lol I don't know. If she is getting married to an emperor instead of a prince that's already a step way up, so why bother. They seem stupid, they will ruin themselves without much help.
I have a feeling that the King is the only sane one in the room, but managed to keep appearance while giving our MC what is considered to be the third option. In a way, she gets to live, her family is spared, and the country would gain an ally.
yeah i have the same feeling that the king looked into it and knows the truth so instead made her punishment seem heavy when it is infact super light! hence the title of the manga. but I feel it may be wishful thinking
Oh please please please tell me this is one of those select few mangas where the villainess gets revenge on the people who framed/spurned her! I mean by their logic they sent her there to die, so her acquiring enough power to wipe them out and not let things go would be quite a rarity