Or if she trusted and listened to the people around her. Ally or not. The bullcrap she was has NO ONE is bulshit. "Don't trust the duke Edgy~", "Killing and cutting the servants tongues is wrong~", "If you found yourself cornered, come to me. I'll help you out.", "Are you sure everything's fine?", "Don't flirt with engaged men.", "Tell me it someone is threatening you." "Don't spread lies and rumors because you dislike a lady in waiting." "Don't wear a dress that the empress wear." "Don't wear that dress that makes you look like a Christmas tree." "Don't meet only men.", 'Even if you're an empress you can't just do that"..
Maids, her teachers, the barons, the emperor, and navier herself tried to help her out so she wouldn't make an enemy of the women in court and the nobles. She had pleanty plenty of warnings. But she got cocky, ignored warnings, took every advice that are opposite to hers as a provocation of spiteful origin, did horrible things aware she is comiting a crime..
When got pregnant she was pretty much set but she got greedy and meanier. Prob she couldn't resist the temptation of being the one in power and abusing people.
Yeah I think the causes the lesser her chances to screw up the lottery she won "empress, mother of the future queen of the kingdom" are: 1) have into the temptation of being a tyrant 2) harmed people that genuinely loved her and were at her side. Betrayed their trust. Her punishing a maid that loved her and was genuinely proud of Rashta. Lessened her appeal to the other maids. 3) built limes after lies. 4) let her paranoia controll her. 5) made an enemy of the nobles and commoners 6) refused the helping hand she got.
If she just confide / trusted Sovieshu (since if she got exposed so he will), didn't harm the maid. Like even if the maid spoke up no one would believe the later since Rashta position was strong. Now her popularity is low. Everything is questioned. Her life, origin, """good deads"""", right to be empress. It's much easier to bring her.
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Rashta could’ve had a a more comfortable future if she wasn’t so cocky towards the empress, who knows…maybe she could’ve received Navier’s favour :/