 99, Nina became that 1 instead. She was sacrificed in place of the saintess. And it was her brother who suggested it. Though i still dont grasp the full reason why it had to be Nina. Then she was forgotten later on after all that. The only one who remembers her and was guilty of her death was Bea, the king's advisor. The one with the brown hair and glasses?? He's the only onw who thought it was unfair to kill an innocent child though he cant do anything abt it as it's the king's decision that will prevail at the end of the day.
I cant tag u on the spoilers i read but it's just one of the comments here! I just summarized it according to what i understand. Hope this helps. 。◕‿◕。
Yep. Thjs is why it's gonna hurt bc in nina's 2nd life (though it isnt nina's soul), she became close with the very people who had all direct hand in her death. ☹ After reading the spoiler, i cant anticipate the romance anymore like Leo was the one who slashed her throat in nina's first life, the king agreed to her death as suggested by her brother the priest, dio also agreed to kill her. Bea (scholar, the advisor) was the only one who thought it was unfair and the only one who felt guilty until the end, but cant do anything against the king's decision. All for this bc of the king's love foe the saintess. He doesnt wanna sacrifice her so they sacrifice Nina instead (remember the legend abt the 1st king where he sacrificed his lover for the people). It's gonna be sad. I enjoyed the harem though
i totally approve of this ship. IMO, their pairing is more comfortable to read than *beware of the brothers* lead couple since yustaf doesnt really treat the mc as a family right from the start. also the build up of the relationship between couple started romantically right away that you wont think it's incest.
also the crown princess smells suspish like we already know she's gonna be a threat to Lan/Ran.
but in all honesty, i also like Sir Blaine for the mc wahahahha just kidding..Though they looked cute together esp when he asked Lan to dance during the new year's ball lol
dont even mess with the squartle. she's got the whole harem protecting her from all sides