Honestly, I think the way she's thinking is a little reasonable. She is JUST a maid and has been taking care of him from young so obviously suddenly knowing about his feelings and maybe developing feelings for him would be confusing and frustrating. Especially when their statuses are that different. Since she wants the best for him, it's hard to just let herself fall in. Plus, she is older- and knowing that he can be childish at times which was a lil different, she probably thought the "female lead" would somehow fall for him or something.
I was going to drop it since he was acting really immature, but then I remember he is really a teenager and not learning how to ask/do certain things properly is probably what led to this. Was rooting for Lorenzo since he was a good compared to the ML who seemed to not be that considerate for her but he noticed what he did wrong so he gets his chance back lol
May season 2 bring us a more matured male lead and may he comfort Ibelina more since she really needs it. I mean, she's been staying strong from holding in the bs that the maids said about her and ml like boi shaddup let ibee do her job as a caretaker >:(
I definitely can't see Dowun with Hong Lyon. He used her as a pawn in the beginning to get what he wanted, I can't see what he feels rn as jealousy at all. It just seems like what he's feeling is "Baek Han will definitely make her find her emotions again so I can't have that or my plans will be destroyed". Sure, Hong Lyon liked Dowun at the beginning but her feelings were KILLED when he did those things to her and her throwing that ring on the ground meant she was no longer hopeful for his love which is why I really like baek han :')
Also, the title can turn to 2 meanings,
1. A simple and direct one as in the flower is the empress and the cloud is dowun who made her the empress.
2. Dowun is the one who took care of the empress and baek han is the one that actually helped her bloom properly
I mean, dowun sees her as reverting to her past self, but she wasn't exactly given a chance to grow from it. She was just told to do this and that to be perfect.
But if she was given a nicer push, she'd bloom into someone stronger than what she is now. But idk I'm just blurry it doesn't feel like she'll end up with baek han, but it doesn't feel like she'll end up with dowun either. It just feels empty for now