The chapter that showed only the emperor suffering was just so funny to me. Such a clown that idiot.
I do feel sorry for the mistress though. To me she's not like Trashta. She is an idiot, yes. And she did try to bully Adelaide. But being given birth control without her knowledge must be something that wrecks you physically and mentally. She doesn't deserve that (so far at least). She's a daft girl way over her head.
The flow of the last one though, it was odd. They were kissing, and then they present her the emblem? What?