...how similiar Millairia and Tia are. I guess they are mother and daughter. Pity that Millairia's emotions and insecurity got the most of her—instead of making her children rely on her and rise through their affection, she'll end up dooming herself from their hatred and disgust after all that abuse.
It's hard to imagine someone like Eusto who appreciates the Emperor this much to not find out about her being drugged and bound by that ex Duke. And to think he even killed her without trying to lock her up or exile her. The noble aside, it's far-fetched that Eusto would do that... I feel like everything is rushed and not explained well tbh.
The tone of the relationships between some of the women of this story are very wlw coded. Johanna and Paresa or the earlier rendition betwee Paresa and the other maids are very much friendly but the way the Empess and Paresa are written have romantic undertones. The author likely did that accidentally but it's something that's very visible on screen. Not to mention the weird pacing of the story and sequence of scenes just make the relationship between FL and ML rushed and we don't get to a lot truly emotionally intimate scenes between the Emperor and Empress. All culminating into this mess.
Yes this is good, yes this has accidental unfulfilling queer appeal. As it turns out, stories can be interesting AND dubious!
I like this take