Are they related or not?
Yeah, they're step-siblings. Gong-Yi's (MC) mother was pregnant with her before she entered the palace. The emperor knew already but accepted her because her mother threated suicide when the emperor asked to abort the baby. So she was adopted as the emperor's own child.
The MC's mother was poisoned and died before being able to tell her the truth so she still thinks that they are biologically related because the emperor got rid of anyone who knew that the MC wasn't his biological daughter.
I wish the other 'claude forever' group would stop scanlating this and pick up a different series if they want to practice. Theres already a much better scan team working on this one and trying to read through their grammatical errors not only ruins the story but gives me a headache -_- stop sniping
How long till they fall in love ヾ(☆▽☆)