
Na Hae-soo you deserve smth good too!!!!! stop self-sabotaging!!!
she really in denial being like ''how can i make him stop liking me??'' when he told her he'd back away if she told him to. like girl that's your answer!! no need to borrow money or whatever dumb ploy, just tell him no.
she's scared to want him but can't push him away so she tries to make him leave on his own. that's not gonna happen girly, he's mad obsessed with you.

gyeoseul benefited from mc's family' love during her childhood, they gave her the only thing she lacked.
mc conditioned herself to be inferior to her just because she wanted her happy, while never resenting her for having more wealth than her family.
and finally, when mc starts to get results for her hard work, in a competition she entered to support her father who has been unfairly labelled as a traitor, gyeoseul repays mc's kindness by talking shit behind her back (at least letting others do so) and having a meltdown.
she's not her friend if her success makes her jealous and unhappy. she should be wishing for mc to rise and for her family to live well thanks to the competition. instead she only thinks of her own status, and cry over losing a competition she didn't even need to join because her family was already well off.
i liked this chapter cause you feel mc's grief over their relationship while she starts to recognize how it also held her back. i just hope mc does not forgive her, just move on and let her in the past.

caesar's still fucking insane even in a comitted relationship.
he's always been a freak and leewon knows this very well, he's also freaky for choosing him.
there's no black top/white lotus bottom here, ceasar has always shown who he is and did disturbing shit while craving affection. and even if leewon as a more ''normal'' moral compass, he's still really into him (he got off having sex with him in the forest after shooting him soooo). they're just both insane, on different level

i know stuff are happening but it really doesn't feel like the stroy is moving foward.. regardless of the plot, the characters have been acting the exact same way. it's like we're stuck in a loop.
ari is affirming her authority, isabella is insensitive and realize she's losing power, alfonso is pining and being hopeful, the queen is ploting, larissa is crazy af...
every 10 chapters the cycle starts again, it kinda feels like reading the same thing over and over again. i liked the queen's death arc cause it finally felt different, but since then.. eeeh.
i can't believe that we're almost 30 chapters in and the misunderstanding is still here. honestly i even forgot why MC wouldn't tell him that 1.he's not a slut and 2.he's is the father.
they are cute but it's so frustrating. i would've loved to see them resolve it sooner and idk, destroy the ones spreading the rumors about MC together.
i get that they're emotionally immature and lack experience but it s so frustrating to read a love story that is 95% misunderstandings and 5% developing a trusting and honest relationship.
i agree w u that this is super frustrating to read but i also understand why hes doing what hes doing. the man hes having a baby with isnt just some guy, hes the emperor who's meant to take an empress, not to mention the fact that the pope believes that the emperor sees him as nothing but a fling or sex buddy and is afraid to cross that boundary not only bc of the political and social repercussions, but also is afraid of getting hurt if he ever does get rejected :(
yeah i must admit this is pretty realistic but arg. i really get the whole not telling him he's the father thing but why doesn't he at least correct the emperor when he says shit like ''you must have lots of men''?? speak up!!!!
i'm mostly salty because we won't really get a lot of chapters of them after resolving the misunderstanding..