Honestly, after everything that the empress had done... the emperor being clueless makes him so much undeserving of being shushu's father. He's so incompetent (which he admits) that it's really laughable how he became the emperor.
As much as I don't want nicole to attract unpalatable marriage proposals if their engagement were cancelled... I'd rather she be alone than with this sorry excuse of a fiancee.
Honestly, after everything that the empress had done... the emperor being clueless makes him so much undeserving of being shushu's father. He's so incompetent (which he admits) that it's really laughable how he became the emperor.