
You made it time skip one year, but we only got to see that ending!?
Well what happened during the one year then if he was treating her as his mother now?

Agreed! I wished she didn't have to leave immediately after the "marriage" and could have stayed longer with yunling. That was so sad that they are now both aware of what happened but she left right after. bittersweet ending. But i guess yunling is the "most lucky" out of the other main characters cos he got to see his imperial mother again.

The emperor requests your presence at his palace, alone.
We'll take a trip in this carriage, away from the celebratory festivities held in his son's honor, alone in the middle of the night....
Yeah...dude, I'll see you in the morning since I'm not your on-call retainer.
"He's not going to kill me, right?"
LOL. Famous last words, as she walks into a dimly lit castle with one servant.

Ally? Alice? A-hole? is getting anxious and more impatient since Eve became skinny. She knows Lex is starting to slip away from her.
She was complacent when Eve was fat because Lex never showed interest in his short & obese fiancé. She believed that Lex would marry her so there was no need to worry. Now she doesn't know what to do and her actions reflect that.
But to expect the engaged prince to publicly show favor to someone that is not his fiancé is stupid. Even bragging about her future higher status.
OMG Squee!!
This is how you do romance manga without the cliché drama. Focus on their development.